The magical power of being able to transform a person's appearance utilizing makeup has been a personal passion of mine for as long as I can remember. We all have something in our lives that we remember with perfect clarity the first time we discovered it. A game you loved to play or an object that you would never be seen without? For me it was cosmetics. I have been fascinated it since I was a little girl. .
I think that I have to credit my passion partially to my mother. When I was four or five my mom began to work the 3-11 shift at a factory. Not knowing how to tell time, I came to associate the start of the "Barney Show" with her getting ready for work. Whenever I heard the introduction song, I would get excited and head to my mothers room, waiting with anticipation, to watch her get ready. A couple of days earlier she had just given me a fabulous shiny red and white stripped make up bag, that never left my side. As she walked toward the restroom I would get butterflies in my stomach. As my mother pulled out her makeup bag from under the sink, I started to un-zip mine. She pulled out each item and set them on the counter as did I. I can remember clearly how she would put the different applicator brushes, eyes shadows, and face powders in their own little groups. I mimicked everything that she did, I would imitate with empty compact powders, lip gloss and make-believe strokes of mascara.
It wasn't until the seventh grade that I first got to experience the joy of makeup for myself. My first makeup product was lipstick. I remember going to the grocery store with my mother and walking passed the makeup section, but this time my mom walked towards the makeup aisle and said, "You have until I"m at the checkout stand to choose a lipstick, and nothing that you know I wouldn't like". I was so excited that it actually took the whole time to actually pick one. It had to be the right color and as any girl can tell you that is a hard thing to choose especially if it is your first time picking one by yourself.
