A letter to my followers....
14:07:00
Hi Everyone,
So here we are in April, I'm now blogging over 15 months and
I feel I've totally lost all my flow with writing and also my creativity….bad
mojo times for me!
Blogging is hard work! I’m sure for the most part of
portraying pictures on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat we look like we
have the time of our lives, getting ‘free stuff’ in the post, attending events
where wine & cupcakes are just customary but…for every event and every gift
you receive there is this unrelenting pressure to then ‘blog’ out it. Now
before I go on please don’t get me wrong this is not a letter of complaining or
negativity but more a commitment to motivation which right now I really feel I
need.
My own life is pretty busy right now, as is yours, you've
probably just grabbed a minute to read this piece because you think it’s
something you want to hear about, rather than having hours on end to read each and
every blogger who takes your fancy. I’m lucky to be part of Blogging Networks
on Facebook so there’s these things called sharing threads and when I get a
while to sit and read I catch up on people that way. It can be hard even as a
blogger to find the time to support others in their ventures as we all have our
own commitments.
So why write this letter?....Well I feel you deserve more
than what I am giving you right now. I am trying my best/ well 80% of my best
with the blog at the minute, I have shared my snapchat to track anything
interesting happening in my day (although not all makeup related) I am mindful
to tweet as well as post on facebook and share things on Instagram but there’s
not enough actual posts and that’s something I swore I’d never do. I would
stick to a timetable and not let the readers down by random postings and just
all pics of ‘oh look at me and my wonderful life’ I hate that bullshit! Excuse
this language but I do feel so strongly that posting pics with a one line
caption on your social media account is not a blog!
For posts that I write I like to include; links to websites
to buy or see what I’m talking about, pictures of the product on me or swatched
or what it looks like in daylight. I like to talk about my personal experience
and make it clear that my opinion although valued by myself you do not need to
take my word as gospel. You won’t see me slag off any other blogger be them
named directly or that nasty bitchy thing I see where ‘you know your one with
the name/hair/pics/tagline’ whatever that basically tells you exactly who they
are talking about but just doesn’t say ‘That Emma Sheehan one’.
Anyway…blogging
as I said is hard and if you have the time to give it 100% of you then you
deserve 100% of the benefits and perks that promoting a product professionally
and opportunities which can enhance your own learning or career path. That is
my opinion. The sense of ‘entitlement’ in some bloggers I have experienced over
the last 12 months is sick and completely unprofessional. I like to conduct
myself in a manner like my blog is my business. You won’t see much about my personal
life on the blog as it’s just something I don’t see as relevant to my makeup
& beauty world.
I have made some decisions last night while I sat and
pondered where is the blog going and what am I doing so I’d like to share them
with you…
I started this blog with my journey into the makeup world
and that is by no means over. I love learning, I would attend course and
workshop day in day out if I go. I panic when it comes to practicing but all
that is going to change from now on. I have so many posts to write at the
moment that if you bear with me I will get on top of them all.
I am no longer going to post randomly throughout the week, I
am going to post three times a week on designated days and I think for me and
my life a Monday, Wednesday & Friday would suit the best. I cannot guarantee
when in the day the post will be sent out but it will be on those days. If I
can manage to get the hang of scheduling posts then I may just do that.
As the post are going to be regular so too will be the theme
of what I’m writing about, For instance; I am going to finally complete the ‘How
to’ series on the blog and I haven’t forgotten all the suggestions from you
lovely people. I am also going to feature a Ziaja product each week as this is
a brand which has given me a huge opportunity and one which I firmly believe in
and support. I will continue to feature reviews of products I have tried and
also blog about workshops/courses/events/salons and MUA’s I visit be it within
my own personal time or for review purposes on the blog.
I feel extremely grateful to have been given so many wonderful
opportunities on my blog and I never want anyone to think that I take that for
granted with shoddy reviews or blatant entitlement shining through my posts. I
do have an extremely open mind when it comes to products be them high end or
high street. I review products that I am sent and also that I have bought
myself. I will admit I feel a bit snowed under with the amount I have to review
which have been sent to me but I buy a lot of makeup and beauty products
myself. I would love to have the funds to purchase high end products at least
once a month and feature them but you know what life is like…the best laid
plans never work out and my wish list just keeps growing!
I hope you see this letter, as a positive letter because I
am feeling very positive about the Mastering Your Makeup Blog. I love my blog
and it’s going to be awesome because I am going to make it into something more
wonderful than ever. So with all that said I look forward to building my little
beauty empire online. I really hope three posts a week will be enough for all
my beauty lovers. I hope you like the content and really hope you follow me on
all social media because I love interacting and hearing from my followers. If
you have any comments, questions or suggestions for the blog then please do get
in touch. One of the biggest reasons for starting my blog was to make new
friends when I moved to Dublin so I’d really like to keep growing my network.
Thanks for all the lovely support with my Mastering Your
Makeup up to here and onward and upward we go J
Have a wonderful weekend xxx
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