vanamora
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OKAY MY BEAUTIES, SO THIS IS MY OFFICIAL FIRST THREAD AND I THOUGHT WHAT BETTER WAY TO START OFF THAN WITH SOME GREAT NEWS I RECEIVED. I THOUGHT I'D POST THIS NOT TO BRAG MY NEWS BUT FOR IT TO SERVE AS MY STORY OF HOW I GOT IT AND FOR IT TO HELP OTHERS WHO ARE KIND OF IN THE SAME BOAT. I'LL START BY TELLING YOU A LITTLE ABOUT ME.
SO I'M A 23 YEAR OLD FEMALE CURRENTLY WORKING FOR INSURANCE. I HAVE BEEN IN THE INSURANCE BUSINESS FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW. IT'S NOT THE MOST GLAMOUROUS JOB YOU CAN HAVE BUT IT IS ONE I HAVE ENJOYED. NO MATTER HOW MUCH I LOVE MY JOB THOUGH...THERE WAS A VOID THERE. I FELT THERE WAS SOMETHING MORE OUT THERE FOR ME AND FELT LIKE I JUST HADN'T DISCOVERED IT YET. WHEN I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL I WAS ONE CONFUSED GIRL...I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WANTED TO GO AND WHAT I WANTED TO DO. I ENDED UP STAYING BEHIND WHILE ALL MY FRIENDS LEFT FOR SCHOOL. MY INSURANCE JOB KIND OF FELL INTO MY HANDS SO I MADE THE MOST OF IT. I COME FROM A FAMILY WHO IS INTO ALL THINGS CREATIVE...MY SISTER DOES HAIR, MY MOTHER DOES PARTY PLANNING/DECORATIONS; MY YOUNG BROTHER IS A MUSIC PRODUCER. EVERYONE HAS THEIR THING AND I WAS SO LOST AND CONFUSED. IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE MY PASSION WAS UNDER MY NOSE THE WHOLE TIME. FROM A YOUNG AGE, I USE TO ADMIRE THE WOMEN IN MAGS OR ON TV...THEY LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE LUCKIEST PEOPLE IN THE WHOLE WORLD. I LEARNED LATER IN LIFE THEY LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT WITHOUT THE HELP OF MAKEUP...WHEN I FIGURED OUT THAT MUCH I WANTED TO LEARN EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING ABOUT MAKEUP. I CAN REMEMBER REALLY LOVING TO WATCH THE MISS USA PAGEANTS BECAUSE THE CONTESTANTS LOOKED SO LOVELY...I'D LOCK MYSELF IN MY ROOM AND PLAY WITH MY DRUGSTORE MAKEUP TRYING TO MOCK THE LOOKS. HEY AND DON'T GET ME WRONG...THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH DRUGSTORE MAKEUP LADIES...A REAL ARTIST SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE MAC OR DRUG STORE MAKEUP AND HAVE THE SAME END RESULT. I CAN'T KNOCK DRUGSTORE MAKEUP. LOL ANYWAY, MAKEUP HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY THING IT DAWN ON ME UNTIL LATER ON IN LIFE. I WAS A REGULAR AT A LOCAL MAC STORE AND FOUND ANY REASON TO GO GET MY MAKEUP DONE BY THE SAME LADY EVERY TIME...SERIOUSLY ANY REASON. LOL I STARTED OFF JUST SITTING QUIETLY LETTING HER DO HER THING AND THEN I STARTED TO GET MORE VOCAL AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT SHE WAS DOING. SHE WOULD SERIOUSLY GO IN DETAIL AND TEACH ME SOME "TRICKS" AND I WOULD ALWAYS LEAVE SO IMPRESSED NOT ONLY WITH THE END RESULT BUT ALSO THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE I LEFT WITH. THAT'S WHEN IT CLICKED FOR ME...MAKEUP IS WHAT INTERESTED ME AND I HAD TO LEARN ALL I COULD AND GET MYSELF IN THE INDUSTRY FAST. I HAVE WORN MAKEUP SINCE 14 (YES I KNOW EARLY BUT I COULDN’T WAIT) AND I KNEW THE BASICS OF APPLYING IT AND UNTIL I HAD THE MONEY TO GO GET IT DONE...ALWAYS DID SIMPLE LOOKS FOR MYSELF. I BEGAN COLLECTING MAKEUP FOR A KIT AS WELL AS LEARNING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FROM INTERNET SITES AND ONLINE TUTORIALS ON YOUTUBE.
I LEARNED LOTS IN LITTLE TIME AND BASICALLY PRACTICED ON ANYONE WILLING TO LET ME DO THEIR MAKEUP. THAT'S HOW I GOT MOST OF MY PRACTICE. ONCE I FELT CONFIDENT ABOUT MY WORK I CHARGED NEXT TO NOTHING TO DO MAKEUP FOR ALL KINDS OF EVENTS AND BEGAN GETTING A PORTFOLIO TOGETHER. ANOTHER WAY I GOT PRACTICED WAS ALSO THROUGH MY SISTER (THE HAIRDRESSER) WHO WOULD HAVE HAIR APPOINTMENTS WHO NEEDED THEIR MAKEUP DONE…SO SHE TOOK ME ALONG WITH HER…THE DYNAMIC DUO WE WERE! LOL SO THIS TYPE OF THING TOOK PLACE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS…BASICALLY WORD OF MOUTH AND WORK FOR FRIENDS OF FRIENDS. IT WAS PRETTY COOL BUT I FELT A NEED TO REALLY GET MYSELF OUT THERE AND WANTED TO WORK WITH A COMPANY TO LEARN OFF OF OTHER ARTIST OUT THERE. DURING MID 2009, I GOT THE COURAGE TO DOLL MYSELF UP (FACE AND CLOTHING) AND GO TALK TO MY MAC MAKEUP ARTIST WITH MY PORTFOLIO IN HAND. FIRST THING SHE DID WAS COMPLIMENT ON MY EYESHADOW AND ASKED IF I JUST GOT IT DONE AND I SAID NO I DID IT! SO THAT KIND OF LED THE CONVERSATION WHERE I WANTED IT TO. LOL PART OF THE MASTER PLAN! MUHAHA JK SO ANYWAY, I TELL HER THAT I’M TRYING TO GET INTO THE INDUSTRY AND OF COURSE I’D LOVE TO START AT MAC AND SHE GOES INTO THE WHOLE SPILL ABOUT IT BEING REALLY HARD TO START AT A MAC STORE AND HOW THEY USUALLY ONLY HIRE WITHIN THE COMPANY. SHE THOUGHT MY BEST BET WOULD BE GETTING IN WITH THEIR FREELANCE TEAM …SO I FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION HOPING FOR A CALL BACK. ALTHOUGH THE FREELANCE POSITION DIDN’T SOUND APPEALING TO ME…I’D THOUGHT WTHECK…IT’S WORTH THE SHOT. MAC IS ULTIMATELY WHERE I WANTED TO BE SO YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. SO, MONTHS GO BY AND I HEAR NOTHING AND ACTUALLY SPRING SEMESTER AT SCHOOL STARTED SO I GOT TOO BUSY TO CHECK INTO IT. ONCE SCHOOL LET OUT I WAS BACK ON THE MOVE. I FIGURED MY MAC APPLICATION GOT THROWN OUT BECAUSE MY LACK OF EXPERIENCE OR IT WAS OLD SO I DECIDED TO REAPPLY AT A MAC INSTORE LOCATION THAT HAD JUST OPENED UP CLOSER TO ME. I ALSO WENT AHEAD AND APPLIED FOR THE DILLARDS STORE MAKEUP COUNTERS AND ACTUALLY HAD AN OFFER FOR SHISEIDO. I GOT OFFERED THE JOB AND ASKED IF I COULD TAKE A DAY TO THINK ABOUT IT. SO THIS IS WHAT WAS RUNNING THROUGH MY MIND…I WASN’T FAMILIAR WITH SHISEIDO SO I WAS ALREADY AT A DISADVANTAGE BUT KNEW THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET MY FOOT IN THE DOOR. I ALSO GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT I WOULDN’T BE GETTING AS MUCH EXPERIENCE IN GETTING TO DO MAKEUP APPLICATIONS AS I WOULD SAY AT A PLACE LIKE MAC…IT WAS HIGHLY FOCUSED AROUND SALES. I THOUGHT I’D BE DEPRESSED AT THE SHISEIDO COUNTER WHEN MAC IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM ME AND I SPEND ALL DAY WISHING I WAS OVER AT MAC. LOL THE LOCATION WASN’T SO BUSY WAS ANOTHER ONE OF MY CONCERNS SO I JUST DIDN’T FEEL IT WAS A GOOD FIT FOR ME. I DECLINED THE OFFER AND I KEPT LOOKING. I COULDN’T FIND ANYTHING THAT INTERESTED ME LIKE THE WAY I FELT ABOUT MAC…SO I JUST DECIDED TO BE PATIENT AND WAIT FOR A CALL FROM MAC.
OKAY SO ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER APPLYING AT THE NEW MAC LOCATION…I GET AN UNEXPECTED CALL…BUT ITS NOT WHO YOU WOULD THINK. I GOT A CALL FROM THE MAC STORE I ORIGINALLY APPLIED FOR…SO THIS IS A YEAR LATER AND THEY CALLED TO SET UP THE INTERVIEW! I WAS SO SHOCKED AND WANTED TO ASK A MILLION QUESTIONS BUT WE JUST SET THE INTERVIEW UP. SO ABOUT 2 DAYS LATER I GO IN FOR A VERBAL INTERVIEW WITH THE STORE MANAGER AND I FELT EVERYTHING WENT REALLY GOOD. IT WAS JUST 30 MINUTES AND BEFORE I LEAVE SHE LETS ME KNOW THAT SHE WANTED TO SET UP A SECOND INTERVIEW AND THAT THEY WOULD GIVE ME A CALL SOON TO SCHEDULE IT. SO TWO DAYS LATER SHE CALLS ME IN TO DO THE SECOND INTERVIEW WHICH I HAVE TO BRING A MODEL AND CONDUCT A 30 MINUTE MAKEUP APPLICATION FOR WHATEVER KIND OF LOOK THEY TELL ME. I CHOSE TO TAKE MY SISTER SINCE I PRACTICE ON HER FACE A MILLION OF TIMES AND THAT ALSO TOOK A LOT OF THE PRESSURE OFF. FIRST I HAVE MY VERBAL WITH THE STORE MANAGER AND HER MANAGER AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THE FIRST ONE EXCEPT IT WAS ASKED BY THE STORE MANAGER’S MANAGER AND SHE WAS REALLY TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT I KNEW ABOUT THE COMPANY AND WHERE I WANTED TO GO IN THE COMPANY. I FELT MY SECOND INTERVIEW WENT A LOT SMOOTHER AND I FELT MY ANSWERS WERE MORE COMPLETE THOUGHTS AND POLISHED. SO AFTER THE INTERVIEW IT’S TIME TO GET DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY! LOL THE MAKEUP APPLICATION…SO MY NERVES ARE HIGH BUT I TRY MY BEST TO KEEP IT TOGETHER! THEY HAVE ME DO AN EVERYDAY LOOK AND KEEPING IN MIND THIS HAS TO BE FOR A PERSON WHO ONLY HAS FIFTEEN MINUTES TO GET READY IN THE MORNING. THIRTY MINUTES GO BY AND I’M STILL LACKING THE CONTOURING, BLUSH, AND HER LIPS. I’M THINKING “OMG, I JUST SCREWED UP MY ONE AND ONLY CHANCE”….SO I DON’T MAKE EXCUSES FOR MY UNFINISHED FACE…I JUST ASK IF I COULD EXPLAIN THE REST OF MY LOOK TO THEM SO THEY COULD SEE WHERE I WAS GOING. I EXPLAINED THE COLORS OF THE BLUSH AND LIP AND TOLD WHY I WOULD USE THEM. SHE COMPLIMENTED ME ON THE CHOICE OF COLORS I PICKED AND SAID THOSE WERE SOME OF HER FAVS. SHE SAID MY EYES HAD GOOD SYMMETRY….OTHER THAN THAT HER CRITIQUE WAS SUPER NICE AND SHE DIDN’T REALLY SAY ANYTHING BAD. I DIDN’T GET THE FEELING FROM HER FACE AS THOUGH SHE WAS IMPRESSED BY MY WORK. : / THEN I LOOK AT MY UNFINISHED MODEL AND START THINKING I’M NOT GETTING THIS…I CHOKED. SO I TRY MY BEST NOT TO CRY AND THANKED THEM ALL FOR THEIR TIME AND TOLD THEM I HAD SO MUCH FUN IN MY MOST ENTHUSASTIC VOICE I COULD FAKE. LOL I LEFT FEELING WORRIED ABOUT MY CHANCES BUT KEPT TELLING MYSELF “IT’S OKAY…IF YOU DON’T GET IT NOW…YOU CAN COME BACK BETTER NEXT TIME. “ SHE TELLS ME THAT THEY WILL LET ME KNOW SOMETHING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THAT THEY HAD ANOTHER PERSON TO INTERVIEW WHICH MADE ME EVEN MORE SAD AND NERVOUSL
SO THREE DAYS GO BY AND I DIDN’T THINK I GOT ANY CALLS ABOUT WHETHER I GOT IT OR NOT. SO I MISSED A CALL FROM AN OUT OF STATE NUMBER THINKING IT’S JUST A WRONG NUMBER….TURNS OUT IT WAS THE STORE MANAGER FROM MAC WHO HAD BEEN TRYING TO REACH ME FOR TWO DAYS. I CHECK MY VOICEMAIL AND THAT’S WHEN I FOUND OUT IT WAS HER SO I IMMEDIATELY CALL HER BACK. I APOLIZED PROFUSLY ABOUT NOT PICKING UP AND ASKED WHAT WAS GOING ON…SHE SAYS “WELL I WAS JUST KIND OF WONDERING IF YOU (LONG PAUSE)…WANT TO WORK AT MY STORE???” OMGOODNESS!! OF COURSE I SAID YES! AGAIN, I WANTED TO ASK A MILLION QUESTIONS BUT I FIGURED THE JOB IS ONLY MEANT FOR ONE PERSON AND THEY CHOSE ME SO DON’T QUESTION IT RIGHT??! I’VE BEEN FLOATING EVER SINCE I FOUND THIS OUT AND I’M SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS NEW BEGINNING. I THINK I CAN LEARN SO MUCH AND REALLY THAT IS WHAT APPEALS TO ME MORE THAN ANYTHING ABOUT MAC IS THAT I’LL BE LEARNING WITH SOME OF THE BEST OF THE BEST ARTIST OUT THERE. I WANT TO LEARN AND BECOME THE BEST ARTIST I CAN BE…I FOUND MY PLACE GUYS AND FOR THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE WHO ARE STILL TRYING TO DO THE SAME DON’T GIVE UP OF GET DOWN ON YOURSELF. CHASE YOUR DREAMS AND DON’T SETTLE FOR ANYTHING BUT WHAT YOU TRULY WANT. IT WAS ALL ABOUT TIMING FOR ME AND IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS…PLEASE FEEL FREE TO WRITE ME AND I’LL GIVE ANY ADVICE I CAN! GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU!
