Blog entries from SaraynaStar

Nuff Luv for MI!

SaraynaStar — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:08:18 +0100

They say the longer we take to do something challenging is the harder it is to get it done. So I'm learning. I've been away from MI longer than I care to recall. A lot has happened, much of it having nothing to do with make up and my craft (which I had to put aside for a while). Thing is, the longer I stayed away the harder it was to come back. I felt somehow as though I'd deserted the family I'd established on here and wasn't sure I'd be welcomed back with arms wide open or rather if I'd deservRead More...

Progress

SaraynaStar — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:52:45 +0100

I've been given a feature article in the Jamaica Observer! Yay me!!!

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/TeenAge/html/20090810T230000-0500_157207_OBS_SARAYNA_MAKE_UP_ARTISTRY.asp

I'm back

SaraynaStar — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:46:39 +0100

Wow! It really does feel like I've been away forever. So many changes around here that I can hardly keep up. The new interface is absolutely fabulous! I am in love. Great things are indeed underway.

Time for me to play catch up and get reaquainted...

Summer's Here

SaraynaStar — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:34:59 +0100

As if school being out and all the ladies in short shorts were not enough to remind me that it's summer! Why in the hell is it so hot?! I spent an hour this morning trying to find a barely there light coloured shirt to ensure I'd get as much ventilation as possible but all that was pointless by the time I got out the door and was assaulted by the sweltering heat. Something's gotta give. I simply cannot make it through the summer like this!

Thank heavens for the beach only 5 minutes awayRead More...

Back Home

SaraynaStar — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:25:16 +0100

I flew back to Jamaica yesterday morning some time after 4am and landed in Kingston at 7:30am. My trip to New York was both work and play (which is always a great thing when that balance is found). The shoot was a blast and I got to spend valuable time with family.

Nevertheless, I am back on the grind as there is much to do. Those ads I posted on facebook have driven considerable traffic to my site and with traffic comes questions and potential clients. I spent the better part of this mRead More...

Back in NY

SaraynaStar — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:12:18 +0100

Three days in NY has started to take its toll on my body. I flew in on Saturday morning at 5am, had 3 hours sleep and then had to run off on errands. Midnight Saturday night found me at the corner of Broadway and 40th St in the rain without an umbrella trying to get into the subway system much to no avail (something must've been happening as several of the entrances from 40th St and below were blocked off. I finally turned back and headed to Times Square then finally got Read More...

Death and its Lessons

SaraynaStar — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:08:37 +0100

I've always known and accepted death to be inevitable. Still, the comfort with which it has recently invited itself into my life feels a little too overwhelming.

People die every day. Yet it never seems to amaze me how unsettling that reality can be when it hits close to home. On Tuesday morning I lost a friend from high school to an extended battle with lupus. She died just a few a months following a miscarriage brought on by medical complications. As if that weren't enoughRead More...

Human Nature

SaraynaStar — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:13:49 +0100

It never ceases to amaze me, the inalienable nature of the human condition. The way two strangers from different cultures, backgrounds and geographic locations can meet (unannounced, the way the universe intended) and instantaneously forge a bond that neither time, space, nor circumstance can alter.

How strange it is, to long for that feeling of companionship expecting to find it in the presence of family and friends only to find it in the warmth of a stranger's unanticipated embrRead More...

Strangers

SaraynaStar — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:51:07 +0100

Six months, two weeks, four days

Since the last time you touched me.

Even then, I was not convinced.

I still wonder daily if you’re the man I married.

Our love has dwindled

To empty stares and callous touches,

Our once overzealous need (for each other) replaced by tolerance.

I avoid liRead More...

Sleepless Night

SaraynaStar — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:00:00 +0100

It's 2am and I can't sleep. I ordinarily have trouble sleeping but tonight the reasons are different. I can't sleep because I'm estatic. I had my first photo shoot on Sunday May 31. The three photographers were not professionals and only two of the girls had modeling experience. Still, I had the time of my life!

Five hours in, with my legs, thighs and my entire anatomy reeling from pain, I was still going like a maniac, feeding off the adrenaline and excitement that swept over me as I Read More...

That Which Doesn't Kill Me...

SaraynaStar — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:00:00 +0100

I haven't blogged in a while. Primarily because I've been trying to get over the sting of the disappointment that held me hostage the weekend of Make Up Show NYC. Plans were made, bags were packed, flights were scheduled. And still nothing. That's right, it wasn't a typo. You read correctly. I never got to go. Never even made it to New York!

Now the details of the why and how come are best saved for another time (especially since rehashing those memories may just be too much for me righRead More...

Shouldn't Be Doing This...

SaraynaStar — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:00:00 +0100

I really shouldn't be doing this right now. Sitting around talking on messenger and surfing the net. Ideally, I shouldn't even be writing this blog. I should be packing, confirming my flight and making sure my aunt knows what time to pick me up at the airport tomorrow. Still, I continue to type. I am hopeless!

Though, since I'm here, I suppose I might as well continue right? So the anticipation is building. I have a 3hr 40minute flight at 6:30 am (it's now 8:15pm) and I need to fiRead More...

Did I make a mistake?

SaraynaStar — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:00:00 +0100

So about a month and a half ago I made the decision to take some time off from my job (as an airline customer service rep) to figure out exactly what I want to do. Six months leave without pay. I thought long and hard but kept coming back to the same conclusion. I was growing weary of work, having been there for 5 years and really just needed to be doing something else. Now I admit, the fact that I was taking a make up artistry course may have influenced my decision, still, I went aheadRead More...

Here Goes...

SaraynaStar — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:00:00 +0100

So I've never blogged before. And I suppose this would make me some kind of social networking outcast, like the last person still scratching out notes on paper in the age of PDAs, Laptops and Blackberrys; antediluvian to say the least.

In an attempt to shake this veil of archaism I have decided to create my own virtual journal. This is entry one, in celebration of that decision. I have always written and enjoyed getting reviews on my pieces (more often poetry than prose) so I suppose inRead More...