Selena Gomez Reveals Arthritis Battle & How It fuels Her Inclusive Beauty Brand
Los Angeles,โข CA – Selena โฃGomez is opening up about her ongoing health journey, revealing โa new challenge โstemming from her lupus diagnosis: arthritis. In a candid conversation โขon the Good Hang with Amy Poehler podcast, the singer, actress, and businesswoman shared howโ the autoimmune disease has โคimpacted her life, and how it directly informs her approach too building โher wildly successful beauty brand, Rare Beauty.
Gomez,โฃ 31, was first diagnosed with lupus in 2013, publicly โsharing her struggle two years later. Now,โค she’s speaking openly about โขthe โขarthritis thatโ has developed as a consequence of theโ condition. “I haveโ arthritis on my fingers due to lupus,” Gomez explained,โฃ recalling the everyday struggles the condition presents. “I โremember trying to โฃopen a bottle of water โand it hurt a lot before I got theโ right medication.”
But Gomez isn’t letting this new health hurdle defineโข her.Instead, she’s channeling her experiences into creating โa more โฃaccessible and inclusive beauty experience for everyone. From the inceptionโ of Rare Beauty – now valued at โฃ$2 billion – Gomez prioritized โคease ofโ use forโ individuals with limited mobility.
“Somehow, we made the products easy to open, and thenโข we realized that, in a way,โ they should be,” she said. โ”And then weโข started creating each product with the intention of being useful for anyone with dexterity issues.”
This commitment to โinclusivityโข isโค evident in Rareโฃ Beauty’s latest innovations, including a newโฃ perfume designed without a cap.The fragrance is โdispensed with a simple press, eliminating the need to twist or remove a possibly challenging component.
“I know itโ may seem small, but it really isn’t, because using theโ products is reallyโค veryโ useful for any โฃperson, at any age,” Gomez reflected. “And that’s why we want them toโ beโ easy andโค accessible, because it’s vital โฃto me and itโฃ always โhas been.”
Gomez’s openness about her health strugglesโค servesโฃ as a โpowerful reminder that beauty extends beyondโข aesthetics, and that thoughtful design can โmake a real difference โคin people’s lives. โข Her dedication to โขcreating a brand โthat prioritizes accessibility โis notโข only innovative, but also deeply personal, born from โฃher own lived experience.
[Image of Selena Gomez with caption: Its beauty products are designed to open easily / FB: @Selena]
Keywords: โ Selena Gomez, Lupus, Arthritis, Rare Beauty, Beautyโ Brand, Inclusive Beauty, Autoimmune Disease, Health,โ Amy โขPoehler, Good Hang โPodcast, Accessibility, Cosmetics.