Into the Fridge 🐾
Rose-Marie Swift on eating durian and Kundalini breathing
Rose-Marie Swift 🐾
Rose-Marie is a legendary makeup artist in the clean beauty space. You’re probably familiar with her brand RMS, one of the first cosmetics brands with products that are equally effective and good for the skin. She lives between Savannah, Georgia and NYC with her adorable pup, Ruby Moon. Rose-Marie has a pretty dialed approach to health, which I’ll now present to you…
What is your fridge philosophy?
All healthy, no GMO crap or products with GMO ingredients (no exceptions), tons of greens and vegetables, total farm to table philosophy. I do not believe in the food pyramid nor the Standard American Diet which is SAD.
Your fridge is always always always stocked with ____.
Probiotics, coconut water, Living Silica, durian
Top 5 condiments, go.
Nama Shoyu
maple syrup
chutney
hot sauce
Fine, I’ll open it up to pantry too. Let’s hear your favorite snacks / pantry staples:
When I feel naughty, it is definitely crackers and cheese.
Also salted pumpkin seeds, sardines, and always medjool dates for a sweet treat.
A meal that’s on heavy rotation these days:
Durian with blueberries and coconut water, blended to make a thick smoothie. I throw in various healthy additives every once in a while. It’s the best and healthiest fruit in the world, no matter how stinky it is.
Always Greek salad.
Let’s go a little deeper…
What’s the mantra you keep coming back to?
I have several mantras. One is a well known Indian mantra of Ganesh and I also do other short ones.
I am love, I am light, I am happiness.
The Hawaiian Healing Prayer For Repentance, Self-Forgiveness & Transmutation: “I love you, I am sorry, please forgive me, thank you.”
When I drive I do a long slow humming “ohm” which helps balance the right and left side of the brain. Love this — it makes me feel awesome.
What products / practices are part of your regular mental wellness habits?
Avoiding eating in the morning as long as possible. I have never been a breakfast girl and I eat dinner early always. I also fast through the evening and continue till around noon or so the following day. The body need a break and this helps tremendously.
And your physical?
Every morning, I do lymphatic drainage techniques over different parts of my body. What a wake up!
Also deep breath work and meditation mantras.
I love my rebounder and my rowing machine.
What do you think is the most underrated part of wellness?
Intuition. Listen to your body and your soul. It talks to us everyday. All the answers are there. Believe me.
And overrated?
Hope in a pharmaceutical, hope in a jar, and hope in the knife (cosmetic surgery)!
Picture this: you wake up one morning and feel like shit. What’s your next move:
Kundalini breath of fire. Out with the bad in with the good. On those days when it is bad, I sleep it off and don’t eat. Energy changes.
Give us your ride or die wellness products:
Probiotics, Living Silica (liquid collagen), TRS from Coseva and chlorella for detoxing the body.
One thing you do everyday that makes you the most YOU version of yourself:
My red lip and my love for my little dog Ruby Moon. She opens my heart like nothing else. Working on my RMS beauty products!
Whose taste inspires you?!
Taste that is unusual. I don’t follow the norm nor does mediocrity interest me. I like unique, eclectic, haunting and anything with depth. Add some humor to that and wow!
Big thank you to Rose-Marie for sharing a taste of her very wellness-oriented life with us. If you haven’t checked out the RMS lineup yet, I highly recommend giving the UnCoverup Concealer some attention. You can find her fridge favorites and more here.
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interesting stuff here but personally i like being heavily medicated so i don't kill myself. thank you pharmaceuticals!
I'd like to note that the photo captions are always on point haha