7 Secrets of Beauty & Wellbeing: Tracy Moores, founder of Glorious Brands and Glorious Beauty
Did you enter our recent fab prize draw to scoop a shopping spree at gloriousbeauty.co.uk? It’s a favourite beauty site of ours, and the ‘baby’ of its extremely dynamic female founder, Tracy Moores, who is an ace roller-up-of-sleeves and experienced beauty ‘sleuth’, seeking out fab brands to share with us, from Sweed to Stila via Lalique fragrances (among a roll-call of others).
As readers know, we like to ask busy female beauty founders the secrets that help them stay balanced and gorgeous, juggling – or, as we prefer to think of it, ‘integrating’ – their different roles in business and at home. Here are Tracy’s, to inspire you.
The qualities I most rate in others are honesty, openness and truth. At Glorious, I genuinely celebrate anyone in the team coming to me with a problem, because it shows they are able and feel comfortable to share a problem and between us we can find a solution. I’ve always believed when something goes wrong the solution is often a learning curve, and if we go through life with an honest transparent attitude, we can deal with most of the challenges.
My morning starts with a daily planning session to get my mind organised. This also involves tea in bed!
Starting out at Estée Lauder, I’ve always understood the importance of good skincare. I’ve always taken care of my skin, rarely allowed my face to tan and try to stay hydrated, but ageing is still a beauty concern. I’ve spent 40 years in the beauty world and for many years enjoyed being the youngest. I look around the room and realise that’s now the opposite!
I take supplements – because our diets don’t always give us everything we need. I’m currently taking a smart supplement course for my skin, I also have to take iron and magnesium occasionally.
Relationships with others inspire me daily. My team, who bring new different ideas to the table. My neighbours in my rural village, who all care for each other and live to have fun. My grown up children finding their own way in the world. And my husband, with his kind approach to people and life.
As I turn another decade next year, I’m still working to find more of a balance. I’m guilty of being a bit of a workaholic; my mind is always thinking of plans and opportunities. I have always been very fortunate to love what I do, but it’s sometimes meant I’ve failed at finding time and focusing on my own self. My aim is to have more quality time, enjoying life away from business, to enjoy the countryside I live in, to walk my dog more.