KittySpeaks, LLC

Introduction: I focus on beauty makeup that enhances rather than masks a person's features. While I do feel that cake face is beautiful, my own tastes lean more towards classic and elegant so that is what I tend to want to provide my clientele. I love that makeup allows you to express your creativity. Whether you feel you have no talent at all, creativity is purely subjective. I love doing things with my hands; sewing, gardening, drawing...believe it or not, makeup fits well in this category. I have a very fun-loving personality and I’m told that I have the natural ability to make people feel comfortable. My goal is always to bring out a persons’ best features so when they leave me they’re feeling comfortable And confident and that brings out everyone’s most beautiful self = mission accomplished! I reside in Northwest Indiana and have been diagnosed with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. This is why I’m so passionate about advocating for those with physical disabilities. I genuinely love meeting new people and look forward to working with you! Professional Makeup Artist Sondra D. Boyd DBA KittySpeaks, LLC completed her certified Professional Makeup Artist training in 2013 and finally realized a dream that had first fascinated her young mind in adolescence. Her mother only reinforced that fascination by forbidding her young daughter to wear makeup when it seemed to her like the entire world (kids can be so dramatic) was wearing makeup except her! The artists’ first personal experience with cosmetics was with Fashion Fair Cosmetics at Carson Pirie Scott when she left home and went to college and she’s been hooked ever since. She started out selling Avon, thinking she could learn about makeup but through that experience was approached by someone with a different opportunity. They told her about Mary Kay Cosmetics. The bar was higher, and education was a high priority for “the Company”.  Training its Consultants was an integral component of Mary Kay’s business plan and was key to the success of everyone’s business. I set out to learn everything I could about makeup by becoming a Sales Consultant with Mary Kay. For over 15 years (intermittently) I learned more than how to apply makeup; I learned how identify skin issues and treat those issues, how to communicate effectively, how to work within others’ boundaries, how to make people feel comfortable, how to cooperate & most importantly to admit to my limitations. It benefits no one to have you saying you have skills that you don’t possess on the day of someone’s wedding!! After consistently climbing the ladder of success in that arena, and finally finding that my health derailed the train, I took an extended break to rest and recuperate.  I was diagnosed permanently disabled and had to make necessary changes to my lifestyle. However, in 2012 resting and recuperating became too much and I needed to DO something. Attending school formally would be the fulfillment of my lifelong love affair with makeup. I enrolled in a Professional Makeup Artist Course online and found the extensive coursework to be just what the doctor ordered. Makeup artistry is more than aesthetics, if you are serious about becoming a makeup artist then you must focus on the basics – skin care. Having devoted nearly 20 years to selling skin care and cosmetics, I was uniquely suited to the coursework and found it fascinating and insightful. Combining my love of learning and love of cosmetics, I got challenge myself to put the coursework to practical use upon graduation in August of 2013.  The next phase of the journey – content creation, had already begun and I didn’t even know it at the time. My children had urged me to join YouTube in March 2013 and the second video posted, a hair care video, has nearly 201,000 views to date! Able to do what I’d would gladly do for a free for a living? Finally I’d found what I had been seeking. Now when I’m asked if I find makeup fun I answer with total honesty – absolutely!