In working on this project, Laura feels she has finally found a way to use her talents in the beauty industry and business for something fundamentally good. For too long, the question of whether she was furthering the damage the media and the beauty industry does to women’s bodies and their psyche lingered in her mind. Although not a mother of human children, Laura has found a voice for feminism, equality, and body positivity in working on the 4th Trimester Bodies Project. She wants every woman to feel relaxed and beautiful in her makeup chair, and she hopes every woman finds the ability to love and accept herself without regard to her physical appearance.

In 2013, Ashlee Wells Jackson turned personal tragedy into a worldwide movement promoting body acceptance and open dialogue about the pregnancy and postpartum issues women face. In The Fourth Trimester Bodies Project, she and Laura have compiled photographs of women after they’ve delivered their babies and shares their personal stories. The images are meant to shed light on the true beauty of a women’s body, celebrate differences, and acknowledge the physical and emotional impacts of childbearing on a woman’s life.