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Class in Session

Today was an interesting day. My experiences reaffirmed my ideas about class and working in the service industry. For the earlier part of my shift working as a freelance mua, I had to do some “tap dancing”. By tap dancing I mean, providing service to people who made it very obvious that they assumed thatContinue reading “Class in Session”

The Invisible Woman

Within the past few months, articles have popped up discussing the rise of a globalized world, women of color, and their noticeable increase in spending power in the world of cosmetics. Beauty Inc magazine, a publication that provides a behind the scenes look at all things beauty in the U.S and other countries, fastcompany.com and bloomberg.com both,Continue reading “The Invisible Woman”

Am I really just a Stupid Makeup Artist?

Last year I worked at a super popular cosmetics counter located in downtown DC for both the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Congressional Black Caucus. Both of those week long events are for anyone and everyone involved in politics who is hispanic or black or conducts a lot of business with hispanic and/or blacks to comeContinue reading “Am I really just a Stupid Makeup Artist?”

The Devil Wears Ruby Woo

The past three years of my make up artistry career, I have freelanced for several cosmetic companies including a very popular brand, and witnessed tenured artists jump ship from the company like it was the Titanic. There are many reasons why it was and is happening. I plan to explore many of those reasons in other posts, butContinue reading “The Devil Wears Ruby Woo”

Makeup in Black and White; An introduction, Sort Of

For the last year, many of my peers, have suggested that I start a blog! (Oh what a surprise) I had a blog in like 2009 when I was really into Janelle Monae and her Cindy Mayweather movement. My monicker was “Judy 5000” and the purpose was to “Save One Black Girl at a Time”.Continue reading “Makeup in Black and White; An introduction, Sort Of”