The Eminence Kids Foundation: Where Your Facial Dollars Quietly Go

Most of what happens during a facial at my studio, you can feel: warm towels, working hands, a mask settling in. But there's one part of every treatment you'd never notice, and it might be my favorite. The organic products on your skin — the ones I chose from Eminence Organic Skin Care — are quietly helping feed seriously ill children. Today I want to tell you that story, because I think you deserve to know where your facial dollars go after they leave your hands.

A founder who was once a very sick kid

The founder of Eminence survived leukemia as a child. That's not a detail from a press kit I skim past — it's the root of everything the company became. Someone who spent part of childhood seriously ill grew up and built a skincare company, and then made sure that company turned around to care for children going through what he went through.

Businesses get built for lots of reasons. This one carries its history with it, and you can feel that in the decisions it makes.

What the foundation actually does

The Eminence Kids Foundation has a beautifully unglamorous mission: it feeds seriously ill children. Not awareness campaigns, not branded merchandise — food, for kids fighting for their health, whose families are often stretched past their limits by the logistics of serious illness. A portion of Eminence product proceeds supports that work, which means it doesn't depend on occasional charity drives. It's simply built into how the company operates, every day, with every jar.

So when I use an Eminence masque or moisturizer during your treatment, a sliver of that purchase is already on its way to a child's table. You didn't have to do anything extra. Neither did I. That's what giving looks like when it's structural instead of seasonal.

Why this sealed my decision

I've written before about why I chose Eminence as the exclusive organic line at my studio — the Biodynamic® farming, the ingredient sourcing, the proof-over-marketing standard I hold every product line to. I'm not sentimental about brands; after 30 years in aesthetics, I've watched too many pretty labels come and go.

But when I was vetting Eminence, the foundation mattered. A company's charity tells you what it values when nobody's shopping. Feeding sick children, funded structurally, connected to the founder's own story — that's not a marketing department's idea. That's character. It told me the same care would show up in the products, and years of results on my clients' skin have borne that out.

The same thread runs through this studio

If you've spent time at Truth In Beauty, you know supporting people through serious illness isn't an abstraction here. I'm oncology-trained, and the studio supports City of Hope — you can read about that on my donate page. It's the same conviction in local form: beauty work, at its best, is care work.

None of this is why you book a facial, and I'd never suggest it should be. You come in for your skin, and the skin results have to stand on their own. But I think it's worth knowing that an hour on my table ripples a little further than the mirror — through the products I chose on purpose, toward kids who could use a good meal.

Every organic facial on my service menu uses Eminence, so this isn't a special add-on or a premium option — it's simply how treatments work here. Book a facial, get a professional skin analysis, let your skin soak up products grown and made with unusual care, and somewhere down the line, quietly, a child eats a little better. Not a bad afternoon's work for lying on a warm table with your eyes closed.

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself. It turns out it doesn't end there — sometimes it travels all the way to someone else's kitchen table.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Eminence Kids Foundation?

It is the charitable foundation of Eminence Organic Skin Care, and its mission is feeding seriously ill children. A portion of Eminence product proceeds supports the foundation's work, so the products used in your treatment carry a quiet second purpose.

Do Eminence products cost more because of the donation?

No. The giving is built into how the company operates, not added to your bill. A portion of product proceeds goes to the foundation as part of Eminence's own commitment, and you pay the same either way.

Can I get Eminence products at Truth In Beauty?

Eminence is the exclusive organic line I use in treatments, and I am happy to recommend the right products for your home routine during your appointment. The skin analysis included in every facial tells us exactly what is worth taking home.

How else does Truth In Beauty give back?

The studio supports City of Hope, and you can find details on the donate page at truthinbeauty.love/donate. Between the Eminence Kids Foundation and City of Hope, care for people going through serious illness is stitched into how this studio runs.