I’m so excited to share that I’ve been featured on teh Sheen Magazine website. I’ve been a fan of this publication for years and it’s truly an honor to have the opportunity to share my passion for wellness and my @blackyogamom movement as well as some beauty gems!
Here’s an excerpt from my feature titled: Beauty & The Beat & Black Yoga Mom’s Margo Francois Talks Beauty, Lifestyle, and Yoga!
Margo Francois is the mastermind behind all things beauty, wellness, and yoga on The Beauty & The Beat and many also know her the Black Yoga Mom! I had the pleasure of getting to know the mom who wears multiple hats. She’s beauty and she’s grace, Margo opens up to us about all the different roles she’s tapped into, how she handles all she has on her plate, and the inspiration behind creating her highly successful brands.
Tell us about yourself, Margo.
My name is Margo and I am a 30-something mom, lover of yoga, enthusiast of wellness/holistic living, beauty and style. My goal is to help educate people on living their best, healthiest life.
What inspired you to create Beauty & the Beat?
In college, I studied journalism and it was right on the cuff of digital becoming a thing. I had an internship at Essence Magazine in the beauty department there, I made some connections and there were a few beauty writers and a fashion writer who wanted to start their own blog. They asked me to be their first contributor and from there, I started blogging for them while still contributing to different magazines and websites. I realized I really loved it and wanted to start my own blog. That’s kind of how Beauty & the Beat evolved, it went from solely focused on beauty to incorporating style and newly yoga since I became a registered yoga teacher. I now incorporate a lot of wellness, yoga, and tips and tricks as well!
You are also a yoga teacher and student, what made you want to get into that and how do you feel when doing yoga?
I had a very rough start with yoga. I’ve always been into fitness and wellness but I was always the person who loved high intensity, interval training, circuit training, kickboxing, the fun, high impact stuff. I tried yoga for the first time in college, I walked in the class and maybe five to ten minutes into the class, I thought it was so boring (laughs) so I left! It wasn’t until I began working in corporate America when a friend of mine and co-worker got certified. She started teaching classes at the office and kept inviting me. I wanted to be a good friend and support her so I went to one of her classes and it was a phenomenal experience: mentally, physically, I felt challenged, open, and that just blew my mind! It transformed my whole outlook on yoga.
From there, she suggested that I get certified. I got certified. Several years before that, I was really inspired by people on Instagram such as Chelsea Loves Yoga and Lady Dork. They inspired me so much so I updated my Instagram bio to say “future yogi” fast forward to 2015 and I actually made it happen. I’m a big believer and manifesting what you want but also putting the action towards it. It was kind of one of those full circle moments where I realized, I actually did it! Long story but now I’m all in and hopefully I can inspire others to do the same.
How are you able to handle all that you have on your plate with such grace? Do you find it difficult tapping into so many different roles?
Well, thank you for saying that because it’s definitely not easy (laughs)! I work in digital marketing for a beauty company full-time as well as building my brand with beauty and yoga. The biggest thing is having a community, building that foundation of people who can be there to help you and not being afraid to ask for help. I used to be one of those people who liked the hustle and bustle of wearing many hats and checking off the things on the list myself because it felt great to say that I did it but you begin to add many layers. Me having my one-year-old, I’m lucky to have an amazing fiancé who is very supportive of everything I am doing in my career as well as growing Beauty & the Beat and the Black Yoga Mom movement, my family and friends are amazing. You can’t always do it on your own, I think having that core of people to help makes it easier. Taking time for yourself is also important even if it’s just a bubble bath or giving yourself a sheet mask at the end of the week.
Read the full interview here. Sending a special thanks to the talented writer Thao Vo for the amazing write-up!
Ciao Bellas,
