Meet Miranda Cyre

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Miranda Cyre. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Miranda below.

Miranda, we’re so excited for our community to get to know you and learn from your journey and the wisdom you’ve acquired over time. Let’s kick things off with a discussion on self-confidence and self-esteem. How did you develop yours?

I think I was very blessed to have parents that always allowed me to explore who I was, I am naturally quite chatty, loud and outspoken. My parents always encouraged me explore my likes and passions. Letting my per-sue things that interested me and could allow me to learn a lot about myself just through experience.

I think having that space to explore gave me a lot of confidence. And once I learned I had a love for music and singing I learnt even more from being a performer from a young age. I started singing in choirs as early as I can remember and had my first solo at around age 3 at my daycare. After that everywhere was my stage and once my parents realized my love for singing they had me in choirs and vocal lessons to let that part of my flourish. I remember I would sing for anyone who would listen when I was little and I think That naturally also translated into self confidence in my daily life.

I do also have to give credit to the social skills learned playing team sports at a young age. These spaces allowed me to feel more comfortable in social settings and gave me a community of people who were always cheering me on. As I have gotten older I have maintained a strong sense of self confidence through surrounding myself with people who uplift me and encourage me to be the best version of myself . I also have the confidence to let go of relationships that don’t serve me or cut people off who aren’t in my corner. To top it off I have an extremely supportive boyfriend who always reminds me that I am beautiful, I am strong and I am so loved even if I don’t say the right thing, maybe talk to much or just don’t mesh with people in the room.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

I am a Cosmetic Tattoo artist located in Langley BC, Canada. I started my career in 2018 after taking the a microblading course on whim. I didn’t really have a plan going into this journey and at the beginning was just figuring it out one step a time. Now 7 years into my career I have focused on creating beautiful work for my clients that is natural and acts as enhancement to their features. While I first started with microblading, I have expanded my services to include nano brows, lip blush, neutralization and restorative lip tattooing and soon scar camouflage for scarring on the face! While many people are familiar with the more “fashion” type services like brows and lip blush. I always like to highlight the importance of restorative lip tattooing and scar camouflage as many people don’t know this is even an option. These services are for clients that have had dog bites to the face or lip area, cold sore scarring, scaring from injuries or accidents, face lift scars etc. The main goal for restorative tattooing is to create a seamless blend between the tattoo and either the lip skin or face skin. For some clients this is the last step in their journey after the cause of the scarring.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Creativity and Artistic skill are a huge factor in my industry. While I think a lot of people can do great makeup or create a great brow shape, It takes a lot of creativity and skill to create realism, dimension and undetectable results. It also helps to have an in depth understanding of color theory and how to work with different skin tones, types and ethnic backgrounds. These factors will all play a role in how pigment heals and ages in the skin.

I also think there is something to be said about determination when you are self employed. There is no one keeping you accountable but yourself. You really get what you put in, sometimes even less. But being determined to improve, be successful, and build a brand can make or break your ability to succeed. I’ve been lucky enough to be apart of a phenomenal team at Studio Sashiko the last 4 years. But the initial few years of my career it was just me doing it all. My marketing, emails, website design and of course services. There were days where I didn’t think the doors to my business would be open another week but I was determined to make it work and did!

Knowing your worth is also monumental for artists and individuals alike. There will always be people out there who think they know more than you, think that they are better, and think that they can tell you what do to do. Very early in my career i let clients walk all over me, I compromised my integrity as an artist to accommodate clients even when I didn’t agree with them. Now i know when to say no, i know how to politely tell clients i disagree with them, and i stand firm in my values as an artist because at the end of the day it is my area of expertise.

Advice i would give to anyone looking to start in this industry would be, find your niche. Whether it is brows, lips, eyeliner, or restorative tattooing, figure out what you like to do and get really really good at it. The industry is extremely over saturated with artist that don’t truly know what serves them because they feel they need to do a little of everything and don’t spend enough time truly getting great at that one thing. For the first 4 years of my career all I did was brows and that got me a job offer and the amazing place I work now. Since then I’ve been encouraged to expand my skills into other areas of cosmetic tattooing and have the finical freedom to search for the best educators to ensure I offer quality services.

What is the number one obstacle or challenge you are currently facing and what are you doing to try to resolve or overcome this challenge?

I think a major challenge that has occurred for me a few times in my career has actually been myself. I work at an incredible studio in the downtown Langley area called Studio Sashiko and while the team here is always supportive and uplifting. I find that I sometimes allow myself to steal my own joy with comparison. While I always want to see my colleges succeed there are definitely times when I may be slow, or not as happy with my work I spend time wondering what they’re doing that i’m not. While at this stage in my career it doesn’t happen often, when it does i spend time reminding myself that i am worthy, and i am talented and my clients are proof that I’m succeeding. I also allow myself the room to wonder why am i spending time comparing, have i been slowing down on my effort into my business, have i been making quality posts and maintaining connection to my clients? I remind myself in these moments i have every right to wonder how I can improve to get busier, or more booked without comparing the those around me. I feel that staying deep rooted in my self worth is the key to not allowing these thoughts to cloud me as often as they did when i first started this journey.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://studiosashiko.com/pages/miranda
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincyrebrows?igsh=MTVjZGF3OWl2b3Rwbw%3D%3D&utm_source=qr