Monday, May 6, 2013

NYX FACE AWARDS! MY VIDEO ENTRY AND MY LIFE STORY

SO THE 2013 NYX FACE AWARDS ARE FINALLY HERE AND I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED! I HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE LAST JUNE FOR THIS COMPETITION TO FINALLY COME BACK! IF YOU GUYS FALLOW MY YOUTUBE BEAUTY CHANNEL YOU ALL MIGHT KNOW BY NOW WHAT A HUGE PASSION MAKEUP IS TO ME. I LOVE COLLECTING MAKEUP CREATING LOOKS BOTH WEARABLE AND EXTREME! MY PASSION FOR MAKEUP STARTED AT THE AGE OF 15 WHEN IN MY QUINCIANERA I WAS GIVEN A HUGE MAKEUP TRAIN CASE FILLED WITH MAKEUP FROM COSTCO AND A SET OF BRUSHES...I FELT SO HAPPY THAT I COULD FINALLY PLAY WITH MAKEUP !! LOL I NOT SO MUCH TO WEAR IT OUT IN PUBLIC BECAUSE I KNEW I WAS NO EXPERT AND HAD NO IDEA WHERE TO EVEN START ! SO I WOULD LOCK MYSELF IN MY BEDROOM AND JUST EXPERIMENT WITH EVERYTHING I HAD ...I AM SURE MANY TIMES I PROBABLY LOOKED LIKE A CLOWN! HAHAA BUT I WAS DETERMINED TO LEARN AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY PERFECT MY SKILLS..SO I WOULD CREATE BRIGHT LOOKS NEUTRAL LOOKS AND CRAZY LOOKS ....AT 15 I HAD NO OR LITTLE MONEY MY ALLOWANCE WAS 20 DOLLARS A WEEK AND THAT INCLUDED LUNCH MONEY FOR HIGH SCHOOL AT THIS POINT I WAS ONLY A FRESHMEN ON MY SECOND SEMESTER SINCE MY FIRST SEMESTER I WAS BEING HOME SCHOOLED SINCE I HAD JUST HAD TWO MAJOR OPERATIONS ON MY LEGS AND HAD TO BE IN A CAST FOR 3 MONTHS! IMAGING THAT ?! I WAS SO BORED ...MAKEUP WAS MY ONLY ESCAPE AND IT SERIOUSLY HELPED ME WITH MY HEALING PROCESS I FELT LIKE THE DAYS WERE FLYING BY...AND SOON I COULD GO BACK TO SCHOOL ..I STARTED SEEING GIRLS POWDERING THEIR FACES IN THE MIDDLE OF CLASS AND APPLYING EYELINER, MASCARA, EYE SHADOW, LIP GLOSS ETC...I WAS FASCINATED! THEN AT ABOUT 16 AND A HALF I DISCOVERED HEAVEN ON EARTH LOL ;) MAC COSMETICS ! I LIVED RIGHT BY A MALL WITH A MAC COUNTER AT MACY'S I MET AN AMAZING MUA NELLY AND WE ARE FRIENDS TILL THIS DAY...I WOULD GO AND ASK HER WHAT SHE THOUGHT LOOKED GOOD ON ME AND SO ON...N CASE ANYONE WANTS TO KNOW MY FIRST LIPSTICK BY MAC WAS RUBY WOO ...YES I STARTED BOLD I WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COLOR I HAD EVER SEEN AND REMAINS MY FAVORITE TILL THIS DAY ...MOM BOUGHT ME A MAC STUDIO FIX POWDER AND SOFT BROWN EYE SHADOW...SO THEN I STARTED SAVING MY LUNCH MONEY AND WOULD GO MAKEUP SHOPPING THEN I KNEW I WANTED TO BE A MAKEUP ARTIST . I STARTED DOING FREELANCE WORK AT THE AGE OF 18 I WAS SO HAPPY I WAS FINALLY PURSUING MY DREAMS AND GOING TO COLLEGE FOR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE! A COUPLE YEARS LATER I STARTED GETTING SICK I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TACHYCARDIA AND WAS HAVING PANIC ATTACK I FELT LIKE MY WORLD CAME CRASHING DOWN ON ME! THERE WAS NEVER A DAY WHEN I FELT HEALTHY I HATED THAT BECAUSE IT MADE ME STAY HOME ALL DAY MEDICATED HAD TO QUIT SCHOOL AND STAY HOME AS THE DOCTOR ORDERED UNTIL THEY COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT MEDICATION WAS BEST FOR ME...THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT IT WOULD FURTHER AFFECT MY DISABILITY OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECT (BRITTLE BONES) I COULD NOT WORK I COULD NOT GO TO SCHOOL AND MY SOCIAL LIFE BECAME AFFECTED I NEVER WANTED TO GO OUT I WAS AFRAID I WOULD GET ONE OF THOSE HIDEOUS PANIC ATTACKS BUT I NEVER TOLD MY FRIENDS...I FELT NO ONE WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH... SINCE AS A CHILD NO ONE REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH WITH MY CONDITION EITHER ...GOING BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD I STARTED SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 4 BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE TO UNDERGO MANY OPERATIONS AND THEY FELT THEY NEEDED TO MENTALLY PREPARE ME FOR EVERYTHING THAT WAS COMING MY WAY...ALTHOUGH AT THE AGE OF FOUR I HAD ALREADY BEEN THROUGH 2 OR 3 SURGERIES ON MY LEGS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF MY BONES FROM BREAKING AND MAKE THEM STRONGER...MY LIFE WAS VERY HARD AS A CHILD BROKEN BONES ALL THE TIME PHYSICAL THERAPY AND COUNTLESS SURGERIES TILL THE AGE OF 18...AT THE AGE OF 18 I HAD MY LAST SURGERY ON MY ARM ..I AM SO THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD SUCH AN AMAZING DOCTOR ...DR. LAWRENCE RINSKY HE NEVER GAVE UP ON ME I FELT SAFE IN HIS HANDS AS I DO TO THIS DAY... HERE IS MY ENTRY VIDEO FOR THE NYX FACE AWARDS! HOPE YOU ENJOY! :)