Wednesday, September 3, 2014

WOW WHERE HAVE I BEEN?

HEYYY EVERYONE!!!!

It's so weird for me to be making a blog post. *laughs* I am back guys! I can't even begin to describe the stressful, exciting, interesting events that have been occurring in my life for the past few months which explains a little bit of why I have not been blogging. Before I begin, I first and foremost want to apologise for my lack of blog posts and there isn't really an excuse except that I don't have a laptop (my previous laptop got stolen) and that I was indulged into the events of my life in terms of work and my dreams of becoming a makeup artist. There are good news that I would love for the whole wide world to know about. I WORK AT MAC COSMETICS ! YAY.

For many, it might be an "ok" thing. But for me, it is a dream come true and a big step into improving my makeup artistry and doing more freelance jobs and being surrounded with what I love. I still fail to believe that this is true. Sometimes, I feel like it isn't real. My first day was yesterday and I remember standing on the shop floor in an environment of talented artists and makeup everywhere just looking immaculate, and I just thanked God because I had realised that the opportunity that He flew my way. There is a God. Trust. It just shows that when you put in a lot of hard work, it pays off. These past two weeks I had interviews with the manager and makeup tests that put me in an antisocial mood where the only thing I wanted to do and learn was makeup. I wish I had this mentality ages ago, maybe I would have been a better artist than I am today. But I was focusing on all the irrelevant things in my life like boys and clubbing and just being reckless and out of control. Everyone works in different ways and it took me a lot of observing and me questioning my progress for me to open my eyes to the fact that in life, anything you want to be or do can come true but it's all within your hands. Friends and family will support you, but they won't move you. The potential energy is there, but you have to ignite it. Having this mindset has sent me into the habit of practicing and doing makeup on my friends on a daily basis, on myself (of course) and now that I am working at MAC, it's up to me to take what I have learnt from work and input it into my artistry. With the help of God, I will get to the place I want to be.

What do you want Dami? Be more vocal about your dreams: I want to become a professional makeup artist doing makeup on celebrities, clients, bridal makeup, Asian bridal makeup, beauty makeup and funny, I want to even get into more creativity makeup which is weird for me to say that being that I have no artistic background at all (guys I can't even hold the pencil the right way and my handwriting will give you a mental breakdown) but I believe that anything is possible in life and I am more than ready to put in that effort. My experience at Body Shop was the foundation of the knowledge I have now about makeup , as well as youtube, but I am ready to go to classes and involve myself in doing more freelance jobs or at least being a part of photo shoots to get experience.

I have only been studying makeup for one year, but I am so blessed and fortunate to have been given the opportunity to do makeup at Body Shop and now receive a job to work at MAC, and it really emphasises why I have to give it my all. This is what I want to do and I will master my craft.

Excitingly, I have also been associated with people from the freelance world that have invited me to be a part of their team. This is wonderful news to me and the beginning for me when it comes to doing freelance makeup. I was invited to their photo shoot which was so much fun and I was like a kid in the candy store literally just gushing and showing them my vibrant personality as well as closely paying attention to their artistry and their techniques. I'm such a learner when it comes to makeup. They were so nice and in a space of a few hours, I felt so close to them. When people do what you love and are just as passionate as you are, you build a connection with them because there is so much to discuss and talk about. The love they poured out was overwhelming and thats what got me so hyped up when Tina offered me to be a part of their team. I'm so happy.

Onto other news, my uni has finally been selected and everything is in place for me to start in a few days. Guess where I'm going. UCA!!!!!!! Why not? Fashion journalism is an amazing course to do and goes hand in hand with makeup as well because fashion and makeup are like cousins (or should I say siblings) and it's an interesting course. I was very confused when trying to change it, but thinking about it for months, I decided to keep the course as they have accepted me and I meet the requirements and plus its a course that flies around me. I love fashion and style, I like to believe I have a cute, preppy style, and through this course, I can learn about writing and fashion all in one. PERFECT.

I won't be moving to Epsom though because I know my dreams are here for me in London. There's no point. I'm only worried about commuting costs from here to Epsom which is gonna be skyrocketing high, but hey in life there is a cost to everything. Life is a challenge and you have to know how to deal with the hardship of life. That's what i have learnt.

Everything may seem as a dream come true and sound all rosy and like a nice fairytale, but there have been some dark moments in these few months, moments where I felt lost, moments where I didn't know from right or wrong, moments where I wanted to end my life, moments that pain me so much, I don't even want to backtrack to it. While I was in those moments, I definitely felt like everything was going downhill for me. I always believe that you should never give up on anything you are doing and that there is always a door out to everything. God has written my destiny, it's time for me to use my knowledge, skills and power to make it come to a reality. As long as you have that willpower, you will be fine and I told myself that every single day of my hardships and though it's all better as of right now (I'm currently relaxing in bed with a cup of tea eating biscuits), I'm in a financial mess and still living my daily struggle. All that will end very soon.

The good thing is that I have learnt. And I won't ever make the mistakes I made, but if I have to reiterate how wonderful and excellent the Lord is, i won't be ending this blogpost haha. With His power, I have managed to achieve a bit of my goals and conquer my fears in terms of makeup artistry. There is so much to go, this is just the beginning.

As much journey progresses, I will continue to update you all and let you know of what I am doing with my education and dreams. I don't know how often though being i have a little situation (no laptop) and that I am so consumed with my life personally and professionally, but from time to time, i'll be writing. Plus I LOVE IT ! Can we all take note as to why I chose journalism as my course to study? Haha.

Wish me all the best of luck.
Peace & love. Damilola.