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Say No To Time Wasters

I agreed to give 10 min to a student who recently graduatd from the Fashion Styling program @FIT where my book, the Hair Makeup & Fashion Styling Career Guide is required reading. She hadn't read it. I told her to call me back when she has. #missedopportunity.

Velvet Rope Fundraising...Obama-Style

You know what, I give to the Obama campaign. I love my President and his wife. Every time I see a kid deciding to eat fruit instead of a McDonalds Big Mac I realize the impact that she is having on our youth with the time and effort she commits to addressing the huge issue of obesity in our country.

But today, just awhile ago, actually (3:45PM) I got a call from the Democratic National Committee asking me for $300. I typically come out of my pocket $100 at a time for President Obama several times a year. But today, my answer was no. Perhaps tomorrow, after I've gotten over myself it will be yes again, but right now it's NO!

Why you ask? I am on one of those lists where I get invited to come and have lunch or dinner at a private home with Mr. & Mrs. President––at a price of course, and always a price that I cannot afford.  This time it's a lunch in LA with Michelle Obama. And guess what, it's only $3,500 per person. Now, I don't think you get to take a picture with her for $3,500 but what the heck. Maybe I could take a picture of her, have someone take a picture of me and I could hire a Photoshop guru-dude to do the rest.

My point? There are some of us in the middle who without $500,000 annual salaries, trust funds, stocks we can liquidate at a moments notice or husbands with executive or entertainment jobs would still give $500, $750 or $1000 to be able to hear the first lady speak, chomp on a ceasar salad and sip slowly on a glass of Chardonnay for an hour or so––but they don't offer those tickets at semi-private events. I guess our $500 each, just isn't enough for an audience with the First Lady.

For all the talk of helping the middle class, what about the middle class of us who feel like we're being cheated out of an opportunity to help out at our middle class levels?

If all I get for my $300 contribution is a phone call from a guy in a boiler room reading his, "will you give us money" script off of a rumpled up eight and a half by eleven inch sheet of paper, maybe I'll find something else to do with my $300 this time, or maybe I'll just wait til' next week when I've cooled off, because I do love my President, and I do want him to win again in 2012, and I do realize that he needs all the help he can get.

For right now, I guess I'll just curl up with my "Women for Obama" sticker.

End of Rant.

Sincerely,

 

Crystal Wright

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For 24 years Crystal Wright represented some of the most talented freelance makeup, hair, fashion stylists and manicurists in entertainment and fashion. If the work of celebrity hair stylist Neeko, makeup artist Monifa Mortis, fashion stylist's Lisa Michelle and Melinda Tarbell ring a bell, then you know just a few of the people whose careers she had a hand in developing.

In 2009 God told her that, the season for representing artists was over and she should focus on writing, speaking, teaching and coaching. Since then, she has written her second book; 30 Days at 100 Percent and launched a career coaching business for individuals and small groups.

She has been called many things, but most often she's called the "Empowerment Diva," she gets people unstuck and YOU are on her list of things to do.

Crystal believes in personal responsibility and is not afraid to share her own life lessons of the times she buried her own head in the sand and came up on the bottom of a bad decision. Her job now? to inspire and motivate others to take responsibility for their choices, leave their excuses at the door, get control of their lives and take their power back.

She has self-published 2 books, The Hair Makeup & Fashion Styling Career Guide and 30 Days at 100 Percent: Changing Your Life 30 Days at a Time. If you are a beaty pro who needs answers about what to do next to break into the world of print, video, film and TV the Career Guide is for YOU!

If your life is a mess, or you just simply feel stuck and without direction, energy or focus, then pick up the book and maybe even the audio version of 30 Days at 100 Percent and get ready for a change.

In all things Crystal challenges you to strive for excellence and get hold of your life by tackling one thing every 30 days. You can order both books online in the CrystalWrightLive Store.

If you would like to experience growth in your freelance styling career, or you would just like to know more about Crystal's Packaging Your Portfolio Workshop, visit this LINK.

 

 

Crystal Wright's Packaging Your Portfolio Workshop 2012

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The Joint is Jumpin': Welcome New Twitter Followers

This evening I noticed that I have a LOT of new followers. I'm sure my colleague, Mr. Sam Fine has something to do with that, cause when he speaks, we ALL listen.

Thanks for the follow and Welcome. You can learn more about my connection and committment to the world of freelance makeup artists, hair stylists, fashion stylists & manicurists by checking out a few of these links.

I have a kinda cool facebook fan page with some awesome photo albums that you might enjoy. It gives you a window into my work as an educator and motivator through the work of my PYP Grads. These albums have names like PYP Grad Websites, PYP Grad Accomplishments: The Ongoing Story - Tearsheets and PYP Grad Comp Cards. They display the work of some pretty amazing artists who started out exactly where you are, wanting to know what to do next, how to make connections, how to get a portfolio together, and how to make their mark on the worlds of entertainment, fashion and beauty.

Next, and the thing that everyone always wants to know about is my book, The Hair Makeup & Fashion Styling Career Guide. Well, it's known as, The Industry Bible, and not because I named it that, but because that's what other artists, like yourself, who have found its contents to be an invaluable resource have said about it.

Lastly, you may have heard about my 3-day portfolio building and marketing workshop. It's called the PYP workshop for short, and it's a class I teach each year in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Atlanta. You can learn more about it on my site or at eventbrite.com.

I try to check in on my twitter and facebook pages fairly regularly, so if you have a question, just give me a shout out and I'll do my best to answer.

Enjoy your upcoming weekend.

Sincerely,

Crystal Wright
crystal@crystalwrightlive.com
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PYP MAGIC - NYC JUNE 2012

Since 2008, at the end of every PYP Workshop I treat my students to an evening of fun, appetizers and socializing. It gives them an opportunity to unwind, chill, share, bond and let loose after 3 intense mind-bending days of education about marketing themselves as freelance makeup artists, hair stylists, fashion stylists or manicurists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On this night, Monday, June 25, 2012 those who didn't have other obligations, children who couldn't wait for them to come home, a plane or a train to catch, joined us. For those who couldn't make it....we missed you!

 

PYP Grads and former Alum meet and mingle with the INDUSTRY EXPERTS PANEL after an hour of intense Q&A. What a fine afternoon it was!

We were so honored to have Celebrity Makeup Artists Sam Fine and Karen Dupiche, Fashion & Beauty Photographer Jason Setiawan and Artists by Timothy Priano Agent Andy Matias on hand to share their knowledge with our PYP Students on Sunday, June 24, 2012 in an open forum Q&A.

To learn more about or register for an upcoming Packaging Your Portfolio (PYP) Workshop visit thestore.crystalwrightlive.com or crystalwrightliveevents at eventbrite.com. Of course you can always call us too, at (323) 299-0500.

My Dad's Baked Beans recipe

My Dad was from Kansas City, KS. FYI He could REALLY cook. My sister called me at 5:45AM on the 4th of July to ask if I had his ribs recipe. I never got that one, but I got this one for his Baked Beans and and they are the bomb.com.

My friends know it as, "The BADDEST Baked Beans" recipe. Enjoy. They are AMAZING!

This recipe will serve about 12-15 in 2 9X12 inch pans. They are sweet, can be hot if you like and everyone wants seconds.

 Quantity               Ingredients

 3.0     31oz Cans                 Van De Camps Pork & Beans

3.0     8oz Cans                    Hunts Tomatoe Sauce

3.0     Table Spoons            Kraft Hickory Smoked Bar B Que Sauce

1.5                                           Bell Pepper

1.5                                          Onion

1.0     Table Spoon                 Cinnamon

10.0   Table Spoons               C&H Dark Brown Sugar

1.0     Table Spoon                 White Sugar

4.0     Table Spoons               Maple Syrup

1/2   Table Spoon                 Papyrika

1.0     Table Spoon                 Pepper

2.0     tea spoons                   Salt

1.0     Pound                          Bacon

3.0     Stalks                           Celery

                                                 Water

2.0     tea spoons                   Dry Mustard

 

Directions

Pour 3 Cans of Van De Camps Pork & Beans into pan.

Pour 3 Cans of Tomatoe Sauce into pan with pork & beans.

Stir in Bell Pepper, Celery, & Onion.

Add and Mix in 7 Table Spoons of Brown Sugar

Add and Mix in 4 Table Spoons of Maple Syrup

Add and Mix in 2 teaspoons of Dry Mustand

Add 1 lb of Raw Chopped Bacon (Chop into about 1 inch pieces & push into       beans with your fingers.

Season with the Salt & Pepper and stir into the beans.

Add and Mix in the 3 Table Spoons of Kraft Barbeque Sauce.

Add and Mix in White Sugar, Papyrika, & Cinnamon

Add just enough water to cover the beans.

 

Cook beans @ 400 degrees for about 2 hours, or until the water boils down. 

After two hours, or the water boils down sprinkle the remaining 3 Table Spoons of Brown Sugar on top of the beans and return them to the over for about 30 - 45 minutes or until crystallized on top.

PS: Don't be afraid to use your fingers on the mixing & stirring parts.  These beans are something you should really be a part of.