At 24, FrancescoClark sustained a spinal cord injury from a diving accident that left him without the ability to sweat, causing his skin to become dull, red, flaky, and overly reactive. “Anything that can go wrong with your skin goes wrong with mine”
When Francesco Clark says that vanity saved his life, he truly means it. At just 24 years old, the founder of Clark’s Botanicals, then a fashion assistant at Harper’s Bazaar, sustained a spinal cord injury from a diving accident. “Not only did I become paralyzed in the blink of an eye, but I also experienced what it meant to have survivor’s guilt. My surgeon told me I had a 19 percent chance of surviving not only that night but the next few years of my life.
Clark was asked to join an advocacy group, and for the first time, he was excited to be around people again. He remembers, “In getting ready for the meeting, I said, ‘I want to put on a real shirt; I don’t want to wear this T-shirt that I’ve been wearing every single day. I don’t want to wear hospital pants.’ I looked in the mirror for the first time in three years, and that’s when I noticed the secondary effects of my injury.
The Cleanser Indie Lee Brightening Cleanser $34 “I was testing this cleanser about three months ago, and then Indie Lee, the founder, and I unexpectedly met on Clubhouse. After we spoke there, we met in person. It was just by complete chance that I was trying the product and then she became a good friend. She’s this incredible human being, and we’ve connected so deeply and so quickly. I just am so proud to love the products that she makes.
$75 at Sephora Buy The Serum Saint Jane Beauty Luxury Beauty Serum $125 “Casey Georgeson, the founder of Saint Jane Beauty, and I became BFFs when we met at a conference three years ago. I was the speaker at a Women’s Wear Daily event, and she came up to me afterward — we’re always swapping products to give to each other, and her beauty serum is so cool because it’s one of those things that incorporates the calming effects of CBD.
$105 at Dermstore Buy The Sunscreen Hampton Sun SPF 50 Continuous Mist $32 “Salvatore Piazzolla is the founder and CEO of Hampton Sun, and we met by chance. He’s such a nice person and sent me products. I don’t have the ability to constantly reapply products because of my disability so a product needs to really work after only applying it once during the day. SPF, for me, is always a very tricky product, so I love the fact that this one is a continuous mist.
$33 at Ulta Beauty Buy The Night Cream Clark’s Botanicals Retinol Rescue Overnight Cream $105 “The reason why we formulated the Retinol Rescue Overnight Cream is that, obviously, retinol is the most trusted ingredient by dermatologists and in skin care, but with my sensitive skin, it will have a lot of kickback in redness.
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