Hello My Name Is: Ultraviolet Rae

Hi everyone!

My name is Rae, and I am a twenty-year-old college student. Clothes, hair, fashion, health, and makeup have always been very important to me: I come from a family of awesome role models when it comes to this. However, until quite recently I was happily entrenched in my daily routine of applying several coats of mascara, possibly some winged eyeliner if I was feeling fancy (or had time to spare), dragged a brush through my hair, and ran out the door.

Then – perhaps a bit late in the game – I discovered the wonderful, wonderful world of beauty blogging. I instantly fell in love and began to experiment. Enter foundation, contouring, makeup brushes (and brushes, and brushes, and brushes!), blushes, highlighters and bronzers, and too many eyeshadows to count. Hair products were quick to follow with dry shampoos, curling cremes, sea salt spray, and many bobby-pin battles. Soon, I began to really love the whole process and kissed my quick twenty-minute routine goodbye.

Honestly, I wanted to test out everything purely for myself: I loved how different eyeshadow palettes transformed my eyes, how a good filled brow could change your face, and how a beautiful shade of red lipstick could make a great pout! It gave me this boost of self esteem that I happily welcomed in. I guess people started to notice, and I began getting a lot of compliments, and a lot of desires to share what I was doing with other girls.

After some prompting, I considered starting a blog of my own. The thought was daunting: these people have years of experience to my dipped-toes-in-the-water. But the more I thought about it, the more I liked the idea. I have become really happy and excited with makeup and beauty, and I think doing what makes you happy is so, so important. And I would love to share this happiness with others. And additionally, blogging has always appealed to me: as a writer, I've always found them great reads.

And, here we go. I don't know what will come of this, but I am excited! I want to share my experiences, things I have learned, and learn from others. As well as beauty I'd love to explore other things, like daily musings, health, love, books...I'm not really sure! We will see how this goes, and go from there! 

So, hello everyone...it's so nice to meet you! Thank you for reading this, and I am so thrilled to start this!