4 posts tagged “yakyak”
Has any one of you ladies successfully lined your waterline with minerals and got it to stay on the whole day? I tried doing that this afternoon with Fyrinnae pigment and Gelle Drops but it smudged. From a distance my waterline still looks nice and black but when you get up close it looks patchy and pretty bad. And I was even in an air-conditioned environment for most of the 5+ hours I wore it, not out in the sweltering sun.
What should I do to make sure my line stays intact the next time?
Help, anyone?
This post is for a certain person who shall remain unnamed *coughsuecough* who has been hounding politely requesting a picture of my hair after I told her how long it really is. I'm still wondering if that was a mistake, LOL. So yeah, this is my hair. It used to be straight when I was a teen but somehow it started growing out wavy later on. I couldn't be happier because I love waves and I think it makes me stand out a little in the sea of straightened, layered Chinese hair. Oh yeah, apart from the fact that it is freakishly long.
I also decided to compile this semi-ficticious 'interview' for your reading pleasure. Almost all of these are real life questions I've encountered at sometime or other.
Q: Your hair is soooooooooooo longggggggggggg!!!
A: *laughs* Yes it is!
Q: How long is it?
A: About down to... the bottom of my vertical smile :)
Q: Wow! How long did it take you to grow it?
A: About two years...
Q: Two years?! That's FAST!
A: Well actually the last time I had short hair was when I was 18 years old. I grew it out and kept it at waist-length for years. It took two years to grow from my waist to where it is now.
Q: Still... that's really fast!
A: I barely trimmed it in those two years. If you don't cut your hair it will grow :D
Q: How did you decide to grow it long?
A: I wanted a change from having short hair for a couple of years. I decided to grow it out and figured if I got bored with it I could always cut it back. Guess what, that never happened! Two years back I decided to see how long I could actually grow it and here I am, never a dull moment!
Q: Is it difficult to take care of? You must use a lot of shampoo!
A: Not really, hair doesn't grow overnight so I had a lot of time to get used to the length. I hardly use shampoo, it dries my hair out. I've been on the same bottle of shampoo for two years now! Conditioner on the other hand...
Q: Hmmm, so what are your hair secrets? :) Do you wear it down alot?
A: These are hardly secrets but I don't blowdry, don't flatiron and don't colour. I condition my hair well everytime I wash it and use a drop of oil to lock in moisture in between washings. I also detangle from the ends up with a widetooth seamless comb. I wear my hair up or in a braid most of the time but I enjoy wearing it loose the most. Life's too short to worry about tangles!
Q: Nice. I really want long hair but whenever it gets to [insert length of choice] I can't stand it and get it cut.
A: Erm... well I think if you really want long hair you wouldn't cut it. It is possible to find ways to handle it. The internet is a great resource.
Q: So... does your hair ever fall into the toilet? Or get caught in your, erm... crack?
A: Uhh, hair is kinda like clothing - you can move it out of the way. It doesn't get 'caught' either unless I'm washing it and at that time my whole body is under the shower getting clean anyway so who the heck cares!
Q: *laughs* But don't you think it would look better if it were shorter?
A: If I wanted it shorter it wouldn't be this long. I like my hair superlong and it's going to stay that way :)
Q: Oh, but wouldn't it be a nice gesture to donate it to Locks of Love? They use donated hair to make wigs for children with cancer.
A: I know about Locks of Love and believe me you don't want to give them your hair. LoL doesn't give these hairpieces away for free, but typically charges a price for them. If you Google LoL's web site, the total number of hairpieces made since 1997 is only 1000+ compared to the number of hair donations received per week which is 2000. LoL receives far, far, far more hair than it will ever need. It makes much more sense to donate money to your favourite cancer organization than to donate your hair which would probably just get sold anyway.
Q: I didn't know that! But you have a point. It sounds like you love your hair and no one should guilt-trip you into cutting it :)
A: Exactly :) And yes I do love my hair.
Q: Do you ever think you'll cut it when you reach 30 or 40? Or when you have children? I heard long hair makes you look older.
A: No way. You tend to see and associate young people with long hair so IMO long hair makes you look younger. I can put my hair up really fast too which beats having it shorter where my (future) kids can still grab it. Barring unforseen circumstances I'll still have long hair when I'm in my rocking chair cleaning my false teeth. It'll probably be all white by then (The hair not the teeth. Well, hopefully the teeth too).
Q: That will be quite a sight! :)
A: It sure will ;)
Before going any further with this blog, it seems appropriate to share a little background about my foray into cosmetics.
I have always been quite a girly girl in a sea of girls who didn't care for makeup which made me feel like there was something wrong with me for being so vain in comparison. I loved my books, my guitar, my blue jeans but I also liked colourful shimmery things and trying to look pretty.
My mother had her own small collection of makeup but to this day she hardly wears anything more than lipstick unless it's a special occasion. She has never shaped her brows and only started wearing moisturizer a few years ago because I nagged encouraged her to. So I don't know where I got my fascination with makeup from.
At the age of twelve I bought my first clear lip gloss and by my late teens I had gone through various drugstore liquid, stick and 2-way cake foundations, powders, lippies and the occasional eyeshadow. I barely ventured into blush because when I hit puberty my face exploded with zits and the last thing I needed was something red that emphasized them. Unfortunately the zits gleefully set up camp on my face and multiplied into full-blown acne. For over 10 years I can barely recall a time when I had perfectly clear skin. By the time I reached my 20s I was battling painful cystic acne and still using cosmetics which I felt was the only way I would not scare people once they took a look at my face.
Finally early last year I decided to forgo all my makeup except for lip colour in the hopes that it would help my skin to clear up. I was almost 25 and desperate for the plague of cystic acne to be lifted. The first few weeks were horrible. I knew people were staring at me. Random strangers would comment on my skin and tell me about this miracle product or that wonderful treatment that worked. I avoided cameras and took all my pictures in black and white so it wouldn't look so bad. My acne was improving ever so slightly but I still had cringe-worthy skin.
I had heard about mineral makeup several years ago but always presumed it was something only available in the US which therefore made it expensive, and there was no way I could try it even if I wanted to. Then sometime in June 2006 I read on a forum that Everyday Minerals were giving free samples for the cost of shipping. And they shipped internationally. I took the plunge and ordered my first sample kit and a baby kabuki. At the same time I started paying more attention to the ingredients in my skincare products, choosing ones that were gentler and more natural. I also started going for regular facials.
When my EM samples arrived I fell in love with mmu. I couldn't find a match in the three foundations I sampled but I got by with mixing them. Then several months later a dear online friend in the US sent me her samples of EM Light Winged Butter that was apparently good for Asians, but too dark for her. The Intensive formula was an instant match and it was a glorious day! By that time, my skin had cleared up considerably and the LWB was just the icing on the cake. I chucked all the drugstore makeup I was still holding onto, save for the lip and eye products. MMU was the only way for me from that point on!
I was enjoying my LWB and contemplating ordering a fullsize kit. Then EM announced they were buying new equipment so I decided to sample their LWB again just to make sure I was getting the colour that I wanted. When I got my new LWB samples it was a disaster because they were lighter and less yellow than the old samples I had. It was still a beautiful shade, but totally unwearable for me! And so began my quest to find a new HG mmu foundation. Along the way I discovered Aileen's blog: Shades of U which later led me to the blogs of other Asian mmu-loving ladies. That was like finding a goldmine! Finally someone who understands the need for a really yellow-toned foundation or how to work with eyes that have little to no crease. Fueled by their passion and rave reviews I started sampling from other companies and have now amassed a sizable collection of foundations, concealors, finishing powders, blushes and eyeshadows. I am very close to finding my HG now but I know I will still continue sampling because the only thing better than having a HG is having several to choose from!
Today my skin has made a 180 degree turnaround, cystic acne is a thing of the past and the only skin battles I fight are with my oily T-zone, large pores and the odd hormonal breakout - piddling issues really compared to what I was going through before. MMU has helped me to look beautiful and for the first time I am enamoured by blushes and face colours. Well, I have all those lost years to make up for :) Now excuse me while I go play with my colourful, shimmery powders.
I can't believe I've been sucked into this Vox blogging thing.
I don't need a new blog, I already have a handful of online journals that I do my best to keep up with. I don't even know how often I'll be blogging here.
But I've spent long hours reading lilita's and geminisc's blogs and the blogs of everyone else in their neighbourhoods and being unable to comment so now I'm biting the bullet and jumping into the mmu blogging sisterhood.
Oh I didn't mention that I love mmu? ;)
Regretfully I don't always have a camera at my disposal so I can't upload daily FOTDs as much as I would love to. In the meantime I do have a small stash of mmu-related pictures taken over the past few months so I may just upload those until I get my hands on a camera again. Otherwise it will just be text and more text which even I find boring but I will try my best to be descriptive while keeping everyone suitably entertained *crosses fingers*
Now I wonder how many people will find my blog thinking it's going to be revealing intimate encounters and all they're going to get is an earful about makeup!
