me holding a grumpy pretty girl.

she was hungry. the boy's piano teacher was late this morning hence we delayed going out for lunch.

pretty girl has bad habbit not finishing her meals. that should teach her what hungry feels like! or... not?!

when i was young i always asked my mom what she wants for mother's day / birthday / whatever the occassion. she always replied, 'just be a good girl (妳乖就行!)' i'd roll my eyes and thought, omg!

now that i'm a mother, that's all i want. good kids. that's the best gift a mother could ask for! gifts are just materialistic!

but... i still love gifts! pretty girl did made hand-crafted mother's day card at child care. the boy always make something from school every year but not this year. pretty girl complained, 'he didn't give you a gift!' i said, 'he's been a good boy, that's the best gift!' she quickly said, 'i've been a good girl too!'

love my kids!

i asked the husband where's my gift. he said i already got it. i said it doesn't count because i ordered it. he said he pays credit card statements...

i guess the best gift he gives me is exempt me from cooking on mother's day. :)

motherly advices

cynthia asked Was there any memorable make up advices that your Mother gave you?

i replied that i got so many advices i wish i didn't follow! i'll elaborate some of the things...

my mom wore makeup. but she wasn't very good at it. her main focus was on her brows. her vision of perfect brows have to be symmetrical. and they have to be thin. i had thick messy brows when i was younger. i let her shave and pluck to the ultimate thinnest. she also shaped them like semi-circle. no arch. looking back, i looked hideous!

my mom also thought my lips were too big. chinese believe in lips as small as cherries (櫻桃小嘴). she taught me how to line and fill my lips and advised never fill my whole lip. she'd line so much inside my lip. my natural lipline wasn't foundationed nor concealed!

chinese also believes in pale skin is beauty. i was advised to use foundations paler than my complexion. chinese also believes redness in your skin means healthy. i was advised to use pink based foundation... when i finally learned that i should use yellow based foundation, she said i was wrong and commented how sick i look. oh yes, chinese also believes yellow is sickness...

maybe that's what makeup was like in her generation and it became outdated by the time i grow up. i wish i read fashion magazines back then. i didn't do that until i was near the end of my uni years.

look of the day

since it's the weekend, it's again one of those simple casual neutral look. on my lips it's mix of rimmel lipstick in heavenly and asia.

the husband asked why i use so much color on weekdays. i have so many colors! if i don't use them when will i ever use them up? lol!

i guess he was complaining i spent too much time putting on makeup on mornings and made everyone get out of the house late! ha!