Why I Joined the 9 Day Challenge & Why You Should Join Me ⚡️ 💃🏼💃🏼
Most people join challenges to grow their platforms. I couldn’t mind about that right now, though it’ll be welcomed it’s not my WHY currently. I joined this one to grow through my fears. For over a decade, I’ve stood behind the camera as Makeup Artist crafting stories through faces, tone & textures whilst hearing everyone’s stories as I turn them into their Main Character. My medium has always been makeup: alchemy for the soul, a way to remind everyone who sits in my chair that they are seen, powerful and enough. And they can shapeshift themselves into whoever they wish! But lately, I’ve realized that while I help others shine, I’ve not been turning up my own light. My own story of Trauma into Triumph has to be told & I can’t wait till the documentary is released of it for it to be told I MUST START NOW Content creation with me as the focus? That still feels… vulnerable. Exposed. Overwhelming. BUT I know so many of you are in the same shoes so as a collective WE CAN DO THISSSSS So I joined this 9-day challenge not to perfect my content, but to witness my own transformation in motion. To meet the parts of myself that still hide behind a crippling perfectionism complex that needs to get laid to rest and invite my truest storyteller into the camera frame. Because makeup, for me, has never been about surface beauty. It’s storytelling & It’s reclamation against a patriarchal system. In a world that still whitewashes faces and stories I use colour, texture, and skin as acts of unity — showing humanity in all its shades. This challenge is my mirror: A space for me to express, release and remember that the same courage I draw out of others also lives in me I AM THE LIGHT and without me shining it on others, many others light won’t ignite, this is UP TO ME! I’m grateful to be here to create, be vulnerable despite the Sunday scaries, to share and to finally tell the juicy, real, imperfect stories that have always been waiting behind my lens. Here’s to turning fear into freedom, and artistry into alchemy. 💄 ✨