Academy of Glam

I’ve come in several times as a model for some of the makeup artists/​photoshoots and it’s been quite an experience each and everytime. You can tell the program is quite structured and very well respected among the makeup gurus. This in part is due to the academy’s owner Victoria Duke, who is well connected and has opened doors for many of her students. She is charismatic and upbuilding and really knows the business. This positivity trickles down to her staff which ultimately run her business with the same philosophies. Always a pleasure to stop in here when I get called. The academy finds itself in the corner of a shopping strip… seems like an odd location since its got such a fab vibe going for it. Once you step inside, its nothing but chic and glam so you forget about the rest…

Great environment to get dolled up! The people there are so nice, provide make up services for a cheap price! They do makeup AND hair! The scenery is so great too!

I took a class in January at Academy of Glam. It was amazing. Here is my blog about it. I highly recommend AOG to make up artists, models, and anyone looking for a «happy place.» onight was my last class of a series entitled «New You» at Academy of Glam (
) so of course I had to take a picture there!
You can read the class description here as I did:
Well, the class was totally different as described in my friend’s blog, but I can’t exactly describe it… Why? Because it was different for everyone. It was more soul searching than I thought, and it wasn’t full of ladies my age… it was full of ladies half my age through ladies almost twice my age, but we all had something in common, we were there for ourselves. Not a selfish kind of thing, but almost like a female retreat.
Dancing, Crying, Laughing, Hair Styling, Browtox (not really, but the way this lady did your eye brows, you leave looking like you just had eye lifting surgery {
.net}) Make Up Lessons, Photo Shoots, Facial Masks, Belly Dancing, Burlesque Dance Class, Zumba Class, Self Defense Classes, Nutrition Advice, Supplement Advice, Meditation, Financial Fun Advice (by Natalie P. McNeal, author of The Frugalista Files {
})Fun, Fun, and Reality TV Taping, too.
But what did I get out of it? A sense of not power, but empowerment. does that make sense? I learnt to «Dream Big.» Not like… I will win the lotto tomorrow. but a huge combination of things… to have a private, sacred place in my home dedicated to me… a place that I can define my goals and dreams. It may just be a journal on my dresser next to my new fabulous makeup, or it may be a huge poster board with pictures on it to visualize my dreams… my destiny… my life.
I am happier now than ever. It’s like turned 30 and decided, who cares if people like me or don’t. If they like the way I raise my kids, or don’t.the way I dress, the way I operate. if they don’t like me, no worries, I don’t need them to be a character in my movie. they don’t even need to be an extra! :)
I made some awesome friends from this experience, I met many make up artists, but one in particular really stood out, but not as a make up artist, but as an individual… as a friend… and it happens that I also really hit it off with her husband, too. Not knowing he was her husband at first too, didn’t put two and two together for a minute there. :) (
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I met someone I admired as a photographer, too, and now I can definitely call her a friend, and wow she stays busy. She has an awesome house that she turned into the ultimate location for photo/​video shoots (
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So all in all, it was for sure the best $ 49 I ever spent, and hope to take some more classes there. It’s just a great place to be! :)