In my nasty habit of internet surfing, I got hooked on the below diagram from Chris Guillebeau‘s blog on The Art of Non-Conformity. Here’s the jist on this dude – he started this blog to share his insights on living unconventionally, including his conquest to travel to every country in the world (which was completed…
Building my business as a makeup artist and beautypreneur required a lot of creative ways to drive clientele. Much to my surprise, people weren’t booking me from my website and Facebook! One of the many ways I promoted my business was getting involved with events, whether sponsoring the makeup & hair during Fashion Week, participating…
My first mentors were at 17; a finance exec and sales entrepreneur who helped me launch my photo album business. My next batch of mentors were my team who guided me in growing my ARTISTRY skincare business. Shortly thereafter, a Manager at Estee Lauder who took me under her wing in breaking into the corporate…
It gives me great sadness to retire Gorgeous on the Go and everything related to it–the domain and my social media space. That was my online identity for over 5 years when I started to grow my business as a makeup artist. My career has evolved dramatically since then, aw hell my whole life has…
I always enjoy doing video interviews, especially with successful people in the beauty industry. I’d like to consider myself as the next Napoleon Hill (a la Think and Grow Rich) and interview the most wealthiest and successful people, thus writing a book that’s been translated into 40 languages and sold 40 million copies worldwide! Until…
According to Steven Covey’s “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” Habit #7 entails “Sharpening the Saw,” meaning that we should take time to renew ourselves mentally, physically, socially and spiritually. For this post, I’m focusing on the physical & social aspects in a career as a makeup artist. While running the NYC Makeup Artist Meetup…
As a constant life learner, I took a transformation course on Abundance & Prosperity in the beginning of the year. My favorite exercise was creating a vision board to ignite our passion and goals in life. I’ve created one before, but this time I had a clear intention of my goals for the year and found images…
“My Odes to…” are dedicated to people, places, brands, or just anything that inspires me! My inaugural “ode” goes to Jeannie Mai, the awesome host on The Style Network’s How Do I Look?, fabulous stylist, and TV personality. However, years ago, I saw her beautiful face as a spokesperson for Never Accept Ordinary (NAO), a…
I’m so happy to be back to posting a little bit more regularly. I’ve been abusing my privileges as a beauty blogger by attending swanky events by way of my website but not doing a write-up. Now onto my updates… I completed my 12-month marketing internship at Lancome. I was hesitant discussing my day job on my blog,…
As a result of the abundance of support and love from family, friends, and colleagues, I raised $1,040, in 11 days! This is more than double the original goal set when I registered. Nobody was spared in my address book and Facebook/Twitter page–everyone got a text message, email and/or phone call! What was surprising (and…
