Vanessa Simmons is hip-hop, and actuality tv, royalty. Most followers can recall her teenage years as a solid member on the 2005 MTV present Run’s House. A actuality tv present centered round her household, and rap legend father Reverend Run. And immediately Simmons continues to get pleasure from her time on display as a solid member of WE television’s Growing Up Hip Hop. She has additionally displayed her appearing chops in BET’s Games People Play, TV One’s Christmas With My Ex, and a plethora of different movies and tv reveals.
At 39 years outdated, Simmons has additionally saved a gentle hand in entrepreneurship. At the age of 24, she and her sister Angela rocked the footwear trade with their dessert-inspired line Pastry. And since then, Simmons has indulged in clothes traces, skincare traces, and extra. In a 2021 interview with Her Agenda, Simmons stated she simply needs to “empower and inspire women to live their best lives possible.” And her newest transfer may be the catalyst to take action.
Simmons sat down completely with The Shade Room’s Senior Editor, Jadriena Solomon. And shared her determination to bear Sono Bello’s TriSculpt Micro-Laser Liposuction, why she’s prioritizing happiness in 2023, her New Year’s resolutions, and extra.
Jadriena Solomon: The starting of a brand new 12 months is an thrilling time, however it can be difficult as we start to consider what lies forward. First and foremost, how are you doing? How are you feeling throughout this season of preparation?
Vanessa Simmons: I’m doing good. I’m actually excited concerning the new 12 months. I feel 2022 had a whole lot of classes for me to understand and apply to my life. And I’m pleased with myself. I used to be capable of come by means of it victoriously. So I’m wanting ahead to the brand new 12 months. And prepping for every little thing that’s to return.
Jadriena Solomon: One of the highlights of your 2022 was getting Sono Bello’s TriSculpt Micro-Laser Liposuction. Before we get into what that process is, are you able to inform us extra about what led you to make that call?
Vanessa Simmons: I had my daughter eight years in the past. And my physique modified a ton — in all probability greater than I used to be ready for, actually. Everyone appears to have the identical on-line expertise with the “snap-back” physique. And mine was simply not coming, even after eight or 9 years. I attempted a bunch of non-invasive issues — I work out. I’m very constant, typically, with my weight-reduction plan. But I wished to do one thing completely different. And I wished to cease taking part in small for myself and do one thing for myself with out the concern of what different folks would assume.
Jadriena Solomon: I like that. In your greatest phrases, what precisely is Sono Bello’s TriSculpt Micro-Laser Liposuction?
Vanessa Simmons: It’s the least invasive type of liposuction you could get. It’s extraordinarily small incisions — I’ve about three. And I bought the liposuction performed on my abdomen and waist space. It’s an awake process, which might sound scary for folks — because it did sound to me. I used to be crying earlier than I went into the process, however once I got here out I used to be really actually excited. And I didn’t really feel a factor whereas it was occurring — nothing in any respect. I used to be laughing and joking with my physician your entire time.
My household took me again residence. I rested for the night and I used to be capable of be up and shifting actually the following day — clearly very rigorously. But I used to be capable of rise up and transfer round inside that first week.
Jadriena Solomon: How lengthy would you say the precise process was?
Vanessa Simmons: About an hour and a half. My man is the one who dropped me off and he was shocked that I used to be performed as quick as I used to be. So they don’t preserve you in there very lengthy. The docs take note of element. And they ensure you know precisely what to anticipate earlier than going into the working room. So it made me really feel very snug and comfy as a result of though I used to be excited to do that and provides myself a jumpstart with my health targets, I used to be nonetheless actually extraordinarily nervous. But it ended up being a extremely good expertise. And it has made me so excited going into this new 12 months.
Jadriena Solomon: From your expertise, what kind of candidates would you say would profit essentially the most from a process like this?
Vanessa Simmons: I feel anybody may benefit in the event that they’re seeking to indulge on this final self-care second. Sono Bello gives many consultations. And it’s all the time greatest to go in and communicate with an expert to search out out when you’re a great candidate for it. And the TriSculpt doesn’t simply work on the abdomen, it may be used on different areas of the physique as properly.
Jadriena Solomon: We talked about earlier different folks’s opinions and views of beauty surgical procedure of any sort, what recommendation would you give to somebody who’s struggling between going the pure route to attain their dream physique or going a beauty route? Someone who is worried about the entire various things they see on social media and the opinions of their family and friends, and so forth.
Vanessa Simmons: It’s not simple. Especially for me — I used to be all the time so nervous that folks can be like, ‘Oh my God, Vanessa, you got a procedure like this?’ But I’d say you could’t fear about different folks’s opinions. I do know it sounds so cliché. And it’s one thing that I’ve positively struggled with simply rising up being on TV. Especially through the emergence of social media the place you actually get to see folks’s opinions reside, in colour, and in your face. It could be arduous. But I’d say, we simply should not fear about what different persons are considering. Do what’s going to make you cheerful.
I held again on getting a process like this for therefore lengthy. I used to be like, ‘I’m simply gonna take the pure route,’ which there’s nothing mistaken with that. That’s wonderful if you will get there. But I used to be figuring out with out the outcomes I used to be looking for. And you need to simply do what makes you cheerful. You can’t fear about different folks’s opinions as a result of different persons are dwelling their lives. They’re doing what they should do to remain completely happy. And it’s solely proper that we concentrate on the identical factor for ourselves. If getting a process performed is one thing that’s going to make you are feeling higher or happier, I say go for it. It’s all about doing what makes you cheerful.
Jadriena Solomon: Right. For my final query, as we transfer into the brand new 12 months prioritizing our bodily wellness is essential. But so is caring for our psychological wellness. You’re very vocal concerning the completely different ways in which you prioritize your psychological wellness. So what targets — bodily, psychological, and religious — do you may have in your listing for 2023?
Vanessa Simmons: I’ve lots. Ultimately, I wish to be the very best mother. I wish to be the very best associate I could be and all that stuff. But I feel that my greatest purpose is to prioritize myself this 12 months — and never over being a mother or something like that. But simply prioritize the issues that I need. Sometimes I put issues on the again burner which are for myself as a result of I really feel like I can all the time get to them later. I’m all the time caring for everyone else. But I feel that this 12 months it’s very private. I’m able to cease taking part in small, prioritize myself, and put my happiness first.