Also, sorry for the absence this week. I've been super busy with work, freelancing, and some personal shenanigans as well. But I'm back and ready to get this party started!
Career updates:
Landed a solid job mid-month, and these last two days of September have offered up three more pretty solid job opportunities (out of some not so solid ones). I hope they all work out, but I'm counting on at least one to hire me. It's such a numbers game that I don't want to rely on the fact that every company who replies back to me will like my work after a test article. So I'm keeping my hopes kinda low before I get the green light. Might sound pessimistic, but I'm a realist to the core, so don't take this as a negative attitude. Also, I've gotten a couple more emails into October about jobs, but I haven't had time to check them out yet. Fingers crossed these jobs keep rollin' in!
Great read:
This infographic (see below, source HERE) is depressing, but it reminds me of Dorothy Arzner, aka the most successful female director in US film history. She directed 24 films during the golden era of cinema, uncredited for three of those, and had talents in editing, screenwriting, as well as many other film positions. You don't really hear about her in film, which is quite a shame. She invented the first boom microphone (HERE), for crying out loud! Why is this hidden knowledge?!
As the saying goes, a rising tide lifts all boats...remember this ladies. Don't be in competition with one another, rather encourage us all to lift up and rise to the occasion. Even one successful person will launch us all up. We need to remember and follow amazing women so we can all one day be successful too. And so ends my empowering women speak, ha! I could talk about this topic all day every day.
Currently in the news:
This article about a new CA law dealing with sexual assault that just got passed HERE. VERY proud of our governor Jerry Brown as well as our state senator who wrote this new law, Kevin de Leon. I'm hoping that college campuses will take this new law and enforce it to it's fullest, seeing as it's about damn time this law was created. I could talk about this subject forever too, but that's for another day/another post.
Makeup Capsule weekly wrap-up:
I realized that taking a daily selfie all week long and posting them for you might get kinda boring. So, instead, I'm going to post about one look I try every week, like the Leslie Knope power gaze HERE, using only what I have in my capsule. Sound good? Awesome!
This week's look is a post gym look. I didn't touch anything up, this was taken after a pretty intense workout. I put my makeup on at around 7:30am, and this was taken at about 10pm. The trick to keeping all your makeup (mostly) in place is due to two things:
1. Get quality, long wear makeup. It really does last all day!
2. Don't put on very much. Basically, if you know you have a long day ahead and don't have any time to do a touch up, choose a simple look that doesn't require any babysitting.
Here's what I'm looking like after my full day:
And my glasses! Ugh, so thick, haha. I very rarely wear these bad boys out in public. But if you wear glasses too, Costco usually has some great deals on frames. (Just don't ask the sales peeps if you look good in your frames, one of them told me they looked terrible on my face. Rude!)
I hope you have a great Thursday, and I'll have a story up here as soon as I get caught up with work!
xoHM
