Tax is easier than make-up...

Salut!

My new found freedom, after months of third degree academic torture, has given me a flood of time to pursue anything and everything I'd like to learn. Of the many things I am now in the process of learning, one such activity happened to be that including cosmetics.

My bestie, a financial planner (cool, eh? *swells with pride*), and I decided that a 'box of vanity' was needed in life and it was about time we figured how to apply cosmetics beyond a kohl stick. All the cosmetic gifts we had were going to waste, and no woman (even a tomboyish one) would take that upon her credit.

I'm no fan of make-up. I don't even bother applying kohl most days. It's just some more chemical around my eyes, right? But ladies, we all know there are some occasions in life that just demand for a little bit of extra colour on our faces. So finally realizing the fact that we needed to kick the no-make-up habit like cigarette addiction, we decided to go out there and just get the basics right...

And that's when we landed as aliens on planet Fat Mu, a place offering makeup services along with a  makeup academy. Sounds like we went for months of makeup training? Hell to the no!
They have a variety of 2 hour long, themed workshops almost every other week and thus, we knew one of these would be good for us to know how to hold AND use makeup. If you too have no knowledge about the vanity box like us, these workshops seem to be a good place to start learning.

We attended the 'Sex and the city' workshop. Like the name says, we were introduced to the makeup styles used in the sitcom and the movies. Do you sense girl-power, oodles of style and fun? You're right, my friend.

"The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy."

           -Yves Saint-Laurent

How did it go?
The Mu-ettes(that's what they call themselves. Quirky, right?) first demonstrated all the looks on a model, answering all sorts of questions we had (and we had loads because the two of us were the only ones who didn't even know a lot of the products that needed to be used). Then, we were all given our individual makeup stations and kits to go ahead and try all the looks ourselves. That's when my experience was most fun.

We had a good time asking and giggling to  about products that needed to be used, what we had to do, when, etc., etc.... It made for such a good girls day out! Luckily, for us, all the Mu-ettes were patient and kind enough to guide us through every step.

Two of the best things are that they only hae a limited number of students attending the workshops, so that explains why they could give us so much time and patience. Also, you don't need to bring your own make-up or anything. So after the workshop, we could easily decide on buying things that we would actually use according to our taste and usage.

We were right when we thought this theme workshop would be a good introduction for us to the world of makeup. But none the less, my dearest financial planner rightly stated at the the end of the session (while we still looked all sparkly and nice), "Tax is easier than make-up."

Damn right, it is... But only until you try. O:)

Au revoir,
Miss Bee.


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P.S.- Want to attend a makeup workshop with your girlfriends too? You can find Fat Mu here: http://www.facebook.com/fatmuworld Have fun! :D