Freelance Advantage

BOYS TO MEN. YOU CAN HELP

Crystal Wright — Fri, 31 May 2013 15:53:09 -0700

Friday, May 31, 2013 From: Imani Hood, Administrative Assistant to Crystal Wright To: Friends of Crystal Wright, My name is Imani Hood, I am Crystal Wright’s administrative assistant and the proud mother of a 9 year old boy, DeAndre Ford Jr. Domestic violence in the home forced me to divorce DeAndre’s father over a year ago. For nearly a year,...

Career Guide Wall of Success: Tell Us YOUR Story!

Crystal Wright — Mon, 27 May 2013 23:11:08 -0700

Think back to all the questions that you had about how to get started as a freelance makeup, hair, fashion stylist or manicurist. Do you remember how frustrated your were BEFORE you found the "Guide?" Some of you will remember thinking that you had to be in a union to do print work. Remember how ecstatic you were when you learned it wasn't true?

True Story: Hair Stylist tries to Pass Herself Off as Makeup Artist & Gets Sent Home

Crystal Wright — Sun, 26 May 2013 14:06:09 -0700

The hair stylist pretended to be her (the makeup artist), got flown out of town to the Midwest to do the job and it became apparent within an hour or so that she was not the same person.

NO REGRETS

Crystal Wright — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:34:30 -0700

If you prepare like a PRO instead of WINGING it when the spotlight is on you to perform, you won't spend the rest of your life fooling yourself and everyone else into thinking you didn't get your break. You got it. You just blew it.

Closure.....is OVERRATED

Crystal Wright — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:29:32 -0700

Just now I answered a question for a friend today who couldn't understand why someone they loved so much had chosen to leave after many years of marriage. Here was my response. Hello Friend: There are so many things that go unanswered in our lives. Sometimes it's years before we get our answers, like the one you get when God...

Wisdom First

Crystal Wright — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:45:21 -0700

If you're sure that God has given you something to do, you might recognize His hand it it by how overwhelmed and inequipped you feel in trying to get it done. This morning I am reminded (while reading Joyce Meyer's book, Starting Your Day Right/Ending Your Day Right) that He often uses ill equipped people like Me to get the...

FASHION, WARDROBE & PROP STYLISTS NEEDED IN SOUTHERN CALI

Crystal Wright — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:31:11 -0700

FASHION STYLISTS, WARDROBE STYLISTS & PROP STYLISTS or folks who know these artists. A photographer that I work with in LOS ANGELES needs, wardrobe and prop stylists. It looks like the rates will be somewhere between $350 and $450/day. If you are not interested in this rate, do not reply. If you are interested you MUST be based in Southern...

The Book of Qualities by Ruth Gender

Crystal Wright — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:17:53 -0700

If you have never read it, do pick up an old book titled The book of Qualities by Ruth Gender. I lost mine and just ordered another one at Amazon.com for $3.00. It's a phenomenal read––short and sweet, but its impact leaves you pondering for hours, days, weeks and years. It's one of those books that you go back to...

Forward Motion

Crystal Wright — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:00:36 -0700

I often hear people say every time I take one step forward I end up taking two steps back. Well look at the glass half-full, imagine where you would be if you weren't taking any steps forward. Those backward steps are not forever, sometimes they're just the only way we can learn our lessons. #JustaThought

Now What

Crystal Wright — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:00:00 -0700

What steps can you take as an artist to begin to pursue your authentic artistic self? 1. Identify your artistic style. 2. Identify your beauty/fashion/style vision. 3. Make a wish list of what your ideal career would look like.