Makeup Does Wonders!

Ugly duckling can turn into a swan, all it needs is to learn to put on makeups!

16 years in the beauty industry, I think my greatest achievement is being able to transform myself with various technique of makeup application. Retrospectively, I am very grateful to Prescriptives, my ex-company, who had sent me to countless back-breaking assignments, doing runway makeups for fashion shows. I used to KPKB doing makeovers after makeovers and more makeovers all for FREE; but I am glad coz that was where I got my skill polished up.

To prove my point, I have decided to remove half side of my makeup at the end of the day for the sake of comparison. Purely makeup. Nothing fake and absolutely untouched by Photoshop.

Eyes are the most challenging area in doing makeup, however the result can be the most satisfying.

It is still me, but looking so much better with the makeups.

Even though makeup does wonders and I confident to face the world with my naked face because apart from makeup, I have good skin for my age (I am 4 months short of becoming 35!). And for that I thank SK-II!

Rock On!!

When I knew that the theme for this year's D&D was "Rock Star", I was so over the moon! That was definitely a theme created specially for me because, YEAH!! I AM A ROCKER!!

When young girls were listening to stuff like Debbie Gibson, Bananarama, NKOTB, I was growing up with Metallica, GNR, Skid Row, Iron Maiden, Nirvana and many more. Yes, I might be 34 now, but I still rocks!

Check out my outfit for the night. I am proud to say every piece of them belongs to me, all I did was to put them together for that rocker chic image. A little too 'Avril Lavigne' for me, but anyhow I am not her fan.

I was down to the detail of my nails. It's a coat of black nail polish that "cracks" to reveal a red undercoat. Cool right!?
These are my rocking co-workers and my boss (extreme right). All looking very different from our daily office wear.


These are some of the girls whom I trained. This bunch really sporting; came all dressed up to the theme. They were my pride that night! You girls rock!


The 6 finalists for our BEST DRESS Contest, all different genre of rockers. We had (from left to right) The Punk Rock, The 80's Rock, The Tina Turner Rock, The Harajuku Rock, The Death Rock & The Country Rock.

It was a really fantastic night, I had a lot of fun. When the dinner finally ended, I was a bit reluctant to remove my temporary tattoo. I was even quite tempted to ink something similar. I must be out of my mind.

Anyway, I have 2 rocker babies at home, maybe one of them might just ink themselves when they grow up.

This was Laetitia at 11 mths old.

And then I have Leonitus, also a rocker, at 8 mths old.

ROCKERS RULE!! YEAH!!

Laetitia says the darndest things

A few days back, I had a lot of problems with Laetitia behaving badly, to the extent that it was causing me to be so exasperated with her that I was losing my cool too often. It was hurting to hear her mean words, like "I don't like you" or "I don't love Mommy."

So one night, I decided to speak to her about the issue before bed. "Laetitia, Mommy is very upset, you know." I said quite calmly. Laetitia looked up at me and said, "Mommy upset?... Because your cousin passed away?"

I was stunned, I didn't expect that reply. "Erm... yes... I am sad about that too but no, I am more upset when you don't behaving yourself."

I told her about how hurt I was when she said that she don't love me, especially when I had sacrificed so much for her and her baby brother. Then I got more emotional and tears started to flow.

Laetitia was speechless for a while and just stared at me. Then suddenly, she asked, "You want a tissue? I get you a tissue ok?"

I thought that was rather sweet, so I nodded my head and she dashed out of my room.

Then I heard her said excitedly at the top of her voice, "Kaka, Kaka, my Mommy cried. She is sad because her cousin passed away." Following that she went to Mr Hubby and told him, "Daddy, Mommy is sad you know. Mommy cried. You say sorry to her ok. I give her tissue."

At this point, I really don't know if I should laugh or cry. Laetitia, Laetitia, how am I going to do without you!

I am praying hard that the terrible two will be amazingly transformed into terrific three in another 2 month's time.