As I chatted away with a bride-to-be, gently dabbing blusher along her cheeks and lifting her lashes with mascara, I felt proud to have found a home within the beauty industry. But as time went on, the glamorous facade of working at makeup counters started to wear thin and what started as a love affair with the industry turned sour.
I’ve always been a creative person and had been drawn to beauty since I was a teenager. But with most top makeup courses not covered by student loans and costing in the region of £20,000 for a year, formal training felt completely out of my grasp.
