Raven J.

I have been in the beauty industry for at least 17 years, if not longer. I started freelancing before 2008, and then began working at MAC Cosmetics in 2008. Since then, I've worked with amazing brands including Sephora, Clarins, and I currently work for Joe Malone. My mother actually inspired me to go into aesthetics. She was the one saying, 'Oh, you are great at makeup, you are an artist, why don't you become a makeup artist?' From there, I've always thought and felt that the basis of a makeup look should be good skin. That's essentially why I got into aesthetics. I wanted people to feel good all around. You know, makeup covers color, not texture. I always felt like I still want you to be confident, regardless, as to whether or not you're able to wear makeup or apply it in the way that I'm able to apply it. Within the next five years, I am going back to school in the fall to obtain my nursing degree so that I can have medical aesthetics as part of my career journey. Being that I am an artist, the idea is that I would be able to provide medical aesthetics as far as camouflage tattooing for those who have been affected by any particular life-altering happenstance, whether that be breast cancer, where I can help reconstruct that, or burns, or any other defect. I do enjoy and would like to administer Botox and fillers, but my primary focus would be everything as a whole, not just that.