When Heather Spivey moved to Fort Worth 17 years ago, she worked on her first movie set and realized her life's dream. Now a contract makeup artist for television, film and print, Spivey believes in keeping abreast of the latest trends. “I'll never stop going to schools or classes in my field because once you stop learning and growing, you become irrelevant,” she says.
Outside of work, Spivey supports Reaction Tour. It exists to empower kids around the world through the display of God's love, using the avenues of sports, discipleship, dance and music. “My sweet friend Courtney started it, and their team goes into Africa, India and Mexico doing camps for the local children. And, of course, I try and support as many local no-kill animal shelters as possible,” Spivey says.
She is fed up with society's obsession with social media that screams at us about what makeup to wear, what's in style and who to mold ourselves after. “Want bluer eyes, whiter teeth? There's an app for that. Want smaller thighs, more blush? There's an app for that. Social media, Photoshop and those types of apps have taken the unique individuality out of what our true beauty is, and we're left with a false version of ourselves that we've created. It truly breaks my heart when a woman, or worse a little girl, thinks she needs a ton of makeup, to be contoured to the max and have eyebrows on “fleek” to feel beautiful or have people accept her, instead of her accomplishments, strengths or her heart. To me, beauty is embracing everything about your features and everything that makes up who you are.”
CeCe by Cynthia Steffe dress, Dillard's
