“Make up for me makes me feel empowered and confident. Getting up and getting dressed to do the smallest of things people do daily can be challenging for some people (for me that’s some days still) but pushing yourself to do it lifts your spirits immensely.
Make-up is a way of expression, I can be a creative as I want. Try new things and it’s just so much fun to play with. It’s a ‘fake it till you make it’ vibe, putting on a brave face for all to see, hiding what’s beneath. Sooner or later you believe it and there comes a point you learn to love yourself even with the smallest amount of make-up on, that’s the best feeling in the world to look in the mirror and knowing your worth.”
— Sammi
“I feel like with the year we’ve had I’ve found it difficult at times being stuck inside during the pandemic so when I have the chance to go and get on the basketball court it helps me forget what’s happened by making me focus on making shots or making layups even completing a difficult dribble combination. There’s just something so therapeutic about setting a goal and reaching it like 700 jump-shots from the start to the end of the session that makes me relaxed.”
— Jay
“Reading is like an escape. It’s a chance for me to turn off and live vicariously through others. I can finally switch off get out of my own head and silence any and every negative thought that consumes me. I can turn off all focus. Whilst I’m lost in the pages of a book nothing else around me matters.”
— Miles
“I like it because you have to concentrate on the board so much that you don’t have to think about anything else.”
