Skin Estheticians

This is NOT an advertorial:

Before blogging about this I googled "skin dermatologists" and "beauticians" and "facials". Can't help it. Comes with the package of being a student--used to doing research hehe.

So what I found was that the term "dermatologist" was referring to a person whose specialty is in skin health and disease, BUT with "medical" and "surgical" aspects.

the one who does your botox is
a dermatologist

Those who we meet at beauty parlors are actually "estheticians", or "beauticians", who do facials, hair and nails and everything on the surface.

the one who does facials are estheticians,
coincidentally mine looks a little like her

Well, I've met both. However, I'll be talking about the estheticians here.

When my skin was acting up a couple of years ago, I went to a facial parlor, Serene Aesthetics for facials. The first time I went there I was duped la of course, not used to the estheticians there who will basically bully those with no willpower (me) and too young to know better (me).

I bought a package costing me RM800 -.-
which included:
-cleansing products (cleaner, toner, moisturizer; they use Soskin products)

Ahem this is not mine la. I used up mine long time ago, It was also under the soothing range with cucumber
extract, and it was transparent bottles, but they smelt seriously good.

Used this cleanser

and this toner

-6 facials (3 each for two different kinds of facials)
-6 eye treatments
-6 neck massages
-and a lucky draw thrown in free

All in all it was worth it, another esthetician who was looking through my details when I went back a year later for the third facial opened her eyes slightly bigger and told me a little begrudgingly that I got quite a good deal.

You know, with the tone that your boss gives when she/he underestimated you but you give her/him, a great pitch and she/he goes, "Not bad, huh."

I hate facials.
My pain tolerance level is like 36.75% so everytime the exfoliation moment comes I cringe and sweat and tear a little until it's over. sigh.

BUT it is good. It clears out your skin so you won't have any dirty residue left over.
However, I have to emphasize over here that the good old facials did NOT clear out my skin.

theyr originally don't allow for pictures but I curi-curi take this one
when the esthetician was out! ahaha

 The first couple of times I went did not help my skin even though I switched to their products and was doing everything they told me to. The last time in 2012 that I went back, the esthetician "persuaded" me to buy a facial costing RM238 (I had a RM100 discount for my birthday) and the aftermaths was the worst ever that I encountered. My skin was super splotchy and a little bit swollen and it looked like it had internal bleeding so I didn't go back until this year when my skin cleared. Currently, I'm finishing the last of my facial package.

The one thing that I dislike about facials is the fact that they bully you into buying their packages.

E: "Buy our package it has A, B, C, D, and E worth RM 1200 but we're giving you a discount you pay us RM750 only."

 Me: "....Can I go home and think about it?"

E: "It's only available today, decide now la"

Me: "...I'm not so sure about it..."

E: "That's fine, you can just deposit some money and we'll keep the package for you!"

Me: "(more firmly) I don't think I will buy the package"

E: "then how about this product? I think it's very suitable for your skin"

You see what I'm getting on about? At the end I switched the topic to talk about when's my next appointment and shot off like a terrified rabbit, thinking about the fact that I shouldn't be feeling this way as I'm paying them money. sigh.

"I will tell them firmly next time that I do not want to buy anything"

And the next time I go it ends up the same. Don't bully people who don't want to buy your things la people!
Cheers,

Virtual makeover

This is a continuation of my previous post where i blogged about Mary Kay's One Woman Can contest, and this is the Virtual Makeover app that is included in their website, at marykay.com.my.

anyways, this is so fun! I always thought that bluuurgh not fun one, also not my real face lol.
But after trying it out yesterday, i was HOOKED.

The app lets you upload your own photo (after joining membership, no expense required don't worry), or you can choose some other models' face. There's Eurasian, Guai Lou face, dark skinned, and also Asian for us. 

Nah my before and after pictures. See the tiara?? Sparkly sparkly tiara *love*.

Do take note that my picture before had on makeup already, some mascara and eyeliner and the app tells you to choose pictures with no makeup and in good lighting. I chose this because this was one of the few photos i have with my head straight and nice.

So as you can see, I grew cheekbones in the "after" photo, using the blusher to make my face slim haha. Lip color is another change, though it was sad that the app lacked eyebrow brushing up.
That's just a small disadvantage lah.

You don't HAVE to buy their makeup products, just experiment to see which colors suit you and maybe you can go and buy other makeup with simlar colors? Very helpful when deciding on colors to buy. 

Just a very short one, that's it lah!
Cheers! and tata :D

you're still using badgeplz.com ahh?

Out already lah you!

hahhaa. I'm just rubbing you up a little! oh well. Remember when we used to have badgeplz.com on our blogpages? Pfttttt. WELL. It KA-PUNKKKK-ed.

Don't know what happened to it? But I loooooooved showing my instagram photos on blogger, and then after awhile I opened my page to find this:

Aduiiii. Potong steam la wei. So now when I want to see my photos I see this instead?

I searched around the net, saw some other blogs having the same problem as well, but nobody seemed to be solving it. I took down the badgeplz html and i found that others also did the same thing. But i was NOT happy.

So just now I searched the net again and found this:

Snapwidget. 

It's pretty much similar to badgeplz but more awesome in the sense that IT CAN WORK -.- (imagine the quality of bad apps that makes you like whichever apps just because they work. sigh).

So what you do is that you go to "get started" (in case some of you are blur, not trying to be Pippa Middleton):

oh and yes I googled how to screenshot as well. Keep forgetting how to!

There's my username over there. The funny thing I thought about was that you can actually use somebody elses' username which means that you get to use their photos, so haha if you want to play a prank go ahead. Those who want to use my username just let me know first ok hahha!

So you see? Insert your username, select your widget type (grid is like what i have here), thumbnail size (normally 200 will do? But I like mine super huge but you can also see that the number of photos I can put in a row is affected, I can put only 3, unless I want another row), layout (row x number), photo border (definitely yes!) and other advanced stuff.

Next, preview, and if you like it (the major thing is only the size of it) just get you widget!

Include it in your layout (add in html if you don't have one in the first place) and that's it! I like it because it's pretty much easy and I get to put pretty photos at the top of the page again :D

No more bland layout!
Cheers!

goodnight!

Mary Kay's "One Woman Can" Beauty Contest

THIS IS AN ADVERTORIAL

Mary Kay, Mary Kay, 

with pots and pastes of sunshine rays

 of twice a million of sales force they says

has FIFTY times experiences May

And so in part of their big day

girls of all sorts and sizes come pray

"Make me pretty! Blushes and Hairspray!"

and take out the unsightly hair that is grey

 hush, my pretties, listen to me I say,

a chance to fly with wings all-they-can-pay

to the Pearl of the Orient, Hong Kong! Have your way

3 dawns and 2 twilight's you will lay 

Just join them-If you may

and "Let Your Dreams Come True;
One Woman Can", you can't say nay!

LET YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.

ONE WOMAN CAN

BEAUTY CONTEST

Hurry! Contest till the 10th of May, 2013 only.

for more details, go to www.marykay.com.my

Cheers,

for i believe you can too!