Hey guys, welcome back to Skin Anarchy. We have such an amazing guest with us today. I am such a fan of hers,

and a lot of you might recognize her from her wonderful roles in some very, very blockbuster films,

and just, you know, in general as an actor, a producer, and also a podcast creator and now a newfound

entrepreneur in the beauty space and the wellness space. So without further ado, please welcome

Tika Sumpter. Welcome Tika. I'm so honored to host you. Oh my gosh. I'm so happy to be here. Thank you

for hosting me. Yeah, no, I'm really excited to have the chance to talk to you and, and learn about the brand. I'm so excited you have a brand that you're launching and, you know, it looks so fantastic, but I want to start with really your career, you know, like you've worn so many creative hats, right, over the years. And that's so fascinating to me because that's very

hard to do, you know, being able to do that. So looking back, I mean, what were some of the

moments and experiences that you think, you know, really defined your creative insight and

perspective as obviously like a storyteller, but just somebody who is in this creative space all the time.

Oh, man. It's so crazy because in the beginning of my career, you know, I thought I only had,

I only could be one thing, right? Like, I'm an actor. You know, I remember, you know, hearing,

you know, actors don't do commercials. You know, real actors don't do this and this, da, da, know, hearing, you know, actors don't do commercials.

You know, real actors don't do this and did that, and it was so, it was almost like putting people in a box, right?

Because nobody's just one thing, you know.

Well, at least I'm not.

I'm a Gemini and I'm all over the place. So, and so all my creative forces of just growing up around, you know, people with just, you know, my mom could sing.

My sister could talk to my, my brother, you know, was that he's a, he would do coding.

Like there's so many amazing forces that were always around me growing up.

And I'm like, of course, you know, you pull from every which way.

So for me, my, my, I don't only go as far creatively, create creatively as a actress,

but also as a creator.

I think I'm more of a creator in general, whether it's

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