Makeup artist Julia Rada about beauty and favorite cosmetics
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About relationships with looks
I have a difficult history of relations with my own appearance. I learned to take myself, take care of myself, consciously take care of myself and enjoy my reflection in the mirror only in the last year. Before that, there were seven years of fighting with eating disorders: first anorexia, because of which I lost up to thirty-eight kilograms, then compulsive overeating, well, and after that - a couple more years trying to reconcile with myself.
But work on this area of my life, despite all the difficulties, helped me to form a certain philosophy of attitude to beauty in general and to myself in particular. Now I know that in order to look good and radiate beauty, it is very important to be able to take care of yourself. Listen to your body and emotions, know your needs and be able to satisfy them, accumulate ways to take care of yourself and learn what situations they are best applied to. In general, of course, beauty is the knowledge of yourself and your attitude.
About lifestyle
Studying myself, I realized that my main enemies are race mode and stress. As soon as they turn on, I push myself into the background: I sleep a little, I work a lot, eat anything, scoring sports, don’t spend time with friends and family, try to please someone. As a result, I get a complete emotional discord, dissatisfaction with myself and a decrease in productivity. Therefore, I try to keep track of these moments and prevent them.
For the last six months, I usually go to bed around eleven in the evening, putting the phone into night mode, and get up at six in the morning. Morning hours - this is the time that I try to devote myself completely. I do yoga, read, plan things or write something, structuring my thoughts - personally, it also helps me to feel better and to be guided in what is happening inside me. Then - a douche and the usual rituals of care, a leisurely breakfast. It sets the tone for the whole day - I am going to work in a good mood, charged with energy and with a sense of love for the whole world.
When we manage to carve out a day off, we and the young man go to his parents outside the city, and this is one of my favorite traditions. I instantly reboot, enjoy nature, bathe in care and attention and feel happy just because I live. Once a month I make myself a beauty day, planning in advance the necessary procedures: manicure, massage, hair removal, a trip to the beautician. Ideally, this day ends with a meeting with friends, going to the theater or to a party.
Every week I go to a psychologist. Actually, it was with the help of psychologists that I managed to cope with the RPP, but since this problem is always connected with other spheres of life, further work and monitoring cannot be done here. But for me it is rather a pleasant and productive process: I understand my own life, change it for the better, turning to a person who professionally supports me in this. And I was lucky to find a very good specialist.
On care and makeup
I try to look for "my" professionals: a cosmetologist, a dentist, a hairdresser, a massage therapist who can be trusted with his appearance and, if necessary, seek advice. I first turned to a beautician for the first time a year and a half ago, and since then my life has turned upside down: I saw how beautiful my skin can be without makeup, and I wanted to keep it in this state always. Since then, in matters of facial care, I have been doing without amateur: my face wash foam, tonic, nourishing and moisturizing cream, based on my individual needs. I have completely lost the desire to make up every day: it is enough to wash and apply a cream - and I already feel beautiful, fresh and well-groomed.
Hair with a similar story - I recently found my master, who managed to make me a haircut that does not require styling. Therefore, I usually just spray texturing agent on my hair, and they already lie as it should. But if there is a reason - a party or just a good mood - I dye and style my hair with special pleasure. I like to focus on the eyes, adore the shade of rust and apply ten layers of mascara. Often in such an image they do not recognize me, or they are very surprised at the transformation.
About the work of a makeup artist
I am madly in love with my work, and every year this love grows and takes on new forms. Before doing makeup, I worked in glossy journalism for three years, and before that I received a red diploma in HSE management. It's funny that both managerial and journalistic skills really help in my work. I am a creative, but very responsible and clear person. And this, in my opinion, is a useful combination. I know how to plan, I like to negotiate with customers myself, I try to prepare for the shooting and always be involved in the process. I do not undertake any work and agree to those projects in which I really want to invest.
My work is based on the exchange of energy - and with the film crew, and with a specific person whom you paint or stack. And if everything goes together, then the work goes easy: hands obey, ideas arise in your head, you feel inspiration, love, some kind of magic, and this is reflected in the make-up that you do. So I owe to be fresh, well-groomed, rested and contented life.
