Category Archives: The Cause

Travel: Rio De Janeiro – Day 31

What an amazing time we have had watching our students be creative. They have shown so much talent and even more potential for their skill in both hair and makeup. As part of their final exam, we decided to have them do each others hair and makeup for a photo shoot. They got be be...

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Travel: Rio De Janeiro – Day 21

The Amy Clarke is finally here to teach our students all her secrets about makeup. A few of the girls have been so excited for the makeup classes to start. Two of them have asked me every week, “We are still learning makeup, right?” Well, now I see why! These girls have such a natural...

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Travel: Rio De Janeiro – Day 16

Today was bittersweet. It was Melissa’s last day, we had an incredible self-esteem building activity, and we had a Brazilian vegan fruit feast! Now, a vegan feast might not sound that exciting to you, but to Miss Melissa Lingo, the sexiest vegan in America, it was a slice of heaven. We reprized an activity from...

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Travel: Rio De Janeiro – Day 13

So much has happened since I have been here! We have gotten to know our students so well and have seen their desire to make a career out of what we are teaching them. I love seing their enthusiasm for learning. We have seen them excell at an incredible pace. Most of them have such...

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Travel: Rio De Janeiro – Day 4

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Pop quiz today…. and each girl who gets a correct answer gets lipstick that was donated by radiant cosmetics, a makeup company that gives makeup to survivors of human trafficking. Radiant very generously donated makeup to all the girls in our class so they can learn makeup and beginĀ buildingĀ a makeup kit. Amy Clarke will be...

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