When people ask why I chose makeup, I really mean it when I say, "It's been my entire life!” As soon as I learned to walk, I was running into makeup stores to try on products (blue eyeshadow + red lips was my fav!) I took from my Mom's GRWM bag everyday and was makeup crazed by the age of 3. By elementary, I'd be applying my eyeshadow at 7 A.M. to match my uniform shirt in the car mirror before school. Then there was high school. My high school makeup life was: eyebrows in third period with a line of girls at my desk, doing half-glams at lunch, going viral for eyeshadow looks, endless tutorial watching and making, and being practically forced into being a makeup artist by a relative. They say you usually meet your 1st love in high school but I met the love of my life before I could spell my own name. She was special to me before she was special to the world around me. Loving her made me realize the love she was missing and special things I knew about her. As a makeup artist, I watched brands that understood her still misunderstand her somehow. I understood her and I just needed to show her how much better I could make her. Continuing to love and pour into her through Q&Co. Beauty, I'm able to fill in the voids of what's been missing for her. Finally, the artist in me can rest knowing there's a brand that passionate artists and women like myself can approve of and depend on!  For the love I had for you then. For the love I have for you now. -DeQueen Phillips