YOU’RE SO VAIN!

A friend once accused me for being a vain pot when I told him I was about to go for a facial and a hair cut that weekend. In my defense, I said it is a basic personal hygiene.

I have a mini pharmacy of my own in the bathroom. When I was a teen, my face was infested with volcanic pimples which made me looked as if someone had slash me on my face and had stitches all over. No kidding. I looked like a Frankenstein’s bride.

My housemates (I was in TAR College at that point of time) complained about the cluttered bottles of tea tree oil from all the brands in the pharmacy you could find.

Thank goodness, the pimples miraculously disappear after I refuse to even think about it. I find, the more you fuss over your face, the more problems it will give you. I just leave it to the professionals.

My sister – who only has less than 10 products for her entire body: A bottle of shampoo, a bar of soap, a cleanser, a moisturizer, a baby powder, toothpaste and a bottle of body lotion. And yet, her skin remains porcelain clear. I guess it is her diet. She eats more fruits than I am. I, on the other hand, use 10 products on my face alone!

No wonder they always say, it is easy to do a woman’s business. Just take a look in my bathroom!

My face alone costs me about RM2,000 (products and facial courses) to maintain every year.

For the Face: Mostly Cellnique products

1. Gentle Foaming Cleanser with AHA and Tomato
2. Total Daytime Protection SPF 15 eith Procyanidolic Oligomers
3. Skin Active Sebum Gel with Tea Tree and Eucalyptus Oils
4. Oasis Soothing Gel with Aloe Vera, Collagen and Horse Chestnuts
5. Soothing and Hydration Lotion with Ginger Root extracts
6. Derma Brightener with Bearberry and Vitamin C
7. Skin Glowing Mask with Papain and Bromelain
8. Elemente Pimple Gel
9. Loreal’s make up remover lotion
10. Kao Biore’s Pore Strips

For the Body:

1. Shokubutsu’s bathfoam
2. Glycerine lavender soap
3. Body Shop Body Butter
4. Loreal White Perfect
5. Florentina Fiona’s hand crème
6. Prolin feminine wash
7. SkinFood cellulite crème
8. Aiken’s body powder.

Not in picture: Toothpaste, toothbrush (I was thinking of getting an electronic toothbrush), Walnut foot scrub, Body Shop’s peppermint foot scrub, Rosken for dry skin and Cotaryl crème for Dry Skin

For the Hair: (I have short hair – I try not to imagine if I have long hair)

1. Schwarzkopf’s energy shampoo and conditioner
2. Loreal Elseve hair mask
3. Hairtec intensive serum hair
4. Ludicol hair wax

I used to rub tonic on my scalp, but abandoned the idea after I realize that the bald spot on my head is a permanent one due to genetics.

So, now I know, where all my money goes towards the end of the month. Instead of saving 10% of my earnings, more than 10% of it goes to vanity every month. Hmmph.. I guess narcissim is necessary afterall.