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by Elinah Success Mangena (Author)
Diary of a self-taught MUA takes you on a journey of a young girl who was passionate about athletics and aspired to be a lawyer but got her big breakthrough the self-taught skill of drawing an eyebrow. Her passion for makeup was conceived after an encounter with her first roommate in 2011 . It takes us through the highs and lows of a young woman who navigates life and finds her purpose through the work of her hands. It is a journey about faith, consistency and self-confidence. How she managed to navigate the complexity of being raised in a polyamorous family, with 10 siblings and 3 mothers, 2 dads, overcoming bitterness, anger, low self-esteem, lack, dropping out of school but managing to write the final exams and pass with exceptional results, working 8 to 5 jobs with little to no financial independency, only affording my first pack of pads with my first salary (resulting in the birth of Elinah initiatives that provides sanitary wear, stationery and offers skills development program) being homeless at a foreign country, understanding the importance of the God factor in discovering your purpose and pursuing it, The necessary skills to nurture the skill as a MUA and tools to create a great client base and growing it, how to deal with clients from different backgrounds going through different things.
