Self Make-up Class

A good friend of mine asking whether I want to join her for a self make-up class.  I am thinking, since 30 Jul 2019 is a public holiday, why not. Gaining a new knowledge is always a good thing, right?!

So there I was, attending my 1st makeup class yesterday.
If you think it's too late to learn makeup at a certain age, think again.  In our class yesterday, there was 2 ladies at the age of 60+ joining us, and we had such a fun day learning together.

I learned so much on that day, makeup is an art by itself, so many materials and equipment needed.  Not wonder they are called make up artist :)

Among the new things that I learn are: setting pray, face primer, eye primer, different types of concealer - green, purple, brown, cream, brush vs beautyblender.

My notes on that day..

Someday I wish to learn more on the tricks and shortcuts for great makeup.

As I learn, I discovered a few tips and tricks as below:

• Never use a dry sponge when applying foundation - soaking your Beautyblender completely in water activates the unique material. Then squeeze it to remove the excess water.  Press/tab the sponge into the skin rather than sweeping it across.  You can use the Beautyblender for concealer, cream contour, blush, and highlight too.

  

  Soft and fluffy BeautyBlender, highly recommended.

Ants

Our conversation early in the morning while driving him to school.

Emmett: Mom, can I keep ants as pet?
Mummy: Sure. We have plenty at home, you can keep those?
Emmett: Do you like ants?
Mummy: No, I don’t.
Emmett: But why? They are very hardworking.
Mummy: I know, they have good teamwork and very hardworking. But I don’t see any of it benefits us.
Emmett: I am sure they are useful in some way.  Emmm let me think. Ha! They help to move the dead cockroach.
Mummy: haha. You are right, they do have some benefit to us.

Emmett and his best friends.

Blood test

I have not done my medical checkup since the last time I changed my job.

Been having dizziness, on and off, for the past few weeks.  My guess was my cholesterol level might be high.  Friends and colleagues advise me to go for blood test just to make sure.

Finally I took the test on Monday, and gotten my result this afternoon.  To my surprise, I am suffering from Iron Deficiency.  That was totally unexpected.  The only time I heard of this Iron supplement was during my pregnancies.

Am still learning about this Iron/hemoglobin/anemia thingy.  For now I will take Iron supplement as doctor’s advise.  Slowly I hope I can control it naturally by adjusting my diet.

Apparently, my ice addiction has a scientific link to Iron deficiency. Interesting!

If you know anything about Iron deficiency, do share it with me, ya.

*updates:

After some reading, I think my main cause is having too much tea while having meals, sometimes I can have 2 ice tea in 1 meal. Tea inhibits iron absorption, best to wait at least an hour after a meal before drinking tea.