Over a month ago, I was invited to join a local makeup artist, Sylvia Kawalya, to prepare models backstage for the Sylvia Owori "Forever Love" fashion show. The planned, donated makeup services had folded last minute because of funds being sent to hairpieces (and someone who knew how to assemble them) so we were called in as a favor.
The Ugandan models were visibly underwhelmed by the idea of having some unknown muzungu do their makeup for the show. I knew this was one of those "fake it til you make it" moments in life so I acted completely unaffected by the arrogant attitudes of the models, and made it look like something I had done a million times before.
We worked frantically on 20+ models for almost two hours until the start of the show.
It was great to pretend to be a "serious" makeup artist....
I may have another, completely unrelated fashion show coming up in May. It's funny, in some ways you can really become whoever you want here. I think that's something about Uganda that appeals to Westerners. You can suddenly feel like a big fish in a little pond, or have opportunities that might evade you back home.
Some pics from the event are below.
The Ugandan models were visibly underwhelmed by the idea of having some unknown muzungu do their makeup for the show. I knew this was one of those "fake it til you make it" moments in life so I acted completely unaffected by the arrogant attitudes of the models, and made it look like something I had done a million times before.
We worked frantically on 20+ models for almost two hours until the start of the show.
It was great to pretend to be a "serious" makeup artist....
I may have another, completely unrelated fashion show coming up in May. It's funny, in some ways you can really become whoever you want here. I think that's something about Uganda that appeals to Westerners. You can suddenly feel like a big fish in a little pond, or have opportunities that might evade you back home.
Some pics from the event are below.
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