Does it happen to you?   I know that most women have their share of the so called “bad hair days” which often affects our mood but this bad make up day happened to me.  I love taking photos to capture the moment on special gatherings and it was a terrible feeling that I had on the night of the wedding reception party of a friend wherein I stood as one of the principal sponsor.   I prepared for that big event so I hired  the services of a “make-up artist (?) trusting that she will make me ever beautiful that night.  I thought I looked alright but photo after photo taken in the party registered horribly!  That’s how I felt upon seeing the pictures.   Nothing turned out well… The foundation didn’t blend well enough to my skin color.  In short, the color is lighter than my skin tone and the full foundation with face paint stuff applied did not looked good on me.  It looked horrible and was not refined as I like.

It was a wasted night!  Wasted because I paid for the hair and make-up that only upset me, my husband and my children.  Ewww… that was all they can mutter and long after they were teasing me!    I thought I will be able to surprise them but they’ve  got a good surprise themselves.    To end up with such an unproductive investment of time and money  only to look that way  was very upsetting!  I don’t have much time really to redo my make up because of time constraint but only if I have the liberty of time, for sure I would have washed my face and do it all over again.   Upon reviewing all the photos  it all revealed my bad make-up and hair too!   Grrrrrrrrr…..

I know that I am the least skilled with applying make-up for now, but I would rather try to learn to practice applying it on a daily basis as I go to work.   A friend advised me that good  make up is a pretty big investment.  Good quality brands should be taken into consideration and it isn’t cheap.   It also requires a lot of time to practice to get all that make up application properly and to develop the artistic skills of doing it especially the eyebrows and the eye make-up.  Thanks to my lady friend who gave me few tips  and now I have got it down almost perfectly for there were days that I cannot get my eyebrows done right… sometimes the lines are way too thick.   However, I am developing the skill very slowly and I will  continue on with learning how to do make up application well so I can do my face for special occasions and I will no longer require the intervention of others.

To most people this is something quite trivial and yet very important to so many of us.   We all want to look our best!  The help of light make up makes a significant difference.

Sorry, I don’t have the courage to post my “bad make-up” photos.