Valerie Fan
She/HerprofessionalOpen to Opportunity
Staten Island, NY, USA
About me
Hello! My name is Val, Valerie for short. I'm from Memphis, Tennessee and currently an esthetician student at Paul Mitchell NYC. My goal once I graduate is to familiarize myself with the beauty industry and gain job experience.
One thing about me is I'm a huge advocate for the electronic dance music (EDM) community. I love the process of planning and getting ready for these events as if I'm customizing my avatar like video game characters. I absolutely love different people's style, makeup, and believe each individual coming into the scene is special and unique no matter what age they are. I believe no one is too old to have fun.
That's the ✨beauty✨ (;D) of it.
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Why I'm here
I love getting ready for a music festival, especially with friends and enjoy sharing beauty advice with each other. At the time, I thought I knew everything about skin and how it works. That was, until I was humbled with “adult acne” in college.
I started attending music festivals with clear skin but later when I started actively breaking out, I learned the world treated me differently when I had acne vs when I had clear skin. People were looking at my face as if it was unhealthy, unattractive, or even scary. I started feeling insecure at music festivals, an environment where I used to feel the most secure.
I cleared my breakouts and discovered I want to also help others feel confident in their skin, especially at music festivals where we want to look and feel our best. I entered the beauty industry with the driving mindset of “forget everything you think you know and educate yourself with the correct information to help others”.
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