My Origins...

So one of the posts I said that I'd be doing would be my Origins post about how I got into make up and such because I actually didn't get a chance to do my eyeliner comparison yet, and I really wanted to make a post to get into the habit of doing this all the time. So here goes.

So unlike most girls who start off with make up in their like junior high school days, or sometimes even younger at like 10 when you get your nails painted like mommy. Mine really didn't start until... I was about..26. I KNOW right?? I mean when I was younger, I used eyeshadows, basically this frosty purple colour cause I like how it contrasted with my eye colour, and purple is one of my favorite colours, and this was even before I knew that purple is a colour that makes brown eyes pop. So there yah go.
I just, was never into it, I was a very big tomboy that bit my nails, and didn't wear make up, and never did anything with my hair, I'd grow it out real long and do nothing with it. Now my hair type is very thin and baby fine, so it can't be to long or it starts to weigh down on it'self and look horrible. So I keep it collarbone length at it's longest and just below the chin at it's shortest. But that's another blog. So yeah make up was never a big deal to me. And I wish I could say my wanting to go to school to be a make up artist or nail tech is because of this life long love of make up and this burning desire to show how much I love it and this that and the other thing. But sadly, it's not. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
So when I was 24 I was in a car accident. Just humor me. And I lost my job because I was under so many restrictions I couldn't work there anymore. I had torn a ligament or tendon or something at my lumbar spine, and all I knew was that it hurt like hell. I couldn't walk for more then ten minutes at a stretch before I had to sit down and rest for about 20 minutes so the dull burning pain would go away. It was awful. So two years later, at 26 I got hired with a temp agency and started working at my current employer. That is where I met Melyssa.
Melyssa, wasn't a really prissy girly girl. She was into dirt bikes and fishing, and drinking, and all that southern girl type stuff right? But she was just enough of a girly girl, to love doing her make up. She has those chamelon eyes, that shift from blue to grey to green depending on what mood she's in yah know? And she had her hair dyed black, and it was really long, so in short I hate her? lol, I always say one of my biggest disappointments in my life is the fact that both my older siblings got my mom's pretty blue eyes and I have brown. BUT, that's what they make contacts for bitches! LOL i know I'm rambling all over the place.
Anyways, she got me into make up, and I enjoyed doing it once I saw how using diffrent colours change the way your face looks. And the more I did it, the more I loved it, and kinda got obsessed about it. And that's what led me to youtube. On facebook, I had subscribed to the MAC page there. At that time, they had just done the release of the Fafi line, and I loved all the dolls and the pretty colours but I really just watched. Then, I looked up "MAC Hauls" on youtube and it lead to xteener, and Fafinettex3, and Whatstyleistonickel, and from them I found other people like Pinkiecharm, and Lollipop26 and Loulud81, and AllthatGlitters21, and xsparkage, and Kaikhaod, and all these people who do the best tutorials and give the best advice and best tips and tricks and reviews on all kinds of stuff. Youtube I swear is like the visual wikipedia, it's great.
So that really fueled my desire and love of make up, and then I started watching not just every day make up, like the neutral looks or the pops of colour every now and then for going out to clubs or special occasions, but like fantasy make up, for Ren Faires or, make up shows, and the colours, and visions, and alla that, it's what I love.
I used to draw alot when I was younger, but I lost touch with it from an immense artists block and never went back to it, because everytime I picked up a pencil and stared at the bare sheet of paper, I couldn't see anything. There was no object I wanted to draw, no thought in my head, no nothing and it was so frustrating I didn't know what to do.
But when I look at a person's face, I try to determine their best feature. For alotta people who have either deep set eyes and using shadow on them wont make them pop because you can't see the colours except when they blink, or their skin and how smooth and even it is, to make it glowy or dewy, or radiant or whatever adjective you'd wanna use, or their lip depending on their shape, and how full they are. All those factors determine what I'm going to do.
I fully believe in the "one or the other" rule. If you've determined like I have that your eyes and lips are your best two features, then you play up one, and down play the other. If you're going to do a dramatic eye, then do a nude or pastel lip, if you're going to do a dark red or full on colour lip, then a neutral eye would look best. That's just soley my opinion, but I don't wanna overdo it. And that's the keep in mind rule I have.

So that's led me up to today, and where I wanna be tomorrow. Hope you enjoyed reading. More coming soon I promise.

>>Tami