What time is it?

It's holiday! Woohoo!

Just a little update on my monstrous zit:
I took another pic, sans make up, just in case you fail to appreciate its awesomeness. 

 Just. Look. At. It.

 Like I said, there's absolutely nothing in my stash that can diminish its size. Thank goodness for the internet. And another thanks to the amazing google. A few clicks and I was spending my time reading all these wonderful (and informative!) beauty blogs-remember how said, that my staff room was quiet that day? I stumble upon this review of acne products. I decided to try it.

Wash face. Peel off one patch.

 And end up looking like this.

Come closer.

Spent two days wearing it (about 48 hours). And ta-da!

It's much much better, no?

Yes, it's still visible but at least it doesn't look like it's going to leave scar for such a long time. The good thing about this patch is that it prevent itchy fingers from touching it. Thus preventing infection which certainly could worsen the zit.

And in case, you are wondering, I did wear it to work. Some colleagues end up asking about it. Twas okay. Just said some zit, and surprisingly I wasn't as self conscious as before.

Of course I change the patch a few times a day, silly.

Note to self: Must remember to buy a new box for such emergency.

On another note, look at what I wore today.

Nice, isn't it?

Finally, I managed to complete one (!) blouse this year. The first self-made blouse worn to work. Yippee! Hubby was very encouraging, "Inikah baju yang mau satu tahun jahit tu?" ^__^

Another note to self: Sew some more!

Beauty regime

All my life I have always thought I have the oiliest skin ever! Everytime I purchase beauty products I'll always go for combination to oily or acne prone line. But my skin stays oily and at the same time you can see some fine lines. It looks dry but sooo shiny. Tried every product - from expensive one (Mary Kay, Clinique) to cheap one (Ponds, Garnier, Loreal). As for facewash I used Acneaid for a very long time.

Then when I got pregnant, my face become worst. It will seems so dry, yet oily at the surface and I was having breakouts. It went on until I was 7 months pregs (at one point I was contemplating on buying SKII products but sooo very the expensive for me la). Then one day I changed my facewash to this:

This really works on me. My face do not feel tight after washing anymore and it feels much more softer. And guess what? I do not look dry anymore and the surface oil is not so bad. The conclusion that I made: I have self-diagnosis my type of skin incorrectly. I don't have oily skin but the harsh products I used cause my skin to produce more oil.

Time to change all my products than. So these are the products I've been using for about 2 months:

Very good stuff. My skin looks sooo much better (of course I still have the occasional breakouts but it wasn't so bad anymore). Yahoo!

I try to used this scrub and mask at least once a week.

Another great product:

Minyak zaitun Safi

I've been using more than dozen of this minyak since I found out I was pregnant. I use it to massage my tummy, my bum2 and thigh. As for now, I'm still stretch mark free (touch wood!). Why use good ol' olive oil? It is much easier absorbed by skin and much much easier on the wallet. So if I am meant to have some stretch mark at any point in my pregnancy at least nda sakit hati sangat la...

Lesson learned: Great products doesn't have to be expensive.

P/S: I'm taking a day off today eventhough I just had a very looong cuti raya. The reason: I did not sleep well last night and woke up this morning feeling so tired...now okay sudah, can blog already ;)