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Roxanne [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”date*” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”center” text_font=”|on|||” text_text_color=”#363636″ use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” custom_margin=”0px|||” disabled=”off” border_color=”#ffffff”] March 06, 2017 [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”on” width_unit=”on” custom_width_px=”620px” custom_width_percent=”80%” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”3″ custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”on” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”blog text 1*” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” max_width=”620px” text_font_size=”20″ text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_line_height=”1.4em” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” custom_margin=”40px||10px|” disabled=”off” border_color=”#ffffff”] The academy awards holds such a special place in my heart. For almost as long as I can remember, I have always watched the award ceremony. When I was a little girl I would sit on the living room floor and watch all the festivities and dream of one day gracing the red carpet in a beautiful gown. My parents would then have to listen to me practice my acceptance speech, where I would thank anyone and everyone who came to my mind (I was a dramatic preteen). As I got older, I always held onto the magic that was the oscars and kept my dream of one day being there. [/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=”single image*” src=”https://www.roxannemcdanel.com/wp-content/uploads/Bloody-Eye-SE-1.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” max_width=”660px” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”blog text 2*” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” max_width=”620px” text_font_size=”20″ text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_line_height=”1.5em” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” custom_margin=”30px||0px|” disabled=”off” border_color=”#ffffff”]
Flash forward to my 20’s. I was sitting at my local bar with my friends insisting on still watching the awards, I had been working on retail makeup for a number of years now, was in my final year of college as a film major, and in love with the idea of doing makeup for films (but wasn’t sure how to get started). As the award for best makeup was announced I instantly become terribly upset, because Hellboy II: The Golden Army hadn’t won and I was obsessed with the makeup designs from that film. I can’t even remember who won, I just remember that the Hellboy team hadn’t and it struck me to my core. So much so, that I declared to everyone at my table, that I was one day going to go to Academy Awards and I would win for Best Makeup. And with that statement I became driven and focused. I started to do everything I could to better myself as an artist and working on any production I could get on.
Now am I anywhere close to winning an academy award? Hell no. The talent that the nominees have is amazing, and sets standards of what I aim to one day be. So once again, just as a child I sat down on my living floor and watched the magic that is the academy awards.
-Roxanne
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