I didn't go to high school. I quit in the 7th grade.. got my GED. went to cosmology school.. took an art class, got my tattoo license.. I have bounced back and forth from hair, make-up and tattooing for a long time. I've been a manager of a shoe store..I am blessed enough now that I have 3 babies and an amazing husband! Life is a rollercoaster.. Thank you for being real!!! This video really was inspiring.
Wow your experiences sound amazing, I've always believed everything happens for a reason and hearing how much you've had to overcome .I can't believe it - stay strong and keep succeeding :)))
+xpaper angelx thank you!! That really means ALLOT!! Life is what you make it! If you want to succeed you will! If you carry all the negative with you in a negative way I believe you won't succeed.. No matter the the obstacles always try to see the positive!!
+Lauren Rauh my phone deleted my reply! I basically said I had permission from the school.. I am from Arkansas, I had moved here to Mississippi I went through 2 schools here.. Then I went to the college and took the pre GED test passed and took the actual test😍 THEN.. art course at home got a license to do courtroom sketching.. Then a little while later I went to cosmetology school, and then tattooing. I went back and forth between tattooing and hair and makeup, until I had my last baby😍 Now I work at a barber shop and a salon.. phew!
"Excell at what you're good at and leave the rest behind you." I love that so much! I think its so important to encourage one another and let people know that just because you're not "school" smart that it doesn't mean that you're not smart. You're brilliant and creative and genuine and that means so much more.
my respect level for you just went up 15023049493% not that I didn't respect you before but sometimes I feel like I sit in my house Watching beauty gurus wishing I could be like that but feel I have a rats ass chance. I sucked in school and was terrified of going to college so I never did. I'm 24 and most days I feel like I'm going nowhere. I have so many people who give me a hard time about my life and where I'm going in it. I love makeup. it's like my real life get away. I don't feel like I'm hiding behind it but I just feel better when playing around with it and learning new things with it. to me it's art. and I love expressing myself through it. I probably won't get lucky enough to go anywhere with it but it will always be my go to. make a bad day just a little better❤ thanks for showing that we may not all be geniuses but to follow what you love and enjoy it while you can! xoxo💋
Kaelei Jordan I just watched this video so I'm late to comment about this but girl you should never let anyone take what you love away from you &I it shouldn't matter if you didn't make it to college, make makeup your dream and achieve something with that ❤️ just felt like I needed to comment 😂
I'm in cosmetology school at the moment. For years I thought that I wanted to be a therapist but once I took a college visit to cosmetology schools, I found that I was at home. Don't ever let somebody tell you that you can't do anything. I always thought I was going to be in a different industry than I'm in now. I'm only 3 weeks into school and for me cosmetology school is easy so far. I think it's because of my passion for makeup and the beauty industry as a whole. Just some advice for you
You didn't fail, the system failed you. I am going to school to be a teacher right now and I pray that I will be the kind of teacher to inspire students to succeed at what they love and that college is not the only measure of success. Love you for your honesty❤️
Chloe' Anastasia I'm doing the same exact thing. Teachers are so important. I can count on one hand the educators that have made an impact on me. Those kind of teachers stay with you for life. That's what I want to be. Education is the key, and when you're really passionate about something (for me, it's English, writing, literature), it makes it such a treat to teach others about it. This comment made me happy. You're right; the system is broken. I feel like no one is learning anything.
Honestly I hope and wish you the best we need some good teachers in this world, some students look for guidance more in their teachers than their parents!
This video made me subscribe. I feel like I'm in the same boat. I'm 24 and I flunked out of Nursing School. I work at a hospital currently and everyday is a reminder why I want to be a nurse. I'm a healer. And I will excel in what I'm good at. Thank you so much for being so inspiring. ❤️
OMG sameee! I applied to nursing school last semester and didn't get in. I thought I was a failure but I realized people take different paths to get to the same destination! #KeepStriving
If you didn't even get in, try a different career. School is easy, I went to one of the top 3 BSN programs in the US and top MSN programs in the US....real life and work ...life/death is the struggle, not school. Maybe try an LPN program instead and work your way up. Or even CNA.
Nursing school is not easy!!! It isn't supposed to be. It might be less difficult for some people but in no way is it easy. Both of you are still capable of being accepted and completing the program. Maybe the timing just wasn't right. Good luck to both of you-don't let people deter you from your calling
Don't tell girls that school, what they are struggling, at is easy. Girls when your dont with school you will see that work is easy when you know what you are doing. Will death ever be easy? No, but that is a part of what your signing up for so you will call a code do everything you can until and when the Dr. gets there. Then try to brag about where you went to school.. it's easy to say top 3, but I'll tell you I went to NYU for my BSN then John Hopkins University for my MSN. I graduated in the top 10 of the school. I hate to brag (b/c no one knows that, but my family and the administration at the hospital where I work in Manhattan, but people like you need to be shown there is always someone better. Don't tell these girls to go get a LPN or CNA position because you should know they are weeding those positions out where there are enough RNs. Girls you can do it and be that next person who is "better". Excel at school and then at work. You can do it if you want it bad enough. Go for it again and put your all into it. Good Luck future RNS or maybe BSNs or MSNs! xo
Thank you for talking about your experience. I'm in college and I struggle with anxiety and depression. I've been to two colleges because of this and right now I'm taking some time off to focus on my health. I'm so grateful for my parents. I now realize being happy is something I would rather focus on than pushing myself through a terrifying situation.
i am in the same situation as you, I have panic attacks, and this year they have been bad, school started on Friday in France and I had a panic attacks and couldn't go in to class, tomorrow going to try again, but yes a very scary experience. good luck sending my love ❤
Oh no!! Thanks. Yeah I live in the states and I went to a college for a year like three hours away from Chicago and I had terrible panic attacks. I go to culinary school at the moment and being in the kitchen made me have panic attacks. So now I'm getting help and trying to find a job. It's helpful to know I'm not the only one in this situation :)
yerh it is complicated, you can't really controls panic attacks, I have them bad, it makes me so sick and tired, I struggle with them, stress is daily in my life, and as I am dyslexic I read slowly and it stresses me out in class and I feel different.
Same girl I'm going into high school and I'm so worried and have so much anxiety, plus the people that bullied me are going to that school greeeeeeat 😪
Awe, I feel for you all. I was bullied so bad I changed high schools. It's heartbreaking to read your all's comments. I struggle with anxiety, depression, and panic attacks and I'm 33. The only advice I have for getting through hs is to try and find that 1 good friend that gets you and has your back, remember hs is temporary, don't let the bullies bother you (I know it's hard), graduate and move on to finding and doing what you truly love! Find a good doctor, friends, and loved ones that understand panic attacks and anxiety and lean on them to help you over come it. Things will get better I promise. Sending my love to all of you struggling with bullies, depression, anxiety, and panic attacks.
Wow. Just freaking wow. Our school stories are nearly identical. I never felt like I fit in and was put in private school and finally allowed back in public school and found out I had ADD and it explained sooooooo much. I didn't go to college until a few years after high school too. I'm probably 15 years older than you but our stories are very similar. All I can say is look at you now boo. Look at you now.
I respect you Laura Lee, and you were no different than most kids your age (high school), you are beautiful and think you are now quite famous and believe you will be more so in time. Keep being yourself you are incredible. I think you are movie star gorgeous, a wonderful sense of humor and so artistic, you are gifted. As my cousin told me, 'find your gifts and use them ' . :D* you are super L.L. fan in Kalamazoo
i wanna thank you for telling story about getting held back and all that. and that it's OK not to be a genius, to have different issues then other kids. I'm going through this with my daughter right now and I'm so scared she find feel less of a person because see she had to be held back. but anyways. your an amazing women and I solute you for sharing your very beautiful individual story. your everything!! love you larlar!!!!
aww tell her she's lucky though, cos one day she will realize if she wasn't held back she wouldn't meet half the great people in her life, I wasn't held back but my birthday is after what in California is the cut line so I'm in 8th instead of 9th
I wanted to quit school so bad my senior year. I hated everything at that time. my grades were average. I just didn't understand myself at that time. bi polar disorder and ptsd. writing got me through. glad you are where you are now. ❤
I hurt for you!! My daughter dropped out in tenth grade because she felt EXACTLY like you. She just graduated (May '16) with her associates degree and her diploma from her Rad Tech program and passed her state boards!! There's help and hope for everyone!! She's 34 and has three sons so she had a lot on her plate while she was going to school!! I love you!!
Associates it's like the alternative G.E.D =not good enough for the real world. It's good she has some something to fall back on but it's not sufficient. But at 34 she's old and in the market they hire young educated ones. Poor thing.
@reyna m. Did you not read the Rad Tech AFTER the associates?! She's starting out at $20+/hour after graduation. She has a great career ahead of her. Maybe you should have done more research into the Rad Tech and less dissing of the associates!! She's taking X-rays ~ all kinds, and wants to take more advanced classes. My POINT was, you're NEVER too old to better yourself!! Just find what you like and GO FOR IT!!
My dear II'm in the MRI spectrum which is a specialty in Radiology field. If i may add its way more advanced then Xray tech. If you feel easily offended well there's not much I can do. Some people just love to brag which it sounds like you love for other people to acknowledge your daughter...I won't. In fact she will do what most of collegues won't do and that's deal with Radiation and if your pointing out how much money she's getting paid...I'm laughing!
$20 dollars really perhaps I ought to feel bad for myself and applaud your highly accomplished daughter....ummm no! MRI it's the future and no I'm not bragging but I really did go through a lot and I'm not feeling sorry nor accept anyone to ride on my surprise success ( not even a mom like you!)
reyna m. You must be a very unhappy woman to take my comments and turn them around to what YOU would be thinking had YOU written the comments. I AM proud of my daughter for HER accomplishments because when she dropped out of high school, I didn't think she'd ever make anything of herself. Instead, she went to school, worked AND took care of her three sons and her husband. She's also planning on going back for one or more specialty certifications once she has worked a little bit. I am proud of both my children. I was just as proud of myself when I graduated from nursing school when my daughter was two. I was proud when I scored highest in my class on the nursing state boards and in the top 5% of the state. I don't need to live through my children. I've lived my own life. I'm sorry you're so unhappy and miserable that you must be trolling the internet waiting to spread your negativity everywhere. I'll pray for you.
Dropping out of high school was the best decision I ever made in my life. I sucked at school but always passed PE and art, my friends and partying were my top priority. I dropped out and learned about real life and the real world, which taught me a hell of a lot more than school ever did. I'm now married to the man of my dreams and living a truly amazing life of abundance, love, and happiness. The American education system is bullshit and school is in fact not for everyone nor does it make you a bad person if you don't go. Also that piece of advice is the best advice I've ever heard and I definitely plan on following it. Focus and grow what you're good at and forget the rest.
Thank you for sharing your high school experience. Being in high school now is a struggle. I dropped out in 7th grade & ended up going back 1 1/2 years later.. Then I decided to make a good decision & instead of just paying a women to give me a test for me to pass and move on to my freshman year I decided to go back to 8th grade in a new school. So I had a pretty rough half of the school year.. Then the last half I started to make A's & B's. I became so determined to fix my fk up and I decided to do my very hardest in high school to graduate with my kindergarten class. My freshman year I did pretty okay.. Well I'm 4 weeks into my sophomore year & I just got amazing news last week that in January I will be promoted to a Junior, which is my correct grade, & i will be a 3 year grad. 18' 🎓 Love you Laura ❤️
I just watched this video now and hearing about your experience in high school made me cry. It's exactly the path I'm going down right now and I feel like I'm gonna amount to nothing most of the time but knowing that someone else went through something so similar and came out of it so successful and happy with what they do gives me hope. Thank you so much for that Laura. You truly are an inspiration.
Laura - I am a teacher and fellow makeup lover. I teach music to challenged kids, and your story and your words had me in tears. Thank you for sharing.
I hope you know how essential the time invested in your students is. Kids with any kind of challenge or disability just need someone who loves them, believes in them, and sees them as the precious human they are. Thank you for being a hero to those awesome kids
I'm actually crying watching the second half of this video because I relate to it so strongly. I was exactly the same in high school and struggled so much and school always seemed like such an utter waste to me. Now, I'm 24, working my way up in the retail business, which I LOVE and learned nothing about (except math) in school, and I've never even thought about going to college. I wish I'd had a teacher who told me what your teacher said to you because it would've made me a lot stronger a lot earlier on, and made it less scary for me to graduate. I know this video was originally meant to be a fun make up thing, but I'm so grateful to you for sharing your experience. Peace always 💖
Thank you for sharing your story Laura! Your experience resonated so much with me being insecure about something you can’t change that makes you different from everyone else in your class. Also struggling with a learning disability and ADD. It’s so challenging to deal with day in and day out when you hear your classmates say that they love school and you just want it to be over! I’m so happy you preserved and created the most bomb UA-cam channel!
Not only did I love watching how you did your makeup, but I loved that you talked about your experience because it sounded the same as mine and made me realize that I shouldn't feel bad about not doing well. School isn't for everyone and I will succeed in life anyway. Grades don't define you
Laura. This video is so amazing. I love that you shared what you went through in high school and college. I know this is going to help so many people that are struggling 💖
awww hun Im sorry for those hard experiences!! I'm so thankful that you shared this and at a perfect time for me as well. It helps be better understand my son and how he might feel. This video has also encouraged me to take my son to the doctor which has been hard for me to even consider. My son is still very young and I wouldn't want to see him struggling or feeling how you felt during all ur school years. I want to give him the right help and attention for him to feel proud and smart. Thank you for sharing!! ❤️
Laura, you inspire me so much. Honestly everything you overcame I feel like I'm trying to get through right now and you have given me so much hope. You're the first UA-camr I've felt so much genuine feels for, and oh my gosh I'm rambling now. Thank you so much for this video!!!
Graduating in 1999 High School was tough for me as well...definitely teared up but this is a lot of kids reality! The best part is you are right, school is such a tiny little bit of life and doesn't dictate who you are or where you are going! I'm now a fabulous wife with two beautiful boys that owns her own company! Makeup no makeup it just doesn't matter in high school just always look ahead and dig deep within yourself to know you are special and there is a plan for you in life!!! XOXO
Oh tecnoklaus I think you are much more of an inspiration that I but in the end we all are inspirations to one another!!! Everyone faces adversity but the key to life is to not back down and do exactly what you say, stand up and let life know you are about to win! You, my dear, have overcome more than I and I am very proud of you for making life a positive experience...BRAVO!!! I always ask myself, is my future self going to be proud of what I am doing today? Because one day I will be 80 years old and I want to know that I made great decision, I never had regrets and I learned from my mistakes and OWNED those babies! Be proud of who you are girl and hold your head high!
I'm a senior in high school right now. My freshman year was by far the worst. I was severely bullied and lost all of my friends. It started off just as rumors and gossip and lead to physical bullying. Someone even tried to push me off the bleachers. My grades dropped severely because of it and I really started to give up. Luckily my sophomore year things started getting better and by my junior year they were phenomenal for me. The bullying didn't stop and many people still hate me but I learned that my opinion of myself is the only one that matters. I also met my amazing boyfriend of two years and some of the greatest friends I could ever ask for. My terrible grades jumped to straight A's and 4.5 GPA. Bullying is so terrible and I'm so happy I've overcome it. I can't wait to see what my senior year brings. I start Tuesday!!
And I may not relate to your experience as much as others but thanks for sharing it. Even though that isn't what I went through, it still made me feel better to know someone else struggled and overcame it.
We went to school together! Freshman year was my worst too which explains why I dropped out and started home schooling. My two best friends decided not to be my friend the day before the first day. They were the only friends I had so I was terrified to start school with no friends. Up until I stopped going my mom and I fought every morning and she threatened to call the cops and have them take me to school all the time because I would refuse to go. The day before thanksgiving break my mom woke me up for school and told me my dog was sick and that she thinks she dying so I ended up not going to school that day because we had to put my dog down. My depression got worst after that and I never went back to school again and started online school. I'm so much happier now that I'm not in that school.
+Kayla Browning good luck!! all the hard work you do in your senior is gonna benefit you and will definitely pay off. walking that stage, receiving your diploma is going to feel so great, relieving yet surreal all at the same time..lol a boat of emotions. then from there, you're independent! moving on with the next step in life so best wishes to you girly!
watching this video literally blew me away. our high school experience sound almost EXACTLY the same! I was dyslexic and suffered from anxiety/depression so I was really bad at school, I skipped school all the time and all I did was party with my friends, I took tonssss of art classes as well as home ech classes because I loved to cook. Anything creative was an outlet for me in school. We even wore our makeup almost exactly the same lol crazy. I graduated in 2011, I tried going to beauty school two years after graduating but my grandma who I've always lived with so was like my mom passed away and I ended up dropping out of school and haven't done anything since. I'm still struggling to figure out what I want to do with my future. I'm a single mom and just want the best for my child but I'm afraid to go back to school because I didn't do good before. I found so much inspiration knowing we went through similar things and you still found a way to strive and live a successful life.
It gives me hope that I will find success in my future. Thank you for making videos and sharing yourself with the world. You have become and inspiration for so many people! ❤️❤️❤️
Laralee, I loved you sharing your struggles in school. So many of the young people today give up when life doesn't go in the direction they hoped for. Keep the videos and inspiration coming.
My nephew passed away yesterday and his funeral was today. I'm so happy you're here to somewhat cheer me up with out knowing. Thank you so much Laura 😔❤️❤️ #snapchatfam
Thankyou for sharing your experience, I wish that these videos were around in our day but thankful that they're here for me to learn now and for my kids. Love you to bits beautiful xxxx
And I also met my husband in school but didn't get together until I left because we got bullied badly as it was separately so thought it would be horrible if we were together! Though now I realise it might have been easier together I've still had him for 8 years and hopefully the rest of my life, even though our lives are completely different I still feel that your and Tyler's relationship is the most relatable and goals ❤️❤️❤️
So, I'm so late finding you but I've never been so happy I did! We have so many similar experiences like how you quit your pet store job, the way you struggled in school, and how ADD and Dyslexia (which I have both) effect your self confidence. I just wanted to say thank you so much for being you!! Your new pallet names speak to me on another level and I cannot contain my excitement to get my hands on it! I'm cat obsessed and my birthday is in October! I just wanted to say thank you for inspiring me and getting me motivated to be the best me I can!!! love ya Laura Lee!
I started getting all choked up listening to her high school story until I noticed the giant blob of bronzer smack in the middle of her nose and just burst out laughing.
"Don't let your past make you think that you can't do anything with your future." This quote is so good. I am getting my teaching credential at the moment and agree with everything you said. This is honestly my favorite video of yours. Very inspirational :)
Oh sweetie that last part was so adorable and touching. Thank you for using your influence on UA-cam for something truly encouraging. I am much older than you but I have a daughter almost your age. I hope that she is able to find people to influence her on social media in a positive way as you're trying to do. Keep following your dreams honey!
I can definitely relate! especially having a hard time in school! you've done so great Laura and I look up to you all the time! your makeup is still better than mine! xo
Your story speaks to my soul. I have just started watching your videos and I am really drawn to your open and honest candor. Life is definitely not easy - and if you want something do not ever let anyone or anything get in your way. There is something inside you greater than any obstacle. I have lived through a marriage of physical and emotional abuse - left my husband and had to start over - I literally had a grocery bag with my belongings. If you had told me then that I would have a Bachelor's degree in nursing and would own my own house and be completely self sufficient by age 35 I would have said you were crazy. It wasn't easy but I know I am a healer and my calling is to be a nurse. The only thing that stands between you and your dreams is the bullshit excuses you tell yourself about why you can't do it.
Omg i just watched this and it made me cry i had the same issues in school but this not why I'm crying my 11 year is struggling as well and I'm going to send her this video to watch she watches you already not sure if shes seen this but this just made me think of her and how shes more than school shes good at alot of other stuff . She wants to start a UA-cam channel i think by her watching this she will learn that she has a future if she never gives up thank you laura your such a beautiful person for letting your realness come threw 😘😘😘
Not saying she's giving up if you watched the video you here'd laura say she was always bad in school and had some learning disabilities so does my daughter she already has some fan bace on her ig and musicly and people have told her to make a UA-cam channel that doesn't mean my kid is dropping out of school lol
Laura, I hope you read my comment. If you haven't seen the video about Chen Miller on facebook she's an Israeli woman who was unteachable but became a teacher an reached out to a student who was wild and told him everytime she saw him that he was a good boy he is clever etc and what an impact that made on him. Please watch it. I had problems with my grades because I didn't try. I had an issue more with bullying. I left highschool because of it and got my GED. I thought that bullying would stop as an adult but it has gotten worse. I no longer work with my bully so that's good. Now I took my test to be a CNA and I failed. Right before Christmas too anyway. I am still carrying on I just need to find the next step since I have been having problems rescheduling. Anywho thanks for this video it's a good thing for many people.
Honestly it makes so much sense why you are such a good teacher/instructor with makeup if you struggled with learning things in the past! It makes you a great explainer to us! You're awesome!!!!
I'm sure this was a hard video to make, so good on you for doing it. You really have accomplished so much since those darker days.Never forget where you came from, stay humble and grateful. It will continue to get better as long as your true to yourself.
Jaden Greene oh lord I wore the right shade....until winter was over and I got more tan and I still used my ghost white foundation. Not to mention it was VERY full coverage and it was all I wore besides mascara....
Awwww, I'm all teary-eyed! Look at you now!!!!!!! I had a similar high school experience, but wound up getting sick for the last 3 years. They don't force you to do much when you're sick, so I graduated on time. But I have ADHD, and now my son also has it. I LOVE the line your teacher gave you. That's something I will share with my little guy. Thank you!
Laura, Thank you so much for this video. For my entire school life I struggled, barely skating by. I, too played it off like I didn’t care, like it didn’t phase me that I was graduating at 19. Mind you I didn’t have the “luxury” of being held back in elementary school. I failed my senior year twice. My high school principal tried forcing me to sign papers to just drop out. Don’t they see the signs of kids silently struggling? I’m glad you have beaten the odds and made something of yourself. You make me proud❤️ keep on being you & don’t ever lose your spunk!
As a teacher, my heart is sad to hear you say that you didn't do well in school no matter what you tried :(. I think you are a very talented makeup artist! I always tell my students that God made us all differently with different talents and abilities. He didn't give us all the same talents. Your story inspires me to be a better teacher! Thank you for sharing!💟 Keep doing what you're good at! I love your videos: Honest ,lighthearted, and not to harsh/critical.
Oh I'm sad, I graduated at 19 going on 20 cuz I was held back because I didn't knew English (I'm Mexican, Spanish is my first language) so yeah. I was supposed to go to 5th grade and they drop me to 2nd grade and than they ig fell sorry for me and when I was in 5th grade they told me she needs to be in middle school so they bump me a grade so I was in 6th grade. It was sad.....people would peek at me all the time but people don't understand that it wasn't my choice that was my parents. Teachers and kids would bully me at me when I was in elementary school. So In some way I understand you.
That's what happen to me exactly! is like you describing my life i remember the just to cried a lot.. I graduated when I was 19 and on lucky I turned 20...
I'm currently in the last school of high school and am like the exact opposite of who you were. I effortlessly get good grades but can not talk to someone if my life depended on it. its just so hard for me to make friends so being in class when I'm forced to sit next to someone is the only time I don't feel so alone. I'm really dreading college because sure I've got the grades but that doesn't really matter if I can't talk to the interviewer or make some kind of friend. I would gladly give up my good grades just to be less alone
I've just seen this video and I've realised you have described how I'm feeling now. I'm 19 and I have no idea what I'm doing with my life. I am starting an apprenticeship in childcare but I'd love to get into make up but i have to get qualifications to be able to afford different make up to try out. You are truly my inspiration and would it is my goal to be as successful as you are one day. Watching this video has gave me determination, motivation and the confidence to say "I haven't done well so far but there is more in life for me than just this and I am going to make it better" I have generally just teared up commenting this as I have never told anyone how I'm feeling and I appreciate you and your videos so much. Thank-you from the bottom of my heart. Love you 💓xx
I'm crying now, this hit me so hard. I'm graduating in June (if god allows me to live that long) and all I've been doing is panicking. I've applied to plenty of schools and been accepted but plenty of kids who were "smart" in high school said "once you come to college you're average. None of that honor role" and I think I'm more concerned that all I've thought about is college. 4 years in college and then another 4 or more in veterinary college. But lately I've been thinking what if I don't make it. I've been focused on being a veterinarian that I don't know what to do if I end up failing college. Idk what I'm doing. But seeing your video kind of gave me hope 😘 thank you
Laura freaking Lee! GIRL, I love you so much. I just can't get enough. I've been watching your videos day in and day out and you just have changed me whole perspective. If I ever get the chance to meet you, I don't know what I'd do. One day hopefully, but until then just know you are SO AMAZING, you are inspiration to small town girls (Ohio), and you are doing good work through your videos. I went on and on about you to my boyfriend, and you make me excited to want to change my life! Thank you thank you thank you
Thank you for telling us your high school experience Larla! it makes me smile!! My senior year keeps bringing up future plans and it scares me but you made me feel better!!! ❤❤❤💯😁💕
I'm Dyslexic and I suck at math too. I felt so dumb in school and some kids made fun of me by asking me math questions, that I obviously didn't get right and would go home a bawl my eyes out!
Also, I don't know why, but I went years applying my foundation with my hands, I mean it's not that terrible, but now the idea gives me the skeevies. Watching you do it even made me cringe. My sponges and brushes are imbedded into my soul.
+JKYB7088 lol no, she still has it from when they sold it way back when. She's not a big makeup person so the fact that she has a face powder that's years and years old isn't all that much of a thing to her.
I didn't think I could love you more but after watching this video and you being so open and that teacher giving you great advise really hit me straight on. I didn't do well in school either, I love and respect your being humble and honest. Look at you now and I'm sure you've been special all your life to bring you to where you are now. Laura we all love and even more so. Hugs and Love to you
I excelled at everything in school with very little effort. Real life punched me in the face and I was shell shocked. I do feel like I'm in a good place now though.
I had trouble in school starting from 6th-11th and I have panic attacks and seizures but then one day somethint clicked and I found out that getting good grades (a's and b's) soothed my anxiety so now my grades are awesome!
I also used to skip so much not because I went out or for the hell of it bc honestly I would go to the rr and sit there the whole class period. I was so embarrassed of my grades
You had me in tears I was the same.. You're a beautiful girl inside and out . You've taught me so much my mama passed away when I was young so I didn't get the makeup lessons Wow u mean so much even though I don't know u.. Ive changed and improved my daily routine. So thank you Laura Lee for being you amd sharing your gifts and talents. Xoxo Nicki
Baby girl, I've taught elementary school for 14 yrs., and I just fell in love with your story. TELL your story to any young person you can! YOU are WHY I love what I do! Hugs & smooches from Rainbow City, Alabama (about an hour N of Birmingham!!!! You blessed me today. Keep up the wonderful, beautiful creativity you have and NEVER let anyone in your path give up on themselves! You're a doll! (Also a single momma of 2 teenage daughters, so you are loved in this home even more now!) ❤️❤️❤️
Laura Lee, how funny! My friend sent me this video, and the fact that you mentioned me is hilarious and quite flattering. Thank you for remembering that. So glad I "change [your] life." :) Hey, girl, hey!
I absolutely LOVE this side of you! you really tug my heart strings everytime I watch a video of you reminiscing your journey to where you are now! I can feel how grateful you are for all of your supporters and fans and it's genuine and one of the many many reasons I adore you!! 💜💜💜
I wish I had clear skin like that 😭 my whole family had terrible skin, except my mom. She had the most amazing skin on earth. I can't wear face makeup because it makes me break out like crazy
Rebekah Cook same... but I use the elf mineral infused face primer and mac foundation and now I am fine. I wash my face every night with the freeman feeling beautiful charcoal gel scrub face mask. Its amazing
why is this my high school story I didn't do horrible but it's pretty close. I did art I'm an amazing artists and I definitely got into makeup because my creative side
Happy Birthday! It's my birthday tmw 😊 and yes this video really struck a cord with me, I'm trying my hardest to work through this rough patch that feels like it's been going on all my life. Keep your chin up and keep working at it✊
@LauraLee I can seriously relate to you so much. To know that someone as beautiful, smart, funny, and a make up guru like you went through the same stuff that I went through makes me a lot more confident about myself.
I'm sorry that your self confidence was so low..high school can be horrible all because of peer pressure..I hated it myself because the girls were so much better than I was...so I thought!!! As an adult and especially as I was raising my 2 daughters I taught them to be their own person and love themselves as I was learning to love myself and to know there is nobody that is better than them regardless of their lifestyle
+MsKawi300 Both you and the person that started this thread both sound ridiculous. Yes. They're disorders, no they are not just "feelings". By saying this people with these diagnosed disorders-such as myself-feel very belittled. Of course everybody experiences anxiety, but not in the same why as someone with anxiety disorder does. People with the disorder experience it 24/7, not just when something nerve wrecking is happening, as people without it do. "Sad" and "depressed" are two VERY different things. When someone is depressed they don't feel sad, they basically don't feel emotions. It's numbness, not sadness. Before making statements about how they're not real disorders or about how they're just feelings, please actually look into it to avoid belittling people.
+Hayle M I have a degree in psychology and have discussed this issue at research conferences but wanted to get fresh opinions from individuals outside that specific academic community. +Solstice Peltier The reason I ask this is not to belittle anyone with the disorder, but to bring it to attention that everywhere on social media people are claiming to have anxiety, depression, etc. to the point that it becomes meaningless. It also becomes difficult to believe that such a huge population is truly afflicted and properly diagnosed with these disorders. It's an issue of improper misdiagnosis and the need to put labels on every little abnormality that may occur in your life (because what is ''normal", anyways? What standard are we comparing these disorders to?) These disorders are also more prominent in modern nations, so perhaps they are a side-effect of our toxic societies.
Lots of people claim to have it, but aren't properly diagnosed. I do believe it's a disorder but with all these people falsely diagnosing themselves it makes others question it
That story about the Maths teacher was lovely. I feel more teachers need to be like that. doing well in school isn't the be all and end all. There is so much more to life and you have proved it by doing what you do today. Believe in yourself and do what you love.
I'm a newer subscriber, and honestly there are a lot of beauty gurus out there, but for a reason I felt like I HAD to subscribe to you because your energy was just calling me. This video humanized you to me! Keep doing what you're doing! And as a future educator I promise I'll encourage all my students until the very end!
Zoё Moser I remember having a falsies mascara in high school and I graduated in 2009. Im sure there has been a few variations of it to date but i do remember having one. Lol
this video changed my life. i was just like you in school, good at art & writing, didn't care about anything else. failed tests, didn't study, etc. but you made me feel smart & better about myself for not doing good in college & not being a school person. thank you laura!!!
I just love you 🙂 so happy you find your passion babe 💛
Manny !!
Ily Manny! Keep being you ❤
Manny! You're so sweet and supportive! I love you so much :)
You guys should collab 😍
YOU AND LAURA NEED TO DO A COLLAB!!!!!!!! LIKE YESTERDAY😭😭💜❤️💯
I didn't go to high school. I quit in the 7th grade.. got my GED. went to cosmology school.. took an art class, got my tattoo license.. I have bounced back and forth from hair, make-up and tattooing for a long time. I've been a manager of a shoe store..I am blessed enough now that I have 3 babies and an amazing husband! Life is a rollercoaster.. Thank you for being real!!! This video really was inspiring.
Wow your experiences sound amazing, I've always believed everything happens for a reason and hearing how much you've had to overcome .I can't believe it - stay strong and keep succeeding :)))
+xpaper angelx thank you!! That really means ALLOT!! Life is what you make it! If you want to succeed you will! If you carry all the negative with you in a negative way I believe you won't succeed.. No matter the the obstacles always try to see the positive!!
Are you from the us because I'm pretty sure you have to be 16 to drop out
here you have to be 17 to drop out that's crazy you can drop out so young
+Lauren Rauh my phone deleted my reply! I basically said I had permission from the school.. I am from Arkansas, I had moved here to Mississippi I went through 2 schools here.. Then I went to the college and took the pre GED test passed and took the actual test😍 THEN.. art course at home got a license to do courtroom sketching.. Then a little while later I went to cosmetology school, and then tattooing. I went back and forth between tattooing and hair and makeup, until I had my last baby😍 Now I work at a barber shop and a salon.. phew!
"Excell at what you're good at and leave the rest behind you." I love that so much! I think its so important to encourage one another and let people know that just because you're not "school" smart that it doesn't mean that you're not smart. You're brilliant and creative and genuine and that means so much more.
my respect level for you just went up 15023049493% not that I didn't respect you before but sometimes I feel like I sit in my house Watching beauty gurus wishing I could be like that but feel I have a rats ass chance. I sucked in school and was terrified of going to college so I never did. I'm 24 and most days I feel like I'm going nowhere. I have so many people who give me a hard time about my life and where I'm going in it. I love makeup. it's like my real life get away. I don't feel like I'm hiding behind it but I just feel better when playing around with it and learning new things with it. to me it's art. and I love expressing myself through it. I probably won't get lucky enough to go anywhere with it but it will always be my go to. make a bad day just a little better❤ thanks for showing that we may not all be geniuses but to follow what you love and enjoy it while you can! xoxo💋
Kaelei Jordan I just watched this video so I'm late to comment about this but girl you should never let anyone take what you love away from you &I it shouldn't matter if you didn't make it to college, make makeup your dream and achieve something with that ❤️ just felt like I needed to comment 😂
Deana Jaafar thanks dear that means a lot!💖
I'm in cosmetology school at the moment. For years I thought that I wanted to be a therapist but once I took a college visit to cosmetology schools, I found that I was at home. Don't ever let somebody tell you that you can't do anything. I always thought I was going to be in a different industry than I'm in now. I'm only 3 weeks into school and for me cosmetology school is easy so far. I think it's because of my passion for makeup and the beauty industry as a whole. Just some advice for you
Kaelei Jordan fucking same
You didn't fail, the system failed you. I am going to school to be a teacher right now and I pray that I will be the kind of teacher to inspire students to succeed at what they love and that college is not the only measure of success. Love you for your honesty❤️
Chloe' Anastasia I'm doing the same exact thing. Teachers are so important. I can count on one hand the educators that have made an impact on me. Those kind of teachers stay with you for life. That's what I want to be. Education is the key, and when you're really passionate about something (for me, it's English, writing, literature), it makes it such a treat to teach others about it. This comment made me happy. You're right; the system is broken. I feel like no one is learning anything.
Chloe' Anastasia yes Chloe, thank you
Honestly I hope and wish you the best we need some good teachers in this world, some students look for guidance more in their teachers than their parents!
thank you for that first sentence. I needed that so bad
This video made me subscribe. I feel like I'm in the same boat. I'm 24 and I flunked out of Nursing School. I work at a hospital currently and everyday is a reminder why I want to be a nurse. I'm a healer. And I will excel in what I'm good at. Thank you so much for being so inspiring. ❤️
OMG sameee! I applied to nursing school last semester and didn't get in. I thought I was a failure but I realized people take different paths to get to the same destination! #KeepStriving
If you didn't even get in, try a different career. School is easy, I went to one of the top 3 BSN programs in the US and top MSN programs in the US....real life and work ...life/death is the struggle, not school.
Maybe try an LPN program instead and work your way up. Or even CNA.
Nursing school is not easy!!! It isn't supposed to be. It might be less difficult for some people but in no way is it easy. Both of you are still capable of being accepted and completing the program. Maybe the timing just wasn't right. Good luck to both of you-don't let people deter you from your calling
Thank you both so much for the encouraging words!
Don't tell girls that school, what they are struggling, at is easy. Girls when your dont with school you will see that work is easy when you know what you are doing. Will death ever be easy? No, but that is a part of what your signing up for so you will call a code do everything you can until and when the Dr. gets there. Then try to brag about where you went to school.. it's easy to say top 3, but I'll tell you I went to NYU for my BSN then John Hopkins University for my MSN. I graduated in the top 10 of the school. I hate to brag (b/c no one knows that, but my family and the administration at the hospital where I work in Manhattan, but people like you need to be shown there is always someone better. Don't tell these girls to go get a LPN or CNA position because you should know they are weeding those positions out where there are enough RNs.
Girls you can do it and be that next person who is "better". Excel at school and then at work. You can do it if you want it bad enough. Go for it again and put your all into it. Good Luck future RNS or maybe BSNs or MSNs! xo
Thank you for talking about your experience. I'm in college and I struggle with anxiety and depression. I've been to two colleges because of this and right now I'm taking some time off to focus on my health. I'm so grateful for my parents. I now realize being happy is something I would rather focus on than pushing myself through a terrifying situation.
i am in the same situation as you, I have panic attacks, and this year they have been bad, school started on Friday in France and I had a panic attacks and couldn't go in to class, tomorrow going to try again, but yes a very scary experience. good luck sending my love ❤
Oh no!! Thanks. Yeah I live in the states and I went to a college for a year like three hours away from Chicago and I had terrible panic attacks. I go to culinary school at the moment and being in the kitchen made me have panic attacks. So now I'm getting help and trying to find a job. It's helpful to know I'm not the only one in this situation :)
yerh it is complicated, you can't really controls panic attacks, I have them bad, it makes me so sick and tired, I struggle with them, stress is daily in my life, and as I am dyslexic I read slowly and it stresses me out in class and I feel different.
Same girl I'm going into high school and I'm so worried and have so much anxiety, plus the people that bullied me are going to that school greeeeeeat 😪
Awe, I feel for you all. I was bullied so bad I changed high schools. It's heartbreaking to read your all's comments. I struggle with anxiety, depression, and panic attacks and I'm 33. The only advice I have for getting through hs is to try and find that 1 good friend that gets you and has your back, remember hs is temporary, don't let the bullies bother you (I know it's hard), graduate and move on to finding and doing what you truly love! Find a good doctor, friends, and loved ones that understand panic attacks and anxiety and lean on them to help you over come it. Things will get better I promise. Sending my love to all of you struggling with bullies, depression, anxiety, and panic attacks.
All these beauty gurus are like my makeup sucked in high school and I'm over here in high school doing good makeup thanks to these beauty gurus
Wow. Just freaking wow. Our school stories are nearly identical. I never felt like I fit in and was put in private school and finally allowed back in public school and found out I had ADD and it explained sooooooo much. I didn't go to college until a few years after high school too. I'm probably 15 years older than you but our stories are very similar.
All I can say is look at you now boo. Look at you now.
I was diagnosed with ADHD and I completely understand!
I respect you Laura Lee, and you were no different than most kids your age (high school),
you are beautiful and think you are now quite famous and believe you will be more so in time. Keep being yourself you are incredible. I think you are movie star gorgeous, a wonderful sense of humor and so artistic, you are gifted. As my cousin told me,
'find your gifts and use them ' . :D*
you are super L.L.
fan in Kalamazoo
i wanna thank you for telling story about getting held back and all that. and that it's OK not to be a genius, to have different issues then other kids. I'm going through this with my daughter right now and I'm so scared she find feel less of a person because see she had to be held back. but anyways. your an amazing women and I solute you for sharing your very beautiful individual story. your everything!! love you larlar!!!!
aww tell her she's lucky though, cos one day she will realize if she wasn't held back she wouldn't meet half the great people in her life, I wasn't held back but my birthday is after what in California is the cut line so I'm in 8th instead of 9th
+lexi.marieee absolutely, I agree.. thanks sweety 😙
I wanted to quit school so bad my senior year. I hated everything at that time. my grades were average. I just didn't understand myself at that time. bi polar disorder and ptsd. writing got me through. glad you are where you are now. ❤
Gonardo same my in my school the teachers were never that helpful they would bring u down a lot
I hurt for you!! My daughter dropped out in tenth grade because she felt EXACTLY like you. She just graduated (May '16) with her associates degree and her diploma from her Rad Tech program and passed her state boards!! There's help and hope for everyone!! She's 34 and has three sons so she had a lot on her plate while she was going to school!!
I love you!!
Associates it's like the alternative G.E.D =not good enough for the real world. It's good she has some something to fall back on but it's not sufficient. But at 34 she's old and in the market they hire young educated ones. Poor thing.
@reyna m. Did you not read the Rad Tech AFTER the associates?! She's starting out at $20+/hour after graduation. She has a great career ahead of her. Maybe you should have done more research into the Rad Tech and less dissing of the associates!! She's taking X-rays ~ all kinds, and wants to take more advanced classes. My POINT was, you're NEVER too old to better yourself!! Just find what you like and GO FOR IT!!
My dear II'm in the MRI spectrum which is a specialty in Radiology field. If i may add its way more advanced then Xray tech. If you feel easily offended well there's not much I can do. Some people just love to brag which it sounds like you love for other people to acknowledge your daughter...I won't. In fact she will do what most of collegues won't do and that's deal with Radiation and if your pointing out how much money she's getting paid...I'm laughing!
$20 dollars really perhaps I ought to feel bad for myself and applaud your highly accomplished daughter....ummm no! MRI it's the future and no I'm not bragging but I really did go through a lot and I'm not feeling sorry nor accept anyone to ride on my surprise success ( not even a mom like you!)
reyna m. You must be a very unhappy woman to take my comments and turn them around to what YOU would be thinking had YOU written the comments.
I AM proud of my daughter for HER accomplishments because when she dropped out of high school, I didn't think she'd ever make anything of herself. Instead, she went to school, worked AND took care of her three sons and her husband. She's also planning on going back for one or more specialty certifications once she has worked a little bit.
I am proud of both my children. I was just as proud of myself when I graduated from nursing school when my daughter was two. I was proud when I scored highest in my class on the nursing state boards and in the top 5% of the state. I don't need to live through my children. I've lived my own life. I'm sorry you're so unhappy and miserable that you must be trolling the internet waiting to spread your negativity everywhere. I'll pray for you.
Dropping out of high school was the best decision I ever made in my life. I sucked at school but always passed PE and art, my friends and partying were my top priority. I dropped out and learned about real life and the real world, which taught me a hell of a lot more than school ever did. I'm now married to the man of my dreams and living a truly amazing life of abundance, love, and happiness. The American education system is bullshit and school is in fact not for everyone nor does it make you a bad person if you don't go. Also that piece of advice is the best advice I've ever heard and I definitely plan on following it. Focus and grow what you're good at and forget the rest.
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Poor excuses leads to poor mentality to endure life's harsh reality...good luck you will need it!
Veronica Mounts yeah tru but it's sucks when u feel like if u drop out you'll follow in on the stereotypes
Thank you for sharing your high school experience. Being in high school now is a struggle. I dropped out in 7th grade & ended up going back 1 1/2 years later.. Then I decided to make a good decision & instead of just paying a women to give me a test for me to pass and move on to my freshman year I decided to go back to 8th grade in a new school. So I had a pretty rough half of the school year.. Then the last half I started to make A's & B's. I became so determined to fix my fk up and I decided to do my very hardest in high school to graduate with my kindergarten class. My freshman year I did pretty okay.. Well I'm 4 weeks into my sophomore year & I just got amazing news last week that in January I will be promoted to a Junior, which is my correct grade, & i will be a 3 year grad. 18' 🎓 Love you Laura ❤️
Yay congratulations! I don't know you but I'm honestly so proud of you for making that choice of going back! Keep up the great work!! 💕
+itsdiamoniqueee thank you so much boo ❤️❤️❤️ this is why I love her community 😍👯
Congrats babes im so proud of you!!!
yes! congrats girl!! 💖💖💖
+Hannah A thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I just watched this video now and hearing about your experience in high school made me cry. It's exactly the path I'm going down right now and I feel like I'm gonna amount to nothing most of the time but knowing that someone else went through something so similar and came out of it so successful and happy with what they do gives me hope. Thank you so much for that Laura. You truly are an inspiration.
Laura - I am a teacher and fellow makeup lover. I teach music to challenged kids, and your story and your words had me in tears. Thank you for sharing.
I hope you know how essential the time invested in your students is. Kids with any kind of challenge or disability just need someone who loves them, believes in them, and sees them as the precious human they are. Thank you for being a hero to those awesome kids
I'm actually crying watching the second half of this video because I relate to it so strongly. I was exactly the same in high school and struggled so much and school always seemed like such an utter waste to me. Now, I'm 24, working my way up in the retail business, which I LOVE and learned nothing about (except math) in school, and I've never even thought about going to college. I wish I'd had a teacher who told me what your teacher said to you because it would've made me a lot stronger a lot earlier on, and made it less scary for me to graduate. I know this video was originally meant to be a fun make up thing, but I'm so grateful to you for sharing your experience. Peace always 💖
Laura needs to do a Draw My Life!
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Katt Johnson omg yes i would love that
Thank you for sharing your story Laura! Your experience resonated so much with me being insecure about something you can’t change that makes you different from everyone else in your class.
Also struggling with a learning disability and ADD. It’s so challenging to deal with day in and day out when you hear your classmates say that they love school and you just want it to be over! I’m so happy you preserved and created the most bomb UA-cam channel!
Not only did I love watching how you did your makeup, but I loved that you talked about your experience because it sounded the same as mine and made me realize that I shouldn't feel bad about not doing well. School isn't for everyone and I will succeed in life anyway. Grades don't define you
Laura. This video is so amazing. I love that you shared what you went through in high school and college. I know this is going to help so many people that are struggling 💖
awww hun Im sorry for those hard experiences!! I'm so thankful that you shared this and at a perfect time for me as well. It helps be better understand my son and how he might feel. This video has also encouraged me to take my son to the doctor which has been hard for me to even consider. My son is still very young and I wouldn't want to see him struggling or feeling how you felt during all ur school years. I want to give him the right help and attention for him to feel proud and smart. Thank you for sharing!! ❤️
I have disabilities and special Ed has made it so much better if he is special ed then put a minute it will help him so much
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Laura, you inspire me so much. Honestly everything you overcame I feel like I'm trying to get through right now and you have given me so much hope. You're the first UA-camr I've felt so much genuine feels for, and oh my gosh I'm rambling now. Thank you so much for this video!!!
Graduating in 1999 High School was tough for me as well...definitely teared up but this is a lot of kids reality! The best part is you are right, school is such a tiny little bit of life and doesn't dictate who you are or where you are going! I'm now a fabulous wife with two beautiful boys that owns her own company! Makeup no makeup it just doesn't matter in high school just always look ahead and dig deep within yourself to know you are special and there is a plan for you in life!!! XOXO
Thank you for all the kind words! School doesnt define your life and im so proud if YOU!!! continue conquering the world!
Oh tecnoklaus I think you are much more of an inspiration that I but in the end we all are inspirations to one another!!! Everyone faces adversity but the key to life is to not back down and do exactly what you say, stand up and let life know you are about to win! You, my dear, have overcome more than I and I am very proud of you for making life a positive experience...BRAVO!!! I always ask myself, is my future self going to be proud of what I am doing today? Because one day I will be 80 years old and I want to know that I made great decision, I never had regrets and I learned from my mistakes and OWNED those babies! Be proud of who you are girl and hold your head high!
I'm a senior in high school right now. My freshman year was by far the worst. I was severely bullied and lost all of my friends. It started off just as rumors and gossip and lead to physical bullying. Someone even tried to push me off the bleachers. My grades dropped severely because of it and I really started to give up. Luckily my sophomore year things started getting better and by my junior year they were phenomenal for me. The bullying didn't stop and many people still hate me but I learned that my opinion of myself is the only one that matters. I also met my amazing boyfriend of two years and some of the greatest friends I could ever ask for. My terrible grades jumped to straight A's and 4.5 GPA. Bullying is so terrible and I'm so happy I've overcome it. I can't wait to see what my senior year brings. I start Tuesday!!
And I may not relate to your experience as much as others but thanks for sharing it. Even though that isn't what I went through, it still made me feel better to know someone else struggled and overcame it.
Praying for you beautiful, keep your head up.
We went to school together! Freshman year was my worst too which explains why I dropped out and started home schooling. My two best friends decided not to be my friend the day before the first day. They were the only friends I had so I was terrified to start school with no friends. Up until I stopped going my mom and I fought every morning and she threatened to call the cops and have them take me to school all the time because I would refuse to go. The day before thanksgiving break my mom woke me up for school and told me my dog was sick and that she thinks she dying so I ended up not going to school that day because we had to put my dog down. My depression got worst after that and I never went back to school again and started online school. I'm so much happier now that I'm not in that school.
+Cidney B I'm glad that you're happier now! I always see your Instagram posts and I hope you go far with makeup because you're really great at it!!
+Kayla Browning good luck!! all the hard work you do in your senior is gonna benefit you and will definitely pay off. walking that stage, receiving your diploma is going to feel so great, relieving yet surreal all at the same time..lol a boat of emotions. then from there, you're independent! moving on with the next step in life so best wishes to you girly!
watching this video literally blew me away. our high school experience sound almost EXACTLY the same! I was dyslexic and suffered from anxiety/depression so I was really bad at school, I skipped school all the time and all I did was party with my friends, I took tonssss of art classes as well as home ech classes because I loved to cook. Anything creative was an outlet for me in school. We even wore our makeup almost exactly the same lol crazy. I graduated in 2011, I tried going to beauty school two years after graduating but my grandma who I've always lived with so was like my mom passed away and I ended up dropping out of school and haven't done anything since. I'm still struggling to figure out what I want to do with my future. I'm a single mom and just want the best for my child but I'm afraid to go back to school because I didn't do good before. I found so much inspiration knowing we went through similar things and you still found a way to strive and live a successful life.
It gives me hope that I will find success in my future. Thank you for making videos and sharing yourself with the world. You have become and inspiration for so many people!
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Laralee, I loved you sharing your struggles in school. So many of the young people today give up when life doesn't go in the direction they hoped for. Keep the videos and inspiration coming.
My nephew passed away yesterday and his funeral was today. I'm so happy you're here to somewhat cheer me up with out knowing. Thank you so much Laura 😔❤️❤️ #snapchatfam
R.I.P, hope your okay?
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i'm so sorry ❤️
I'm sorry for ur loss😔
+mateojake are you seriously promoting your video on such a personal and sad comment? Only me that thinks that's wrong? Sorry for your loss ❤️
Thankyou for sharing your experience, I wish that these videos were around in our day but thankful that they're here for me to learn now and for my kids. Love you to bits beautiful xxxx
And I also met my husband in school but didn't get together until I left because we got bullied badly as it was separately so thought it would be horrible if we were together! Though now I realise it might have been easier together I've still had him for 8 years and hopefully the rest of my life, even though our lives are completely different I still feel that your and Tyler's relationship is the most relatable and goals ❤️❤️❤️
WHO'S IN HIGH SCHOOL?
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I start next year
+Mila Bailee don't lose yourself & stay focused! Good luck ❣
me Im a junior
+Mila Bailee me 2
So, I'm so late finding you but I've never been so happy I did! We have so many similar experiences like how you quit your pet store job, the way you struggled in school, and how ADD and Dyslexia (which I have both) effect your self confidence. I just wanted to say thank you so much for being you!! Your new pallet names speak to me on another level and I cannot contain my excitement to get my hands on it! I'm cat obsessed and my birthday is in October! I just wanted to say thank you for inspiring me and getting me motivated to be the best me I can!!! love ya Laura Lee!
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+Kenzie Aarons oh my gosh pastor Phil 😂😂😂
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I'm dying 😂😂😂
how can i do that?
So different seeing another side of you. Support you so much!
I started getting all choked up listening to her high school story until I noticed the giant blob of bronzer smack in the middle of her nose and just burst out laughing.
"Don't let your past make you think that you can't do anything with your future." This quote is so good. I am getting my teaching credential at the moment and agree with everything you said. This is honestly my favorite video of yours. Very inspirational :)
I think we all used that long blue Covergirl compact.
I used that blue compact too!
Wow, this video gave me a whole new perspective of you and let's just say I love you even more! ❤️❤️❤️
I also worked at a pet store when I was 17!! Haha
I love your channel ❤
Oh sweetie that last part was so adorable and touching. Thank you for using your influence on UA-cam for something truly encouraging. I am much older than you but I have a daughter almost your age. I hope that she is able to find people to influence her on social media in a positive way as you're trying to do. Keep following your dreams honey!
I can definitely relate! especially having a hard time in school! you've done so great Laura and I look up to you all the time! your makeup is still better than mine! xo
you're also slaying no matter what!
I'm glad I watched it till the end, it made me teary
When Laura started tearin up I started crying 😭
Your story speaks to my soul. I have just started watching your videos and I am really drawn to your open and honest candor. Life is definitely not easy - and if you want something do not ever let anyone or anything get in your way. There is something inside you greater than any obstacle. I have lived through a marriage of physical and emotional abuse - left my husband and had to start over - I literally had a grocery bag with my belongings. If you had told me then that I would have a Bachelor's degree in nursing and would own my own house and be completely self sufficient by age 35 I would have said you were crazy. It wasn't easy but I know I am a healer and my calling is to be a nurse. The only thing that stands between you and your dreams is the bullshit excuses you tell yourself about why you can't do it.
Omg i just watched this and it made me cry i had the same issues in school but this not why I'm crying my 11 year is struggling as well and I'm going to send her this video to watch she watches you already not sure if shes seen this but this just made me think of her and how shes more than school shes good at alot of other stuff . She wants to start a UA-cam channel i think by her watching this she will learn that she has a future if she never gives up thank you laura your such a beautiful person for letting your realness come threw 😘😘😘
it's not easy to be successful on UA-cam. Laura is incredibly talented. Nobody should give up when their 11 years old ❤
Not saying she's giving up if you watched the video you here'd laura say she was always bad in school and had some learning disabilities so does my daughter she already has some fan bace on her ig and musicly and people have told her to make a UA-cam channel that doesn't mean my kid is dropping out of school lol
Thank you SO MUCH for your school story it's exactly me I feel not so alone
Laura,
I hope you read my comment. If you haven't seen the video about Chen Miller on facebook she's an Israeli woman who was unteachable but became a teacher an reached out to a student who was wild and told him everytime she saw him that he was a good boy he is clever etc and what an impact that made on him. Please watch it.
I had problems with my grades because I didn't try. I had an issue more with bullying. I left highschool because of it and got my GED. I thought that bullying would stop as an adult but it has gotten worse. I no longer work with my bully so that's good. Now I took my test to be a CNA and I failed. Right before Christmas too anyway. I am still carrying on I just need to find the next step since I have been having problems rescheduling.
Anywho thanks for this video it's a good thing for many people.
Honestly it makes so much sense why you are such a good teacher/instructor with makeup if you struggled with learning things in the past! It makes you a great explainer to us! You're awesome!!!!
I'm sure this was a hard video to make, so good on you for doing it. You really have accomplished so much since those darker days.Never forget where you came from, stay humble and grateful. It will continue to get better as long as your true to yourself.
I think everyone was the wrong shade when they first started wearing foundation😂
i used almay smart shade so luckily i wasnt
Lmao mines wassssss super light compared to my skin 😂
Jaden Greene oh lord I wore the right shade....until winter was over and I got more tan and I still used my ghost white foundation. Not to mention it was VERY full coverage and it was all I wore besides mascara....
Jaden Greene mine is too light for me 😂
Jaden Greene I’m naturally like a tan olive color and I got WHITE as my foundation and wore it to school everyday and looked like a freaking ghost 👻👻
I LOVE this video. Not for the makeup but I love how real this was
Awwww, I'm all teary-eyed! Look at you now!!!!!!! I had a similar high school experience, but wound up getting sick for the last 3 years. They don't force you to do much when you're sick, so I graduated on time. But I have ADHD, and now my son also has it. I LOVE the line your teacher gave you. That's something I will share with my little guy. Thank you!
This made me feel so better about my school/high school experience.
Thank you for this Laura 😭❤️ it came just at the right time thanks for opening up to us 😢😢😢😢 love you forever you've help me move on ❤️❤️
#snapchatfam
Omg I can assume from your shirt and knowing you're from Alabama did you go to Lee?!! I graduated from there a few years ago 💞
i sure did!
+Laura Lee (laura88lee) omg I'm adoring you you are my idol
War Eagle?!
Roll Tide!!!
+Maegan Cobb yass war Eagle!!
Laura,
Thank you so much for this video. For my entire school life I struggled, barely skating by. I, too played it off like I didn’t care, like it didn’t phase me that I was graduating at 19. Mind you I didn’t have the “luxury” of being held back in elementary school. I failed my senior year twice. My high school principal tried forcing me to sign papers to just drop out. Don’t they see the signs of kids silently struggling? I’m glad you have beaten the odds and made something of yourself. You make me proud❤️ keep on being you & don’t ever lose your spunk!
As a teacher, my heart is sad to hear you say that you didn't do well in school no matter what you tried :(. I think you are a very talented makeup artist! I always tell my students that God made us all differently with different talents and abilities. He didn't give us all the same talents. Your story inspires me to be a better teacher! Thank you for sharing!💟 Keep doing what you're good at! I love your videos: Honest ,lighthearted, and not to harsh/critical.
The pick of Joe dirt got me lmao😂😂😂 I love you
Oh I'm sad, I graduated at 19 going on 20 cuz I was held back because I didn't knew English (I'm Mexican, Spanish is my first language) so yeah. I was supposed to go to 5th grade and they drop me to 2nd grade and than they ig fell sorry for me and when I was in 5th grade they told me she needs to be in middle school so they bump me a grade so I was in 6th grade. It was sad.....people would peek at me all the time but people don't understand that it wasn't my choice that was my parents. Teachers and kids would bully me at me when I was in elementary school. So In some way I understand you.
+ILikeMakeupMoreThanPeople keep negative out the way y echale ganas!
That's what happen to me exactly! is like you describing my life i remember the just to cried a lot.. I graduated when I was 19 and on lucky I turned 20...
I'm currently in the last school of high school and am like the exact opposite of who you were. I effortlessly get good grades but can not talk to someone if my life depended on it. its just so hard for me to make friends so being in class when I'm forced to sit next to someone is the only time I don't feel so alone. I'm really dreading college because sure I've got the grades but that doesn't really matter if I can't talk to the interviewer or make some kind of friend. I would gladly give up my good grades just to be less alone
Philip's fringe Omg. That sounds just like me, although in going into HighSchool next year. I wish I had friends but sadly I don’t.
Same i can relate
I've just seen this video and I've realised you have described how I'm feeling now. I'm 19 and I have no idea what I'm doing with my life. I am starting an apprenticeship in childcare but I'd love to get into make up but i have to get qualifications to be able to afford different make up to try out. You are truly my inspiration and would it is my goal to be as successful as you are one day. Watching this video has gave me determination, motivation and the confidence to say "I haven't done well so far but there is more in life for me than just this and I am going to make it better" I have generally just teared up commenting this as I have never told anyone how I'm feeling and I appreciate you and your videos so much. Thank-you from the bottom of my heart. Love you 💓xx
the intro where you put a picture of joe dirt lmfao
I'm crying now, this hit me so hard. I'm graduating in June (if god allows me to live that long) and all I've been doing is panicking. I've applied to plenty of schools and been accepted but plenty of kids who were "smart" in high school said "once you come to college you're average. None of that honor role" and I think I'm more concerned that all I've thought about is college. 4 years in college and then another 4 or more in veterinary college. But lately I've been thinking what if I don't make it. I've been focused on being a veterinarian that I don't know what to do if I end up failing college. Idk what I'm doing. But seeing your video kind of gave me hope 😘 thank you
azucena soto keep hope, God loves you and cares about you
azucena soto You can do it!! 🐶🐺
Update? How did everything go
azucena soto don’t worry about failing. Think positively 🙌🏽😎
Literally tearing up . 😭😭😭😭
#snapchatfam ❤️❤️❤️
Laura freaking Lee! GIRL, I love you so much. I just can't get enough. I've been watching your videos day in and day out and you just have changed me whole perspective. If I ever get the chance to meet you, I don't know what I'd do. One day hopefully, but until then just know you are SO AMAZING, you are inspiration to small town girls (Ohio), and you are doing good work through your videos. I went on and on about you to my boyfriend, and you make me excited to want to change my life! Thank you thank you thank you
Thank you for telling us your high school experience Larla! it makes me smile!! My senior year keeps bringing up future plans and it scares me but you made me feel better!!! ❤❤❤💯😁💕
I'm Dyslexic and I suck at math too. I felt so dumb in school and some kids made fun of me by asking me math questions, that I obviously didn't get right and would go home a bawl my eyes out!
I remember that covergirl powder. I have a family member that still, somehow, for god knows what reason, has and uses that product. How. Why.
Also, I don't know why, but I went years applying my foundation with my hands, I mean it's not that terrible, but now the idea gives me the skeevies. Watching you do it even made me cringe. My sponges and brushes are imbedded into my soul.
Wtf, where do they sell it and what is the name of it!? Please ask her, lmao
+JKYB7088 lol no, she still has it from when they sold it way back when. She's not a big makeup person so the fact that she has a face powder that's years and years old isn't all that much of a thing to her.
I remember the smell of
It
I didn't think I could love you more but after watching this video and you being so open and that teacher giving you great advise really hit me straight on. I didn't do well in school either, I love and respect your being humble and honest. Look at you now and I'm sure you've been special all your life to bring you to where you are now. Laura we all love and even more so. Hugs and Love to you
i loved this video. makes me think I still have a chance to do something with my life.
I excelled at everything in school with very little effort. Real life punched me in the face and I was shell shocked. I do feel like I'm in a good place now though.
Amanda Howard this was me to a T! I thought real life would be as easy as high school had been. HA!
But we made it to the other side! Get it, girl!
Excelled?😂
Maliyah Roa what is your problem? She used the word correctly and properly in the sentence.....
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Maliyah’s_ Videos you are like 12 do you even know its a word
I had trouble in school starting from 6th-11th and I have panic attacks and seizures but then one day somethint clicked and I found out that getting good grades (a's and b's) soothed my anxiety so now my grades are awesome!
I also used to skip so much not because I went out or for the hell of it bc honestly I would go to the rr and sit there the whole class period. I was so embarrassed of my grades
You had me in tears I was the same.. You're a beautiful girl inside and out
. You've taught me so much my mama passed away when I was young so I didn't get the makeup lessons
Wow u mean so much even though I don't know u.. Ive changed and improved my daily routine. So thank you Laura Lee for being you amd sharing your gifts and talents. Xoxo Nicki
Your lucky your eyebrows grew back. Mine didn't
for real though, the struggle is real!
I don't think I've ever related to a UA-cam comment more
LMAO I wore my makeup almost the exact same way, the eyeliner!!! It makes me cringe so hard now hahaha
YES!!!!!
literally the worst feeling is when your teacher gives up on you😔
Baby girl, I've taught elementary school for 14 yrs., and I just fell in love with your story. TELL your story to any young person you can! YOU are WHY I love what I do! Hugs & smooches from Rainbow City, Alabama (about an hour N of Birmingham!!!! You blessed me today. Keep up the wonderful, beautiful creativity you have and NEVER let anyone in your path give up on themselves! You're a doll! (Also a single momma of 2 teenage daughters, so you are loved in this home even more now!) ❤️❤️❤️
Laura Lee, how funny! My friend sent me this video, and the fact that you mentioned me is hilarious and quite flattering. Thank you for remembering that. So glad I "change [your] life." :) Hey, girl, hey!
Best fucking hs makeup video! So happy i watched!! Great job
thank you!!
Are you from Huntsville????
You can't judge a fish on it's ability to climb a tree.
I absolutely LOVE this side of you! you really tug my heart strings everytime I watch a video of you reminiscing your journey to where you are now! I can feel how grateful you are for all of your supporters and fans and it's genuine and one of the many many reasons I adore you!! 💜💜💜
I wish I had clear skin like that 😭 my whole family had terrible skin, except my mom. She had the most amazing skin on earth. I can't wear face makeup because it makes me break out like crazy
Rebekah Cook same... but I use the elf mineral infused face primer and mac foundation and now I am fine. I wash my face every night with the freeman feeling beautiful charcoal gel scrub face mask. Its amazing
it's my birthday and this is like a birthday present from you to me 😂 love you Laura
why is this my high school story I didn't do horrible but it's pretty close. I did art I'm an amazing artists and I definitely got into makeup because my creative side
Happy birthday !
+jocelyn_mua_official frasard happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! It's my birthday tmw 😊 and yes this video really struck a cord with me, I'm trying my hardest to work through this rough patch that feels like it's been going on all my life. Keep your chin up and keep working at it✊
Omg it's my birthday too 😂😂
SLAY LAURA
Yas 5sos!
I reacted to Beyonce's Hold Up music video check it out!
Don't promote yourself on other peoples videos because no one cares
+Eve Johnson laura replied and care thats so much more than approval
Eve Johnson that's rude I actually cared so dont say nobody there are ppl that care
@LauraLee I can seriously relate to you so much. To know that someone as beautiful, smart, funny, and a make up guru like you went through the same stuff that I went through makes me a lot more confident about myself.
I have A.D.D. And I started to take medication and I'm on the honoroll now
I'm sorry that your self confidence was so low..high school can be horrible all because of peer pressure..I hated it myself because the girls were so much better than I was...so I thought!!! As an adult and especially as I was raising my 2 daughters I taught them to be their own person and love themselves as I was learning to love myself and to know there is nobody that is better than them regardless of their lifestyle
If a majority of the population has anxiety and depression, is it really a disorder? Or is it more of an inevitable feature of the human condition?
Why don't you go ask a psychologist instead of UA-cam?
+MsKawi300 Both you and the person that started this thread both sound ridiculous. Yes. They're disorders, no they are not just "feelings". By saying this people with these diagnosed disorders-such as myself-feel very belittled. Of course everybody experiences anxiety, but not in the same why as someone with anxiety disorder does. People with the disorder experience it 24/7, not just when something nerve wrecking is happening, as people without it do. "Sad" and "depressed" are two VERY different things. When someone is depressed they don't feel sad, they basically don't feel emotions. It's numbness, not sadness. Before making statements about how they're not real disorders or about how they're just feelings, please actually look into it to avoid belittling people.
I've always wondered that since its Crazy of how a large percentage of people go through it.
+Hayle M I have a degree in psychology and have discussed this issue at research conferences but wanted to get fresh opinions from individuals outside that specific academic community.
+Solstice Peltier The reason I ask this is not to belittle anyone with the disorder, but to bring it to attention that everywhere on social media people are claiming to have anxiety, depression, etc. to the point that it becomes meaningless. It also becomes difficult to believe that such a huge population is truly afflicted and properly diagnosed with these disorders. It's an issue of improper misdiagnosis and the need to put labels on every little abnormality that may occur in your life (because what is ''normal", anyways? What standard are we comparing these disorders to?)
These disorders are also more prominent in modern nations, so perhaps they are a side-effect of our toxic societies.
Lots of people claim to have it, but aren't properly diagnosed. I do believe it's a disorder but with all these people falsely diagnosing themselves it makes others question it
That story about the Maths teacher was lovely. I feel more teachers need to be like that. doing well in school isn't the be all and end all. There is so much more to life and you have proved it by doing what you do today. Believe in yourself and do what you love.
You still look gorgeous😍😍
thanks bby!!
the Joe dirt one tho 😂😂😂😂😂
Your so perfect !😍😍
Laura your just perfect !❤️
+Lizzie Sanchez would you reply ?
I dont wanna be that person but I just want you to know,its you're not your
I'm a newer subscriber, and honestly there are a lot of beauty gurus out there, but for a reason I felt like I HAD to subscribe to you because your energy was just calling me. This video humanized you to me! Keep doing what you're doing! And as a future educator I promise I'll encourage all my students until the very end!
She still looks so pretty😍
haha no one had brows in HS
I had all the brows, and I'd pluck them,bc in 5th grade my mom started to pluck my unibrow...bc shes a Great mom...
cassandra sotos omg yes my mum started to pluck my eyebrows when i was about 7! they've never grown back properly
Ethereal Girl I never plucked my eyebrows :'D
Ethereal Girl lol I did, just cause I wasn't allowed to pluck them. I was so mad at the time, but I'm so glad now lol
I dyed my hair black and I either used black eyeliner or mascara! I look back at pictures and want to slam my head into a brick wall...
Legend says if ure early Laura will reply 💕😉 hiiiiiii
hi :)
+Laura Lee (laura88lee) omg thank u!!!!!!!! i'll print and frame this!!!!! 😀😂💕 love u larlar
+Marιℓεna it is
It is her lol
Amazing how those little things people say stay with us, even if we don't realize right at that moment. Laura Lee you're so lovey.
My high school makeup consisted of bronzer all over the face and eyeliner in the waterline no mascara lol and chopstick. Wow 😳
You graduated the year I started school!!
I think that purple mascara was the falsies mascara lol
Marisol sanchez they came out with that mascara about five years ago, it couldn't possible have been the falsies
Zoё Moser I remember having a falsies mascara in high school and I graduated in 2009. Im sure there has been a few variations of it to date but i do remember having one. Lol
this video changed my life. i was just like you in school, good at art & writing, didn't care about anything else. failed tests, didn't study, etc. but you made me feel smart & better about myself for not doing good in college & not being a school person. thank you laura!!!