In middle school, I was the make up queen! My mother wouldn't let me use it, so I'd always have to sneak it out of the house and put it on when I got to school.
Everyone always told me my face would crack. But I didn't just throw it on and look like a clown...I read Bobbi Brown, Cindy Crawford, and Kevin Aucoin make up books. I practiced and practiced until it was perfect. Even now, people ask me to help them apply make-up on special occasions. I probably started out w/ wet n' wild and bonne belle, then moved on to Revlon and Cover Girl in middle school, then Clinique and Avon in high school. Now I'm all about Mary Kay and MAC.