Finally got round to this!!!

Finally got round to writing my first blog. Been wanting to do this for sometime now!
Where to start was the problem! My life has changed completely for the better in the past 2 years. With hard work and dedication it's finally paying off.
From working in dead end jobs and then moving onto dental nursing to pay the bills and keep a roof over the head for myself and my daughter to having a fantastic career as a make up artist in the City!
It took a trauma to the head and various other injuries to finally realise it was time for me.  It was time to follow my passion and love life! Iv been creative and arty from a child, love art, love to sketch, paint, draw you name it. I didn't wear a lot of make up, never have and still don't but I always looked at people's bone structures.  Studied the way shadows moved over the contours of the face, the different eye shapes and skin tones that are cool or warm and how I could play with colour on them! Call me weird but I have always thought "make up is art and the face is a canvas".  I always put it on the back burner and life took over, I am a single parent and needed to do what iv needed to do. But after the hospital stay from the injuries I wasn't able to go back to my dental nursing so I took myself off to college head injury in tow!
Brings me to now.....2 years later I have had work published in Vogue Italia and Institute Mag, local newspapers etc.  I love my life, I love my job. I work in fashion, editorial and beauty and I love every aspect of what I do. I have worked my ass off building a portfolio putting in my time for free to create looks for photoshoots and help on shows all to get me to where I am now. Opening my own salon was a learning curve as I thought it would help progress my make up artistry, giving me a base for my brides but I was going down the route of having to do more beauty treatments and pulling away from the art side. So I gave my salon up, no way was I letting myself be distracted from what I really want! Make up artistry is my destiny. I now work for Urban Decay part time freeing the rest of my time for the fashion and editorial shoots. When you are doing something you truly love and are passionate about it is never work! I wake up everyday feeling blessed for where I am. I have a beautiful daughter who is maturing into the lovely young lady she is and that's when I know I have done something right. I am thankful everyday she is in my life she has made me the person I am today also. I have shown her when you want something in life you have to go for it! I will always support and help her in what she chooses to do in life as my only regret is leaving it this long to finally do what I love!