SamiJ

I'm here with my coffee and a headache, and thought it might be time for a much needed update!

Through random and unusual circumstances, I now have money to start my business. Well, to be precise, I HAVE a business. A couple of months ago, I'd have laughed if you'd told me I would have what I needed to actually make some kind of money out of makeup.

I have a website (which is still being tweaked), but you can go have a quick look if you so wish.

www.samanthajones.com.au

I have an ABN too... so I can now 'legally' trade.
Look out for a new email address too. Those who have my old one, yes I will still be using it. But my professional one will be for all my business dealings.

What lies ahead of me now is a whole heap of organising. I have started buying makeup supplies, after agonising and researching my bloody brains out. I've decided not to go for the typical 'name' brands, but actual professional brands. Yes, there's a difference, but I can't be bothered trying to go into it now.

Thus far, I have ordered foundations (they are AMAZING), blushes, lipsticks, powders, eyeliners... well, pretty much everything I didn't have previously/ran out of. I now have to wait for them all, and organise what I do have into catergories, and make some kind of list of what I own.

I'll be organising my whole kit into my new case. Every time I look at it, I feel I don't deserve something so wonderfully functional. It's the ZUCA PRO case (www.zuca.com/zuca_pro/index.ph…). A lot of artists have adopted it for housing their kits. Here is a snazzy video (even though it's aimed at business professionals, you get the idea) --> www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBlXu-…

So, now I need work. Yes, I will still be doing TF* shoots (Trade for pictures/cd images/etc), but only if I feel the work and model will benefit my portfolio. Please come to me if you have some good ideas! I am currently open to most genres of beauty, but mostly want some 'clean' (natural makeup) and beauty shots. But you know, just ask!

I am also trying to branch out into the formal/deb/wedding makeup market. I'm waiting on some business cards, woo!

I think this was a long/excited enough rant for today. In conclusion... I'm excited!

xS

So, I've come to a bit of a predicament in my makeup work.

Firstly, I just haven't had the funds to keep up my kit. I've been spending it all on food and rent, living off centrelink while I study and not getting any shifts at work. Though, I am getting lots of shifts now, but I am using the money to pay back my beautiful boyfriend who has been very patient in supporting me financially. So yeah, still annoyed at lack of kit. I need heaps of foundations, pencil liners, more shadow colours, etc.

Secondly, I'm trying to figure out how to go about getting into a makeup course. Really, it's the money issue again. I really want to do it. I feel like at the moment, I have some good technique, and a crapload of product knowledgee, I just need to put that to good use and refine my technique more.

Well, that's my 'Oh poor me' rant. In other news, might be starting up a website soon. I'd be interested to see how it goes. I want it to be my profesional site with my folio, and also maybe blog-style updates on what I'm doing makeup-wise.

Much love,
Sami x

This is something that I posted on my personal blog not too long ago, that I felt like sharing.

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Greetings all.

As some of you may know, I had my head shaved. I still have some length on top I can play around with, but the rest is very short. Maybe 1cm in length.

I did this for a few reasons, the 2 most notable are as follows.

1. I realised after deciding to grow my hair out, that it usually looks crappy and frizzy, and I hate styling long hair. Now I can wake up and go.

2. It is something I've always wanted to do. I could have done it when I was older when my hair may have started thinning out, or right now as a young person, who is in the right place to do it (uni, where it is usual to be a bit off the wall, and having no job that requires a certain 'look' ).

Basically, I wanted to prove to myself that 'I am not my hair'. I have always been inspired by one scene in V for Vendetta, where Natalie Portman has her head shaved on camera. For real. No bald cap or anything. My hair is not as extreme as hers, but I have gone through very similar emotions. I wanted to prove to myself I was brave enough, and strong enough, to do it.

It has now been maybe 2 weeks, and I am still finding it hard to adjust. I have cried a lot. I have had moments sobbing to my boyfriend that I felt like I'd lost all femininity. I feel fine when I'm out and about, and I'm dressing 'rock chick chic'. But any time I want to feel like a woman, look girly, or even feel remotely sexy, I can't. And I am well aware this is a mental barrier. I am too afraid to put on a feminine dress for fear it will look stupid with my hair. I am constantly resorting to pants and a shirt. I would really like to overcome these feelings.

I have had such wonderful support from my friends. A lot of them realised how huge this was for me. I have been supported through all these feelings, and have been receiving a lot of compliments and general praise of how brave I was. While I don't feel brave, I really have appreciated every kind word said to me over the past couple of weeks.

With their help, this learning experience is a lot less painful.

This is something that I posted on my personal blog not too long ago, that I felt like sharing.

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Greetings all.

As some of you may know, I had my head shaved. I still have some length on top I can play around with, but the rest is very short. Maybe 1cm in length.

I did this for a few reasons, the 2 most notable are as follows.

1. I realised after deciding to grow my hair out, that it usually looks crappy and frizzy, and I hate styling long hair. Now I can wake up and go.

2. It is something I've always wanted to do. I could have done it when I was older when my hair may have started thinning out, or right now as a young person, who is in the right place to do it (uni, where it is usual to be a bit off the wall, and having no job that requires a certain 'look').

Basically, I wanted to prove to myself that 'I am not my hair'. I have always been inspired by one scene in V for Vendetta, where Natalie Portman has her head shaved on camera. For real. No bald cap or anything. My hair is not as extreme as hers, but I have gone through very similar emotions. I wanted to prove to myself I was brave enough, and strong enough, to do it.

It has now been maybe 2 weeks, and I am still finding it hard to adjust. I have cried a lot. I have had moments sobbing to my boyfriend that I felt like I'd lost all femininity. I feel fine when I'm out and about, and I'm dressing 'rock chick chic'. But any time I want to feel like a woman, look girly, or even feel remotely sexy, I can't. And I am well aware this is a mental barrier. I am too afraid to put on a feminine dress for fear it will look stupid with my hair. I am constantly resorting to pants and a shirt. I would really like to overcome these feelings.

I have had such wonderful support from my friends. A lot of them realised how huge this was for me. I have been supported through all these feelings, and have been receiving a lot of compliments and general praise of how brave I was. While I don't feel brave, I really have appreciated every kind word said to me over the past couple of weeks.

With their help, this learning experience is a lot less painful.

Hi guys!
So, I haven't really uploaded anything in a while. I'm not dead, just preoccupied! This is just a message to reconnect with ya'll. I'll try and post something eventually!
Love, me. xx