Conclusions

Over the past year I have learnt a lot about myself in regards to work ethic, my abilities and also personal interests. Moving forwards into my second year I hope to develop this further so that I can fully establish my style as an artist but also discover what other niches within the industry are open to me. I know now that through my lack of confidence in the first year I passed up a lot of opportunities, this is an attitude that I changed within the second half of the year and will continue to push forward. It was only once I opened myself up and had some belief in myself that I really began to find my feet. I still need to work on my time management in regards to balancing my life a little better, but now with a part time job I will have to find that structure which is a good thing as it prevents me from becoming to fixated on the work at hand. 

Throughout the summer I made sure to keep up the practice and worked a couple of weddings and proms over the period. Weddings are a rather stressful experience and you do get the feeling that the brides whole emotional balance is held in your ability to make them look perfect. A lot of responsibility to put into my (still fairly unqualified) hands. Regardless they helped me improve my speed at applying makeup but also the quality of it, practise is an incredibly important factor to keep your skill up as a makeup artist and the summer homework on top makes the prospect of returning to another year of study just that little less daunting.