My life around makeup, animals and other things.

So as you may know (if you've read the 'About Me' bit) I am in love with makeup. I've loved it ever since my mum told me I was grown up enough to wear it, with moderation, of course. I remember being 11-12 years old, she had come home from the shops and like a good daughter I helped her unpack the shopping. My eyes came across a blue pencil thing (eyeliner, but at the time I wasn't to know that) I was curious but didn't persist with it for too long. I waited for a while until my mum pulled the eyeliner from the bag an gave it to me. She put it on for me just under the waterline, I was intrigued by the blue line under my eyes. Ever since that moment I knew what I wanted to do. Of course I flitted on and off with different career choices or the 'when I grow up I want to be....'
To start off with, I was determined to be a vet.
I loved animals dearly, I grew up having a cat. His names was Musily, like the cereal. He was a poorly cat, they said he couldn't live past 5 years old (don't be sad, he lived to be 25).
I'd always wanted a dog. I would harass my parents 24/7 "Mum, dad I'd love a dog, I promise I'll look after him, I'd pick up his poop and feed him and groom him and love him forever and ever!!" They never batted an eyelid. My dad would tease me and tell me I had to count at least 20 dogs on the street before he'd get me my own, each time I'd achieved the goal he'd move it higher and higher and each time I'd count the amount he asked for. Then one day I'd signed up for ice-skating lessons. We were in the car on the way to the ice rink in Nottingham, when we passed it. I looked up and saw my parents smiling, I was thoroughly confused. Y'know being 10 years old I wasn't the smartest kid in the world, nor was I very observant. Which didn't help much. But then it clicked. We were going to get a dog. I think I cried, or passed out. I can't quite remember. I think that means it was the latter.
Anyway I'm rambling. We drove all the way to Derby to get my little puppy, there was 12 of them all together in this horse box. I saw this tiny pup in the back corner shaking, instantly I fell in love and knew he'd be my best friend. I named him Mukka. 

He's a Border Collie cross Dalmatian and 9 years on we're still the best of friends. And I know that might sound weird, the fact that my best friend is my dog. But the truth is, he knows all my secrets and has been there when I cried buckets and buckets of water from my eyes. Good god I'm coming off as a crazy person. Great!

Anyway back to the whole vet thing, so after I got Mukka I was determined to be a vet. I wanted to save animals lives. This dream lasted for at least 3 years. But after that the idea dimmed, I thought I wasn't smart enough for the job, and all the money you needed to get where I wanted. So I gave up.
After that I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. And I know you will be saying "but you were only 13, that's totally normal" I know it's true but I'm someone who likes to know what the future holds, I have to plan ahead like weeks in the future sometimes months. OK! I know I'm weird, stop judging me!
I went to school, failed. Went to college, failed. I started to give up completely thinking I was never going to find what I wanted to do with my life. But d'you know what? After all these years of playing with makeup and not even realising I was good at it, my opportunity finally arrived when I found a course I could do from home, I knew it was a trusting website because my friend had done one previous. I was so excited. It didn't even cost as much as I thought it would. So I set my heart and soul into becoming even better, I've learnt so much and I still keep learning. So that's how I came to love makeup. I know, i know, long story could have been make shorter but hey I like writing! I hope you enjoyed reading it.

Nadia xxx