One of the questions I get asked as a makeup artist is, “Can you manage a free-lance career and raise a child?” Well, I did, and I’m still doing it! Being free-lance often means getting last minute jobs, and it isn’t always easy to spontaneously juggle child care and work, especially when you don’t have family living close by, but  you know what? Somehow you figure it out.

Imagine if you were raising a baby, and training for the 2012 Summer Olympics? Well, that’s what Kara Goucher did. I got to meet her (doing her hair and makeup) and her family for a Redbook Magazine photo shoot. Her baby is under two and is already sprinting down the track! His daddy is a marathon runner too. I wonder where his future lies…