For the first time, in
2019
, the young woman went on vacation to the Iberian nation,
a place that completely dazzled her
.
That trip,
woke up in her
the illusion of living an experience abroad.
What she didn't imagine was that
years later that country would become her new home
.
“It was difficult for me to leave my family and friends, the goodbyes were very hard.
However,
the effort was worth it
,” says Lara Cisterna in an interview with
Clarín
.
January 2, 2022
,
was a day that will remain forever in your memory
.
That same afternoon, he said goodbye to his loved ones and began a new journey thousands of kilometers from
Argentina
.
The
23-year
-old young woman - Originally from the
Province of Buenos Aires
-
made the decision to emigrate to Spain in January 2023
, with the aim of working in the cosmetics industry and discovering new destinations.
A radical decision
The protagonist of this story was born in the town of Temperley, in the Lomas de Zamora district - belonging to
Greater Buenos Aires
-
where she built her most precious memories
.
Since she was little, she was captivated by the world of cosmetics, according to her words.
Even at a very early age,
her parents detected her passion for makeup
and gave her her own toy dressing table.
The young woman working as a makeup artist in Argentina.
Photo: @lalu.makeup_, Tik Tok.
After completing her secondary studies, in
2020
, she chose to dedicate herself to the beauty field and
graduated as a professional makeup artist
, but that was not enough.
She decided to specialize even more and
ended up taking more than 20 aesthetic courses in Argentina
.
Some of the academies she attended were:
Vero Luna school, Natacha Nina and Bettina frumboli
.
In short, she conducted several master classes with
Iván Gómez
,
a renowned Spanish artist
.
After a while, she chose to start her own art business.
For this reason,
she set up a beauty studio
that offered manicure, makeup and eyebrow shaping services.
Despite this,
2022
was
a very hard year for her
, where she experienced very difficult moments, according to her words.
Lara enjoying her stay in Valencia, Spain.
Photo: @lalu.makeup_, Tik Tok.
“It was difficult for me to leave my house, to get together with my friends,
it was a very dark time
.
From one day to the next,
I stopped feeling comfortable in Argentina
and decided to live a new experience, something that I would repeat a thousand times more,” explains Lara.
For this reason, he began to think about possible destinations and
one place in particular caught his attention: Spain
,
where his brother was.
With the hope of living in a different country and working on his own, he communicated his decision to his family and
got to work to leave
.
By having Italian citizenship, Lara
has the possibility of studying, working and residing permanently in any country in the European Union
.
Therefore, without the need to manage paperwork, she took out her plane ticket and in the blink of an eye,
the long-awaited day arrived
.
The young Argentine capturing the moment she emigrated to Spain.
Photo: @lalu.makeup_, Tik Tok.
On January 2, 2022
, he said goodbye to his parents at the Ezeiza International Airport and began a new adventure in the Iberian nation.
“I went from fighting a high anxiety disorder to taking a plane alone to another continent.
I fought for my dream and gained the best experience of my life
,” Lara expresses with emotion.
His life in Spain
A day later, the young Argentine
arrived in Valencia, one of the most important cities in Spain
.
In the city of Fallas, she was received with open arms by her brother, with whom she lived for an entire month.
When he got a job, he became independent and
went to live in a shared apartment with three students
.
In this way, he met people who became great friends.
“From that moment on, all my problems were solved.
My experience was incredible, even better than she thought
,” says the makeup artist.
The story of Lara Cisterna, the Argentine who went to work in Spain and experienced something unexpected.
Photo: @lalu.makeup_, Tik Tok.
In March 2023
, she got a job in a perfume store and in parallel, she used social networks to sell her services as a private makeup artist.
After a while,
she fulfilled her long-awaited dream: she was hired at MAC Cosmetics
, one of the largest cosmetic brands in the world.
According to his words,
the most beautiful thing about Valencia are its beaches and its tropical climate
, which gives life to the city.
In addition, he keeps his customs intact and takes his country everywhere.
Lara drinks mate constantly and
is a fan of Argentine soccer, especially Club Atlético Boca Juniors
.
Reason why,
she found love
.
One afternoon in May 2023
, something happened that
changed his life completely
.
In a conversation with friends,
they chose to see the Argentine superclassic in a restaurant
, but they didn't know which one.
Therefore, they went out into the street to look for a place to see it.
In this way, Lara
came across a group of boys who were wearing the Boca
Juniors
shirt and asked them where they were watching the game.
"So, we all went together to the same bar and
from there, love arose
. With Gregorio
we connected automatically
, but that was not all. It just so happened that
we were neighbors and we didn't know it
, crazy," he explains with Happiness Lara.
Lara with Gregorio in Valencia, Spain.
Photo: @lalu.makeup_, Tik Tok.
By pure coincidence, Lara and Gregorio - her current partner -
lived opposite each other
.
“
It was destiny
,
from that day on, we were inseparable
.
He was staying in the building across from mine,
unusual
,” says the young woman.
A few months later, they decided to live together in a nearby apartment.
“
It was all very fast and nice at the same time
.
We are both Argentinian, but
we met thousands of kilometers from our country
, something unthinkable,” adds the young woman.
Currently, they are together and happy in their new home.
In the future,
Lara dreams of creating her own makeup studio in Spain
and visiting as many destinations as possible with Gregorio.
“
I am very happy
,” quotes the Argentine.