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

Farrah, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Has your work ever been misunderstood or mischaracterized?

I was about 12 years old, when I first knew I wanted to be a makeup artist. I was never a kid who had a lot of friends or fit in. I actually had no friends in my junior year of highschool. I would remember being at school and feeling so awful with myself and left out. The moment I got home I picked up my makeup brush and let my creativity fly. Makeup never made me feel left out. Makeup was my bestfriend. The way it sounded was so far away. Like it was impossible to get there. Anytime anyone asked me what I wanted to be my first initial thought was a makeup artist. But in todays world everyone is so stuck in the idea that dreams don’t really come true and to be safe with your life and become a part of the worlds simulation of a 9-5 or be successful in the medical field. So I would lie, I would say I didn’t know what I wanted to be yet when I in fact knew exactly where I wanted to be. The idea of being something outside of the box is so misunderstood and people don’t believe in it. So I went to college, would speak to all the counselors to understand a field I would be interested in and nothing. Makeup artist was all I wanted to be. But I let it go and majored in business. Nothing felt right. Everyone I knew told me makeup is a hobby not a career. I always listened. Until one day I woke up and decided to not care about anything else other than my dreams. I started taking in models/friends to practice and get in the rhythm. This was about 5 years ago and I never stopped. I continued to grow. Built myself from the ground up. I built up my business makeupbyfarrah and started to build an amazing clientele who believed in me as well. The money that I started to make from it was extra. I was able to supply my life with my own talent and it couldnt feel any better than that. I started to remember all the doubts and reminded myself it was always me. The outside noise will always be there but if it doesn’t start with you. You will never grow. The doubts turned into motivation. Makeup wasn’t a hobby to me. It was my peace and happiness. It was Gods way of showing me that I was sent on this earth to provide and make a change. So I went to cosmetology school and just graduated about last month. I’m taking my state board very soon and will continue to do everything I need to do to be the makeup artist I always dreamt of being.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

My name is Farrah hassoun and I am 23 years old. My business is makeup by Farrah. I do makeup for events / weddings/ etc. I also provide hairstyling services and when I pass my state board this month, I will also have haircuts, waxing, and nails added to my services. The beauty industry is not an easy place of work, sadly it’s actually the most competitive. A lot of people think being your own boss is freedom, but let me tell you, you will be in charge of everything. Content, financials, clientele, traveling, etc. when I became a makeup artist, everything felt right for me. The idea of making someone feel confident in their own skin from my talent lightens my day. When I became a makeup artist I also became a therapist and bestfriend. I can’t explain to you how much I love waking up and connecting with my clients. What sets me aside from others is the passion and drive I have for this. Yeah a lot of people can say the same thing. Right? I believe that my attention to detail and my passion for making people look and feel their best sets me apart from other makeup artists. I love working with people to help them enhance their natural beauty and create looks that make them feel confident and beautiful. My talent makes people feel good and that’s why I love it. It made me feel good when I didn’t have nothing, when I was in a dark place. Makeup got me out of that and I’m so lucky to be able to show others happiness. My love for being a makeup artist comes with the feeling that I am empowering the people I work on, I love the journey I am on as a young entrepreneur.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

I always had the mindset of why could this happen to me? Why does bad things always happen to good people? Until it changed to “ what is God teaching me right now?” I was always impatient and ungrateful until I had to rewind and unlearn. The fastest way to become the best version of yourself is to unlearn what you been taught your whole life. In order to improve your life you need to recognize what your bad habits are and find a way to replace them with a positive habit.

Unlearning is the process of removing something from our memory. It’s destroying thoughts, beliefs, behaviors, feelings, attitudes that you had before and having more of an open mind to the world.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

This is gonna get real personal but I am a very vulnerable person and I hope this story can resonate with you. When I was around 14-15 years old. I was in a very dark place. I always felt left out. I always felt like I had to fit in the trends. I knew the people around me didn’t really care for me but I still choose to stick around to have the most friends. Around this time my parents were getting divorced and my home was very chaotic. My mom always tried her best and although she was raised differently she has learned to change her ways with me and became my bestfriend. Although we had issues in the past, the love I have for my mom is unbeatable. She inspires me so much. She worked from the ground up and gave me and my brother a better life. She did it all by herself. I will always be grateful for her. My father was there in my childhood years physically but not mentally. It’s hard to speak about him because I don’t ever want to speak low of him. But I am who I am today from these things. He doesn’t really know who I am as a person. He only knows the outer layer and never wanted to get deeper. Besides that, around this time I was in a very dark place. The restroom in my house was my only safe space. I would lock myself away for hours in my restroom. I would even sleep on the floor. I’ve came to points where I even hurt myself sometimes and spoke with a suicide hotline. It was a very hard time. But my point is, I got past that. I spoke with God and he gave me the strength to be okay. I am now so strong and can fight any battle that comes my way. I work hard for my dreams. Just because a rough patch throws you all the way down in a hole doesn’t mean you can’t climb your way out. Surround yourself with people who are for you. Who don’t show signs of jealousy or want to compete with you. Surround yourself with people who have the same mindset as you and want to work towards their dreams.

Contact Info:

• Website: http://makeupbyfarrah.glossgenius.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makeupbyfarrah_?igsh=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
• Linkedin: http://linktr.ee/farrahhassoun
• Other: Main Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/farrahhassoun?igsh=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

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