Trying to be Super Woman

To officially launch this blog, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Ashleigh Morris, I'm 21 years old and I'm finally pursuing my dream to start my own business. And most importantly, I'm a mum, to my beautiful four month old daughter Anna.



High school did nothing for me except confuse me. I always had good marks, I did well in VCE - but we were constantly bombarded with "University This and University That". We were expected to know what we wanted to do for the rest out our lives, or so it seemed. I felt compelled to get into uni; I chose marketing. But I knew I had a passion elsewhere.


When I was 15, my parents lovingly enrolled me into a make up artistry course. It cost them a fortune. And looking back, I'm not even sure how I managed to persuade them, I'm not even sure I showed that much promise either. But the commitment I made to the course helped me to discover my passion. And the course gave me the credibility to put that passion into action.


Since I was 15 I've been doing makeup. My first casual job was at Priceline as a cosmetics consultant. And I was in heaven! So I knew that makeup artistry and cosmetics was the avenue I had to pursue. My personal cosmetics collection was overflowing in my bathroom - I often had to go through it and donate some to very grateful friends and family. I knew every piece of makeup currently on the market, every shade, every skin type, colour, brand - you wanted the perfect product, I could name it. And on top of that, I could make a man look like a woman if I wanted to.


After years of dedicating my time to university studies (in a very wrong field) and many of which spent rather miserable doing so, I re-discovered my passion for makeup when my daughter was born. She gave me the time to really put my dreams into action, and I realised that she was my number one, above all else, so I needed to find my place in a career that will allow me to always put her first. I've said goodbye to the corporate world and hello to my own makeup brand "Empire Cosmetics". I've always wanted to own my own cosmetic empire, hence the name.


So between the nappy changes, feeding, reading "Where's the Green Sheep", cooking, cleaning, keeping the house in some form of functioning order, and running a new business, please join me in my journey of being a business woman, and being a full time mum.


This should be interesting.