We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Amanda Morais a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Amanda, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. The first dollar your business earns is always special and we’d love to hear how your brand made its first dollar of revenue.

So my fist client was a fiancé of a co-worker, i used to work as a server at a Brazilian stake house, so i was trying to pursuit my dream of becoming a makeup artist, but still needed to have a side job, and i used to talk with them all the time about my work as makeup artist, so the chef of the restaurant heard me talking and asked me how much i charged bc he was gonna get marry, and his fiancé wanted to be glammed for her big day, so i told him i could do it, and he booked me! and that was my first bride here in the US as a professional makeup Artist.

Amanda, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I started my makeup journey at the age of 14, I got my first brushes and from that moment I fell in love with the world of makeup, but it was still just a hobby, my favorite fun at home…

For an incredible coincidence of destiny, one of the greatest makeup artists from Brazil became a partner and best friend of my mother who is a stylist and started to encourage me from that moment on that I know my passion could become something real.

At the time, I started helping my mother at her bridal store, I was a personal stylist for brides to choose the dress, giving makeup tips and with this broader view, I also started to compose the ideas of hairstyles that could harmonize the look for the great day. So bridal looks have always been my job, I loved being able to guide my bride to the final look perfectly harmonized, even starting a fashion design college, but I knew in my heart what my dream was. when the opportunity to study in the USA arose and I saw the chance to get to know the most famous brands and the backstage of major events

I moved to the USA, alone in search of my dream, and here are incredible opportunities to increase my knowledge through of courses and with only two months living here, I had my first wedding, and then they referred me to another friend, and another…

Can you tell us about what’s worked well for you in terms of growing your clientele?

The best strategy for growing my business was be consistent on social media, people want to hear about you, see about you, they want to know what you do, and how you do it, so i try post more and more about my weekend, my brides, give them tips, sharing reviews. being consistent on the service you do and offer make people more confident on working with you and recommending your work.

How’d you build such a strong reputation within your market?

Be etic with your clients, helpful, and clear on your services, treat your clients as respectfully and nice as possible , always making sure they understand the process of your service, when you do that and be consistent every costumer the word will spread and you will have a good reputation!

Contact Info:

• Website: www.amandamoraismakeup.com
• Instagram: @amandamoraismakeupga