About Me - Shenley
Fascinated from a young age with makeup and how it can completely change a persons face structure or complexion I would watch every makeover show or makeup related show I could find. I would practice for hours (going through many Q-tips during the process) trying to get my winged eyeliner perfect or my foundation to be flawless and over the years I have changed my techniques, tried countless new products, watched and re-watched tutorials and I am still learning all sorts of tricks to improve my makeup. This is what I love about makeup, that there is always more to learn, more products to try, different looks to attempt, and it has allowed me to stretch my creativity and artistic talents beyond that of pencil and paper or paint and canvas.
I was always in art classes (they were usually my best marks) but nearing the end of high school, when I would have to choose a path for my future education, I began to seriously think about where a degree in art would take me. I come from a very small town with less than 800 people and a good chunk of time to get to the other towns that surround mine, so I wanted to choose something that would take me away from my country roots, something that would give me opportunities for financially secure jobs. So I switched my focus to science, thus ending up at the University of Guelph for Molecular Biology and Genetics where I am still currently studying to finish my minor in Neuroscience. Hence the name of my blog - Molecular Makeup - a combination of my interests that make me who I am.
About my third year in University I had a breakdown. I couldn't see where my education would take me that wouldn't make me miserable or chronically stressed and all the while I felt myself becoming less inspired by the world around me, less creative, like I was slowly conforming into someone I didn't want to be. I had nightmares about wasting my life with jobs I didn't care about to get the all powerful dollar. I refuse to believe that we are all meant to work, pay bills, and die. Nor do I believe that I should waste my youth planning for activities when I retire when the future is never a guarantee. I felt like this on and off for the past couple years and kept trying to think how I could be more true to myself, which brings us to a couple weeks ago when I was looking at a blog for a review on a product. I started looking at other blogs and what was incorporated into them and the people who had started them. It got me thinking that maybe I could do something like this and before I could talk myself out of it I started a new chapter in my life.
I want to live the life that I choose and I choose inspiration, creativity, expanding out of my comfort zone, and following my passion for makeup.
Now that you have some insight into my life take a look around, I hope you enjoy what I have to offer here! xo