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        International editorial makeup artist Jennifer Ellis, who lives in Australia Q: You talked of a pivotal moment when you left a stable paycheck to pursue makeup artistry full-time. Many warned you this wasn't the logical thing to do. How did you tune out the voices of others and what made you just go for it? Ellis: “I had started to feel very stifled in my career, and felt like all the extra hours I worked could have been spending working on my own business. I’ve never been one to stick to the the typical 9-5 hours, so to me it made sense that I should channel all that effort into a business of my own. I’d studied makeup for many years prior, and it had always lingered in the back of my mind. It was also during a time when our company was going through a restructure and a lot of people are being laid off. Seeing colleagues leaving after dedicating decades of their life to the company really made me realize that even a so-called steady job is not a ...

Tiyana Robinson   In about three years, Tiyana Robinson has transformed a childhood passion into a business she publicly discloses is at multiple six-figures. Her Instagram following is growing exponentially and currently sits close to 50,000. She's moving fast up the ladder as a respected makeup artist, mentor, and educator. She knows her speedy success is rare in an industry rife with talent but the inability to hinge it to financial prosperity. In a post on her Instagram, she acknowledges she's accomplished in a few years what takes many other artists a couple decades to do. It isn't self-congratulatory or to diminish anyone else: She just knows those odds are very rare and is trying to address why. Her own journey to makeup followed a self-described “dark period”: She'd lost her job managing a hair extensions company when it abruptly went under. The economy was still struggling post-2008 mortgage crisis, and Robinson couldn't find a job. C...