Week 1 - Initial thoughts and feelings

This week we had our introductory lecture about our final major projects and how we should write the journal and evaluation. We were advised to start writing as soon as possible, even about today, write about how we feel. I did not write it on the day but I kept a few short notes about my thoughts and feelings all along this journey to be later discussed in this journal.

In my notes I wrote that:
"After the lecture I feel more stressed and confused than before. I think it's because in my FMP proposal I was supposed to start the project earlier on, so I can actually have time to build more followers on social media, but I've struggled to post frequently. I should definitely re-do the project schedule"

In the following weeks I will have to do a mini presentation of my project progress and also starting next week I should have a revised schedule.

Apart from feeling a bit under pressure, I am also excited about what's to come! If everything goes to plan, by the end of University I will have the plan for my future business already started and a clearer vision about what I want to do.

I have technically started my project already because I have been creating some new content for social media, and have gotten more engagement on these than ever before on my professional instagram. Here are some images of my first posts:

To create those looks I have tried to use as many cruelty free products as I could, but as my transition to being a cruelty free makeup artist will not happen over night, I will still use the products I already have in my kit and list them. My aim is to completely change my make-up kit while reviewing and testing new products, and talking about them on my new future youtube channel by the end of the FMP.  It is a very ambitious and expensive aim and I will try to stick to it as well as possible although I have a feeling that this is not going to work as well considering my bank balance at the moment.