Daisy Keech On Healing From A Toxic Lifestyle, Mold, Acne & Finding Her Dream Relationship

Daisy Keech
And I just feel so grateful for the things that I've been through and the path that I've been on and everything that's happened in the right order, whether it's bad or good. I feel like it's all led me to be where I am now, which is a much more healed person. This is the pursuit of Wellness podcast, and I'm your host, Mari Llewelyn.

Mari Llewelyn
What is up, guys? Welcome back to the show. Today we have a guest I know you were gonna be so excited about. Daisy Keech. I have been following Daisy since her days in the hype house.

She really rose to fame on the Internet during COVID during the TikTok era, but she has transformed a lot since that time. She has recently moved to Nashville and just really gotten in touch with her own spiritual journey, her relationship with Michael. She's also been through an acne and mold journey, very similar to me. And she shares very candidly about this on her YouTube channel. And I really respect the way she's gone about everything in this episode.

We talk about her skin journey, nutrition. We talk about self worth. We talk about finding your partner through self reflection. We talk about how she's kind of transformed from living in LA and the things she's been through. I felt like we had a very strong connection together.

And I was really honored that Daisy agreed to do the show. I don't think she's ever done a podcast before, and I was really honored that she chose this platform as a space to tell her story. And I think she's just such a beautiful, sweet individual, and I think you guys are going to absolutely love her. Without further ado, Daisy, welcome to the show. Daisy, welcome to the pursuit of wellness.

Daisy Keech
Thank you for having me. I'm freaking out right now. I'm freaking out right now. We're both freaking out. I've been following you forever since you lived in LA.

Mari Llewelyn
You were doing your workout plans. You were in the hype house for a little bit, and now I'm just so proud of you. Obviously, we don't know each other on a personal level, but just I feel. Like I do know you, though. You know what I mean?

Like, seeing you thrive in Nashville, you're in your dream relationship. You seem to be living so authentically, and I'm just so happy for you. So thank you for agreeing to do the show. I know you haven't done a ton of podcasts. Yeah, no, this is like my second.

Daisy Keech
I forgot I even did one and I was like, oh, this is my first. I was like, oh, wait, no, I did. I am honored, truly, because I think the girls were so excited when I said you were coming on, and there's so much to discuss from acne, mold, trauma, healing horses, you know, across the board. So much to talk about. I'd love to start by just hearing about how you started in health and fitness.

Mari Llewelyn
Like, what sparked your interest? Well, I've always been into health and fitness. I played soccer my whole life growing up, so I feel like I always had a love for being in shape and getting exercise and being outside, but I feel like it truly started the actual caring about my health, not for aesthetics, but for my actual body when the mold happened, because I was like, whoa, I've never felt this way before. Like, this needs to change. And it just, you know, made me change a lot of my habits and look into, like, the ingredients I was eating and all that.

Daisy Keech
So, yeah, the mold did it for me. What were the first symptoms of mold for you?

You know, it kind of, like, came on slow. I feel like it started with, like, brain fog, insane fatigue, acne, red eyes, like, blurry vision, stuffed up nose. I'd get these crazy rashes, like, these little bumps all over my shoulders and my back and kind of on my face, and I would pop them because I thought they were pimples and they were not pimples, and they just turned into this crazy, red, patchy, itchy rash, I guess. And so I don't know. It's kind of, like, really hard to explain.

So that would happen. Really bad bloating. Like, I literally looked pregnant sometimes. Yeah, it was nuts. When you started noticing those symptoms, what was the first thing you did?

Mari Llewelyn
Like, did you go to a naturopath, or did you just start googling what's going on? So I already kind of had a doctor that it's like an integrated medicine doctor where they take your blood and you do all the tests and they create this whole supplement pack for you. And so I was already going to her, and I was like, look, there's something else going on. I still don't feel good. And I saw on TikTok something about mold, and I was like, oh, my gosh, that's what my skin looks like.

Daisy Keech
These are my symptoms. And, yeah. So then I asked my doctor to take a test, and it was positive for ochratoxin A. That's exactly what I had. Yeah, exactly.

Mari Llewelyn
And it sounds so terrifying, and it really is terrifying, dude. Yeah. I feel like a zombie. I know. Mold is such a weird thing too, because it can keep popping up like we were just talking about before.

You can do a cleanse and eat a certain way, and it will go away. Yeah. But then you can be in a new environment or something will happen and it comes back. Like, your immune system gets, like, triggered or something. Like, for example, like, I went to Costa Rica, and out of nowhere, my skin got so bad again, all my symptoms came back.

Daisy Keech
Like, the candida was, like, roaring. Wow. So you had candida too? Yeah. Okay.

Mari Llewelyn
I did as well. Uh huh. So wild. Do you know what's weird? I have a theory.

Daisy Keech
What is it? And, guys, this is not, like, a scientific theory. Like, I have no idea what I'm talking about. I just noticed a lot of girls with our coloring get this type of acne, and I've literally asked an expert, like, is it a fair skinned type of thing? Yeah.

Mari Llewelyn
And apparently not. But I just do think that's interesting. This might be able to give you some more insight. I also got a genetic test, and I have literally, like, what do you. Oh, my God.

Daisy Keech
I'm blanking on the word. What? Genetic testing? A gene I have. Okay.

It's a gene. I have a gene where my body has a hard time detoxing. Oh, what's it called? It begins with an m. Yeah, it's something.

Mari Llewelyn
It looks like the word motherfucker, but it's not. Do you know what I'm saying? It sounds about right. Yeah. Yeah.

Daisy Keech
Rightfully so. It's the motherfucker gene. Okay. And so I think I have that as well. Where you can't detox.

Yeah. And so my theory is that when I went into Costa Rica, there was a lot of pollutants in the air and just things my body wasn't used to. And same with, when I moved to Nashville, the same thing happened to me. My body just freaked out. Cause it's like, whoa.

Like, I'm from northern California where it's dry and it's not humid. And so I think, you know, when it's humid, all that bacteria and pollutants can float in the air a lot easier. And so that's what I think happened. And now I'm thinking when I move to Austin, it's way more humid in Austin than LA. Yeah.

Mari Llewelyn
Perhaps that did the same thing to me. It's possible. Oh, we're just out here trying to survive. Have you gotten the testing done? I've gotten tests.

I get tests done, like, every couple months. I'm so insane. Like, I love lab tests. And I did kill the candida, technically. Oh, my gosh.

Daisy Keech
Good. But I think it's back. And you can't really test it accurately without doing a stool test, which I hate. I know. My doctor sent me that, and I was like, no, I'm just gonna send in the pee test.

Cause I'm testing for mold again, too. Like, when everything came back after Costa Rica. So, yeah, the stool test, I can't do it. I'm like, I feel so grossed out, even though it's just, like, myself doing it, you know? Daisy, it's awful.

Like, just imagining it, like, being in, like, a truck. Like, it's awful. I need to stop. I've done it twice. It's so humbling.

Mari Llewelyn
Like, you. I can't even describe how awful it is. Like, I couldn't look myself in the mirror for days. But it tells you so much about what's going on in the gut. Really?

Yes, it really does. Like, leaky gut Candida. It revealed so much to me. I just can't get myself to do it again. Yeah, I've heard you talk about the Candida diet being so helpful for you.

Daisy Keech
Oh, my gosh. Yeah. Like, incredible. Tell us what that is so they can. I mean, I'm not, like, an expert on Candida.

I've just, like, pure experience. Yeah, pure experience. You avoid things that are high sugar. So that even means, like, high sugar fruit, like pineapple, bananas, dates, you know, carbs, like, pasta, gluten, crackers, whatever, cake, whatever. It is.

Literally, the only kind of carb you can have is cauliflower. It feels like. Like you can't even have potatoes. None of that. And so, yeah, basically, it's just trying to starve the candida.

Mari Llewelyn
Yep. And no alcohol. No alcohol. No sugary drinks. And usually what you want to do is just, you know, put all the good bacteria back in so it can help fight all of the candida.

Daisy Keech
And it's actually really crazy. When I have greek yogurt, I can hear my stomach doing all of these things, and I'm like, my symptoms start to get really bad out of nowhere. And that's because the symptoms, the candida is like, no, don't kill me. Like, you know, it's, like, freaking out. Try to defend itself.

Mari Llewelyn
No, that's such a thing. And the greek yogurt is killing it. So I'm like, okay, more greek yogurt. Wait, so you feel like greek yogurt's. Helpful, which is crazy.

Daisy Keech
Cause I thought you couldn't do dairy. That's what I thought. Right. And then I did some more research, and I heard you can do greek yogurt for some reason. What caused you obviously, like, unsweetened all that?

Nancy's nonfat. Wow. Okay, okay. I'm not doing greek yogurt. Maybe I need to do that.

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Do you do, like, kefir or what's it called? Sauerkraut. So I used to do sauerkraut, but honestly, I just start to make excuses to why I can't do it. Same. It makes me feel so full that I'm gonna die.

Daisy Keech
I just can't get over the taste. I didn't grow up eating it, so it's kind of one of those things where I'm like, ugh. Even though I'm like, oh, it actually tastes good, I can't get past it. Mentally, I don't feel well when I eat it. Really?

No. And I feel like also with the candida mold, whatever's going on, if I eat a lot of fruit, I immediately have brain fog. Really? Immediately? That's crazy.

Yeah, because you're, like, feeding it all the sugar. Yeah. Anytime I have sugar, immediate brain fog. Like, I can tell that it's, like, in full effect. What about raw honey?

Do you do that? I've dabbled with it, but I get the same brain fog. I feel like I'm really, really sugar sensitive. Like, I feel my best on full keto, but I'm trying to get pregnant right now. Right.

Mari Llewelyn
And keto is not optimal for that. So it's such a, like, double edged sword. I'm trying to kill my candida, but I'm trying to get pregnant. It's so hard. We're multitasking.

Daisy Keech
It's like, do you pick and choose? It's kind of also like, how do you lose fat but also grow your butt at the same time? Answer that less. You kind of gotta pick one. Can you please answer that question?

Mari Llewelyn
Because I did this q and a for Daisy guys, and it was all mold acne. How do I grow my butt and keep a small waist? Oh, my gosh. Well, I think it depends where you're starting. You know?

Daisy Keech
So if you've never worked out before, there's this thing called recomping where, you know, the fat that's burning can go towards building your muscle if you eat up maintenance. So it's just kind of tricky where you're at. But for me, what works is eating really high protein and making sure that I'm, like, slowly progressing in weights while eating low carb, which is also good for my candida. But I find that when I overeat in carbs, it goes straight to my stomach and it goes straight to gaining fat. And so I really think a lot of it is, like, macros.

And also knowing how much you're burning, I feel like, what is it called? Steady state cardio. So rather than doing something like Hiit, I find with myself that that burns my muscle, and then I start to lose my booty. But if I do things like walking, like, just steady state cardio, it kind of, like, burns the fat, but still allows me to keep my muscle and continue to build it. So, yeah, I'd just say walking high protein.

Eat your carbs before your workout. Yeah, hopefully that made sense. It's so complicated. It does. How often do you train legs?

Three days a week, sometimes two. I really just go with what my body is telling me. If I feel like I'm sore and I'll take a break. So. Yeah.

Mari Llewelyn
And upper body twice. Twice? Honestly. Sometimes once a week. I'll be honest.

Daisy Keech
Cause it's not a priority. That's okay. You know, like, I don't wanna have, like, big, bulky muscles. And you won't working out two to three times a week. I'm just.

Mari Llewelyn
That's your goal. It's just not my priority. Like, I'd rather go ride my horse. Cashew, we love you. I love that because I think a mistake that I made at the beginning is I would do legs once a week, maybe.

And I just think that for me personally, I'm so quad dominant, it just takes me more time doing glute workouts. Right. And if you start with activating the glute muscle, like, so, like, band work and, you know, doing things like that, it can help your, you know, tell your body to use your glutes more during your workout. And if you kind of drop the weight and really start to do, you know, muscle mind connection and, you know, squeezing your glutes as you're working out, I find that helps me activate them, because sometimes when I do hip thrusts, I can feel it in my quads or my hamstrings, and I'll just have to, like, adjust my feet or drop the weight so I can really focus. Mm hmm.

Daisy Keech
Yeah. So I want to backtrack a little bit. You were living in LA. When were you in LA? What year?

2019 through 2021. So literally Covid right? Yeah, literally. And that one year, that was, like, normal. Okay.

Mari Llewelyn
And that was the era that I personally found you online. And I think a lot of people will recognize your face from social media, and that was a very different, like, era for you. Yeah. What was your experience like living in LA? At first, it was really exciting.

Daisy Keech
I kind of explained it, like, the Garden of Eden, where. Or, sorry, not the garden, but, like, you know, the fruit. Yeah. And the serpent is like, oh, it's so great. Like, you will love it.

Like, you see all the positives to it, and then you take a bite of it and you're like, whoa. And I kind of felt like LA was like that for me. At first, it was so exciting, and I was like, oh, my gosh, all my dreams can come true here. Like, I feel so motivated, inspired. Everybody is just, like, wanting to work and to be successful.

And then I feel like once I started to develop a following and I noticed the way that people treated me differently, and I feel like it kind of just spiraled from there, and I started to see people's intentions, and I just feel like I started to see the truth of LA. And there's definitely good people there. Like, don't get me wrong, but I just feel like it's a place where people are so focused on their goals, which is good, but to where they don't care who they step over, you know? And that is just something that I can't do, and I don't want to have friends like that, and I can't be a part of that. And so I think it just really was, like, hurting me as a soul.

Mari Llewelyn
Yeah. On a spiritual level, you seem like someone who's very empathetic and, like, sensitive. Thank you. And I feel that way about myself, too. And being in LA, it's like a very transactional environment.

Daisy Keech
Yeah. What was the hype house experience? Like, that seems crazy to me. I mean, it's giving, like, what? Just tell me what it was like.

I mean, it was fun at first. You know, there's a lot of just fun, creative energy, people running around, like, just very, like, young vibes. But I don't remember how many people are in the house, but I think it was like eight or ten. But, like, it's like eight or ten young people, like, just getting out of their parents house, maybe dropped out of college, whatever their situation is, all living in one house, like boys and girls, you know, all staying up until midnight and partying and doing all the things just as young people do, you know? And I'm naturally more of an introvert.

I've never really been a drinker or a partier. I've always had to, like, force myself to go and do it, and so I just personally don't feel like I meshed well with them, which is totally fine. And I kind of just wanted to. I don't know. You know, it was just a crazy situation, and I just felt like, looking back, it's just.

It doesn't match my personality or it doesn't align with me, but. How old were you then? 20. I was 19. Wait, was I 20?

I was 19 or 20. That's crazy. I don't know. Literally, it all happened so fast. Like, it's all kind of blurry to me just because there was so much drama in such a short period of time.

Mari Llewelyn
I'm probably, like, semi traumatic. And you tend to, like, black out things. Oh, no, I do. And then I process it later. Like, someone could tell me the meanest thing to my face, and I'm like.

Daisy Keech
And then an hour later, I'm like, oh, it's hitting. Like it's a full dissociation, really, just to handle. Yeah. That's how I protect myself. Is dissociating same?

Mari Llewelyn
It's a skill. Yeah. It's a blessing and probably dissociating right now. Daisy, you're safe here. I promise.

I just think it's wild to be 19 or 20. When I was 19 or 20, I was at school being a crazy person. Like, I think about myself at 19 or 20. I was not fully developed. Yeah, I was insane.

Like, if what I was doing when I was 19 or 20 was on the Internet, I would die. And considering that, I feel like. I don't know. I feel like you've always had a very positive influence, and I just. I don't know.

I can't believe how far you've come since then, and it's such an awesome evolution to see how authentically you're living now. You seem to be with the love of your life in your dream life. How has your career evolved since then to now? To the renovating? So when I met Michael, I feel like everything kind of changed for me.

Daisy Keech
He really provided, like, this safe space for me to heal and really, like, find myself, and he really just loved me through every single phase and everything I had to go through. And I feel like he really was, like, the start of me being able to, like, really think about what I want with my life and to be able to, like, take a step aside and figure that out. And so he's always been into, like, real estate. It's like the first thing he did when he moved to LA, before he did modeling or anything. And my goal with social media was to make as much money as I can and pour it into real estate way back when I first wanted to do it.

And so we naturally got along with that.

And so Michael and I, we bought our first house together, which is the one that we're living in now. Renovated it, planned to rent it out, and then we found another house, too, that we wanted to renovate, live in as, like, the dream home, and had to move into the investment property and all that. And I think in the process of, like, designing the homes, we just fell in love with it. Like, it's so much fun. My Pinterest boards are, like.

It's, like, all I do. Like, it's so funny. That's, like, my top social media platform. Wow. I'm on.

I love it. I don't know. I mean, I just do it for myself. Cause I love it. It's so fun on, like, house inspo.

And things like that. Yeah, I have, like, every category of my life, like, on my picture sport. I'm getting more and more into it. Oh, I love it. It's really fun.

Mari Llewelyn
What would you say is your taste in homes?

Daisy Keech
Very, like, calming. Homey, indoor, outdoor, like, very earthy, relaxing. I don't like a bunch of clutter. I like a balance of feminine and masculine colors and textures and. Yeah, I don't know if there's an actual name to describe it, but it's just your vibe.

Yeah, that's my vibe. Do you feel like you've transitioned from kind of being in your masculine era to being more in your feminine? Yes. Okay, let's talk about that. Oh, my gosh.

So it goes deep, which I can talk about if you want me to, please. We always talk about that on the show, and I'm obsessed. Cause I'm trying to get more into my feminine. So please go off. Okay.

But I mean, like, it goes back in my childhood, so I felt like when I was growing up, I had to be in my masculine. And obviously, I didn't know what any of that meant back then, but I felt like I had to be really strong, and I had to protect myself, and I felt like I had to be really, like, I don't know, not cold, but just hopefully you get what I'm trying to say. Protective. Yeah, protective. And I grew up in a household just where I didn't feel safe.

And so that's what came out. And so I naturally had that. And I always felt like, you know, I had to go and be really successful. I had to go and be this businesswoman. I had to do that because that's what fit the whole mold of being the strong woman, and that's how I could protect myself and to provide for myself.

And when I moved to LA, I felt like that masculine creative or not creative energy, I guess that's feminine. But that masculine driven energy helped me get to where I am today. But it also showed up in ways of when I'd have conflict with people. I wasn't very warm in understanding. I was very, like, just more like black and white or like, I was so quick to defend myself.

And what really got me to realize that is my relationship with Michael. You know, he provided this safe space for me where I didn't feel like I had to protect myself anymore. I didn't. I felt like I could be soft and warm and. Yeah.

And then I just. I've always had a really strong awareness of myself, and so I've always just kind of, like, you know, process things and, like, really dive deep into, like, why certain things were they. Were they why they were the way they were? And, yeah, I just feel like it was all about feeling safe. And even when I feel unsafe now, I feel like I resort to that masculine energy where I can switch it on and I can come across really confident and all that, but it's not true confidence.

It's more of coming from a place of being scared. And so I felt like I used a lot of that back then where now I feel like I can still be confident in a very feminine way. And, I don't know, I just. I feel really grateful for, like, my whole journey, and I just feel like God really placed him in my life at the perfect time, because when I left the clubhouse as well, it was just so much drama in such a short period of time. And I realized that a lot of my people that I thought were my friends, they weren't.

And Michael really just was, like, such a true person for me. And, yeah, it's just my whole journey, it all just makes sense to me now. And now Michael and I moved here where I'm healed, and we're talking about having babies in a couple years, and I just feel so grateful for the things that I've been through and the path that I've been on and everything that's happened in the right order, whether it's bad or good, I feel like it's all led me to be where I am now, which is a much more healed person.

Mari Llewelyn
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Daisy Keech
Drop the toxic men. That was a big thing for me. And it all stems because my dad, he was not verbally not the nicest to my family, and he has a lot of childhood trauma too. But what he thought was a man is what he tried to be. And so that's what I thought a man was.

And so I would look for that in guys. And that's what I was attracted to, like men that were really loud and strong and like, you know, not, like, aggressive, but they had that, like, I don't know if that makes sense, but, you know, bold. Yeah, yeah, bold, exactly. And when I first met Michael, I literally, I told my friends, like, can you tell him to be mean to me? Can you tell him to, like, play with me or something?

And that's right when I caught myself and I was like, daisy, like, are you serious right now? Like, you have been crying in your bed every single day, praying to God to bring you, like, the man of your dreams. Here he is. Here he is. And I'm literally saying he's too nice.

Like, are you serious? Wow. And, you know, not saying, like, just choose a nice guy at all, because there's other factors with Michael. Like, I just had such a special connection with him. Like, when I look in his eyes, like, I just feel like I've known him my whole life, and there's, like, that special, like, you know, little sparkle there.

And so, yeah, I think it's to, like, be honest with yourself and, you know, what's good for you and be attracted to the right things. Yeah. You know, be like, okay, what kind of guy am I attracted to right now? Yeah. And also, like, what kind of girl am I being, you know?

Because why would this man in my dreams want a girl who's acting this way? In a toxic way? Exactly. Right. Yeah.

Mari Llewelyn
That's really special. And it's really cool seeing you guys grow together. I mean, I feel like I'm so happy you're doing this right now, because I feel like people are gonna get to know you on such a deeper level because I think with people like you and Michael, you're so beautiful. As a couple, people might not take the time to kind of, like, I don't know, hear more about your story. And there's so much depth there and so much understanding, which is why I love podcasts.

I feel like you get to go so deep with people. Yeah. And when do we ever sit down for, like, an hour just to hear someone's story, you know? Well, it's true. And I don't feel like I've ever, like, shared it.

Daisy Keech
Maybe, like, a little bit on my. YouTube, but I don't think I've ever heard you say that. Yeah, probably not. No, I say it all the time to my friends and Michael. Yeah.

Mari Llewelyn
Yeah. So it's funny, in your safe environment, I'm like, oh, you guys don't know that. I'm like, what? Well, I could understand from your perspective, going through what you went through in LA, why you would feel unsafe sharing too much of your personal life. Yeah.

Daisy Keech
I mean, just with millions of oppressions of everything that you do every single day, it's kind of like, oh, my gosh. But I'm kind of getting to the point where I'm like, you know what? I know myself. I know my heart. The right people will follow.

Mari Llewelyn
Yep, exactly. And I think it's also, I really appreciate you being transparent with even just showing your skin without makeup. Like, for someone like me, that's really, really powerful. Like, I even have a hard time going on camera without makeup on. It's so hard.

Daisy Keech
Yeah, it's really hard. I can't even really. I couldn't even go to the gym. I was like, I'm so embarrassed right now. Same.

Mari Llewelyn
And when you live such a healthy lifestyle and your skin doesn't represent that, oh, my gosh. It made me feel like a fraud online, too, because I, like, talk about all this health. But then here I am with all these issues, and I'm just like, yep. Trying to figure it out. Yep.

And, you know, comments really don't bother me. I very rarely care. But I occasionally will see a comment on my podcast videos where my skin was bad, where they'll, like, point it out and be like, who is this girl talking about health with acne? That person, like, a healed, happy person, doesn't do that. It just really shows how upset they are about themselves.

Daisy Keech
Because I feel like at least what I notice with myself when I'm happy, I only have good things to say to people. I only have encouraging, uplifting words. But when I'm a little upset, I definitely have some thoughts going through my head that I'm like, okay, that's on me. Yeah. And so it's really just sad where it's a projection.

Exactly. It's a projection. But acne really is, I think, one of the biggest tests I've ever been through in my life, because you need to start figuring out what you love about yourself outside of the way you look, which is such a reality check. It teaches you where you place your value, too. Like, I didn't realize how much I placed it in my looks.

And when I. Not saying I got taken away from me, but when I had. Was really insecure about it, you know, it made me realize, like, oh, wow. Like, I do think about it that much. Like, maybe I do need to take a step back and not be so vain and focus on the other areas.

Like, it got so bad to where I'd be at the grocery store and I couldn't even look the cashier in the face. I couldn't even give him a smile. I'm like, it's starting to affect how I treat other people. Yeah. And that's when I was like, whoa, this.

Maybe this is a problem I need to work on, and maybe my acne will go away when I can fix that. Like, who knows? Maybe it's, like, spiritual like that. Maybe the second you accept it is when you begin to heal. People have told me that I'm still.

Mari Llewelyn
It's always a battle with me. Like, some days I feel good about it, some days I don't. But I've been there where I can't even look people in the eye. I feel like it's all they see. Living in LA, for me was really hard.

I mean, for a lot of it. I was on spironolactone. Did you ever take that? You know, I took it, like, for a little bit, and it messed up with my periods, and it made me, I think, lose my period, then have it twice in a month. So when I did that, I was like, whoa, good for you.

Daisy Keech
So I stopped after, like, a month. And then I even tried the topical. Still made my periods weird. I'm so sensitive. Wow.

Yeah. I mean, honestly, a blessing, because it's become so normalized. But you can't, to me, if it's something you can't be on while you're pregnant, why would you take it? Yes, exactly. You know, how was it safe for me?

Mari Llewelyn
Right? It's not. And people are just taking it, like, it's casual. And then there's. There's a whole accutane craze right now on TikTok.

Daisy Keech
I know. Everyone's like, have you tried accutane? And I'm like, babe, same. And I'm like, it's not gonna happen. Okay.

Mari Llewelyn
Like, literally never. It's the one thing I've never done. Yeah. I will do just about anything for my acne and not accutane. Like, I'm currently taking kidney.

Like, I swallow chunks of kidney every. Day of, like, beef kidney or something. Oh, my gosh. I did that with liver. I know you did.

How was that? I mean, it's fine. I take it with orange juice. You still do it? I mean, not really, because I don't like cutting it up.

And I know I have Greg do it for me. Yeah. Michael doesn't care enough to do it. Like, not about me taking it. Sorry, that sounded so wrong.

Daisy Keech
But he used to take it too, but he, like, doesn't think there's enough of a benefit to continue taking it. Yeah. And so I think that he doesn't want to cut it up. Got it. Yeah.

Mari Llewelyn
That was my thought, too, with the liver. But I also think. So here is a theory that I heard. I have completely cut out dairy and gluten for my skin, but I've also, in doing that, I'm not getting enough vitamin a. And I think organs are really high in vitamin A.

Yeah. Interesting. So I feel like. And that's what makes up accutane is synthetic vitamin A. Right.

So I'm trying it tbD. Let me know. Kidneys are really disgusting. Like, it's bright red. Oh, gosh.

I know. How do you eat it? I just do the same thing as you. I have a chunk. I freeze it.

Daisy Keech
Yeah. Basically. Like, to freeze it. Does it not like. No, freezing is way better.

Really? Because I feel like if it's, like, slimy, it can just go down. I know, I know. No, no, no. That.

Mari Llewelyn
That honestly makes me want to throw up. If it's hard, it's like a capsule to me. Really? How small are you? But I do.

It gets a little bit stuck. Yeah, exactly. I'd rather choke than have acne. Oh, my gosh, this is so gross. But did you ever have, like, liverwurst?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Full blood. Just full blood. I know. Michael and I first tried, like, when we first started taking it, he thought it'd be a good idea to have it with milk.

Daisy Keech
Like, raw, whole milk. I'm gonna throw up. I'm gonna throw up. It's giving. Living.

Oh, my God. No. Yeah. Oh, living. I'm dead.

Mari Llewelyn
Why was he taking it? Like, I get it for acne? Cause, like, everybody, like, says it on social, like, oh, try this. And he's like, oh, wow, these benefits sound really good like everybody else, you know? Yeah.

Daisy Keech
So, yeah, I just think he didn't see enough of a benefit, so he doesn't do it. Are you continuing? No, I know. I stopped for a while, but I'm back. Do you notice the difference?

Mari Llewelyn
I've only been doing it for three days. Okay. TVT. Did you bring it here? I was like, should I bring it in my little lunchbox?

Like, I do travel the lunchbox, but it's just too disgusting. Like, yeah, you know, but when I get home, I also do. I mean, I've done just about everything at this point for my skin. I do glutathione shots in my butt every week. That's been helpful.

Daisy Keech
Shots. Like an actual shot, an actual injection. Because glutathione is best absorbed through an injection. I take that in the powder, but it's in a capsule from my doctor. Yeah.

Mari Llewelyn
Injections are good too. I know. No, it's insane. My whole life revolves around my skin. There's also these peptides.

Daisy Keech
I don't know much about peptides, so just my personal experience. I'm taking ll 37, which is actually four. Mold. No. Yeah.

And it helps your body detox, and I don't know if it's helped, really. Like, my symptoms have gotten better. I haven't taken another test to see, like, what it's done, but. Ll 37, I've done BPC 157. That one really, like, my knee.

Sometimes I'll have knee aches from working out, and I take that and the next day, literally gone, like, it's fine. Wow. Yeah. Insane. That one's a big difference.

Mari Llewelyn
People love BPC 157. Epithalon is good for fertility, apparently. Are you taking it? I did for a little bit. I'm on.

I'm on so much stuff. It's crazy. I take so many supplements. I know. I feel like I do too.

Yeah. I show it sometimes online, and people. Are like, no, I think I saw one of yours. It was Nightingale. Like, are you good?

I'm like, it's just trying to heal my skin. It's a full time job now. It is. Especially when you have poor detoxing pathways, period. Poor detoxing pathway, babes.

Daisy Keech
Yeah. It's a club, I think so. Have you ever felt like skincare moves the needle for you at all? No. Neither at all.

Mari Llewelyn
Neither have I. Everyone asks me what skincare, and I'm like, honestly, there's brands I like. I like clear stem. I feel like that's a good one. Oh, my gosh.

Daisy Keech
I actually. I just watched your podcast with them, and I just spent, like, $1,000. Daisy, they would send it to you, I'm sure. Yeah, I know. I just feel bad, like, reaching out sometimes.

I don't know why. I never do. I honestly, I'm so, so bad. I buy everything. I don't ask because I think, because I have a brand.

Mari Llewelyn
I know, right? You know, my boyfriend has a clothing brand, too, so you get it. Yeah. And I'm like, I don't want to be, like one of another. You want to be other influencers.

Totally. Asking. And then I feel bad. Totally. And I want to be supportive because, like, that product costs money, you know?

Yeah. Like, it's actually crazy. 100%. I like clairstem. Everyone's putting tallow on their skin.

Daisy Keech
Yeah. Did you try that? Yeah. My friend actually makes a tallow bomb. I think she's about to start selling it.

No, I don't know the details or anything. She talks a little bit about her on her instagram, but she made me this little tallow sample. And it's hard because I feel like it's internal for me, but I don't notice any more breakouts with it. Okay. Cause some people think it's pore clogging, but I've also seen people completely clearing their skin using tallow as a moisturizer.

Yeah, that's crazy. I don't know. And there's. I guess we'll find out when. I've been doing it for a while.

Mari Llewelyn
Yeah. Let me know what you think. Do you put it on, like, after cleansing? Mm hmm. Okay.

Yeah, I need to try that. But I also feel like skincare has literally never made an improvement in my skin. I know. It's all internal. Yeah.

Daisy Keech
And I've spent so much money on products. Oh, same. Yeah. I spent like $2,000 on a lazy. The other day.

Mari Llewelyn
I swear. I swear. Which one did you do? Lima. I haven't heard of that.

Oh, I've done it all. I've done it all. I've been doing micro needling, but then it kind of makes me break out a little bit. Thank you. What?

Same. I know. I heard you say that. And I'm like, why? I didn't have any breakouts.

Daisy Keech
I know. You're supposed to wait until your skin is clear and all. Yeah. And then all of a sudden, all on my side right here, I was getting cystic acne and little bumps, and I'm just like, can I not get a break? I know.

Mari Llewelyn
Can we just please, like, for 1 minute, get a break? I know. It's probably for better reason, for a higher purpose. Yes. I've also heard when you get pregnant, it completely changes your skin.

And it can clear it up for the worse. No, it can clear it up. Okay. I'm like, oh, my God, being pregnant. And, oh, no, knock on wood.

Daisy Keech
Like, don't do that to me. Perhaps that's our clear skin error. Like, we just have to wait until we're severely pregnant. But I also break out from microneedling to the point where it's not even really worth it for me. Really.

Right. It's just doing damage over and over. It's creating more scarring because I break out so bad that I can't. And I've heard microneedling with PRP. Yeah, I do that okay.

They take your blood, and they spin it. Yeah. And, like, put it all over your face. Have you heard of the salmon semen one? No, I know.

Mari Llewelyn
I just heard about it yesterday. Salmon has semen? Yeah. I didn't know that either. What?

Yeah. How. Like, how does that. How does that work? It's one of the korean facials that everyone's obsessed with.

Daisy Keech
Okay. But I feel like I can't even dabble with that kind of thing because I'll just break out. So I just stick to what I know. Yeah. And honestly, with skincare, I feel like the less, the better.

Yeah, it's true. How do you handle makeup? Like, do you use certain clean makeup? Honestly, I don't really even wear that makeup much makeup day to day, unless I'm, like, filming. But I just used the luminous silk, and I think.

I don't know if it breaks me out, to be honest, because I used to wear it when I had no breakouts, and I was like, fine. But I heard. I actually heard on your podcast that they changed the formula to it. And so I was wondering, like, oh, maybe that's why. Oh, not you remembering a fact that I didn't even know from my podcast.

Yeah. Wow. I was, like, studying that. I had, like, my browser up. Like, the.

Yeah. Yeah. Those girls are great. Yeah, really good. Yeah.

Mari Llewelyn
Really, really good. I use, um, illuminaire. I get it on Amazon, and it's, like, the non pore clog. I use all non pore clogging makeup. Right.

Still not working. But anyways. Right? Because I use, like, ilia or whatever. Yeah.

Daisy Keech
Yeah. Aren't they supposed to be clean and, like, not. Apparently not anymore. Makes me break out really bad. Same.

Mari Llewelyn
Yeah, same. Which is a bummer because it has, like, the zinc sunscreen that's, like, better for you. None of us are safe. None. But then it's so crazy, because I don't know if you've had this experience.

Like, my best friend fi can eat anything, use anything on her face, do whatever she wants, and she has baby skin. Michael's the same way. I know. It's so annoying. It's so unfair.

It's so unfair. My husband's the same way. Like, what the hell? I know. It's the detoxing pathways, I swear.

Daisy Keech
And it's like, your body's like, how can I get rid of this? And it's like, oh, there's pores right there. Let me try to get through that way. Everyone has something. Like, people have gut issues.

Mari Llewelyn
They have digestion. Maybe they have psoriasis, we just have. Acne, you know, and it could even be all from the same thing. It's just the way our bodies react. Like, I personally think, like, wouldn't you think that if you have mold, Michael has mold, too.

Daisy Keech
No, he does. Oh, he does. I forced him to get a test because at first, he was in denial, for he's like, there's no way. And in his defense, like, there was no mold on the walls or the ceilings or anything. It was all, like, really hidden.

And it's not talked about, like, mold toxicity. Like, you looked at, like, you're crazy if you go into a regular doctor, you know? And so, yeah, he didn't really believe it. And then I, like, he moved, you know, we moved out of that house, and he's like, whoa, I actually feel better. And, yeah, I was like, okay, maybe I did have really bad fatigue and stuffed up nose, but I think it can be, like, really damaging to your system, because he does struggle with a lot of histamine issues.

And sometimes I wonder if the mold made it a lot worse or can trigger it. Same with Greg. I think he has certain autoimmune tendencies that I think are from mold, from when we lived in his frat house. I think that's where the mold came from. Wait, where was this?

Mari Llewelyn
Frat house in Philly. Oh, my God. Yeah, so I was in the sorority next to his frat, and when I. Wait, that is so cute. It's very cliche.

Daisy Keech
That was cute. But I could see him through my window every day. Stop. It's like that. Oh, my God.

Mari Llewelyn
No, I know. Taylor Swift music video. Do you know which one I'm talking about? When he. Oh, my God.

That's literally a story or something. Exactly. That's literally what I pictured. And he was like, this bodybuilder cooking all day in his kitchen. I was like, who is this guy?

This is so weird. Met him, became obsessed with him, spent every night at the frat, and I would, like, eat in the kitchen there and sleep there. And I'm pretty sure. I mean, obviously, that place was probably full of. Not taken care of.

Daisy Keech
Yeah. Disgusting. Disgusting. And, like, an old building. Yeah.

Mari Llewelyn
So I think it's from then. And that just shows. I mean, that was 2014. I think mold is in our system for, like, a long ass time. It's really hard to get rid of it.

Daisy Keech
Like, I've heard it can take up to, like, a year, but I'm like, it's been past a year for me. And, yeah, I feel like I don't know, maybe it just takes a bunch of time of just healing your body and not triggering it with certain things, like, you know, candida loving foods. Yeah. Well, thank you for sharing all of that. What are you working on at the moment?

Mari Llewelyn
Like, what's next for you? The real estate. Michael and I just purchased another home, and we're going to renovate it and maybe flip it, maybe rent it out. It's kind of gonna be, like, case by case. So, yeah, we really just want to start growing our real estate portfolio and kind of trying to build a stable income outside of social media just because, like, as, you know, like, brand deals and stuff like that.

Daisy Keech
Like, you can't always count on it. And, you know, Michael and I want to have a family and still keep up this lifestyle that we live. And so we're trying to, like, plan ahead and start building the foundation to be able to have babies and a little family of our own. Incredible. I'm obsessed with seeing you garden.

Are you doing your gardening? Yeah. Is it. You started? Yeah.

So I had these garden beds build. Yeah, built. And the guys doing it, I don't think they knew, but they used, like, this chemically treated wood, and there's no, like, lining in between the soil and the wood. And so I. And, like, they're big planner boxes, so I have to scoop it all out and then, like, mulch our, like, front beds with it or something.

And then. Yeah, and then put rubber around it and then new soil. Because the soil they use had, like, candy wrappers in it. What? Yeah.

Like, it did? Yeah. Like, literally candy wrappers. How? Like, as trash.

They told me it was organic soil. I was like, okay, my guy. Like, this is not organic. I'm dead. Yeah.

Mari Llewelyn
It's like compost gone wrong. They're like, oh, this, this, like, this. Girl, she won't know they duped you. She won't know. Little do they know.

Daisy Keech
Yeah. You're in your area. Yeah. I've been researching gardening, like, crazy lately. It's so fun.

There's so much that goes into it. What are you planting? Onions, tomatoes.

But you can't do that until, like, I think, fall. Garlic, ginger, turmeric, ginger smog. Yeah. That's what's throwing me off is the timing of everything. I know.

Mari Llewelyn
I think I missed the window. No, you did not yet. I mean, I don't know how it isn't awesome, but it sounds like it's similar to, like, nashville, but you can grow, like, tomatoes, cucumbers, berries. Okay. Things like lemon trees.

Daisy Keech
And that's kind of like what I'm doing. I'm also growing a couple herbs like calendula, and I'm actually growing, like, I'm in a. Well, I'm gonna grow reishi, which I had one last year, and then it got stuck in the move and all that, but yeah. Cause I love reishi mushroom. Same.

I feel like. Yes. I feel like it really calms me and just makes me feel level headed. Have you heard of king coffee? No, but I did on your podcast.

You need it. Sorry. Yes, I have heard of it, but I haven't taken it. You need it. It's basically like a coffee dupe for people like us.

Okay. It's full of reishi mushrooms. You only absorb eight milligrams of caffeine a cup, so it's, like, very minimal. Caffeine, and it works really well. Like, you get, like, a good.

Mari Llewelyn
It's healing. Like, it's full of mushrooms. It's really great. I'm obsessed. I do a lot of matcha.

Yeah, matcha's probably even better, so I. Guess that's really good for detoxing matches. Oh, I need to get back on my matcha grind. I even have a matcha product. Oh, my God.

I just go back and forth between matcha and coffee. Right, right. By the way, I was so hyped when I saw you using bloom the other day in the real. I was like, I didn't even know. It's really good.

Daisy Keech
It's really good. I have a goodie bag for you. I just got the pineapple one. The pineapple's insane. Yeah, it's insane.

Mari Llewelyn
Okay, well, Daisy, thank you so much for coming on the show. Where can everyone find you? Online, if you even want them to? I feel like you're in your real estate area right now. No.

Daisy Keech
Yes. Guys, my username is Daisy Keech. Everywhere. And where can they find your workout plans? Everyone was asking about that, so I actually.

That's on hold right now, and it's mainly on hold just because I felt like I was going through so much with my health, it didn't feel right to go put out a workout program when I wasn't even consistent myself. And so that's on hold right now. But as I'm healing my body and getting my body back to a place where I'm proud of, I'm building out, like, a whole new, whole new thing. I feel like you need a mold cleansing program. Oh, my gosh.

I know. I would buy it. I know. I need to partner with my doctor or something. Yes.

Mari Llewelyn
Please. No, we need that. Thank you, Daisy. Really appreciate it. Thank you for having me.

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Daisy Keech On Healing From A Toxic Lifestyle, Mold, Acne & Finding Her Dream Relationship

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