-Prologue-

I first met Mark and his brother through my older cousin when I was 15 or 16 years old. I know that sounds bad for a 21 or 22 year old to be talking to a teenager, but our families knew each other for a long time before that and he was like an older brother to me. He confided in me about personal things, triumphs and plans for future goals, and everything in between and still does. I have been here through it all from his father's death to his first 100,000 subscribers and I don't plan on leaving anytime soon.

Today, though we both moved from Ohio, I live in Charlotte, North Carolina and he lives in LA. He calls me every day he can to talk and when he can't, he almost always makes a short video message for me. When I can't, whether it's because I'm too busy mapping out the new makeup designs for my portfolio to send to movie companies or for even television shows like The Walking Dead or because I'm in class to earn my license as a cosmetologist to be a makeup artist, I FaceTime or Skype him. I always make sure to show him the newest designs. I work with my friend Alexys Fleming who owns MadeULook by Lex as an assistant makeup artist, using some of the designs and pictures she takes in my portfolio.

This years Lex managed to talk to a few producers for me, sending them a copy of our work, and is taking me to LA for Comic Con to meet with them. She says I have a very bright future ahead of me and with the way the producers were talking about our work, I just might be the youngest artist on set. I'm so excited.