We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Torie Sanners. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Torie below.
Torie, appreciate you joining us today. How did you learn to do what you do? Knowing what you know now, what could you have done to speed up your learning process? What skills do you think were most essential? What obstacles stood in the way of learning more?
With makeup, I’m self taught. I would watch YouTube videos and practice on myself. While practicing, I really started to enjoy doing it.
I think if I would’ve been more diligent with experimenting with my friends and family. Really just putting myself out there.
Learning the art of blending and being light with your hand is very essential with makeup. If I would’ve stopped being a scaredy cat initially, I think I would be more of a risk taker with learning the broadness of makeup.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.
Of course! Hi y’all, my name is Torie Nicole- Beauty Content Creator. I love everything about beauty! Makeup is really my jam though. Most of my content is makeup but I do content on hair and nails. I like to help the everyday woman learn how to do makeup or even the woman who loves to do glam. It’s a good time. My goal is to create a beauty line for the everyday woman and the woman who loves to get glam. Create that happy medium. Coming soon.
I’m most proud to know that my content is touching people that I wouldn’t think that would be watching it. For example, I had a girl come up to me and tell me that she enjoys watching my content. I’ve also had people come up to my mom telling her how much they love my makeup content and how talented I am. That makes me happy and really warms my heart.
I want people to know that this is a safe space and they can be authentically themselves. I try to showcase my personality in all aspects with my content.
Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative?
I think a lot of people think that being a creative is that it doesn’t require much work to do. There are a lot of moving factors with creating the content, editing, organizing, and really just planning. Products are not free so you have to buy products to create what you’re wanting to create. It’s a lot. So many moving parts.
We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.
I would have to say having a miscarriage in 2020. The overall experience was traumatizing. It was at the height and unfamiliarity of COVID. My doctor was very nonchalant and unemotional when she was telling me that I’m miscarrying. It was very matter of fact when she was explaining everything to me. She wasn’t empathetic or even understanding. No bedside manners whatsoever. The actual experience was A LOT. My boyfriend at the time, I felt like he wasn’t there when I needed him the most. Hindsight, I should’ve left that relationship after that. But picking myself up after that was an experience. I showed resiliency because as long I can remember, I have envisioned myself being a mother. So with my very first pregnancy, to lose a child was something indescribable. No one can really provide you the solace that you’re looking for. Life went on, but I didn’t. I was in a dark place for so long. Nobody could understand the pain I went through. I felt alone for a very long time. I couldn’t let go of the fact that I was not pregnant anymore. So to pick up the pieces myself and really just push through and not let it get the best of me, really showed my strength and resilience.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamtorienicole/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TorieNicoleFBPage
