Bajan Sun Magazine - Caribbean Entrepreneurs Vol1 Issue 8 | Page 61

BAJAN SUN MAGAZINE OCT 2014 Up Close and Personal with Entrepreneur Deborah Ramdin I am Deborah Ramdin, a self taught, free lance Makeup Artist Entrepreneur. I have been working in the industry well into three years; kicking off my career during the crop over season of 2011. I offer a wide range of makeup services in: bridal, film, fashion, editorial, special effects, and face painting. I also conduct classes on behalf of Get Glamorous and I offer my own personal course called Full Coverage Make Up. My greatest challenge as an entrepreneur is staying competitive in the ever expanding industry. At the moment there are a lot of persons claiming the title but are not up to industry standards, who manage to get jobs that you would think the more seasoned artist would be getting. But because of pricing differences and the ease of accessibility to industry secrets everyone can be a "makeup artist" in Barbados. Therefore, this decreases the demand for services which in turn leads to problems with consistency in income. Hence, like most other artists I have a steady job otherwise. www.bajansunonline.com/MAGAZINE/ | [email protected] | @BajanSunOnline