Content creator Gorolia took a step back from social media earlier this year, but now she's back and feeling more resilient than ever.

The beauty influencer, known for her TikToks that review branded color inclusives, opened up on this week's episode of Marie Claire's “Nice Talk” podcast about coming back from her recent hiatus feeling confident and charged

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In September, Goloria announced that she was taking a break from social media and content creation after experiencing defamatory negativity and racism online.

“I knew I needed to take a break,” Gorolia said on “Nice Talk.”

“I knew that absorbing so much hate and bigotry was not healthy for my spirit.” [The TikTok star, originally from South Sudan and now based in Texas, knew it meant temporarily “losing” income from her videos, but she saw her break as “a form of resistance.”

“Taking a break was about regaining my strength. [If I can't put myself first now, I can't put myself first later, and if I don't take care of myself and mine first, this whole goal will never be achieved,” she says. As black women, “we sometimes feel that we must always wear the mantle, that we must always fight, that we must always advocate for everyone but ourselves.

“At the end of the day,” she continues, “it is exhausting, it is tiring, and black women do not always have to be at the forefront of every abominable movement. 'We can rest. Whenever we rest, we rest, and whenever we stand up, we stand up.”

After taking time to focus on her mental health, including reading, journaling, therapy, and exercise, Gorolia resumed sharing content in November.

She says. 'It was liberating because I found out that I'm really resilient. Because I'm really resilient. Not every day is resilience, but seeing me come back so much stronger, I could see that I did it the right way, that I put myself first, that this was my decision, and my decision alone.

Goloria also opened up on “Nice Talk” about whether she would start her own beauty brand. When asked if that was a possibility, she replied.

“I'm planning it,” the content creator admitted, but said her plans are two to three years away. 'It's definitely something I want to do. I'm definitely going to prioritize dark-skinned women first and the others second."

For more on her plans, and how Gorolia has navigated brand partnerships while growing her platform, and how she thinks makeup companies can do better, listen to this week's “Nice Talk” on Nice Talk” this week. This episode is available now wherever you listen to podcasts.