Hello everyone!
I thought it might make an interesting thread for us to discuss our journey in the industry so far, kind of like a mini-biography of our up's, down's & everything in between!
I'll start (although technically I haven't started my journey yet )
Well, I first became properly interested in makeup when I was about 12-13, I was a member of a hair/craft forum & someone posted a link to LimeCrime, back then it was quite a small blog & I saw a photo of gothic-looking red & black makeup, it was really well done & I thought wow...I want! So I went out & bought a black and red Barry M Dazzledusts & that was it...ADDICTED! The more I did makeup the better I got, so here we are, 6 years later & I will hopefully turn my hobby into something which I can make money from! I want to freelance & I have a name & a few ideas floating around but I'm just in the researching stages & have yet to buy/build up a kit which isn't for my personal use. I want to specialise in beauty makeup as I feel I could probably excel most in this, especially where things like bridal makeup & makeup lessons are concerned! I would love to do film & media though! I've never had any formal training so I'm a bit concerned about how this will fare but I've looked at a few short-courses & trainings which MAC offer to members of its' Pro-Scheme & they look helpful! What I love about doing makeup is seeing the client happy with the way they look & in turn feeling amazing about themselves, it's such a good reward for me. Whilst I was at college (studying Equitation) I did my all of my friends makeup every wednesday night (student night ) so it gave me lots of varied faces to practise on & I've finally decided I want to take this further.
Your turn!!! Things you might want to think about are:
What originally ignited your passion?
What gave you the 'push' to finally do it?
What setbacks did you encounter?
What makes you realise why you do what you do?
How close you were to giving up?
What did close friends/family think?
Is it what you imagined?
I thought it might make an interesting thread for us to discuss our journey in the industry so far, kind of like a mini-biography of our up's, down's & everything in between!
I'll start (although technically I haven't started my journey yet )
Well, I first became properly interested in makeup when I was about 12-13, I was a member of a hair/craft forum & someone posted a link to LimeCrime, back then it was quite a small blog & I saw a photo of gothic-looking red & black makeup, it was really well done & I thought wow...I want! So I went out & bought a black and red Barry M Dazzledusts & that was it...ADDICTED! The more I did makeup the better I got, so here we are, 6 years later & I will hopefully turn my hobby into something which I can make money from! I want to freelance & I have a name & a few ideas floating around but I'm just in the researching stages & have yet to buy/build up a kit which isn't for my personal use. I want to specialise in beauty makeup as I feel I could probably excel most in this, especially where things like bridal makeup & makeup lessons are concerned! I would love to do film & media though! I've never had any formal training so I'm a bit concerned about how this will fare but I've looked at a few short-courses & trainings which MAC offer to members of its' Pro-Scheme & they look helpful! What I love about doing makeup is seeing the client happy with the way they look & in turn feeling amazing about themselves, it's such a good reward for me. Whilst I was at college (studying Equitation) I did my all of my friends makeup every wednesday night (student night ) so it gave me lots of varied faces to practise on & I've finally decided I want to take this further.
Your turn!!! Things you might want to think about are:
What originally ignited your passion?
What gave you the 'push' to finally do it?
What setbacks did you encounter?
What makes you realise why you do what you do?
How close you were to giving up?
What did close friends/family think?
Is it what you imagined?