Find Your Fabulosity Announces 100,000 Lipsticks Donated to Victims of Domestic Violence
Can a lipstick change the way a victim of domestic violence feels about herself?
YES! That is what Sheryl Kurland discovered one fateful evening while holding her workshop for victims of domestic violence. On a hunch, Sheryl gifted the women in her workshop with brand new colorful lipsticks. “The energy in that room absolutely transformed,” recalls Sheryl. “In one evening, I witnessed a complete shift. A group of women who had been traumatized by domestic violence began to come back to life as they tried on and bonded over the lipsticks. Putting on those lipsticks reminded them of the power they each held to change their lives, and a small light began to flicker.”
In 2016, inspired by the magic she’d witnessed, Sheryl launched Find Your Fabulosity, a 501c3 nonprofit organization that donates brand new packaged lipsticks to victims of domestic violence to remind them that they are beautiful and powerful. The donated lipsticks are gifted through Sheryl’s established network of 300+ women’s shelters across the U.S. The 100% volunteer-based organization that launched seven years ago at Sheryl’s dining room table has grown into a national movement, attracting support and donations from cosmetics companies like Thrive Causemetics, Gwen Stefani’s GXVE Beauty, Kari Gran Cosmetics, Younique Cosmetics, The Beauty Crop, Nu Evolution, Defiance Beauty, City Color Cosmetics and Tarte Cosmetics among others.
Additionally, Kurland has received donations from women’s organizations, individuals, and countless corporate donations. “In addition to cosmetics companies, we have received sizable donations from medical practices, law firms, women’s philanthropic organizations, and from passionate individuals who donate and ask to volunteer.”
This month marks a monumental milestone for Kurland, as Find Your Fabulosity celebrates 100,000 lipsticks donated to victims of domestic violence, nationwide, the equivalent of $2,500,000.
For Kurland and her team of volunteers, this 100,000-lipstick donation milestone has been a monumental goal, seven years in the making.
Lined up, these 100,000 lipsticks would stretch across 80 football fields!
Thrive Causemetics CEO Karissa Bodnar, an early passionate supporter, was so inspired by Find Your Fabulosity’s work in service of women, the popular cosmetics brand named a lipstick after Sheryl. “Sheryl and her organization, Find Your Fabulosity, are why we do what we do every single day at Thrive Causemetics and Bigger Than Beauty® Skincare. Spotlighting Sheryl’s huge heart for the domestic abuse community by naming one of our Impact-FULL™ Smoothing Lipsticks after her is such an honor. Sheryl helps women who’ve experienced domestic abuse thrive again, and we couldn’t fulfill our mission without her dedication to the cause.»
Defiance Beauty Founder Nechami Tenenbaum adds, “As a brand focused on empowering and giving a voice to all women, we wanted to give to a cause that helps women from all nationalities, backgrounds, and religions. I’m proud to be partnered with Find Your Fabulosity. The power of lipstick is tremendous, and I’m a huge fan of Sheryl Kurland and her work to help empower and educate women.” Tenenbaum’s Defiance Beauty donates one lipstick to Find Your Fabulosity for every lipstick purchased.
“For women, putting on lipstick gives us an instant boost,” adds Sheryl. “To a victim of domestic violence, it means that and so much more. A new lipstick marks a new beginning and a rediscovery of her voice, her identity, and her beauty, both, inside and out – her ‘fabulosity.’”
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