Kriss Cosmetics

When we’re open, we are free. What I love most about this stage of my career as an artist, is my willingness to share all I know without holding anything back. Whether it’s a transforming technique or a story from my life, sharing opens the door to the woman that sits before me. When I open, she does. We become reflections of one another. The more she shares with me, the more creative I get with her makeup. Makeup then becomes more than just paint; it becomes a celebration and a means of expression of the woman’s true essence.

Compliments from others are fleeting unless we truly receive them and transform them into affirmations within ourselves. I am often in the position to deliver the truth about a woman’s beauty during a makeup lesson, often she is made aware of her positive features for the first time. I wonder if throughout her life many have made passing comments about her beauty, but she never heard them. One negative comment from the past can pull more weight than a thousand compliments. We have the power to release past negative feedback while affirming the positive.