I’m a 22-year-old girl that has this passion to learn any skill relating to beauty. I’m a makeup artist, and I’m also a graduate. I’m in a situation whereby I want to upgrade my makeup skill or learn hair installation. It will take one month max for an upgrade or even two weeks. I want to be that girl that has her own money. The hair installation is ridiculously expensive, like N180k+ to learn for 3 months. One even told me N300k for 3 months, bruh! On the other hand, my dad owns a school. He wants me to come work there, but I don’t want to because of the stress that will come with it. Imagine waking up early by 5/5:30 to cook then come back by 8 pm, sometimes 9 pm, to cook against tomorrow. I have siblings who are doing well for themselves, but me, on one hand, I just want to build something for myself. My dad fears that none of his children will continue his legacy when he’s gone, but that’s not how I see it. Come to think of it, the reason why I studied an education course was because my dad wanted me to.
Initially, I wanted to study international relations. I love to learn languages. I wanted to be a diplomat, and I love to learn skills. Should I just go and work with my dad or learn the hair? I just want to be good in makeup, gele, hair installation—like to be this 3-in-1 sophisticated lady pictured in my head. My dad says he won’t give me any money if I want to learn the hair, but I have N100k saved, which is not enough. The futuristic goal is for each sibling to be well-to-do without their parents’ inheritance, not the one that we will be fighting over properties which will eventually cause enmity among us, or one person’s spouse will be instigating fight, hatred, envy, and stuff like that. God forbid! I love my family.
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