Benevolence Creator

Who is Chalise Roberts?

My name is Chalise Roberts, I currently reside in Southern Maryland. I was born and raised partially in Prince Georges County (PG). Prior to the pandemic I was working a youth center and elementary school as a dedicated aide to a special needs child. Since I was young I have always had a passion for helping people - babies/kids in particular. I am very, very in to self-care and expressing the importance of self-love. I also love nature and all things involving food. 

Explain your life so far in three words and why?

Prevalent. Compassionate. Attentive.

I would use these words because I feel like having to prevail was a constant theme in my life. Having to say, "Okay, this happened, now what is next? What will you do to push through?"

Compassionate because a constant theme of my life was just having the softest heart. Sometimes it felt like a downfall, but I've grown to know it's one of the best parts of me.

Attentive because I've always just been in the know - even since younger age. Whether it's knowing too much, or just being in too much. I've always just paid a lot of attention to my surroundings and those around me. 

What accomplishments are you proud of?

I am proud of myself for making it to 2 years of being in business, with no investors (yet!)

How have you learned to pray through hard times?

I've learned that what I put into my business is what will come from it. Me getting into a deeper understanding of the importance of prayers helped my business tremendously. The weeks that I'm praying, planning, and speaking authority and life over myself and into my business the more blessings that come from it. 

What's Benevolence Skin? How was it created?

Benevolence is my baby! Ha but no really. Benevolence is my skincare brand that was created with self-love and self-care in mind. Originally, my mom had her own shea butter company called Divinely Fragrant. Initially, my goal was to help her push her brand forward, but God had other plans. I ended up asking her for her recipes to her shea butter. I promising her I'd never whip if I was in a bad mood. Add a little rebranding, and Benevolence was created. 

What plans do you have for your business?

My next big goals for Benevolence are to have a store that would double as a lab/warehouse. To get myself on a billboard, and to make 10K in a month

How can people connect with you?

People can connect with me through Instagram @choliorobio or shoot me an email at chaliserobertss@gmail.com.

What can they expect from you?

They can expect self-confidence to shine through, awesome advice if solicited, unwavering encouragement (unsolicited lol), and just pure honesty, I'm trying to get through life and figure it all out just like everyone else. 

What's your favorite product? Which product would you suggest people get?

My favorite product would have to be my Like Money face mask, I would suggest people purchase a bundle so they could have a whole one-stop-shop self-care kit.

When you're down emotionally what did or do you do to keep going?

When I am down emotionally honestly, I usually cry. I am a big crier. I've also used many vices in my past but moving forward and lately, I've begun to just stop, take a deep breath (definitely still after crying a little) but my recovery is getting better of realizing I'm beginning to feel overwhelmed, take a deep breath and just say a little prayer, I've also found that when I'm getting to complete emotional overwhelmed-ness(?) just literally saying "Jesus" over and over again helps me to just regain that peace inside.  

What things have you overcome? How do you know you overcame it?

I have overcome thinking my business will ever go back to how it began or thinking it will all end, I know I overcame this because I always tell people to take their time when placing orders because "Benevolence will always be here" I say that knowing wholeheartedly that this foundation is solid and no matter how it looks I am moving forward.

What encouragement would you give a woman who doesn't know how to show self-love or self-care to herself? 

I would firstly say that self-care isn't only for women, so to everyone, I would say find the luxury around you first, my self-care journey really peaked because I was buying five dollar mask from Walmart and doing them almost daily simply because I wanted a peaceful moment for myself I created my self-care routine out of the money and resources I had, do what feels good and don't let anyone tell you it's lame, if you can't do it for yourself now, you'll never begin to do it for yourself later because you will constantly feel like you're not "deserving" or "where you should be", I peaked in self-love when I realized nobody could love me properly until I knew how to love myself. Nothing God created is ugly, know that if nothing else. Like it really is that simple, believe it is so, and it is. Believe you're an amazing person and you care all that matters is you really at the end of the day, nobody else but God knows your true store, so live in that and always stay true to your most authentic self. 

How do you believe with your story, can encourage Christian women to pursue all things through Christ? 

With God, and without many prayers from myself and others I would not be here. I still have much grown to fo but God isn't done with me yet if you look at my life and are already encouraged to know that God has even more in store for me so I can only imagine what he has in store for others!