How Did You Go From More Theatrical Make Up to Fashioned Make Up?

In college, your degree was in theatrical make up ause it wasn't a fashion school. I didn't even think of it back then, cause i really only assumed that being a make up artist meant you worked in t v and movies. So i studied theatrical make up. It was torture for me. And i learned when i picked up a magazine once and read a story about a freelance make up artist who was doing make up for fashion week and ads. She just sounded like this amazing career. so i wrote to her and said, can i come and assist you for free? But she never called me back. On her answering machine id said, call her agent, which i did