I'm not a professional makeup artist nor do I have any professional experience in the makeup field. I'm just a girl who enjoys the art of makeup; discovering new techniques, styles, looks and having fun with different products.
I don't think makeup is a crutch or necessity. I find that it is artistic, expressive and I personally feel sexy, confident and comfortable when I wear it. I don't ever force myself to do my makeup before leaving the house because I feel it should be an enjoyable process and if I don't feel like doing it, I don't. Beauty, sexiness and confidence are ultimately all states of mind and don't come from a completely made up face or totally bare skin but all in how you carry yourself.
I feel it's important to stay true to who I am and what I enjoy. I love being a woman and all that being a woman entails. Makeup, high heels, dresses, hair products - all those old female cliches still ring true with me and I am proud of that fact. I embrace my womanhood and maybe it seems a little old fashioned to some more "modern" ideas of female attitude but I don't understand why anyone would want to change or deny the beauty that comes from the grace, poise, femininity and strength that women possess. In today's equal-opportunity, gender-blind society, I still don't strive to be recognized as "the same" as men because I believe men and women are different which is what makes both genders equally special and unique in their own way.
I'm also a novelist, former newspaper reporter/journalist, avid self-professed computer geek and a million other things that make me who I am. I love craft projects but I'm also eager to pick up my hammer and drill. Sometimes I wear 4 inch stilettos and other times I feel best in a pair of jeans and my Etnies. I'm not a girly girl, I'm not a tomboy, I'm not a perfectionist, I'm not sloppy - I'm not any of those one-dimensional labels. I'm just me. I like what I like and I do what I enjoy and I'm not ashamed to voice my opinions. To me, that's the only way to live life happily.
