The things I\u2019ve struggled with my body with has always been my curves. Today, I appreciate them but there was a time when I was growing up that everyone was dead slim and I couldn\u2019t understand why I wasn\u2019t like that. I felt like I didn\u2019t look nice, I wasn\u2019t on trend and my friends looked different to me. It wasn\u2019t until meeting my partner that I realised being myself and feeling beautiful within really started to come out. Until then, I think restricted myself and tried to conform to what others expected of me.<\/p>\n
My self-image has changed over the years, I\u2019ve always loved glamour and kept that part under wraps until I got to my late 20s and early 30s and now fully embrace it. I\u2019m the happiest now than I\u2019ve ever been.<\/p>\n
From fashion to beauty, I\u2019m reinventing myself by embracing my curves and the small areas of baby fat left over from three pregnancies. I don\u2019t go out to exercise as such but have a fast-paced job requiring a lot of lifting kits, travelling with it. But I do yoga and meditation to keep me sane and calm, and in time the real me has come out.<\/p>\n
There have been many moments that have triggered my journey to self-acceptance, but the biggest moment has been my children.<\/p>\n
After suffering 3 miscarriages between my children, giving birth to two children prematurely and losing our second son at 8 months old, I feel we\u2019ve been through the worst, but every single moment has taught me a lesson. A lesson to live my life in the present, never dwell on the past and just go out and build a future.<\/p>\n
It was after my miscarriages that I discovered makeup and just went ahead and trained as a makeup artist. So my makeup journey happened as a result of wanting to find a hobby that made me happy. From there the makeup journey grew, my family grew and it was when we had a lot of life-changing moments.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m grateful for every lesson it gave me, and I\u2019m also grateful for discovering myself as a makeup artist and beauty writer. All of this, in turn, has given me something to grow as a person and learn to love myself truly in My Beauty Journey.<\/p>\n
When I have lapses in confidence, I always think back at the worse times in life, and where we are doing. I\u2019m so grateful for what I have today. I always remind myself how lucky I am to be a mother of three, rather than a mother of no children. I\u2019ve always wanted a career and an amazing family and husband. With their help, I manage both.<\/p>\n