Our HandUp Program

The HandUp program aims to return a sense of beauty and self sufficiency to those who may have lived in circumstances where self care wasn't an option, or whose habits may have had a negative effect on their appearance.

We have spent several years working in-depth with a few women, mostly parents, who have come out of difficult circumstances and whose hardship is written on their skin.

Lani Duran, Owner and Founder of Bare Lotus Aesthetics, has worked with women both as a cosmetologist and as an instructor to those who want to train as professionals in the skin care and hemp oil field.

"It's really about personal transformation, inside and out," she says. "It can be almost impossible to change your life when your past is obvious on your skin.”

Boosting mental health and self confidence goes hand in hand with helping to improve someone’s outward appearance, and the change can be striking.

That’s why we teach useful, working skills as well. CBD oils and tinctures have a rapidly growing role in skin care, one that we are uniquely positioned to teach, given Lani's expertise in a field that few people in the beauty and skin care industry can claim.

“If someone comes in a few times for a facial or a brow cleanup and they’re interested, I want them to be able to start learning about the industry, too,” she says. “This has been life-changing for the women I’ve worked with. You can actually see the improvement in your own face, and you can see it immediately.”