We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Brittany Corn . We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Brittany below.

Alright, Brittany thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Can you talk to us about how you learned to do what you do?

How did I learn to do what I do? I spent over 8 years on a roller coaster of knowledge building, pulling my hair out & a ton of patience. Lol, but really it’s not a one stop shop like social media makes it out to be. What could I have done to speed up the learning process? Let go of my ego and realize that everyone starts somewhere. In order to be “good” at what you want to do you must be willing to continuously learn your craft, practice, be mindful and be okay with failure and A LOT of no’s. Looking back now I dont Believe I wanted to change the speed I learned at but more so change the way I balanced my priorities of learning what I know now. What skill do I think were most essential? Well that’s easy, being a team player in the beauty community. Why? Because again, we all start somewhere. I know so many profound, artist that aren’t willing to give a helping hand or share their knowledge of 20+ years. They don’t HAVE TO but it’s nice to see it. What obstacles stood in the way of learning more? For myself again it was priorities, did I really want it when I started and during or was I complacent with where I was (age 20-25)

Brittany, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I am Brittany Corn, 28 yr old Professional Makeup Artist among many many other things! Skincare enthusiast to say the least. I also bartend on the weekends, travel to Atlanta for production/shoot work. I recently learned how to golf and I love health & wellness. I started doing makeup at about the age of 20 a year after graduating cosmetology school. I went to get my license to do hair and quickly learned that it was just not for me, it didn’t intrigue me enough, I needed a little bit more chaos & challenge. Though hair formulas are challenging, it wasn’t what I was Looking for. Fast forward a year or two I started recording and doing YouTube video of all the makeup looks I would see online which lead me to start doing makeup for friends birthdays and such. Then the bridal thing happened, I despised doing bridal makeup at first, it was exhausting emotionally and mentally. I would stress myself out bc i wanted to be the best in everyone else’s eyes and not my own. I gave up for about 2 years. 2019 hit and it was game time, I learned about the iconic Danessa Myricks right before the pandemic started. I began watching anything and everything I could find about her career, her artistry, products and techniques and that’s what changed it for me. I began obsessing more over knowledge and science behind makeup that I did on the looks themselves. If you’re not sure who Danessa Myricks is, give her name a Google I’ll let you see for yourself ;) she spiked my love for editorial makeup and that took me to traveling to atlanta for over a year working with photographers and models collaborating! I also started to really indulge myself in what to me mattered the most, skincare application and the science behind how products work together, separately etc. Storing enough knowledge to where I wanted to start helping people learn while I was doing the makeup for the clients, teaching them about their skin and how to work with certain makeup products. I learned That they don’t care how “good “ your are, they care if you’re consistent. Everyone’s opinion on being a good artist is different. Makeup is subjective. The year of 2021 I wore myself out, I wasn’t being disciplined enough in my life. I would say yes to EVERYTHING. As great as that sounds, it wasn’t.. I was very much on the verge of quitting because I did not give myself grace. I had no rest time, no me time. No “balance”…… 2022 started out rocky because little miss ego started knocking at my door again, I cant telling you where she came from but she was there… I quickly whipped her into shape. March of 2022 I promised myself I was Going to put myself first, mentally physically emotionally. Here we are July 2022 getting ready to start a very busy but graceful fall season. Im not “booked and busy” I am peacefully booked with happy places in between.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

Creating something out of nothing. As artist I believe we start with a blank canvas and create something so beautiful, how can you believe it was nothing.

We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?

Consistency is key. Don’t drown yourself on the likes, follows & such. It’s not important I promise. There are people out there that resonate with what you are posting. Influencers hve some weird chokehold on artist that make them believe everything artist do have to go viral, or have so many like. Mehhhhhh wronggooo. Post the picture, post the video, create what YOU want to create. The audience will come.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @thebwordmakeupartist