Unfiltered w/ Yasmin beautybird!

Summary

Fool Coverage with Manny MUA and Laura Lee

Episode: Unfiltered w/ Yasmine beautybird!
Date: October 24, 2025
Guest: Yasmine (BeautyBird)
Host: PodcastOne

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Episode Overview

The "Fool Coverage" squad reunites with OG beauty influencer and lifestyle creator Yasmine, known as BeautyBird, for an unfiltered, heartfelt, and often hilarious catch-up. Spanning topics from motherhood and marathon training to navigating the evolving social media landscape and profound personal loss, the conversation features deep reflections and signature "full fam" banter. Yasmine opens up about her unique journey as a Latina creator, her advice for surviving internet drama, and her latest ventures. The underlying theme centers on resilience—living fully despite challenges, and appreciating every moment (and every Biscoff-topped pazookie).

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Key Discussion Points & Moments

1. Decade of Friendship and Beauty Influencer Nostalgia

[01:23–04:00]

• Laura and Manny share their long history with Yasmine: “We were texting about thumbnails 11 years ago!” — Manny [02:20]
• Recalling the early YouTube beauty community and Instagram beginnings.
• “We all, like, knew. We were like, we're gonna make it happen, you know?” — Laura [03:16]
• The trio reflects on their journey from aspiring creators to established business owners.
• Manny highlights Yasmine’s role as a “mom with two angels,” drawing parallels with previous guest Aspen.

2. Motherhood, Birth Stories & Breaking the Glamour Myth

[04:00–13:32]

• Yasmine describes her traumatic birth experiences and why she felt “fulfilled” with two kids:
  • “I did want more kids...after the traumatic births…I don't ever want to go through that. We're good.” — Yasmine [04:05]
• Details on the near-identical birthdays of her daughters and the odd coincidence behind their timing.
• In-depth account of her attempt for a VBAC, resulting in discovery of a rare condition:
  • “My uterus, instead of wanting to give birth, it wants to trap the baby...wants to kill it.” — Yasmine [08:52]
• Honest discussion on C-section recovery, postpartum realities, and support systems.
• “People tried to glamorize every pregnancy—[but] it's not magical for everyone.” — Laura [11:38]
• “I was legit mad—why didn't anybody tell me this?” — Yasmine [11:59]
• All agree on the need for less filtered, more candid dialogue around pregnancy.

3. Running, Training, and Mental Strength

[13:32–26:39]

• Yasmine shares her “peak”: a new personal record in her half-marathon [13:51].
• The trio discusses running as therapy, the intimidation factor, and breaking down marathon training:
  • “Honestly, anybody can do it…with training.” — Yasmine [15:54]
  • “The first mile is always the hardest for me. Is it the same for you?”—Manny [16:07]
  • “Yeah, it never gets old.” — Yasmine [16:21]
• Yasmine’s advice on training: fewer runs per week, slow & steady wins the race (“Zone 2 is your best friend” [19:50]).
• Differences between casual runs and major marathons, lottery entry systems, and the mental battle of long-distance running.
• Manny: “Running is one of the only exercises that attacks visceral fat” [28:52].
• Hilarious riffing on internet comments: “All they tell me online is that running makes you ugly…Can I have any level of joy without you telling me I’m gonna end up ugly?” — Manny [28:15]

4. Social Media Evolution & The Realities of Creator Life

[32:09–36:39]

• Reminiscing about being early YouTubers: “We literally met everybody just through social media.” — Yasmine [32:57]
• Pressures of keeping up with changing platforms—YouTube, Instagram, Stories, Reels, TikTok—and the shift from daily video uploads to juggling content on all platforms.
• “Now you’re stretched so thin across every platform...no app gets all of you—just mini versions in a weird way.” — Laura [35:23]
• Their “pinch me” moments:
  • Receiving first PR packages (“Back in 2012, that was huge!” — Yasmine [36:42]),
  • Collaborating with major brands like Sigma,
  • Sitting on panels at Google HQ representing diversity in beauty [37:50].
• Reflection on being pioneers for Latina, LGBTQ+, and diverse representation in the industry:
  • “I remember I did say: we’re not a trend—we’re here to stay.” — Yasmine [40:10]

5. Pet Peeves, Internet Trends & Drama Management

[40:18–45:26]

• Least favorite beauty trends:
  • Laura: “Purposefully being cringe for reactions. Sorry. I hate it...like, over a lip gloss?” [40:47]
  • Manny and Yasmine joke about “spirit fingers under the chin” and product-tapping habits [42:13].
• Yasmine recounts minor drama with a fellow creator over PR packages, handling it privately:
  • “We just saw each other, talked about it, and figured out the miscommunication.” [44:00]
• During her only major drama, Laura’s advice helped Yasmine keep perspective:
  • “In the moment, it feels like all eyes are on you...but in reality, nobody knows and nobody cares.” — Laura [44:46]
  • “If you don’t speak on it, it will pass so fast.” — Manny [45:13]
• All agree: Disengage from drama, don’t amplify it, stay focused.

6. Creator Burnout, The Real Feelings Behind Success

[46:16–48:20]

• Real talk: The industry is competitive, friendships are complex, “not everyone will like you,” and creators are expected to be besties (“That’s okay. We’re not all meant to be best friends,” — Manny [46:55]).
• Yasmine shares her guiding philosophy:
  • “To live ‘un día a la vez’ — one day at a time. Stop and smell the roses.” [48:20]
  • “Like you mentioned, we had epic moments, but in the moment, you’re not taking it in.” [48:39]
• The group echoes how quickly time flies—especially once you have children.

7. Yasmine’s Brand, New Projects, and Guilty Pleasures

[49:55–53:03]

• Yasmine talks about her coffee line Casale: “I am a founder…there’s more to come!” [50:03]
• Fun debate over favorite drinks and treats (matcha, Pepsi Zero, pazookies).
• The group bonds over favorite Mexican dishes and regional food quirks, including Cali burritos, tacos from street vendors, and the magic of birria ramen.

8. Loss, Grieving, and the Privilege of Living

[56:00–69:47]

• Yasmine opens up about losing her beloved Frenchie, Bella:
  • “Having to make that decision to put her down wrecked me…I was literally crying nonstop for 24 hours.” [59:10]
• All share experiences of grieving—losing pets, parents, or other loved ones—and the unpredictable, wave-like nature of grief.
  • “It comes in waves. And it’s a very difficult thing.” — Laura [62:04]
  • “Grieving is different for everybody, but I feel like it helps to talk about it.” — Manny [62:23]
• Yasmine reflects on her husband processing the loss of his father years later, after becoming a parent.
• The conversation centers on cherishing the ability to move, to create memories, and to experience life fully:
  • “When the run feels like ‘I have to run’, say ‘I get to run’—it’s a privilege to move your body.” — Yasmine [67:46]
• For families facing uncertainty (e.g., ICE raids), she urges listeners: “Stop worrying about the what ifs; enjoy the moment at the dinner table.” [69:38]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “You go for a smear, you walk out with a baby.” — Manny, joking about Yasmine’s OB-GYN visit [06:34]
• “If I can do it, you guys can do it.” — Yasmine, on paving the way for Latina creators [38:52]
• “Running makes you ugly—can I have any level of joy without you telling me I’ll end up ugly?” — Manny [28:15]
• “Whenever you lose [a pet], your whole world truly shifts.” — Laura [63:40]
• “To live ‘un día a la vez’.” — Yasmine [48:26]
• “Stop worrying about the what ifs; enjoy that time with your family.” — Yasmine [69:38]
• “When the run feels like, ‘I have to run,’ say, ‘I get to run.’” — Yasmine [67:46]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:23]—Show intro, friendship history, Yasmine’s background
• [04:00]—Motherhood, birth stories, honest talk about C-sections
• [13:32]—Running/marathon training, mental strategies, advice
• [32:09]—Social media evolution, pinch-me moments, diversity in beauty
• [40:18]—Least favorite beauty trends, creator quirks, drama stories
• [46:16]—Creator burnout and realistic creator advice
• [48:20]—Yasmine’s life credo and reflections on time
• [49:55]—Yasmine’s brand, food and drink guilty pleasures
• [56:00]—Grief, loss of pets and family, processing and advice
• [67:41]—Living with intention and gratitude, closing thoughts

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Tone & Takeaways

Lively, candid, and often raw, the episode switches seamlessly from laughs to vulnerable revelations. Every story underscores the importance of resilience, gratitude, and authenticity—reminding listeners (the “full fam”) that whether you’re braving a marathon or a social media storm, the key is to savor the journey and stay true to yourself.

Closing sentiment: Appreciate the present, speak your truth, and don’t let anyone steal your joy—or your tacos.

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For more on Yasmine: Check out her YouTube, Instagram, and coffee line Casale (links below the episode).

Transcript

[Laura]

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[Manny MUA]

We're spending more than ever. I hate my job. The price of everything has gone up.

[Laura]

AI is threatening my job.

[Manny MUA]

It's crisis after crisis.

[Ad Read Voice]

Nothing is working out.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I can't find a.

[Manny MUA]

We're one disaster.

[Ad Read Voice]

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[Manny MUA]

I need a change.

[Ad Read Voice]

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[Laura]

You did that. I was just fighting the good fight at the time.

[Manny MUA]

You go for a spirit and walk out with a baby, and we can.

[Laura]

All be at this spot in our lives now where we can look back and be like, look at the shit we've done. I know you got some in that fucking vault.

[Manny MUA]

Well, that's the coolest thing that ever happened to me. Welcome to your favorite podcast. It's full coverage with your host, Laura.

[Laura]

Lee and Manny Mua and you guys. We have a very special, special guest here, someone we have known for years and years and years. Beauty blogger, lifestyle vlogger runner. Yes. We have Ms. Yasmine Mommy. We have Yasmin Beauty Bird here, and.

[Yasmine Mommy]

We are so excited to have you. Thank you guys for having me.

[Laura]

Oh, my God, we're so excited to have you here. We, like, it's just so funny because we were talking about, like, we have known Yasmine for so freaking long. Just in the industry. Like, we've just been, like, we've grown up together, a lot of us, literally, which is crazy.

[Manny MUA]

I was telling Manny you were my. One of my first friends that I made when I moved to California. Yeah, you were one of my first friend. Like, I wasn't even living in Los Angeles when I met you. I was still at Corona, Riverside area, Inland Empire. And Yasmine was my friend way before, like, the whole beauty guru thing, before it took off. I remember one time I was, like, texting my thumbnails, like, what do you think, man? You know, like, we would go back and forth on YouTube ideas, like, so long ago. Like, probably 11 years ago.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

Not crazy.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Been over a decade.

[Laura]

That is.

[Yasmine Mommy]

That is so crazy.

[Manny MUA]

So crazy.

[Laura]

That's like. Because I went back and actually looked. I was like, what did I start on my Instagram Because I started Instagram first, then YouTube 2014, and we're in 2025. And I'm literally like.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And I remember I was with you when we first met. Many.

[Manny MUA]

Were you with me?

[Yasmine Mommy]

I was with you. We took our photo with him. We were like, oh, my God.

[Laura]

At the event.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yes.

[Manny MUA]

Yes.

[Laura]

I'm fucking screaming together. That is so crazy.

[Manny MUA]

Back to me now.

[Laura]

No. Yes.

[Manny MUA]

I feel like I remember going with you. You were with me.

[Laura]

Y. Dude, that is so crazy to me. Like, that is literally insane. Like, we, like, just go so far back.

[Yasmine Mommy]

We go.

[Laura]

We go so far back.

[Manny MUA]

Wow.

[Laura]

All of us, like, we have become, like, established creators, really.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Literally.

[Laura]

Life is crazy, though. And, like, we all, like, knew. We were like, we're gonna make it.

[Manny MUA]

Happen, you know, all of us, honestly.

[Laura]

Good for us.

[Manny MUA]

I know that we've been able to do that.

[Laura]

I'm like, wow, we're all funny.

[Manny MUA]

That's so cool. We love how much you've grown. We love all that you've done in the space. We love that you're a mot with your two angels. We just had Aspen on. She has three little girls. And we were saying, like, you have two little girls? Yeah, so that's.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I actually had them at the same time as Aspen, too.

[Manny MUA]

No.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah. Every time I was pregnant, she was pregnant. Wow. And she was giving birth, and I was just, like, following it.

[Laura]

We were like, yeah, literally.

[Yasmine Mommy]

You guys, we're gonna stop right here.

[Manny MUA]

Did you want more children than two, or were you always just like, two is my perfect number?

[Yasmine Mommy]

I always went back and forth. Yes, I did want more kids because obviously I grew up with two siblings. I always knew that's a beautiful thing to have, you know? And I'm pretty sure you guys also have interest, too. But then after the traumatic births that I had, I was like, okay, no, I don't ever want to go through that. We're good. And I'm blessed that I made it and I'm here, and so I think we're okay.

[Manny MUA]

Okay.

[Yasmine Mommy]

With two, I can. I'm feeling fulfilled already.

[Manny MUA]

What ages are they now?

[Yasmine Mommy]

Well, next month is their birthday, and they're going to be turning 6.

[Manny MUA]

Do they have the same month birthday?

[Yasmine Mommy]

They're a day apart. Yeah.

[Laura]

That's crazy, Nadia.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Okay, the crazy thing is they could have had the same birthday because they're only about, like, five hours apart.

[Manny MUA]

Wow.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Because they were born at night and one, like, at three in the morning. That's the only reason set them apart.

[Manny MUA]

Crazy.

[Laura]

Almost same birthday, two years apart, though.

[Yasmine Mommy]

You would think I planned this whole thing. And I.

[Manny MUA]

You can't plan that down to that. I mean, because, you know, whatever. How could you happen. Yeah, how could you? How could you.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But I still remember when I found out I was pregnant with my second. And I was a. You know, at the OB office, and I was literally just there to get my pasir, and she asked me. She was like, when was the last period? So I looked at my calendar, because I always keep track of that. And I was like, oh, sorry. I think I'm looking at the wrong year. Because the date that I had was exactly the same date that I had my last period with my first. And I was like, wait, is that a coincidence? Like, that is so weird. I'm like. And then I thought to myself, like, could I be pregnant?

[Laura]

Yeah, of course.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I was like, wait, like, this is so weird.

[Manny MUA]

Did you find out there at the office?

[Yasmine Mommy]

So they were like, well, because it's been a while since you haven't got your period. And I'm also not a regular person to get their monthly period. Like, I could go up to two months. But they were like, well, because you haven't gotten your period in a minute, we're gonna do a pregnancy test. And I was like, okay. So they did it. And then she comes back with a test, and she. And I go, so am I. And at this point, I'm, like, shaky because I'm like, what if I am? Because I'm like, hey, I've actually been nauseous. I was like, wait. So then I asked her. I was like, am I pregnant? And she's like, I'm not gonna tell you. You look at it. And I looked at it.

[Laura]

Oh, my God.

[Yasmine Mommy]

My soul.

[Laura]

My body literally transcended time.

[Manny MUA]

You're kidding.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I was like, it's like I'm reliving everything all over again.

[Manny MUA]

You go for a smear, you walk out with a baby.

[Laura]

That sounds like a Netflix documentary to me.

[Manny MUA]

In one week, I'm fucking scared. Yesterday, I'm scared.

[Laura]

Oh, my God.

[Manny MUA]

That is nuts.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I know.

[Manny MUA]

That's insane. Wow.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And then I thought, because with my first, I went over my 40 weeks, and I'm like, okay. With the second, they always say it's faster, you know, like, it goes by.

[Manny MUA]

Your body knows what.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, your body knows what to do and whatever. So I was like, yeah, there's no way. Yeah, 40 weeks come by. I'm like, nothing's happening. And I'm like, okay, this is weird. I'm like, I'm literally living everything to the t. Like, yes. Yeah. Twice all over again. And then eventually I did schedule a C section.

[Laura]

Oh.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Because I was like, okay, well, I already had a first C section. I don't know if the second.

[Manny MUA]

Maybe it's gonna have to be yes.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But I did. I was trying for a vbac, so.

[Manny MUA]

What's that mean?

[Laura]

I'm not sure what that means.

[Yasmine Mommy]

So VBAC is basically trying to do. Have a vaginal delivery after C section.

[Laura]

Okay. Okay. Okay.

[Manny MUA]

Is that not like they normally are? Like, you're not gonna be able to.

[Yasmine Mommy]

It depends on your body.

[Manny MUA]

Okay.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I don't even know the statistics, honestly.

[Manny MUA]

Well, 30 of women have C sections. That's the only statistic I know.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

But I don't know on, you know, that versus if you've already had a C section. Like, what are the chances?

[Yasmine Mommy]

You're gonna have to definitely give your body, like, time. You can't just do it back to back, like, and try. Because your uterus, everything. Yeah. It's too fresh.

[Manny MUA]

Really?

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Laura]

So.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Because they had been 18. Yeah. Like, pretty much like 18 months, I guess when I got well, found out I was pregnant, they were like, well, we can give it a try, but Because I already went over the 40 weeks, they're like, well, because you're gonna have to schedule it. Or. I mean, and even if. When you schedule it, if you naturally go into birth or. Yeah, like, you know, we can make it happen.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

So the day before my C section was scheduled, I naturally went into giving birth.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah. Hell, yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I did end up in a C section because even though I opened up to 10cm, I found out I had this rare condition where my youth.

[Manny MUA]

No, I'm so pissed off right now.

[Laura]

I'm mad for you. I'm pissed.

[Manny MUA]

I'm so informed.

[Laura]

Okay, so. Okay, so. Okay, so keep going, because I don't know. I don't know.

[Manny MUA]

This is fucked up. This is fucked.

[Yasmine Mommy]

It is so fucked because. Because if I would have known from my first, you know, delivery, I would have never even tried. But I have this rare condition where my uterus, instead of wanting to give birth, it wants to trap the baby. So it creates this banner on the baby and just wants to kill it.

[Manny MUA]

That's why those babies don't want to come out. Yep. And then.

[Yasmine Mommy]

So my baby was going through it.

[Manny MUA]

Yes. Like, I want to get out of here. He's trying to kill me.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But I didn't know. And it wasn't until I reached the 10 centimeters, and I'm like, okay. I keep pushing. Nothing's Happening. And, like, if anything, like, my belly.

[Laura]

Just started, like, it's going upwards, actually.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

It was, like, the weirdest thing ever. And I remember specifically the belly looking like that with my first delivery.

[Manny MUA]

Okay.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And I thought it was weird because I'm laying there, ready to have my C section. I'm like, why does my belly look like that?

[Manny MUA]

Yeah. Normally.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Does it never look like that on other women?

[Manny MUA]

Right.

[Yasmine Mommy]

So it wasn't until I went into the C section. I just called it. I was like, you know what? Nothing's happening. I keep pushing, and I'm not gonna sit here for three hours pushing. I'm like, no, no. So I just said, I'm like, let's just do the C section. I remember my husband was so mad.

[Manny MUA]

He was like, no.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Like, talking to the doctors, like, are you.

[Manny MUA]

Is all.

[Yasmine Mommy]

She really wanted this. I'm like, I know I wanted this, but, like, more than anything, I just wanted.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah. Yes.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And I just felt like, in my heart, in my gut, like, there's something wrong.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

So once they did the C section, they opened me up eventually. That's how the doctor found out what was happening.

[Manny MUA]

Wow.

[Laura]

Really? So they could. So they couldn't tell?

[Yasmine Mommy]

No.

[Laura]

You can't probably tell from the outside, obviously. So they're probably thinking, like, why is it, like, they're probably confused, too. They're like, it's not coming.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah. They were like, we don't know why. Not even, like, the head is popping out or anything. Like, nothing was happening.

[Laura]

So they were, like, completely dilated. But nothing was happening.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, nothing was happening.

[Laura]

Oh, my God.

[Manny MUA]

Never heard how was healing from a C section. I mean.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Oh, it's brutal.

[Manny MUA]

That's what I've heard.

[Yasmine Mommy]

It is brutal.

[Manny MUA]

That's what I've heard.

[Laura]

That's why you're like, I don't want.

[Yasmine Mommy]

To do it again.

[Manny MUA]

No, totally. No. 100.

[Yasmine Mommy]

It's so, so bad. And I've had also mini tummy tuck, and that was a breeze compared to a kid. Yes.

[Laura]

Like, it was nothing.

[Yasmine Mommy]

It was nothing.

[Manny MUA]

I.

[Yasmine Mommy]

If you actually really think about it, you have to take care of another human.

[Laura]

A baby.

[Manny MUA]

Newborn. You have to nurse. You have to go through the whole.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Like, hormones going crazy, like.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

Postpartum, everything.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

And then you just had a major surgery.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

On top of it.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And I'm so thankful that I actually had a village.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

With me.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Because I can't imagine going through that whole recovery by myself.

[Manny MUA]

Oh, my God.

[Laura]

100%.

[Manny MUA]

Well, I'm traumatized. So.

[Laura]

Traumatized.

[Manny MUA]

Stories real That's a real story. That's something that really happened to you and that's what's important to share. I think.

[Laura]

I love it. And because I feel like I also think for so, so, so long, like pre social media, I think people are like, they tried so hard to glamorize, like, every single pregnancy that everything is so perfect and dandy all the time. And that's actually just not the reality. And it can be very, very hard to be very, very tough on the body. And I think that people were just like, putting this rose colored lens over the whole thing. Me, like, it's just so magical. But it's not magical for everyone.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Magical. And you know what? Funny that you say that because I. When I first gave birth to my first daughter, I was actually really mad because I thought it was. You give birth, your belly goes down naturally fast. I was still with a belly and I was like, why are women getting, like, getting to put on makeup and glamorizing this? Like, I'm like going through it, like, literally crying.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And I couldn't understand how I was like, so, so mad. I'm like, why didn't anybody tell me this? But this is the reality.

[Laura]

It's actually.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I was like, so mad. Yeah.

[Laura]

You know, I wasn't until I was in a grown, grown up man, grown adult. When they were like, oh, there's like, you're giving birth twice because you have to get like the placenta out too. And I was like, yes. I had no idea.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

You guys, I genuinely feel like they were not good at talking about, like, what sex?

[Yasmine Mommy]

It's like you went to the show.

[Laura]

And just shut up and talk about real. If you're gonna give us sex Ed, you better tell us what the. What the real tea is and not glamorize.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

Every aspect of it. Because it's not glamorous every single time. And I'm like. And look what happened to you. You're like. I was pissed off. Like, it was actually, like, way harder than you thought it was.

[Manny MUA]

Damn.

[Yasmine Mommy]

So I would say, though, the second time around, obviously I knew what to expect and it was a little bit lighter on me. Yeah.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

At least I wasn't crying every single day. Because you knew.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah. What was coming for you. Okay. That's really good to know, though. That's kind of nice, though. You know what I mean?

[Laura]

You've experienced that.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Manny MUA]

It's not scary, the second timing. I'm sure it was in ways, but, like, you know, you kind of knew a Little bit more about it and, like, what was gonna happen with your body and, like, those changes. So I think that's really cool. Well, we didn't even get into your peaks and pits. I couldn't help but I know it.

[Laura]

Was two years, and honestly, that was so fierce. I'm like, wow, we would love to know we do this on our episodes every single week.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Well, I do watch the podcast, so.

[Manny MUA]

I do know you're a full fan. I am, love.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Well, my peak is that I PR'd in my half marathon this weekend.

[Manny MUA]

Come on, girl.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Hell yeah.

[Laura]

One of these, one of these.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And you know what? It wasn't even, like, by a full minute. It was just by seconds.

[Laura]

Girl.

[Manny MUA]

That far. Those seconds are minutes, those seconds are hours. I feel forever.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But also. Not only that, but I know I was comparing last year's half marathon because I ran. That was actually my first marathon.

[Manny MUA]

Tell them how many miles a half marathon is.

[Yasmine Mommy]

A half marathon is 13.1.

[Laura]

Woo.

[Manny MUA]

Crazy.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And a full marathon is 26.2.

[Laura]

You're like, even the idea of it really takes me to my core.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Oh, my God.

[Laura]

Because she. She likes to run too, so I'm always so impressed by her. And then like, you guys doing this, I'm like, you guys just impressed me. I'm very impressed with you guys.

[Manny MUA]

Truly, very kind.

[Yasmine Mommy]

When are you running yours? You gotta rip the band aid off.

[Manny MUA]

I do. I do. I have to rip the band aid off. Because you know what? I do. You know, I started running years ago, but it was like, let me start run walking. Like, walking some running. Some. Never posted one thing about it ever online. Like, kept it very secretive. Karen would get me all the time. She'd be like, oh, why don't you post anything about running? I'm like, yeah, it goes cathartic for you.

[Laura]

It was like, slow.

[Manny MUA]

Like, I'm not. Like, I'm not fast. I'm not a champion. I'm not doing anything to, like, be proud and post. Like, I'm not. I'm just kind of like, yeah, doing my thing. It's like my therapy because I like to go to the beach.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

So it's like what I would do at the beach. So then the more I work out, the more I am physically able to run a little more. So I've been encouraged to share a little more because I'm like, okay, I'm doing a little something, but I want to try to get. My goal is always to get four weekends for four workouts a weekend. That's my goal. One Two, three, four. So running is one of them. But I never like focus on it or train. It's just like my quick, like let me burn my 400, 500 calories. Calories and I'm done. You know what I mean? For me. But I wanna, I wanna. I feel like I could do a half.

[Laura]

Yeah, you can do.

[Manny MUA]

I need to do it. I train. Like you could do training.

[Laura]

I think you could do it.

[Manny MUA]

Like, if I really worked at it.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And was like, honestly, anybody can do it.

[Laura]

I'm like, she could totally do it.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Laura]

Me, I'm like, I think she can.

[Manny MUA]

Do, you know, one as many.

[Yasmine Mommy]

You can do it too her.

[Laura]

Absolutely.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Me, I feel like with training, anybody can.

[Laura]

Yeah, with training. With the training.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah. You know, one I had. And let's see if you think feel the same way because you're a track star. Okay. I feel like with running the first mile is always the hardest for me is my warm up mile. Like, I feel like my heart rate's.

[Yasmine Mommy]

The highest for me it still is.

[Manny MUA]

Is it? Yeah. Okay.

[Yasmine Mommy]

It never gets old. Like, first mile is always a.

[Manny MUA]

Like you're getting all the, like tight ends out and like your heart rate's up a little higher. But then every time I hit about mile two and a half, my heart rate drops and I can just think about, I could bruise until the wheels fall off. And then eventually around mile six, like something starts to hurt a little bit. Like a hip, knee, a foot. Like something's always hurting fine. But that's always at mile six. So I'll normally call it because I've been running for about an hour. Then I'm like, okay, I got my workout in. I'm quick, but I gotta keep going. I gotta get to my 13.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yes.

[Manny MUA]

To do my half marathon.

[Laura]

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[Yasmine Mommy]

Honestly, a lot of people think like this.

[Laura]

I think it's a run every day.

[Manny MUA]

Let me take notes.

[Laura]

No, literally I'm like, do you run four hours a day? Like what do you do? No, no, no.

[Manny MUA]

What do you do?

[Yasmine Mommy]

So it's like the crazy thing is though that you just don't have to do much. Like maybe like two to three runs a week is fine and you have to run slow.

[Manny MUA]

Really? Really.

[Laura]

So you have to like purposely try to go slow. You're like.

[Yasmine Mommy]

You have to be like, you know, sprinting or like giving it your all in every run. And it's really not like really, Zone two will be your best friend.

[Manny MUA]

No way.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I learned that the hard way because the first half marathon I did when Karen told me to sign up, I was like, well I gotta. I got a month to go. So like I Was giving it my all, like, in every single training session. And then eventually I figured out after that, like, I didn't have to do that.

[Laura]

Right. You're like, girl, I'm literally just draining myself. Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

Do I have marathon? Do you qualify under time, or can you just sign up? If you can do it?

[Yasmine Mommy]

No, for the most part, you can sign up.

[Manny MUA]

Okay.

[Laura]

Oh, yeah.

[Manny MUA]

You can just do it. Yeah. Interesting.

[Laura]

Okay, I know. There's, like, marathons you have to sign up for. That's, like, a thing, though, right?

[Yasmine Mommy]

I think that's, like, a whole nother world major marathon.

[Laura]

Okay.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Which is, like, New York, Boston.

[Manny MUA]

Those are the time things.

[Laura]

So then. So you have to, like, time yourself and you submit. Like, hey, like, can I run it by a certain amount of time? Is that how it works?

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

Like, this is my time.

[Laura]

Oh, I see.

[Manny MUA]

Dang, that's crazy. So.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And then some have lotteries so you can get lucky and just get in.

[Manny MUA]

Oh, and you don't even have a time. That's what the lottery's about, Letting a couple others in. Yes. That's so cool. I love that they do that, actually, because it gives other people a chance that are runners. Okay, I have a question. By mile, like, 10, 12, 13, like, how are you feeling? What's going on?

[Yasmine Mommy]

You start to feel it, obviously, in your legs more than anything, and then eventually you feel like you can slow down, but it's only, like, it's crazy because it's all mental.

[Manny MUA]

Oh, it's always all mental.

[Yasmine Mommy]

You can still keep going and give it your all. And it's not until finally you hit mile 13, at least for me, that I feel like, okay, you could have still kept going. Like, you can keep going even faster. But no, Mal, like, yeah, like, between 10 and 12. That's usually when I start feeling it in my legs and my body. I'm just like.

[Laura]

Like, oh, God.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Like, okay.

[Manny MUA]

Every time I get past fighting through these events in my head starts to kind of give out. Like, yeah. My groin's really bad about it, like, right there. So I try to give it an extra stretch, but still it's like, you know, the legs can keep going, but every time, it's like an ankle, a knee, like, one little thing is, like, twitching, but it's interesting. It is all a mind thing. The whole thing's a mind thing. There have been so many times I've been running, and I'm, like, so deep in thought about something. I've ran, like, two miles within my run, and I didn't even Know it happened. And you would think as someone who's not a runner, like, what the fuck are you talking?

[Laura]

Totally, totally.

[Manny MUA]

But you.

[Yasmine Mommy]

It's like the runner's high, like the associate yourself.

[Manny MUA]

Yes, yes. And, you know, I got the Peloton treadmill to run more, which it helps because I can watch, like, YouTube music videos and like, to like, distract me.

[Laura]

If I'm doing that, I'm doing it on the YouTube.

[Manny MUA]

So that's helped. I have my piece of shit treadmill baby. I had to stare at a wall and I kill her. No, you can't.

[Laura]

You can't.

[Manny MUA]

It's not possible. I suffered the whole way. And then when running at the beach is very distracting. I mean, hello. It's like you're, you know, trying to dodge people, and then you got the ocean and everything, so, you know, your mind can kind of wander, which is so lovely. What's your favorite place to run? Me? I do treadmill.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I. Now that you mentioned it, I'm like, okay, tell me more about the peloton, because I.

[Manny MUA]

You.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I still have, like, you said, a piece of that. I stare at a wall because that's the reason why I've never done on the treadmill. Yeah. I've never done, I think no more than three miles on it. Because then I'm just torture.

[Manny MUA]

What.

[Yasmine Mommy]

What am I doing?

[Laura]

What do you do?

[Yasmine Mommy]

You're like, you know, like, the entire time I'm miserable, but for the most part, I run always outside. Always, Always, always.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah, you are.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And because I'm in Santa Barbara, I mean, I have all the beach views, Right.

[Laura]

So it's actually, like, nice to run outside.

[Yasmine Mommy]

It's worth run trail runs. And it's so nice.

[Manny MUA]

You have, like, neighborhoods which no one's going to run you over with their car.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

So seriously, that is so lovely. What's your pit?

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, my pit. Is that. So after the half marathon, my husband was running the marathon, and because he hadn't still finished, I waited like an hour for him at the finish line.

[Manny MUA]

Damn.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I had cooled on, Okay. I went and walked two miles to try and get to him because I knew he was already gonna finish. I was like tracking him, right? And as soon as I saw him, I started screaming at him like, valentin, let's go. You got this, you know? So in that moment, he started sprinting to the finish line. I sprinted with him. Obviously, I had already cooled down and everything had run already the 13 point miles, right. And I. Up my hip.

[Laura]

No.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah. Yes.

[Laura]

So you already cooled it down.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I was Already cooled, everybody. Already chilling. My body was like, okay, we're gonna rest.

[Laura]

It's like, yeah, Tin man over here. It's like, oh.

[Yasmine Mommy]

As soon as he hit 26 miles, like, I remember specifically, it had the freaking sign right there. I remember I, like, took another step, and I was like, oh, no. Something feels wrong. And so I stopped, and I just let him keep going. And I was like, yeah, you keep going. And I tried to walk. I couldn't walk.

[Manny MUA]

Oh, my God.

[Laura]

Oh, my God.

[Manny MUA]

I'm scared, girl. It got you.

[Laura]

It got you together.

[Manny MUA]

It got me real bad.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I was like. I didn't. I hadn't processed what I had just done. And I'm like, well, dumbass. Like, why would you sprint right now? I was like, well, whatever. You know, at least I helped him finish and, you know, before his time that he wanted. So I was like, okay, at least you got your time. And, you know, I still PR and everything, but, yeah, I'm, like, in recovery mode right now.

[Laura]

So right now you're in recovery, like, literally.

[Manny MUA]

Damn that dude.

[Laura]

So, like, what happens? Like, is it because, like, so when you cool down, your body, like, starts, like, kind of atrophy in its own way? Like, once, like, stop moving, like, it gets to recover, stiffen.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

So then it literally is like, yeah. Is you, like, stretched? So then is it kind of like you probably just pulled something potentially?

[Manny MUA]

I probably just pull something, and that sucks.

[Laura]

I always wonder. I'm like, like, what it is in the body being like, okay, don't do this right now. So it's a str.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Like, and I'm only a month out from my marathon. And I was like, okay, at least I have a month.

[Manny MUA]

Are you doing another one?

[Yasmine Mommy]

I'm doing the New York City Marathon.

[Laura]

That is amazing.

[Manny MUA]

Are you nervous?

[Yasmine Mommy]

I'm nervous as.

[Manny MUA]

You got it. You got it. Are you training after your hip hills?

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

Oh, my God.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I mean, this whole time, I've been training for that, and then the half marathon was actually part of my training. Yeah, right.

[Laura]

To see if you. So. So a Full Marathon is 26 miles?

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, it's 26.2.

[Manny MUA]

Damn. That's crazy. So I have a question. Whenever you're training, do you have to run, like, the full 13?

[Laura]

The.

[Manny MUA]

Like, if you were training for the half marathon, would you run a full 13 every time you train?

[Yasmine Mommy]

Well, I've been running half marathons pretty much every weekend.

[Laura]

Really?

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, I've been doing, like. Yeah, you start off gradually. Like, you start with, like, nine miles, then you pull it up to like 13, then 15, 17, 19, 20. Yes.

[Laura]

Oh, my God.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Your entire morning.

[Manny MUA]

That's because, see, and then you have.

[Yasmine Mommy]

The rest of the day to just.

[Manny MUA]

I give myself amount of time and what I get in that time, which is not how you're supposed to train, you know, you're supposed to be like a goal with miles. It's like you have one hour. Get what you get in, girl. That's part of my problem, my plateau. Everybody's like, can you do 10? And I'm like, it will take up my morning.

[Laura]

You're like, that's four hours later, babe, the time.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah, yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

So when I do have those long runs, I try to wake up like at 5 in the morning. So.

[Manny MUA]

Okay.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

Damn, that's tough.

[Laura]

So how long would it easier three miles take?

[Yasmine Mommy]

23.

[Laura]

How long would that take? Three months to run?

[Yasmine Mommy]

Like three hours, three and a half maybe.

[Manny MUA]

For me it would take, I'm like 10 hours and some change on my time. I'm 10 hours and some. I mean, 10 hours, 10 minutes. Sorry. So sorry. You're like, oh, you're like, girl, are you crying?

[Yasmine Mommy]

I thought you meant like, it took you 10 hours. I was like, what?

[Laura]

10 years.

[Manny MUA]

10 years.

[Laura]

10 years.

[Manny MUA]

10 Years.

[Laura]

For me. 10 months. I'm actually too far gone.

[Manny MUA]

I'm like 10 minutes and some change. So.

[Yasmine Mommy]

So, yeah, like three and a half.

[Manny MUA]

So like three and a half hours.

[Laura]

Yeah, but I think that's cool. That's like. So you really just want to stay at like a very chill pace. There's not like you don't want to go over it. You want to go like, obviously, probably necessarily under it.

[Manny MUA]

You want to long runs that will.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Test you to do your race pace.

[Manny MUA]

Yes, exactly.

[Laura]

Oh. There's a reason you can't just be.

[Manny MUA]

Willy nilly and out there.

[Laura]

Got it. You're not like.

[Manny MUA]

No, no, no, no.

[Laura]

It's literally like, maybe it's go time.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Laura]

Wow, you guys, that's very impressive, honestly.

[Manny MUA]

I know. It's all very impressive. And all they tell me online is that running makes you ugly because it drags down your face because you're a boom boom. Oh, my God. So the gravity is. Yeah. So they're like, it'll make you ugly. Running makes you ugly. And I'm like, you know what? Can I have anything?

[Laura]

Can I have. Can I have joy?

[Yasmine Mommy]

Anything?

[Manny MUA]

Can I have any level of joy without you telling me I'm gonna end up ugly?

[Laura]

Please?

[Manny MUA]

No.

[Laura]

That is so freaking annoying.

[Manny MUA]

I know.

[Laura]

Can I have this?

[Manny MUA]

I don't give a. I don't give a.

[Laura]

Because guess what? Like, imagine how healthy you are from running.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Absolutely.

[Laura]

The healthiness, like, the benefits so outweigh any kind of. I feel like, like, negativity that could possibly also.

[Manny MUA]

They say running burns visceral fat. So visceral fat is the fat that leaves deep, deep, deep, deep within your body and it attacks your organs the most. So it's the most effective badly on your organs. And it says when you run, you're at such a high cardio pace for such a long period of time that your body will go ahead and burn through the easy fat. But running is one of the only exercises that attacks visceral fat.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yep.

[Laura]

Unfortunately.

[Manny MUA]

Honey, would that be bl. They said. What'd they tell you?

[Laura]

All visceral. They told me that.

[Manny MUA]

They said.

[Laura]

He's like, so listen, your regular fat is visceral. And I'm like, stubborn, hard.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

They're like. And I was like, oh, what?

[Manny MUA]

The.

[Laura]

Doctor. He's like, so it's actually gonna be a lot harder for you.

[Manny MUA]

They were like, your fat made of titanium.

[Laura]

Hey, so your fat ain't going. It ain't moving, babe. I swear to God. He literally, like, he's like, you just have, like. He's like, you genetically have fat. That's not like my. I don't have, like, flubbery fat, if that makes sense. Like, if you pinch it, it's like, it's kind of hard. So that's like what it is. Like, it's just visceral fat. It's just a harder to get rid.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Of kind of fat.

[Laura]

And my intestines are correct. My kidneys right now like this.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Oh, my God.

[Laura]

Destroyed.

[Manny MUA]

Destroyed.

[Laura]

Just kidding.

[Manny MUA]

You never drink alcohol your whole entire life.

[Yasmine Mommy]

You don't.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah. So, I mean, guys, I've tried too many.

[Laura]

Listen.

[Yasmine Mommy]

You'Re like, no, baby, not happening.

[Manny MUA]

He's going to live to 102.

[Laura]

I'm going to be just fine.

[Manny MUA]

You're going to see us all go. I'm sorry.

[Laura]

The. The only thing that's going to get me is the energy drinks. That's the only thing? Yeah, that's the only thing that's going to take me out.

[Yasmine Mommy]

No, no, literally, you with your energy drink.

[Laura]

That's what I'm saying.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I'm literally like, not too much kidney stone.

[Laura]

Yeah, no, literally, I'm like. My dad actually had a kidney stone. He had one once. It was the worst thing he's ever experienced. My dad passing said that is the. He said that.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But you know My dad said that, too. And he was.

[Laura]

He said it was fine or. Horrible. No, it was horrible.

[Yasmine Mommy]

He was like, he would. I looked at him like, are you dying?

[Laura]

No. My dad, he's like, I thought I was dying.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Laura]

He. I'm not kidding.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Laura]

And I was like, I can't really even imagine, like, that feeling where you're like, I have to go to the hospital because something. I think it bursted inside me. That's how he said it was. He was like. It was unmobile.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Well, my dad passed it. That was horrible.

[Manny MUA]

Giving birth to his urethra.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Laura]

Yeah. Giving birth to a keyhole.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

That's insane.

[Laura]

And kidney stones are sharp and they're, like, jagged, and that's what they're getting cut away.

[Yasmine Mommy]

They're cutting the entire time. They're coming out.

[Laura]

They're cutting you the whole time.

[Manny MUA]

That's why it's what causes kidney zones. So I don't do that.

[Laura]

Usually, if you're not drinking enough water, one, you're not drinking enough water, which you have. I drink. We all drink a lot of water. But it's also, like, an excess of minerals. So, like, if there's, like, minerals in your body that have accumulated and they can harden. Like, your body can just be predisposed to, like, minerals or just things like that. It could just be kind of accumulating there.

[Manny MUA]

Damn.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Pretty sure it has to do with, like. Like, poor eating, right?

[Laura]

Yeah, exactly. So it's just, like, one of those things. It's like, if you're not drinking enough water, if you're drinking, like, let's say too much, like, sugary things. Sugary. Sugar is obviously something that can stick.

[Manny MUA]

Together, so it's that very interesting. Okay, well, Yasmine, I have questions for you about me. You know, like, when did you start your YouTube channel? 100 years ago. Huh?

[Laura]

When did it start? Because clearly, like, call me, too. Did you guys have channels when you guys met? Like.

[Manny MUA]

Yes.

[Laura]

Okay, got it. You guys had channels.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah. Yes.

[Yasmine Mommy]

That's exactly how we met.

[Manny MUA]

Big. We. Probably like, a hundred thousand.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

Maybe less. Maybe.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Actually, yeah, it was less because I still remember when you hit 100.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

And it was after you guys had met.

[Manny MUA]

Crazy.

[Yasmine Mommy]

You want to know what's crazy, though? How social media has made it seem so easy to just, like, get to know a person and then. Because when I showed up at your house, that was the first time I was meeting you.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And I was just like, hi, I'm here at your house.

[Manny MUA]

We had watched each other's YouTube videos online. But we never met each other ever at the time at my house. It's parasocial.

[Laura]

That parasocial. Gotcha.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, but that's so funny cuz. Yeah, I was just like thinking about that. I'm like we literally met everybody just through social media. Like you guys met through social media?

[Manny MUA]

Dude.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yes, I met my best friend Ali too. Through social media.

[Manny MUA]

Oh yes, yes.

[Laura]

Oh my God, that's so crazy. It's just so funny though, like cuz the thing is like sometimes when you find your people, you just click.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Laura]

And like that's the cool thing about social is that like it brings you with people that like. Oh my God. I actually with you so heavy. And it's like we're so lucky that we're. We all are really lucky that we have found people that like yo, like you just get me and like you know exactly what I'm going through and you can like literally I can like communicate with you mentally. I'm not even saying a word and you know what I'm saying? Yeah, like just like how you are with Al. Like I feel like that with Laura where I'm like, girl, I know you know what I'm thinking right now. And it's like mentally to you. But it's just like so cool cuz like social media has brought that to us, you know, in like some ways, in some capacities. Like that's such a like cool.

[Manny MUA]

You still upload on YouTube?

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yes, like every other month.

[Manny MUA]

Well, short form a lot. We were just talking to Aspen about this and short form is a lot. It's a beast in itself. So it's so hard because YouTube is like having your own TV show. It really is. Production ideas, thumbnail, like the whole thing. You're like kind of doing it.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah. Like this last video that I just uploaded, which was my little vacation to Hawaii with my family, I was like, why did it take me now two weeks to just edit? Yes, just edit. It was just a cut. It wasn't even like fancy editing. No text, no nothing. No, it was just a slice and that was it.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

So much.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Two freaking weeks when I don't know how I would do it.

[Laura]

Like three a week back in the day.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, yeah, like literally three.

[Laura]

Like three YouTube videos a week. Maybe more.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, I was me and you were uploading like almost every day.

[Manny MUA]

I was gonna say we did five a week.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I was close and I it in Spanish and English.

[Manny MUA]

Oh, I remember that. I was always mind blown on how you did that.

[Laura]

How the fuck?

[Yasmine Mommy]

How the fuck No, I can't even do that.

[Manny MUA]

Oh, no.

[Yasmine Mommy]

It takes me two weeks.

[Laura]

But also, like, there's just so much more to it.

[Manny MUA]

But think about it. Like, Instagram, all we had to do is post a picture.

[Laura]

Yeah, no stories. There was no stories back then.

[Manny MUA]

No stories work like.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, no stories.

[Manny MUA]

No stories. Snapchats were not curated like IG stories are curated.

[Yasmine Mommy]

You would just take out your little.

[Manny MUA]

Flesh camera, cuss out whoever you want to cuss out on Snapchat.

[Laura]

A quick one. Yeah, a quick one, too.

[Manny MUA]

You can post just a selfie on Instagram and it could be blurred. Sorry, shitty. Didn't matter. And then YouTube, you had all this time to put into it. Now you're, like, stretched so thin across every platform. Yes, it's so.

[Laura]

It's impossible. No, because I. I really do feel like you're almost like being tethered by so many different things.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

No app, no one app is getting, like, all of you. All the apps are getting mini versions of you in, like, a weird way. So it's, like, tough, actually, because you're, like, trying your best to, like, divvy out your time, but it's hard because you're trying to balance so many different things. Things. But it's funny because you remember back in the day on ig, like, back back then, before stories, you would literally post, like, your PR as a picture.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

Oh, my God. Like, on your face, on your feet.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Laura]

I remember posting, like, morphe brushes. Like, code Manny. Mine too.

[Manny MUA]

It's literally, like, from T.J. maxx. Like, I would spread out the stuff from T.J. maxx, take a picture, and that would be my post.

[Laura]

Yeah. Isn't that crazy how, like, things have just evolved so much?

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

Because that were my. I was like, my first ever pr. Almost like, I got Gerard Cosmetics PR right now.

[Manny MUA]

I'm sickening.

[Laura]

I'm so sickening. You could have made any way.

[Manny MUA]

You know what's so funny? You say that the question I have her is, what's your biggest pinch me moment as a creator, like, in your creator career? And you're over here talking about, I know that wasn't your biggest picture moment, but it's like a moment. But for you, what was your biggest like. Or like, a moment that just, like, shook you? Doesn't have to be your biggest.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But I feel like I have so many.

[Manny MUA]

You have.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

So many years.

[Laura]

Yes, I know. Seriously.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I mean, the first one, I want to say, like, probably, like, you mentioned being accepted in PR. I mean, I knew.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Back in 2012 guys. Like, this was a huge thing. Because it wasn't a thing.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah, exactly.

[Yasmine Mommy]

You would have to run out, buy the product, be one of the. Try to be one of the first people to review a product and then to receive it through pr. Oh, my God. That was, like.

[Laura]

Like, mind blowing.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah. It's like, oh, my God. They got this for free.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah. Insane.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And so that was, like, probably one at the very beginning.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I mean, obviously, being accepted to do a collab with Sigma, that was huge for me.

[Manny MUA]

I remember that.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

And they were one of the biggest brands in the world at that time.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yep.

[Manny MUA]

They were brushes.

[Laura]

Yeah, baby.

[Manny MUA]

Yes.

[Laura]

That 217.

[Manny MUA]

I remember that.

[Laura]

I remember.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I remember E40.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

No, that is so crazy.

[Manny MUA]

Palette with them, too. Yeah, I remember that. It was really pretty.

[Yasmine Mommy]

That was actually the first thing. The eyeshadow palette.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah, I remember the eyeshadow palette. Tons of colors. Yeah.

[Laura]

That's so cool.

[Manny MUA]

I remember that.

[Laura]

How insane that was.

[Manny MUA]

That's a fantastic opportunity.

[Laura]

We've had really cool, like, moments. Moments in the trajectory of time that we've done creation. It's literally crazy when you look back and think about it.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But you know what? Also remember when we were at Google headquarters in front of all these executives? Do you guys remember?

[Manny MUA]

We were. All three of us.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, all three of us. We were on a panel.

[Manny MUA]

I think I do remember this.

[Yasmine Mommy]

You were on a panel. Headquarters in front of all these brand associations.

[Laura]

Was this with YouTube. And they were asking us about, like, ad stuff. It was like, yeah, ads, vibes.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But because there was also, like, all these, like, brands like l', Oreal, Urban Decay, like, I mean, you name it. All of these people.

[Laura]

Yes. The advertisers were there. That's what it was.

[Yasmine Mommy]

It felt like a huge moment because we were being recognized as creators. And I remember you were there standing up for your community. I was there for the people of color. And you in support of, like.

[Laura]

Supporting your community, too.

[Yasmine Mommy]

No, but, like, you literally were like, I. It's so easy to be supportive of all communities.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

She's always been advocated.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yes, yes.

[Laura]

Always. For everyone.

[Manny MUA]

100%.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Making it seem like it's not that big of a deal and you guys can do it. Like, if I can do it, you.

[Manny MUA]

Guys can do it. Totally.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But, yeah, that was also, like, a huge moment because I remember after that, I did start getting recognized for being Latina. Oh, yeah.

[Laura]

Really? That's so awesome.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I kind of feel like it kind of paved the way.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah. With, like, open their eyes with this. And you had a full Spanish channel.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah. And I remember after that panel, I went into, like, these, like. I don't know if you guys did, too, but into the rooms with, like, talking all the way. Yeah. So it was like. Like, that moment where they were finally able to, like, listen. Like, I have a Spanish channel as well. Like, there's a huge opportunity here. You know, it's not just, like, it's a niche.

[Manny MUA]

You definitely had your niche.

[Laura]

Well, it's also, like, in the beginning, too. Like, I think that brands didn't really know, and they're also trying to navigate being diversive, and I think they didn't really realize, like, what that was really about, and they didn't understand. So when we had these opportunities, like panels, like, for being Latina or being gay, like, being a boy, like, especially. Obviously, back then, being a boy was like, what the Are you, Like, taboo and weird? So it was like some of our moments being like, oh, like, there's more to it than just, like, one type.

[Manny MUA]

Of person that buys makeup.

[Laura]

There's not one person only that buys makeup. There's actually a vast amount of people. There's not one race, not one gender that buys it. It's kind of like a universal language in some way. And brands kind of started realizing that 10, 11 years ago. Yeah. When they were starting to, like, actually introduce it to us, you know, in some way.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I remember I did say. I was like, we're not a trend.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

We're actually here to stay.

[Laura]

Yeah, exactly. I remember, too. I do remember that.

[Manny MUA]

What's a beauty trend that you secretly cannot stand? Oh, it's just like.

[Laura]

Oh, so many.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Let's just check off all the boxes. No. Oh, my God.

[Manny MUA]

We'll give you time to think. That's an on the spot.

[Laura]

Yeah, it's on the spot. We'll give you time to think.

[Manny MUA]

What's the beauty trend? I can't stand.

[Laura]

I have one. I can't stand.

[Manny MUA]

Say it.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I'm like, yeah.

[Laura]

What I cannot stand.

[Manny MUA]

He's gonna get him.

[Laura]

I'm sorry. There's so many. I'm so sorry. For me, what I can't stand is purposefully being cringe for, like, reactions. Sorry. I hate it. It's one of my biggest pet peeves for me. It's like when someone does things, like, when they, like, let's say they. They react to something that the reaction is not warranted whatsoever, but they do it because they're being stupid. Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

Because they know they're going to get, like, a.

[Laura]

They're going to like, their reaction is so beyond like outlandish where I'm like, you guys, like, it just feels so funny to me. I think that's why, like that, that to me, that like kind of annoys you when the.

[Manny MUA]

They're like, yeah.

[Laura]

And I'm like, okay.

[Manny MUA]

Over a lip gloss or something. Yeah, over gloss. And I'm like, obviously you wanted the click.

[Laura]

You're pissing me off.

[Manny MUA]

Okay, that's fair.

[Laura]

That's me.

[Manny MUA]

That's a good one. It's a good one.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I still can't. I can't.

[Laura]

What about you? I know you got some in that bolt.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I mean, you said some of them.

[Manny MUA]

Let me get my content. I'm like, here are my icks from beauty gurus. I've done all of them.

[Laura]

We've all done those things. Cuz I'm like, I see it.

[Manny MUA]

But my history online, they're going to definitely make.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But yeah, all of us who've done.

[Laura]

That, we've all done them.

[Manny MUA]

We've all done them. Spirit fingers under the chin, they're like, I still do it. I still do it. I was doing a skincare, like face up and I put my hand. I was like, oh no. I said, I was like, put it.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Down, put it down now.

[Manny MUA]

I was like, you can't do that. You can't do that. What else did I say? The. I said it was an influencer. I did.

[Laura]

I was like this.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I mean, you know what the. Even though it's the, the spare fingers, but also like just tapping on the product every time you. I still do it and I hate it.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah, but isn't how funny?

[Laura]

Funny?

[Manny MUA]

That really annoys people. By the way. That was one of my top comments. I was like, you guys, tell me what you're. That was a top comment. I wonder why that's annoying. Why?

[Laura]

But the tapping.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I don't know it once and then that's it. But every single product I'm showing, I'm.

[Laura]

Just like, I'm just curious as like a creator because you've been creating content for a long time. Have you ever like been in like drama with someone? Like, let's say like gone into like a, like a mini battle with someone, whether it's online, publicly, another creator, like a fellow influencer. And if you have, how did you like deal with it? Like, did you deal with the behind scenes publicly? Like, have you ever dealt with online vitriol?

[Manny MUA]

We've never dealt with that before.

[Laura]

We've never dealt with that.

[Manny MUA]

Have you ever.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Well, I don't even Think Laura even remembers this. But I did have. Well, actually going way back, way back with Diana. Me and her had this whole incident because remember, we used to share PR eBay females.

[Manny MUA]

Yes.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Okay.

[Manny MUA]

So there was one you used to share. Yes, we used to share that I have forgot about. We did. I remember us sickening. I'm like, girl, you got abh. Yes.

[Yasmine Mommy]

So it was one of those incidents where a creator. I forgot her name. She was in a different country, too, but. But kind of like was the instigator between her and I to get in a fight PR meal. The way that we just handled it was the next time we saw each other at an event because obvious, obviously, she's in New York. I was over here. Is that we just, like, saw each other, talked about it, and we kind of figured out what ended up happening with the miscommunication. Talked it out. Nothing went online. And that's it. We're like besties, you know, still to this day. Like, you know. But yeah, we just, like, talked about it and then moved on. But there was one incident, like, I'm gonna say, like, probably or you don't remember, but I did have one that was online and I texted her. Her and I said, listen, I'm not going. What you're going through what you went through, but how do I deal with this?

[Manny MUA]

And you told me you asked for advice. I asked her out, didn't I? I'm just kidding. You're like, you're going to want to cuss. I'm just kidding now. But she did.

[Yasmine Mommy]

You did tell me a really good advice, and I really, really appreciate that because you said in the moment, it feels like all eyes are on you and you feel like everyone knows about this whole topic or. But in reality is nobody knows and nobody cares. And that was the truth.

[Manny MUA]

Yep. Totally.

[Yasmine Mommy]

That was really.

[Manny MUA]

You're gonna blow your up.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

And alert everyone. Yep. To something that maybe 100 people know about and don't even care. Yeah.

[Laura]

Right.

[Manny MUA]

And it will pass so fast.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

If you don't speak on it or just let it go.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah. So I appreciate that because I just ignored it. And I was like, okay, I'm just going to continue being me.

[Manny MUA]

I have, by the way, taken that advice from myself and spoken from my own experiences. Y' all are like, yeah, right. No, truly. A million times. Like this little spurt or this little person said something or this person tweeted about you. I have even big. I have ignored because, you know, it's like on and off of the illustrious 12 years of doing this, like, on and off things have happened. And that's what's so complicated about our industry. Everyone is expected to be best friends. But at the end of the day, we're talking thousands of people in a very competitive industry, and we're all doing the same thing. And it's something that it's not black and white. It's something you got to work for. Sometimes you want to jump off a cliff. Sometimes you're having the best day of your life. Sometimes you're really jealous. Sometimes you're really competitive. Sometimes you want to help someone and give them the whole world.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

That is how this industry feels. And it. It's different on a daily basis because it's such a tricky career, because none of our careers are like this check comes. You clock in at this time, and your check comes. Mail. None of that. How hard we work is how eventually is your return. And guess what? Sometimes you work really hard and you don't get a return. That happens, too, in this industry. But we're all expected to live in this perfect world of symphony and all be best friends. And with a career that works like this and makes us all feel these feelings, there's no way for that to exist. And that's okay. Like, we're not all meant to be best friends friends, you know, not just.

[Yasmine Mommy]

That, but also something that my dad at the time also gave me as advice. He's like, no, not everyone's going to like you.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And people already have formed opinions about you, even way before anything exactly. Is being said about you. Like, so no matter what you say, they already had already an opinion about you.

[Manny MUA]

Absolutely.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Who are you trying to convince?

[Manny MUA]

You're not gonna convince somebody. You're not gonna convince them. You know what? Manny actually, like, mentions something like that that the other day because someone had left, like, rude comment and like, they were saying nasty comments. And many goes, oh, but those people didn't like us anyways because he was like, after 12 years, either like us or you don't. Yeah. You know what I mean?

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

He was like, that's our hate. Because we were like, we have, like, obviously a fans of haters. They're like our hater fan crowd. Like, it's a whole crowd. So it's like, if anything, negative. Like the hater fan crowds there, of course. But then we also have our lovers. But it's like those people have already made their opinions. Yeah.

[Laura]

And they'll never change.

[Manny MUA]

They're never gonna change.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

And it's a really hard Pill to swallow. When you know who you are, you know your core, you're no, you know, you're not. The things that people say, like, you know that your friends know that it's a hard pill to swallow to be okay with not being liked. What is one piece of advice? Like, if little baby Yasmine could, like, pop down. Are you now you now could pop down on a baby her. Yeah. Yasmine is about to start a YouTube channel. What's one piece of advice you would give yourself in the future?

[Yasmine Mommy]

Oh, I mean, I've always lived by the same quote over and over. I actually have it tattooed.

[Laura]

Oh, my God, I love it.

[Yasmine Mommy]

To live Undia La vez, because like, you mentioned, there was times that in our career, there were some epic moments. And yes, you're living through it, but in the moment, you're not taking it in.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

To kind of like stop. Kind of like the basically stop and smell the roses.

[Laura]

Yeah. Literally.

[Manny MUA]

Yes.

[Laura]

Like, live one day at a time.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah. Really live it.

[Manny MUA]

It's really. Take it all in. Yeah, that's really good. I like that because that's like the whole point in life. Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Like, who would have thought 12 years later, I'm going to be here.

[Manny MUA]

We also blinked in 12 years, so it was very. They say the days are long and the years are short.

[Laura]

Yeah, True.

[Manny MUA]

Is so true. And I know whenever you have kids, they say time goes faster.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, it does. It does.

[Manny MUA]

So crazy. Yeah.

[Laura]

I also feel like, also change that.

[Manny MUA]

I feel like I was actually thinking panel recently and that.

[Laura]

You know what?

[Manny MUA]

I don't remember what it was, you guys.

[Laura]

It was really profound, too.

[Manny MUA]

Damn.

[Laura]

It wasn't. It probably. I'm finding it. I'll get back, you guys. We're gonna be talking. I'll be like this. Shut the. Everyone. I remember.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I remember the point.

[Laura]

No, but it's the truth. I, I, I wish that I could tell myself that too, back then because I think that I also was just kind of going through the motions. So I think it's like, it was like one of those things where it's like, damn, we could have really stopped and spelled the roses. Do you have any, like, future, like, exciting projects that you're, like, working on that you're like, oh, my God, I can't wait for this. Speaking of drive.

[Yasmine Mommy]

There is a few exciting.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Especially with my own brand.

[Laura]

Oh, yes, yes. No, please tell us about that.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I mean, I do. I don't know if you guys know this, but I am a founder of a coffee line called Casale So cute. Yes.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But yeah, I have some exciting things. Obviously it's not. It wasn't just like my one coffee and that was it. Like, no, there's more to come.

[Manny MUA]

Love it.

[Laura]

Love that.

[Manny MUA]

I love it. I didn't.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I don't know. Are you guys coffee drinkers?

[Manny MUA]

I'm actually not.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Laura]

No.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Cuz I'm like you. Your caffeine is Dr. Pepper. And I know you're into like, drink. Yeah. You're energy drinks.

[Laura]

Yeah, Like, I'm not, like, I'm not an energy or not energy. I'm not a coffee drinker, but I love caffeine.

[Yasmine Mommy]

You love caffeine. I know a lot of people love Matcha. I know coffee other ways.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Laura]

It's funny, I actually kind of wish I did like coffee because then I'm like, I would understand missing out. Like. Yeah, but it's the actual coffee flavor.

[Manny MUA]

She's like, let me show you.

[Laura]

She's like, you are. It's the coffee flavor that I've never been into. I've never liked it.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Laura]

Like, And I've always wanted to because I'm like, oh, people seem so happy with coffee.

[Manny MUA]

They do.

[Laura]

And it's so easy to get coffee. That's what I like about it too. It's so hard sometimes, you know, girls to another country. How hard is to get energy drinks?

[Manny MUA]

Sometimes I'm like, you're not getting. Dang it. In Dubai. Didn't have wonder for the whole time. And they couldn't even get a Coke. They were like, Pepsi. I was like, you're like, worse.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Okay, but have you guys tried Pepsi? Zero?

[Manny MUA]

No.

[Yasmine Mommy]

It's actually so much better.

[Manny MUA]

I'll have to try it then.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I am like obsessed with that now.

[Manny MUA]

No way.

[Laura]

Really?

[Manny MUA]

What's your. What's your guilty pleasure? Food. Like nasty. Oh, Andrew.

[Laura]

Andrew, drink Guilty pleasure.

[Manny MUA]

Nasty and dirty.

[Laura]

Sick.

[Manny MUA]

Sick.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Well, I mean, I'm a sweet person.

[Manny MUA]

Okay.

[Laura]

So my.

[Yasmine Mommy]

You give me like a. A warm chocolate chip cookie, like put it in the oven or something and then slap ice cream on top.

[Manny MUA]

Okay.

[Laura]

A pazuki.

[Manny MUA]

She loves a pazuk.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yes.

[Manny MUA]

I love chocolate chip out on her.

[Yasmine Mommy]

You need to make some and invite me.

[Laura]

No, seriously.

[Manny MUA]

Absolutely.

[Laura]

Seriously. Like black out worthy.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And now as far as my drink. Ooh. I mean, I love coffee, but I don't like it sweet. Sweet. So my sweet drink would be like, what's that? It's pretty much like, I don't know.

[Laura]

I don't know how to explain.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah. How to explain this. They're like, it's a Mexican drink. It tastes kind of like.

[Manny MUA]

Not horchata.

[Laura]

No, no. It's not like.

[Manny MUA]

It's not like a warm.

[Yasmine Mommy]

It's hot.

[Manny MUA]

You know where they have the big plastic with the ice.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I don't even know how to say it. Jug in English. I don't even know how you say yetol in English.

[Laura]

I don't even know what that is myself. So that one. That one.

[Manny MUA]

I lost that one. I don't know.

[Laura]

I was like, I had no idea.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah. I don't know how to explain the champ, but it's okay. I gotta invite you over.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah, exactly.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I have a feeling you would love that.

[Manny MUA]

Don't tell me you like it too, right, Manny?

[Laura]

What the ch.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

What's your favorite Mexican dish?

[Yasmine Mommy]

Mexican dish.

[Manny MUA]

Me too. I'm like a chicken quesadilla.

[Yasmine Mommy]

They kick me out, baby.

[Laura]

No, you know what's actually funny?

[Manny MUA]

That's not my favorite.

[Laura]

I would say, like, Webo Rancho. Just like, classic. Like, I just like that as, like, a breakfast thing. I'm not, like, actually a huge breakfast person, but that will make me black out. But actually, like, my nasty, sick Mexican thing. Because I grew up in San Diego, obviously, like, Chula Vista vibes for me. It's like a Cali. A Cali burrito. To me. It's like.

[Manny MUA]

Never had one.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I'm like, what's a Kelly burrito?

[Manny MUA]

Never.

[Laura]

No, but see. But see, a Cali burrito is basically like. It's a gala burrito.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Oh, okay.

[Manny MUA]

But.

[Laura]

But it's, like, with fries. And, like, it has, like, different things inside of it. Inside of it. So it's like, very. Like, they're very common in San Diego. And like, Chula. Like, it's like Cali fries. It's the same thing where it's like fries.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, Like a bed of fries. Burritos.

[Laura]

Yes. So it's like fries in the burrito. So it's like a very specific thing. And it's not, like, technically, like, authentic Mexican, I would say. Yeah, but I just love that as, like, for me, like, I just think that's fire.

[Yasmine Mommy]

For me. I'm. I mean, I will always up tacos all the time.

[Manny MUA]

Like a straight. Every time.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yes.

[Laura]

A street taco.

[Manny MUA]

Mine's beautiful. I don't care.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Find them in the corner. I'll go there.

[Manny MUA]

Those are the best ones. Yes.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Some people are like, oh, no, no, no. Because then it'll up my stomach. I'm like, give it all to me.

[Laura]

Let me tell you this one. And steel that stomach.

[Manny MUA]

Is steal she said my stomach's gonna up. The tacos, it's gonna be the other way around.

[Laura]

Baby, baby, we. I grew up on like a hot cheeto a day. Like a whole bunch every single day.

[Manny MUA]

I didn't drink really. I don't know if I ate hot cheetos. Alabama, there's no. It's all. All Tex Mex there. So it's like whitewash. Which by the way, divine. Like tore it up. And then when I came here, Mexican food, even better. Like the authentic. My favorite is the video with the ramen and the consum that is like.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Actually, you know what? I just a couple years ago tasted for the first time via ramen.

[Manny MUA]

Oh, girl, it'll take you out. We have a place. You do? Oh, yeah.

[Laura]

San Marco Ramen is.

[Manny MUA]

Is just insane.

[Laura]

Impeccable.

[Manny MUA]

We don't have that in Alabama. We also, there may be tahin there, but no one's like ever used it or at least like. But so when I moved here, no chamoy. Damn. You're not getting. You're not getting.

[Laura]

Yeah, like that's me.

[Manny MUA]

You're getting a chicken quesadilla and Taco Bell.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Oh, God, I love her.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah, you would struggle. Good.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Wait, so now I'm curious. So Eure, do you guys like go or cow?

[Manny MUA]

Okay.

[Laura]

The video that we do is the cow.

[Manny MUA]

It's beef. Okay.

[Laura]

I actually have never had both. I've never had a goat media before. No, never go.

[Manny MUA]

You prefer the goat media I've never had before. I think I've had it. We should try it.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Some people don't like it because they're like. Yeah, they're like weirded out because it's.

[Laura]

A go buttery like freaks out because it's a goat.

[Yasmine Mommy]

To me it's like more softer.

[Manny MUA]

So Yasmine mean, like, as you know, I've lost people so dear and so close to me that I love. And I know you recently lost your dog and I know Valentine has also experienced so much loss. We want to talk about that a little bit and like that experiences. Because by the way, I. I just want to say this. First of all, I know Valentine's lost people that wasn't a pet. But losing a pet is like losing a human.

[Laura]

It is.

[Manny MUA]

I lost one of my cats and it tore. Tore me up like I lost my mom. Of course that tore me up. I've talked about that so much. But also that the weight pets are kind of like family members. I feel like they are.

[Laura]

They are.

[Manny MUA]

They truly.

[Laura]

They truly like, they like.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah. This was actually my first pet that I actually lose Me, actually.

[Laura]

Like, your. Your child?

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, my child.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

This was my baby. Because obviously, growing up, we have. Have, you know, family pets. And thankfully, with my family pet, the only one dog that we had, I never got to actually see how he died or anything, because it was actually my dad. You know, he took care of it without us knowing.

[Manny MUA]

Right.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And we just kept asking, like, where's our dog?

[Laura]

Where's our dog? Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Until he finally, like, told us, like, it was, like, a month later, but it is still, like, protecting you. Yeah, he protected us, like, but we kind of, like, got used to, like, the whole month, like, not seeing our dog. And so it kind of, like, made it very.

[Manny MUA]

The news was, like, softer.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah. It wasn't, like, a huge, like, impact on us like that. But with this, my little Bella. That was hard, Frenchies. Yes. That was really hard because Bella was my little baby. I know they always say, like, do you guys have favors and things like that? And I would always say, bella is my baby. Like, this was my baby. And I didn't think that she would be the first to go. Out of all my Frenchies, was she. Oh, my gosh. She was 8. Oh, yeah. I mean, my Frenchie's already old.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And they always ask, like, where are your Frenchies? And I'm like, they're old. They're just literally chilling. Like, if you guys know anything about Frenchies, they're not active now. Now I only have three.

[Manny MUA]

Okay. But you have four.

[Laura]

So. Wait, so Frenchies, do they. What's their time span? Like, the average time span of a Frenchie? Because dogs, they do switch, like.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Laura]

Different per breed. Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I honestly thought my oldest was gonna go first because she's the oldest.

[Laura]

Right.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But she's going strong. Like, she is good as new.

[Laura]

She's fine.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah. She's way too fine. But I think it's like, 12 years.

[Manny MUA]

From what I remember.

[Yasmine Mommy]

The Frenchies. Yeah. I think the master Max.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But they're always having health problems because obviously they're breathing. Yeah. Infections and things like that.

[Manny MUA]

But.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But thankfully. And I'm so grateful. I never have experienced anything with health issues with them like that. But with Bella, it was just like, she's just old. That's what the doctor. It was her time. Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

Oh, my God.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Like, there was pretty much nothing, because even though, like, we. If I wanted to be selfish and just keep her still, she was just gonna be suffering.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah. Yeah, totally. Damn, that was really hard.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And, like, having that, like, Decision to make wrecked me.

[Laura]

Oh, my God.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I. For 24 hours I was like, literally just crying non stop. Like, non stop.

[Manny MUA]

I've never had to put down a pet before or like.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And I know my friend Ale has, like, obviously told me about this because she went through it. Yeah, twice actually. And I knew it was so hard because of how I saw her, but. But to really, like, go through it and experience it. Oh my God, it is the most horrible thing ever. Until this day. I still haven't told my daughters.

[Laura]

No.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I feel like I'm gonna be a wreck the day that. Cause I keep making up excuses and things like that, but I don't. I also kind of. I guess I see my dad's point of view of why he did it like that with us, because I just know it's going to be really hard on them. And.

[Laura]

Yeah, what a blessing that you have a couple other dogs too that like, yeah, help, like, not fill the void, but like the fact that they get to play with other dogs too. And it's not just like one that they're like, where is only one?

[Yasmine Mommy]

It's like, girl.

[Laura]

Then it's like, what the hell?

[Manny MUA]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's so sad.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I know.

[Manny MUA]

I'm so sorry to hear that.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But so, because of that, with my training and everything, obviously it's. It made it a lot harder because. Because, you know, every time I see someone pass away and then I just see life continuing, I feel sick to my stomach because it's like, how does. How does time continue? Like, I just feel like it's so up and then.

[Manny MUA]

And then it's kind of like, not that they're forgotten, but they're no longer with you in the present memory. They're with you in any current. They live, they stay in the past, you know, and they're with us, like in our hearts and our memories. But I think that's like part of it that's so painful. You know what I mean? Like, to an extent, like, when you die, you are forgotten to an extent. You're not here anymore. You know what I mean? And then you're like, we live these lives that are so important, but then when we're gone, I don't know. Once you experience like a death or death, someone close to you, one. I have so much more empathy. Not that I did it in the past. I just didn't know how bad that felt. You know what I mean? Like, because. And also one of my problems was I had never, like, envisioned losing my mother before. Like, I had Never been like, I wonder what life would be like without her. And I guess because she was just, like, in her 60s and that time hadn't come yet where you don't think about it. Think about it like, oh, my God, what would I do if my mom died? Like, I just really hadn't marinated on that before. So I was a disaster. I mean, it hit me like a train, you know, whenever she passed away, it was like, one of the most difficult things I've ever been through in my life. And I think part of it, because I did it, it was just so abruptly, you know, And I never, like, envisioned, like, what life would be like without her, because I was like, she'll always be there. You just think that, you know, you're like, she'll always be. Be there. So it's an interesting thing. And everybody grieves different.

[Laura]

It comes in waves. And it's a very difficult thing.

[Manny MUA]

Totally.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I didn't understand when people would say that.

[Manny MUA]

The waves. Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I really never understood it until finally, like, you know, Bella passed away, and I was just like, fine. And then all of a sudden, it just would come, and I just.

[Laura]

The grief gets you all over again. It's a very strange thing.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yes.

[Manny MUA]

It's almost like a little weight that you carry with you, but you don't even realize sometimes it's there. You know what I mean? And then sometimes it shows up and it's like, oh, no, we're still hurting. You know, I mean, and some people don't stop hurting, and it just comes and goes in waves. Grieving's different for. For everybody, but I feel like it helps to talk about it. That's like, the number one thing. And it's, like, the last thing you want to talk about, by the way. You know what I mean? You're like, let me talk about my sore spot. But in a weird way, the more I've talked about losing my mom, the more I've been able to get words out without crying or, you know, starting to tear up or whimper. I'm like, oh, now I can. I can, like, speak on it, but it's because I've done it so many times. So, like, I've gotten better, but I think we always carry it with us. And I. I just think, like, if you were to lose Zaya. Not to put that out there, but. Yeah, but, like, I think losing a pet is like losing a family member.

[Laura]

I'm not kidding. I don't. Like, I genuinely, like. Because of course, I. Now that she. She's gonna Be nine this year in December. And I think about it, I'm like, she's getting up there in age, but I can't really imagine my life without. So, yeah, in like a weird way, it's like I can't really.

[Manny MUA]

Part of your every day.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, every single day.

[Manny MUA]

Pet part of your everyday life. Unless you're traveling, but still you're thinking about them.

[Laura]

Every day I think about her.

[Manny MUA]

So whenever you lose that, like, your whole world truly shifts like this.

[Laura]

And the thing is like a pet, like, having my own past taught me this different sense of responsibility, has taught me a different sense of love. I've never felt love like I have before. And like, this kind of love I feel for her, it's not a love I feel for my mom. It's not a love I feel for Laura, for my siblings. It's not the same love. Love that I feel. So it's very strange. It's different, but it's almost like. It's like something like I've almost like it's a love that's grown. Like, it's like started like this and then now it's like we're this. And I don't know how to explain. I probably sound stupid, but, like, it just sounds like it's just like we've combined. It's like a love that I just can't explain.

[Manny MUA]

Also, an animal's love is so innocent.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Laura]

And they actually depend on you, which, when you think about it, like an animal is so pure. This is why I think anyone that abuses animals, I think should go to hell and like, literally die.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah. But like, should trial. That's murder.

[Laura]

Like, it's murder. Because truly, like, the animal is so innocent. It depends on you for actually everything your pet depends on you. Like, if you don't feed it, it will pass away. It depends on you to survive. So something that innocent that just cares about you, only to do something to that is like beyond like my fathoms, truly. So it's. It's like it really gives you a different perspective if, like, I don't know if you guys have pets or not. Having your own pet and having like, just like having your own kids, it just changed perspectives in different ways of your life. It just changes. When you had your own pets, you're like, holy shit.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

It's a different kind of love that you've never felt probably even than your family pet that you had.

[Manny MUA]

Right.

[Laura]

Not the same, you know?

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Manny MUA]

So.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But it is very true how you say people grieve different.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Because I didn't know how I was going to grieve. I didn't. I always, like, imagined imagine, like, I'm probably gonna lose my grandma first or, like, I don't know, somebody in the family that. And I wonder how I would take it, because I have never lost anyone in my life. And I noticed that Valentin, when he first lost his father, this was, like, years ago. I mean, this was when we first got married. He didn't cry at all. It almost felt like he went into shock.

[Laura]

Totally.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

It was also as well, very, like. Like, sudden.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I mean, he died of cancer, and within, like, a couple months, he just passed away. It was very, very much. And then he was so young. I think he was only, like, 40 something.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah. That is crazy.

[Yasmine Mommy]

So for him, it's cruel. It felt weird seeing him not cry because I'm like, are you actually going through it?

[Manny MUA]

Right.

[Yasmine Mommy]

I didn't know also, you know. But now he finally cries about it.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Now that we have daughters, I can see him, like, finally processing it because now he's a father. Like, I don't want to get emotional, but, like, yeah, I see him.

[Manny MUA]

See, like, what that would do if he were to pass in his 40s, like, for his little girls.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Like, he. He now feels that.

[Laura]

The impact.

[Manny MUA]

He sees that. And sometimes that allows you to process, and it allows you to feel what you've really been feeling. Feeling. And. And, you know, when you don't process it, listen, everybody handles it different. They all process it in their time. Grieving is all about you. It's not about other people's journey or we're supposed to do it the same, or here's the steps. That is not grieving.

[Laura]

There's no baby.

[Manny MUA]

There's not.

[Laura]

That's what it is for you.

[Manny MUA]

There's literally none.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But, yeah, now I feel like with him going through that and now being a father definitely puts you in a different perspective of how you view things now.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Not just that, but I also kind of learned that him not only losing his father, but his grandpa, uncle, aunt, and now his sister going through treatment for cancer, it really puts you in this perspective of, like, you have to take life and live it to your fullest. Like, I always mention, we have this so engraved in us now that every time, like, we're in a moment, like, we're not with you guys, like, I'm, like, trying to take it in.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Yasmine Mommy]

And then when we're doing, exercising, like, when we're exercising and all that stuff and running now, we view it as this mental challenge of, like. Like, it's a privilege to move your body.

[Manny MUA]

It's not, when is this over? It's like, I get. I get to do it. I get to do this. I get to do this.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah. It's funny because I did read a. A TikTok video. Somebody, like, wrote it on Texas. It was like, when the run feels like, I don't. I don't have to run, I get to run.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

What a great. I feel like that's, like, a great note to. To.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah.

[Laura]

To end on. Because truly, like, it's just a profound thing. And I think that is people, they forget, and even I forget at times. And there's always moments when I'm, like, human. I should really.

[Manny MUA]

We'll forget.

[Laura]

Appreciate this. Like, you know, just like, we, like, actually, the whole podcast, like, it feels like almost retrospective in a way, because we were talking about, like, look at the things we've done and we forgot in the moment. And now look at us. Now we're, like, actually appreciating moments that we're living.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

I think it's just, like, a good sentiment for you guys. The full fam is just, like, to remember that, like, life is a blessing in itself, and, like, living and breathing and being here is like, we're able to do this and, like, wow, how lucky we are.

[Manny MUA]

Yeah.

[Laura]

You know what I mean?

[Yasmine Mommy]

And even if people are not going through, like, a grieving process or anything like that. But I. I remember specifically, not long ago, talking about it on my stories because of, you know, what's happening in our communities with ice raids and all that stuff. And I told them that, you know, I under. Totally understand how people can be so scared. Scared and always just worrying about what's gonna happen tomorrow. What's gonna happen tomorrow. And it's always the what if, what if, what if, you know, And I told him in my story, like, you have to remember to live in the moment and enjoy that time with your family. Like, I understand. Like, you know, things can happen. You can step outside, something can happen with the ice rays or whatever, but in that moment, when you're with your family and the dinner table, stop worrying about the what ifs.

[Manny MUA]

That's what it's about.

[Yasmine Mommy]

It's about right there.

[Laura]

Right.

[Manny MUA]

That's what you're fighting for. Yeah. That's why you're here. Yeah. For. To be with your family, to have those moments. So it's like, absorb every drop of that that you possibly can, especially whenever you're currently living in an uncertain time.

[Yasmine Mommy]

Yeah, yeah.

[Manny MUA]

So.

[Yasmine Mommy]

But what a beautiful night.

[Manny MUA]

It's so true. Well, thank you so much for coming. Thank you for we. We looking forward to having you on and this was such a great episode.

[Laura]

It was amazing. We really appreciate having you on. Of course. You guys want to leave everything linked down below? Check her out. Amazing. And we'll catch you guys in our next episode.

[Manny MUA]

Bye, guys.

[Laura]

I love you.

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