What I learned so far in this Industry

It's been awhile since I've written a blog. What can I say? My busy schedule getting in the way. Well .... I wish that was the answer. The answer in a nutshell is I need to be more consistent and the online stuff is hard. Obviously, I'm a freelance makeup artist first and lastly an aspiring beauty influencer/blogger/guru lol it's too much. Seriously I love anything beauty related and it's honestly the way the industry has been trending these last 5-6 years. Beauty influencers are the "it people" and actually makeup artist are overlooked. This is not me venting, but coming to grips with reality. Don't get me wrong makeup artists are still celebrated, I am very much in love with makeup artistry and my career. I am expanding my horizons and thinking long term. It's only so much hours in a day, weeks, and months, a year you catch my drift, how can I passively make income when I don't have a gig or when I decide to take a vacation; that's where the online stuff comes into play. My hats go off to everyone that's actively doing it. There's a science to posting, staying engaged, and keeping engagement up. Between Youtube's and Instagram's algorithms, it's enough to make me throw my hands up in despair or take statistics class all over again. But I won't give up, I can't give up. I don't mind working hard, but we are in a new day where you need to work smart. I want to work smart and a little hard ( I can't help it). I want to earn whatever reward is in store for me. I just want to lose sight of why I decided to become a makeup artist. I knew it wasn't going to easy. I want to continue to do what I love and take advantage of other opportunities as well. So yeah I will do better, work harder and smarter, it's the only way to survive in the beauty industry.