Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout podcast, Kelly here, and I'm excited to continue the conversation with Andrea as we dive into what it takes to be a creative in the space, how to have the longevity that Andrea has had.

What has been her mindset? What are the things that get her through? Let's continue the conversation

with Andrea and find all about how she maintains longevity in a creative industry.

Okay, we are back with Andrea Lewis.

We have had a great conversation already talking about the black beauty effect, what you

brought to it, why you created it, and particularly this thread of centering joy amidst

challenges.

And I think a lot of folks who are in creative spaces or creative

adjacent spaces, this is a message that's really important to hear because I do think there are

bluntly a lot of challenges in the market. Right. And there is still inequity. there is still all of the isms that are present

and i i want to talk a little bit about you know your perspective and the black beauty effect

too so a couple places i want to go first let me go first too we'll start first with like your experience in the industry.

And how, what advice would you give for creatives or folks in the industry to have longevity

and how to make their mark kind of in the beauty industry or even in just the creative space?

Yeah.

Oh, I mean, I think one,

you have to be comfortable with the pivot. But I also think this. I think I think there's got to be a goal at hand, right? Like, and the goal has to be essentially bigger than you. Like, and I, and I mean it in the

sense of like, like, like, when people tell me they want to act, I'm always like, you know, that,

that term is actually broad as in you could do commercials. You do four commercials a year. You're

technically an actor. You could only do theater. You're an actor.

You could be doing high school plays.

You're an actor.

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