#rosecee

 Want to know how I do my brows when I am in a rush? Watch this short clip to show you step by step how I do it.

   Products used:

Eylure Brow Palette in Dark Brown 

MAC Studio Finish concealer in NC45

Brushes from www.CrownBrush.co.uk :

IB113 Taklon Angle Liner, C432 Flat Line Definer and C455 Flat Blender 

Until next time 

Want to "Vamp" up your red lips?

Well let me show you how... 

In the video I buffer my lips with my foundation brush. This step is optional however It helps to blend my lip lines and acts sort of a lip primer. (You can also use a lip primer if you have one. It just helps bring the lip colour out and in some cases makes the lipstick last. Totally optional).

Please note that I am not using extra foundation on my lips. I am just using whats left over on the brush already and going over my lips. (You don't want foundation covered lips - that style died years ago - and should remain dead lol)

Another benefit I found is that after I blend my lips with my foundation brush, I find it easier to apply my lipliner. It stands out, you create better lines and decide how defined you want you cupid's bow. E.g if you want it rounded like Beyonce or sharp as Rihanna's. You create the illusions. The lip pencil is MAC in 'Currant'.

After lining my lips and filling them in I pick a lip colour thats slightly lighter and fill my lips without going in to the corners and border. I am using MAC 'All Fired Up' Lipstick. I then use the lip pencil again to go over the corners to ensure the ombre effect. I then use a flat top brush to neaten the borders and getting rid of any bleeding. I got my brush C432 Flat Line Definer from CrownBrushes.co.uk

 See below a quick video of how I achieved this lip look 

Products used:

MAC 'Currant' Lipliner

MAC 'All Fired Up' Lipstick

Until next time

Learn to be your own cheerleader

 Whenever you start a team you are always the first one, and in some cases the last one in it too.If you have a strong and positive passion for something be it education , fashion , or social media. Give it your all. Do it and do it well. Social media makes it so easy for everyone to be in everyone's business, so it can be scary. I deal with it daily. But, I have decided that this is me. I might not have it all together (yet) but I'm going to give it a try even if I am standing on my own. Sometimes there will be others already doing very well in your field and it might cause you feel intimidated, but, you have to swallow your pride evaluate your successes and mistakes and you must find the strength to continue. 

In many African families following your dreams can be hard (and l'm sure this applies to other cultures too) because you are pressured to follow a certain well recognised career or profession. Fortunately my family is a tad bit liberal - my sister being a designer and myself following the arts. So we slipped through that net in some ways. Did I long for a stricter upbringing? Maybe a tad, possibly 10% stricter. But, am I happy with the person I'm becoming, and who I am today. My family could see my dedication to theatre and would come to every play and every show that I was in. Giving me their full support. Of course I still got the talk of "why you want to be a lawyer or doctor etc". However they saw my passion and they saw the hard work and over time they saw results. You have to study the field you want to excel in. You network. You mingle with positive like minded people. You work hard to gain wisdom. Being a struggling artist isn't what everyone dreams of (I hope) however the idea that I get to play for a living is just….. Wow. It's great to follow the dream but work on making it realistic and having a liveable plan too. Sooner or later you have to move out of the family home or to another country (cough cough). So what's your strategy or your income while you're trying to make your dream a reality? Another hard question to ask yourself.

I'm truly blessed that I can make a income by modelling but make no mistake there is still hard work. You learn the industry, you practice your walk and poses and you work out. I remember working in a call centre and before I knew it. A year has passed me by. How?! I asked myself. It happens to a lot of us. You become comfortable with the income and the environment. You spend less time on the craft and more on climbing the corporate ladder. You get older and gain more responsibility and then have to climb even higher to stay on top of it all whiles getting further and further from your dreams.

Don't lose sight of my goals.  This is a hard industry and I'm still learning. There still may be many who look down on me and the career path I've chosen or ask me "WHY?"  I simply go back to the feeling I get from being on stage. Lights. Costume. Full seats (or half if it's Off Broadway). Telling the audience a story, through acting, and engaging with the audience. And afterwards meeting the audience and getting a direct feedback of what and how they felt. What their emotional responses were. It excites me and gives me chills. That's the feeling that keeps me going! That keeps me emailing and pestering agents/casting directors for auditions.  (Sorry but not sorry).

And when I explain the feeling I get, people say I light up. So why would I want to give up something that gives me fire!?

So ask yourself…

What gives you your fire?...

True fire…

Something that makes you stand apart from the crowd. That can make you step out alone and say

"Hey. This is me and I am going to do it well"

 Until next time