Patrick Ta

That was when it was like the start of social media.

I would reach out to clients.

I remember I was charging $50.

to do makeup.

I was just so hungry to make a name for myself and to honestly, to like redeem myself from my parents, to make them proud.

And that like driving force of my bankruptcy has like, I think led me to like where I am today.

I think it was a lot of things.

I think growing up, like really overweight, growing up, not having any friends, growing up,

never being told that I was good at anything until I started doing makeup.

Makeup was the first time that someone gave me my first compliment.

Makeup was the first thing that someone told me that I was finally good at something.

And I held on to that for dear life.

When I first started doing makeup, I was very quiet.

I just came to work and I did my job and really just tried to

make my clients feel like the best like version of themselves and i realized that me building up the girl sitting in in my chair their confidence it truly like built mine like makeup has given me my voice it's given me my confidence it's given me like this entire career so what i'm able to do for the girls like i like they do that for me

I think for me, like I never wanted to feel like that low again.

I did everything in my power.

I was working seven days a week, not going out.

Honestly, like from my 20s to my 30s, no social life whatsoever.

Really just like heads down trying to make a name for myself.