Being the youngest girl to the most beautiful woman I'd ever known has injected a lot of vanity into me. I grew up listening to stories about how beautiful my mom used to be as a young woman and if I remember clearly, at the age of 6 I used to sit at one corner inside her room to secretly admire all her photos. Oh how I used to parade around the house wearing all her house coats, just to look like her. She was beautiful and all I wanted at that age was to look like her when I grow up.
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| My Mummy.. |
Pimples started popping out when I reached puberty and they built a nice home on my skin, creating marks and blemishes. Just like any other young gal out there, I wanted flawless skin; I didn’t like black marks; I was tired of saying NO to nuts, chocolates, caffeine; my skin became dull. Media diverted my admiration from my mom to Hollywood and Bollywood stars. I went out searching for skin care to heal my skin and cosmetics to hide all my marks. I tried everything in the market, from Clinique to cheap peeling products. Name them, I’d tried them all.
“Vaani, what’s wrong with your skin? What’s with the thick layer of foundation and patches on your face? So ugly ok, be natural la..” 5 years ago. That was a hard-slap and a loud alarm for me. And the worse part of all, it came from a GUY! Double triple slaps I call.
At that moment I knew I wasn’t on the right track. My skin needed help. I looked ugly. I couldn’t march out from my house without layers of foundation and powder. In desperation, again I jumped into the wrong lane. With a friend’s recommendation, I started using a very high-level peeling product. I paid RM 450 a month just for the morning and night creams. My skin became flawless and I walked with my nose and chin high up on the sky once again.
2 months prior to my engagement, the production of the so called high-end-brandless-peeling-product came to a stop due to the high dosage of acid hydroquinone. My long-lost acnes made a come-back. Skin became dark, uneven and dull. I went “kuku” I cried and prayed so hard that my product will be back in the illegal-market. It didn’t!
My engagement came and I walked in with layers of concealer and foundation again. I hated my skin. I hated my face. Confidence was nowhere to be found. I searched for products again.
October 2010. A beautiful, well-hearted lady walk passed my work station. How pretty, I whispered to myself. Least that I knew, she was a God sent.
During my break time, I told her how depressed I was with my skin. I needed help and I was not shy to seek advice from her. She shared with me what she fed her skin with and in no time, I found myself bringing the products back home.
I stopped all my cosmetics. I stopped using other skin-care. I religiously did what I was told. With a blink of an eye, 4 months passed. My Big day came. My complexion cleared. My skin glowed. I was glued...to the product and my groom! :)
11 months later, my son was born. As I welcomed my son and visitors, I also welcomed compliments.
“You are glowing after your delivery woman! How strange!”
I was in pain after my C section and wasn’t in the right mood to share the secret with the people around me. My skin continued glowing.
I made decision to quit my job 5 months after my delivery. I wanted to take care of my son. That also means, I have to stay at home; I can’t be putting on any cosmetic on my face; I have to be natural; I have to look pretty for my husband and son. I bought more boosters from the same salon and became a total make-up free person. My husband loved my complexion. I became a natural like my mom.
Along the way, I started helping ladies around me. I recommended the product so they can look pretty without cosmetics too. No chemical; no peeling; full of dead-sea minerals and plant extracts; beautiful end results. The product didn’t fail anyone. *touchwood* They are happy and so I am.
The only drawback is the product was soooo expensive. The salon was making so much of money from the consumers. I found it unfair. Being a resourceful person myself, I hunted high and low for a way. God was indeed kind to me once again, He showed me a path. I found what I was looking for and we invested.
Looking beautiful without layers of foundation or powder is all that I wanted. My idol, my mom was a natural. I wanted to be like her. I don’t want to look “cakey”. I don’t want to look “white” in photos. I want to look beautiful when I wake up in the morning. I want to feed my skin with “good food”. I want natural glow. I want my husband and son to kiss my cheeks but the powder. I want my face to look like “skin” and I love being comfortable in my own skin. I don’t want people to think that make-up has made me into who I am today, no...it was my mom. I’m blessed.
My products, mainly boosters like sebum, serum and essence for oily and dry skin will be down in Oct 2011. If you would like to explore this with me, please feel free to PING me ok, I don’t eat people :p I’m doing this out of passion. I love to share...let me help you. You are pretty so let the world see you for who you really are!
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