My name is Piper and I am a 24 (almost 25) year old Makeup Artist and aspiring Cosmetologist. I've signed up to test for licensing in cosmetology and should be able to do that by the end of September. I realized a few years ago that my growing passion for makeup was something that wasn't going to just go away. I started out purchasing a couple of things from MAC. My first "high end" makeup item that I purchased was for Halloween 2008. Carbon e/s from MAC. I bought it because it was what I had heard to be THE BEST matte black eyeshadow on the market. At the time, I had no clue what was really going on with makeup. I was just getting into watching videos about it on YouTube and talking with the makeup counter girls that I worked alongside at Macy's. Carbon was just a jumping off point for the madness that would follow. Over the past few years I have complied quite an array of makeup and have even found myself working as a freelance makeup artist.
About a year after falling in love with makeup and spending hours of my time watching various gurus and video makers on YouTube I took the plunge and decided to attend Cosmetology school. It had been a long time coming. I had contemplated it before, but wasn't sure if that was what I wanted to do with myself. After falling in love with cosmetics, I realized that making people feel better about themselves was what I wanted to do with my life.
School took me longer to complete than it should have. I've never been much for attending classes, to include my time at Valdosta State University as well as Cosmo school. So instead of the 11-12 months it should have taken me, I was there for about 16 months. I did take a few breaks from school, but in the end, I'm glad it took me as long to complete as it did. The things that I learned about different hair, makeup, and skin in that time is priceless. The people I met on this road the past few years have been good, bad, ugly, and beautiful. And again, I wouldn't trade those experiences for all the money in the world. I wouldn't be who I am and what I am right here, right now if it weren't for them.
So here I am. Beginning a blog about my past experiences as well as experiences to come within the world of beauty as well as reviews and little tidbits of various beauty related information. You may come to realize you don't like my opinions. You may love this blog. Who knows what will come of it all, but I hope to give someone out there a glimpse into what this life in the makeup and cosmetology world is like for me.
Welcome to blogger piper! :)
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