Fat-ness

Recently, 3 persons have commented that I gained alotta weight!! For a girl, that's a big deal! Especially when you're dating a fitness instructor, you have the added stress to maintain your fitness and figure.

But according to this...

Your Weight is Ideal

Your BMI is 19.9 - a healthy BMI falls between 18.5 and 25 Congratulations, you are the perfect weight for your height. Even though you may not be entirely happy with your weight, you are healthy. So gain or lose a few pounds if you want, but don't go too crazy! Don't agree? Blame the government standards we based this test on!

Do You Need to Lose Weight?

So, to diet or not to diet? That is the question...
:-/

Beauty challenge

Estee Lauder is having another model search this year... who will be the next Malaysian Carolyn Murphy or better yet, Malaysian Liz Hurley (she is soooooo gorgeous!)???

G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S

I wanted to give them a challenge. Just how professional their make-up artists and photographers are? Can they really beautify everyone and anyone? Can photoshop fix anyone up to look model perfect? Let's look into my case study:

Prior to the photo shoot, I have committed all the beauty sins to prep myself up as the subject in this study.

Sin no 1:
Eat so much that you get all fat and bloated.
Methology-have a heavy meal after every 2 hours yesterday. This was easy as yesterday was the makan trip to Melaka with bf! Food must be high fat high carbs... consists of dim sum, chicken rice balls, nyonya food, satay celup and some light snacks light cendol in between meals.

Sin no 2:
Drink less water.

Sin no 3:
Get as much sun as possible so that skin tone is uneven and dark. This was already accomplished in KT last week.

Sin no 4:
Don't sleep adequately so that dark circles appear. Watched Spider-Man 3 at the cinema with bf at midnight yesterday. Slept at about 3++am.

As I arrived at Midvalley early this morning, I saw many women already there... from sweet young things to aunties all excited to be beautified then photographed. They all looked as amateur as me. None looked like glamourous models. Perhaps it their professional make-up, hair and photographer's job to change that.


This morning during registration at the Estee Lauder promo area...zzzzzzzzz


The "before" picture
This was after some iced mocha, at least eyes could open. Sat at the make-up high chair awaiting my make-up artist.


Other women being beautified

After I got my face painted with what felt like 1 gallon of ICI and had fake lashes glued uncomfortably on my eyelids, the hair stylist curled the ends of my hair for some waves.
The after picture?


Do I look like Carolyn Murphy?

The close up pic?

Argh!!! Ghost!

I really do not think that the after picture looks good. I prefer the sans make-up me. Not so scary. Perhaps I am just not used to seeing myself look like that.

As for the professionally taken photograph, I watched the guy photoshop my face to get rid of the scars, pores and uneven skin tone. The result:


Me? Er, you sure ar?

I'm not all that happy with the photo as it doesn't really look very me but it does bring us to the conclusion of this study:
Whatever beauty sins committed, the professionals can fix it!

Ahoy! Bad hair days ahead!!

It's been ages since I had my hair trimmed... too lazy as the regular saloon I frequent is all the way in Bukit Bintang. So, I decided to try out this new saloon near my place since they had a promotion going on: APT Professional. They have so many branches around I thought it can't be that bad...

I told the hair-stylist I wanted to trim my hair. I specifically told him not to layer my hair so much as my hair is the frizzy/curly type. It needs some weight to weigh down the frizz. He kept saying that my hair is too thick and heavy, it would look better layered. He proceeded to cut it to his stupid taste!! I stopped him halfway saying it I do not want is layered so much as I noticed him snipping it off so short on certain parts. He said don't worry, my hair will look the same in length, he's just making it lighter.

To my horror, it came out exactly as I was worried about. Frizzy with curves at the end of every layer!!!

Why can't a senior hairstylist obey the customer's instructions? Why do they think they know best? I'm the one who will have to be stuck with this hairstyle day in day out!!! What makes them think they know me better than I know myself???? I have handled this stubborn hair for the past 20++ years of my life. How can they think they know better?

Now it is beyond repair... nothing can make my hair grow back instantly.

Now I will have to tie up my hair for the next 6 months or so before I have enough length to restyle it!! I wanna cry!!! I will have no confidence in the way I look for the next 6 months!! I hate APT!!

Can I sue??? Can anyone suggest any remedy for me?

Ahh! It's a tai-tai life!

I just signed up for a facial package at spa near my office recently as they were having this really attractive promotion. It still made me about 2.8k poorer though. :-/
But it's not often that I treat myself to the tai-tai lifestyle and the number of sessions will probably last me for nearly 2 years. As usual, can only get big discounts if u commit to alot of sessions. (Yes, I'm rationalizing to myself for spending so much!)

So yesterday evening, I did my 1st pampering session.

Started with a jacuzzi spa bath that's suppose to help moisturise and whiten my skin.

Then it was facial time. After cleansing my face, she steams it with this apparatus. While the steaming is on to open up my pores, she gives me a wonderful shoulder/back massage. Aaahhh, was so great to have the relaxing smell of lavender.

Then it was the most painful part, extraction of black & white heads.

After that, she slather on some collagen gel thingy and used an ultrasound like thingy to run all over my face. After that, it was some eye-treatment thing followed by some really thick gooey mask that felt really cool on my face and neck.


After the whole long process was over, which took about 2 1/2 hours... I didn't really know what each step was for but I truly felt like a million dollars. All relaxed and my confidence soaring. This must be what the rich tai-tais feel like all the time as they do this every so very often. Lucky them!

I can't wait for my next session!! I'm so glad I committed to so many sessions... heheheh