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Kara
Alford
Lifestyle Designer & Makeup Artist
I
guess I should be embarrassed about how I looked 15 years ago.
But I'm not. It shows how much a person can do to change their
lives when they put their energy into improving themselves. I
didn't have anyone to guide me through, I had to rely on myself.
I was married at 21 and had my first daughter. A year into the
marriage, my husband and I separated. During this period I totally
let myself go. I didn't want to get out of bed, let alone get
dressed up and show my face in public. My self esteem was pretty
much destroyed.
I went back to work six months after my second daughter as born
and I was starting to feel a little better about myself. It was
really hard trying to balance children, work and a marriage where
both of us never seemed to be on the same page. 4 years later
the marriage ended.
By this time I was feeling a lot better and having a new found
freedom, helped immensely. Shortly after the divorce, I remarried
and became pregnant with my third child. During this time I read
"Rich Dad, Poor Dad" and was very inspired. My mother
in law was very enterprise minded as well and we got together
and started up La Femme. We started out with Charli doing Business
Management and myself creating web pages for companies. It was
a start, but still my soul wanted more.
In high school, I loved dressing up and looking great. I adored
makeup (even though I probably looked scary some days) and feeling
confident, something I had lost during my first marriage.
My mom came across an article one day about a local Image Consultant
and told me that she thought I should add that to my business.
I was telling my hairdresser about it and turns out he knew the
woman, Darlene Mathis, and put me in touch with her. I took a
one day seminar from Darlene and I was hooked.
Back then there wasn't a lot of information about Image Consulting
and training was very expensive and none of it was local, so I
just began reading every book I could get my hands on about dressing
and makeup and people! 3 years after my second marriage began
it ended. By this time I was full steam ahead on my quest to improve
mine and my children's lives.
I became certified by the Association of Image Consultants International
(AICI), in 2006. I found a great makeup artist, the Emmy Winning
Suzanne Patterson, and have taken numerous makeup courses.
I also Freelance for MAC Cosmetics and Christian Dior Cosmetics.
In Later 2006 I completed Level I Image Training by the best of
the best, Carla Mathis and will be taking Level III in the summer.
During a lunch meeting with an ad exec from 97.1, he dubbed me
the female version of Will Smith's Hitch. I
have a passion for helping others and assisting them in reaching
their goals and full potential. I believe that when you feel good,
you look good!
Life is too short to spend it being unhappy. Now is the time to
make a change in your life and give yourself the attention you
need.
No matter what your circumstances, no matter what crazy thing
has happened in your life, you deserve to look and feel your best.Take
it from me, if I can do it, you can do it!
Maybe you haven't had anything dramatic happen to you, maybe you
just want to look and feel great about yourself but you don't
know how to begin. Start here, with us.
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