“I’m most looking forward to being able to connect with readers,” she said. “There’s no fantastical elements like aliens or anything, because it’s not like a fantasy, but they’re contemporary stories with classic spins.”Īlyse shared her excitement about her debut novel’s release. “Because I really feel – especially when it comes to writing contemporary stories – they’re very character-based as well, and so my stories are very character-led.” “I really just kind of like to write books that are loosely based on the classics that we love so much, and I like to put my own spin on things and modernize them,” she noted. “When my classmates read it, they were crying and laughing … It was just so emotional and it opened up this big discussion where I felt like I’d finally gotten my voice.”īefore selling “Other Side of the Tracks” at auction to Denene Millner Books – an imprint of Simon Teen – Alyse faced more than 200 rejections, but she has since been featured in Bustle women’s magazine and has received more than 200,000 impressions and counting on social media platforms such as TikTok. “I wrote about a racially divided town separated by train tracks and what happens when Black blood is spilled on the White side of town, and how these people react to this mystery that’s going on in the middle of their towns and how that promotes one missing unity,” Alyse explained. “And I really didn’t feel like I could be myself and really share how I felt about social justice and things like that … So I kind of poured that division that I had within myself into these pages.” “I was raised as one of the only people of color in every space that I was in, and a lot of people had varying opinions,” she noted. “This was during the time when the Black Lives Matter movement just kind of started getting a little bit more media attention, and I wasn’t really quite sure how I fit into it.”Īlyse said part of an inner conflict went into the book. “‘Other Side of the Tracks’ was born (in) that time,” she added.
They have very office-inspired names like "Werk" and "Boss Lady" and "Strive." Have a look and get some inspo.“In my sophomore year of college … I ended up going to school for English, just because I love reading so much, and my creative writing professor gave us this assignment and she told us to write a 10-page story about anything,” Alyse recalled. The colors are all warm-toned, insanely pretty, and wearable in any situation. Or you can add depth and dimension by switching up textures, layering, and smoking out.
You can go with an all-shimmering or an all-matte look. In terms of formulas, there are six shimmers and two mattes. The palette is packed with neutrals, including seven shadows and a highlighter. So what's inside the Tarte Don’t Quit Your Day Dream Eyeshadow palette?
Whether your have your dream job or are still chasing your dreams, Don't Quit Your Day Dream basically has every quality I look for in a palette and can assist one's beauty game in both work and play. The palette comes in a cute, hot pink package with gold lettering, is totable, and the colors contained within can be layered to take you from day to night.
#DONT QUIT YOUR DAY DREAM CODE#
No matter your professional pursuit, Tarte's new Don't Quit Your Day Dream palette is a perfectly office appropriate palette, featuring colors and textures that you can use sparingly or that you can build for more drama, depending on your job and its dress code and rules. Even if you can't or don't quit your day job, you don't have to abandon your dreams.
0 kommentar(er)
