LULUS Dose of Beauty

6 years later… 🗓️⌛️👣

​Looking back at where I was in 2020 versus where I stand today, I’m reminded of how much quiet growth happens in the spaces between. Six years of learning to give myself grace, embracing change, and stepping fully into my own skin—inside and out.

​Time moves whether we’re ready for it or not, but choosing to evolve, nurture yourself, and step into your confidence is a daily decision. To anyone currently in a season of transition: trust the process, honor your path, and give yourself time. The journey is always worth it. 🤍 ✨

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What started as a quick check-in turned into a full creative overhaul today. 📱✨

​I opened systeme.io on my phone to check a link and ended up completely rebuilding my digital space from scratch:

​✨ Opt-in Funnel with instant book excerpt downloads

✨ About Page that finally tells the heart of my story

✨ Creator Store connecting every single project under one roof

​Seeing my books (In Loving Memory of My Mother & Serendipity's Song), skin coaching practice, web studio, and custom-coded app sitting side-by-side hits differently.

​No agency. No fancy setup. Just patience, learning on the go, and building directly from my phone. 🛠️

​To anyone working away at their own dream line-by-line, page-by-page, or design-by-design: your effort is real, and your vision counts just as much. 🌿

​🔗 Tap the link in my bio to explore the new store!

MobileCreator KintsugiMindset WomenWhoCode SoloEntrepreneur CreateEveryday SystemeIO AuthorLife CreativeProcess

Every skin has its own story. 🌿

Not another 12-step routine you'll abandon in a week — just 3 quick questions and a personalised skincare routine, made for exactly where your skin is right now.

Inspired by kintsugi: the art of turning cracks into gold. Because your skin's story is worth honouring, not hiding.

Take the quiz here: https://lutfiyarawat.github.io/lulus-dose-of-beauty/ 💛

They love the flavor until they have to help wash the dishes. 🧵👇

It took me a long time to realize that you can’t force people to respect the table that fed them. When people walk away and switch up, I don’t mourn their absence anymore. I mourn the values, the loyalty, and the integrity they abandoned along the way.

Gratitude costs absolutely nothing. It is the simplest form of human decency, yet it clearly shows that some people could never afford it. Some people mistake your kindness for weakness and your patience for superiority.

But at the end of the day, loyalty shows when no one is watching, and ingratitude shows when they no longer need you. Protect your peace, set your boundaries, and stop wasting your grace on people who only know how to take. 💯✨

SetBoundaries ChooseYourCircle FakePeople ValueYourself InnerPeace✨

Update: LULUS Web Studio is officially live and running smoothly 💻🖤

What started as a random idea turned into a full site five pages, a working contact form, and a design system built completely from scratch. No page builders, no drag-and-drop tools, just code and a lot of trial and error along the way.

Every button, every color, every line of copy was intentional built to actually convert visitors into clients, not just look pretty. If you're a small business or startup that's been putting off getting a proper website, or your current one just isn't working for you anymore, this is exactly what I do now.

Quote requests are open link in bio if you want to chat about your project 🔗

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From knocking on doors selling Avon and Justine, to building my own website from scratch — line by line, tag by tag. Some nights it's skincare consults, other nights it's pin-up art commissions, and lately... it's late-night coding sessions with tea in hand ☕

I built this space where both sides of what I do can live together — personalized skincare that actually listens to your skin, and custom portrait/pin-up art made just for you. No templates. No cookie-cutter anything.

Built this whole thing with Claude AI as my creative partner — proof that you don't need a computer science degree to build something that's genuinely yours. 💻🌙

Link in bio if you want to see what "made for you" really looks like 👇

Last night's Shopping & Food Fest 2026 @ Emperors turned into more than just a good haul 🛍️✨ Missed Shaky Russell ~ Shaheed and the band's performance (arrived just a little too late 😩), but caught the crowd going wild for a Michael Jackson lookalike doing the moonwalk mid-market 🕺🌙 Between the racks of clothes, the lights, and the music, it had this whole festival energy I wasn't expecting. Note to self: next time, get there earlier for the full show 😅🎶