Since I started this blog it has been pretty exclusively
about my journey into motherhood with baby P. However, I do want to delve into
my favorite hobby and part-time job—being a makeup artist.
I did not go to cosmetology school—and I am constantly
looking to learn more, but I feel that I have made a good little niche for
myself in the makeup world. I don’t have a booming business, but this is partly
by design. I am happy with just a job or two a weekend so that I can focus
mostly on my most important job—being P’s mommy.
I think that it is VITALLY important for a mom to have a
creative outlet. Creativity keeps you in touch with your spirit. It keeps you
sane when times are hard. It keeps you from becoming JUST someone’s mom. I have
found with these weekly outings that I get time to just be Caroline. Not J’s
wife and not P’s mommy. Just me. It’s refreshing and it keeps me happy.
I work a lot with one of my best friends in the whole world,
Sarah of OWN Boudoir and Sarah Esther Photography. She has photographed me a
million times. She did my engagement, wedding, and P’s newborn and 3 month
photos. She is INSANELY talented and crazy fun to be around. She has given me a
great opportunity to work with her boudoir clients on a weekly basis and I am
so grateful that she has taken that chance on me. I hope that I make her proud.
The number one reason that I love working with Sarah is that
we are able to make women feel beautiful. Each and every woman that walks into
that studio has a story to tell. A lot of them are brides about to get married
who want to give their groom an incredibly sexy gift on their wedding day. Some
of these women are wives who want to spice up their love life. My favorites are
the women that do this for themselves—they want to capture themselves at their
very best. They want to feel beautiful inside and out. That is what we do for
them. It makes me feel great about myself inside and out—and I hope it rubs off
on them!
I’ve done a few weddings here and there and am dabbling into
doing hairstyling (on a limited basis). I have a wedding coming up this month
that I am super stoked about.
I operate mostly on word of mouth—it is crazy how the
opportunities come in. I get calls and facebook messages from people who heard
of me through a bride I worked with and it makes me smile. It means that I have done a good job.
It is a great way to supplement my income while I am staying
home with P. Although, that is not really why I do it. I do it to get away from
it all for an afternoon and step into the fantasy of girly, pretty, and sexy
things. I get to be that trendy well-manicured mommy that seems to have it all
and a bag of chips—even if my life is SO not really that way.
My goal from here on out is to share more of this side of my
life with each of you. AND maybe give you a few beauty tips and tricks here and
there.
Happy Sunday everyone!
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