Best day ever!!

I had the best day in my entire life! Let's go back a little bit to the beginning. I recently posted about wanting to focus more on my makeup career and have taken some steps to do so. I made a Facebook page for my work, started doing some photo shoots and even did makeup for a wedding last weekend. While all of those things are wonderful and make me extremely happy, this next bit of news trumps all of it. A few weeks ago, I was looking through the casting calls on model mayhem to try and get some more experience when I came across a posting for a studio in the area that was hiring for a makeup artist. I emailed the company my resume and website and waited to hear back. The next day, the lead photographer called me and told me that they received my email and really liked my work and wanted to invite me in for an audition and interview. Of course I jumped at the opportunity and spent the next week researching the company and really preparing myself for the biggest opportunity in my career to date. Last night I started really getting worried about it. I'm used to putting makeup on people who are consumers and not on someone who is in the industry who will have their own critiques. I spent all night really getting myself sick with all the second guessing and doubting myself which I never do. This was a totally different experience for me because I'm generally pretty self assured and have an easy going attitude when it comes to job interviews. I still can't explain what happened to me and why I was so anxious. Luckily, all that stressing out about it last night seemed to diminish while I was sleeping. I don't know if it's because I left myself just enough time to get ready before my interview that there wasn't time for me to be in my head with all those doubts or what but as soon as I got to the interview I put my interview hat on and got to work. I ended up using the photographer who I spoke with on the phone as my model (who thankfully informed me that she knew very little about makeup) and I started in on a bridal look while the owner was upstairs doing a hair appointment. We talked about different kinds of makeup and I asked questions about the company and it ended up being really easy. When we were done, the owner took some time to come downstairs and gave me feedback on the makeup saying that while she liked the look, the foundation was a little heavy which I agreed with because the girl had really amazing skin. We talked while I got my kit packed up and then continued to talk for about another hour about all sorts of things. It was honestly the easiest interview of my life because it didn't feel like I was trying to impress her, it was just like talking to a friend who likes the same things you do. After all of that, she offered me the job! I was so excited to hear that, I immediately started grinning and gladly accepted. I am so thrilled to finally be doing something that I really love that could turn into an actual career for me. I was talking to my older sister who does not say nice complimentary things very often (she's very supportive but we have a superficial relationship) and she said "you know, you're really lucky to have found something that you love to do that you're good at and can make a career out of. I wish I had that". She is absolutely right and I never thought about it like that. A year ago, I didn't think that this was something that I could actually turn into a career and I thought this makeup thing was doomed to be a hobby and I'd be stuck in the business world miserable for the rest of my life. Sorry if this post seems a little self indulgent and has little to do with makeup in regards to product and I can assure you, upcoming posts will not disappoint. Anyway, thanks for reading if you did get all the way to the bottom of this post. I plan to do a little Ulta haul/gratis post pretty soon featuring some pretty exciting products.