On Saturday, February 17, we celebrated Random Acts of Kindness Day at LaLaLand Kind Cafe (known both for its incredible variety of coffee lattes and for employing and mentoring foster youth). Thrive Causemetics Founder was on hand to showcase the new Thrive Causemetics Liquid Lash™ Extensions Mascara Limited-Edition Shade Extension Colors, as 10% percent of proceeds were given to Foster Love, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of children in foster care.

I had a chance to speak with the adorable Founder, Karissa Bodnar, who describerd how she dreamed of creating this company since she was 10. To date, Thrive Causmetics has more than 500 non-profit Giving Partners and in 2022 alone Thrive Causemetics donated over $135 million in products and funds to these giving partners.

Makeup artist, beauty product designer, and formulator, Karissa lost her friends to cancer when she was 24. Thrive Causmetics believes in changing the world starts with a single ingredient, and that’s Thrive Causemetics creates vegan, 100% cruelty-free formulas containing proven ingredients without the use of parabens or sulfates. All of our high-performance cosmetics are developed at Thrive Causemetics® Lab—where they control every step of the product development process. Karissa has traveled the world sourcing powerful ingredients to create clean formulas with skin-loving properties.

We love Thrive Causemetics Mascara in shades of pink, purple, and deep blue as they provide a subtle hint to enhance your eye color and create long natural natural-looking lashes. We also adore the Eye Brighteners that illuminate the eye area in shades like champagne shimmer and warm bronze shimmer. We like to use this under the eyebrows or corners of the eye. Try their sheer hydrating Lip Tints or Lip Plumping Peptide Gloss – both in subtle barely there hues. We can’t wait to try many other fabulous Thrive Causemetics beauty products – as it feels good to be part of something that is not only good for you but that benefits and empowers other’s lives.