Before I was ME®
Before microblading.
Before Maven Esthetics®.
Before any of this…
There’s a version of this industry that skips the beginning.
Everyone wants the salon suite.
Everyone wants ownership.
Everyone wants to be that girl.
But here I was at 20 something young and humble.
And the crazy part is, prior to this photo I had already been in the beauty industry for years working behind the counter in cosmetics… since the age of 22. There just weren’t cameras like that back then.
So there’s no footage.
No “before” content.
No archives to post.
Which means a lot of what built me…
you’ll never see.
I was still me.
I was behind the counter. Learning. Watching. Working.
Years of being developed before I ever stepped into what people now recognize.
Then I became an esthetician.
And then I walked into Benefit Cosmetics—unexpectedly.
But not unprepared. That’s the part people miss.
Because when you’ve been built in private,
you can walk into rooms publicly and look like you “just got there.”
But you didn’t.
You were formed there.
And I didn’t always see myself back then. I didn’t always feel like I belonged. I didn’t always feel like I was becoming anything.
But God did.
So I stayed.
I stayed humble. I learned. I worked.
And that’s what this generation needs to understand:
There is nothing beneath you when God is building you.
There is honor in having a job. There is value in structure. There is purpose in being part of something bigger than yourself.
Respect your employers.
Honor your environments.
Learn everything you can.
Because one day you’ll look up and realize…
It was never just a job.
It was preparation.
And the times we’re in right now? They don’t just call for ambition. They call for humility. They call for grace. They call for people who are willing to rebuild what’s been broken—
with character, not just talent.
So don’t skip what formed you.
Don’t rush past what’s shaping you.
Because the very thing you’re trying to get past might be the thing God is using to prepare you.
Constance | (the) BrowMaven®