Today we’d like to introduce you to Raven Herschel
Hi Raven, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
I came into this world with a fascination about makeup! I was actually visiting family in California recently and my beloved Grandma told me a story of when I was five years old, I got a hold of someone’s lipstick and was secretly applying it to some friends in the bathroom! My inner child definitely knew what she was meant to be doing from an early age.
As I grew up I really didn’t love my features.. my nose in particular and I wished my eyes were bigger. Growing into my teen years I really used makeup as my outlet for this frustration. I had a lot of growth and work to do before I could help women feel beautiful; as I really was the one needing help with this at the time. I mention this as my start, because it really is the internal work that has brought me to where I am today as an Artist and how I help women because I have been there and we never truly recognize our beauty.
Fast forward to my mid-twenties and having my beautiful daughter, I enrolled in The Academy of Makeup and Fashion in Hollywood, California. From that point I knew this experience was going to change my life and confirmed all the inspiration, self-love, creative expression, purpose and joy that was was filling me up while doing this work.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
To be honest, it has been pretty smooth! If you’re willing to put in the work, find the talent that sets you apart and continue learning and perfecting, the sky really is the limit.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I absolutely love every part of being a Makeup Artist, it is the most fulfilling and has changed me in so many ways. I want to say I’m an Artist who is mostly known for Glamour and having that “wow” factor in my work, especially with eyes. You will stand-out, you will feel stunning and you will see your beauty on a whole other level based on what you are wanting me to achieve. I first and foremost always listen to my clients.
What sets me apart from others is that I combine skill, intuition and a creativity in my work which makes the results magical and unique to each person. I connect with people on an energetic level and I see vision, light and shapes when I look at faces. I truly am what I do and I believe my work reflects that.
How do you define success?
Success is freedom, building your vision and sustaining its life and re-birth processes to create something next-level that you never thought was possible while being immensely fulfilled.
Pricing:
- https://ravenmakeup.glossgenius.com/
Contact Info:
- Website: https://ravenmakeup.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ravenmakeup/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ravenmakeup/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd9wluElkNIh8GE7K7SQwxQ
- Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/makeup-by-raven-oklahoma-city
- Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@mua_raven
Image Credits
Tia Dawn Photography
Vanessa Fitzgerald Photography