WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED TO GO TO MAKEUP SCHOOL!

First day of (makeup) school, you defiantly will feel excited and had sleepless night. Who isn't excited for school? Not me for sure.

Frankly speaking, I've started preparing for the school, months ahead.

The best thing to do first is to check with your friends if anyone attended any makeup school, don't be afraid to ask them questions. I have been bugging my friends about the school I went to and they gave me a lot of tips and tricks and what to expect during classes. What kind of problems they've faced etc. Head online and google for information and this is why I am writing this post. To help you to pick the right school and make good choices. Because I can't find any worthy information about it.

Secondly, read up on the school that you want to enroll in. Such as if they are recognition from the makeup industry etc.

Third, is it worth it? What do you want to study for? To improve your own set of skill or to get that certificate? This helps you to pick the right school.

Fourth, ask the receptionist who is going to teach you and how is it like (consider that you have already picked the school).

Fifth, put some money aside. You don't know what else you need to buy the next minute. Cosmetics doesn't come cheap.


Now, I am going to tell you the things I've faced in school and they are not all pleasant. At least I am honest.

Receptionists and sales personnel are friendly and super helpful. Environment in school are clean, neat and tidy.

Classmates are great. I still keep in contact with some of them. However I am not pleased on how I was treated while studying - by the teacher.

Not only he insulted me verbally, he too bullied me in class. Sad to see someone does not even behave like a 50 year old man. He is childish and a bully. He basically find joy in salting people's wounds.

Incident 1:

I asked a question "What's the difference in soft putty and wax" and the answer I received were, "Why do you want to compare a t-shirt and trousers" in a sarcastic tone. If I were to know the answer I wouldn't have asked. However I do know but just want to reconfirm my confirmation.

Incident 2:

Same goes for my other classmates. They do not understand what is a moodboard, not only he is rude and unhelpful he said "moodboard is a moodboard". 

Incident 3:

This is one incident I will remember dearly. He insult my model for her weight by calling her "an elephant" in front of everyone (models, other makeup artists and staffs) during makeup artistry competition multiple times. How does it look to the school? He insult his own student's work and choice. He is someone who teaches beauty. Not only he put down my model's confident and pride is he too trying to put me down because of my choice? He promotes bullying and does not have a proper conduct like a teacher should have.

Incident 4:

Countless of times he insulted/bullied my classmates. Deeming some of them couldn't be a makeup artist. He is in no position to do that to a person let alone his own student. Instead of boosting their confident he is putting them down instead. Many of them are afraid to speak out and many thinks "I just have to bear for three months and I won't see him again". How many more students will suffer after this? How many more people he will put down?


Despite I've encountered a miserable old bat, I do hope you will find a good school and good teacher. For those who wants to know which school I've been to? It is Cosmoprof Academy. I too hope you did find something informative in this post and GOOD LUCK!

How To Make Fluffy Waffles!

This is NOT your usual food post as you've seen in other blog(s) neither my usual skincare post.

I've tried and experiment a dozen of waffles recipes. I-do-not-like-them because it's neither fluffy nor crispy as they claim to be. I LOVE my waffle to be crispy and airy.

One such place that sells (to my standard) is: http://www.hatterstreet.com

I love their soya bean and grass jelly ice cream drizzle with gula melaka syrup. It taste so heavenly it's the yin to my yang. Alright back to MY waffle.

This is an imprompt blog post so don't mind those unplanned ugly food photos, alright? I'm staying real (in a screaming voice).

It took me a long time to finalize the amount of the ingredients for one person/small portion. A lot of the recipes that I have came across caters to at least a couple or more. I'm anal about it because I am the ONLY person in the house eats it and I do not like to have leftovers. Normally I eat this as a meal with no toppings and on the bright side it's easy to memorize.

All you need are:

1 cup all purpose flour/self rising flour

1 cup of milk (If you ran out of milk like I do, you can use water)

4 tablespoon of sugar (I prefer brown sugar)

3 tablespoon of melted butter (If you ran out of butter replace it with oil)

A pinch of salt

A pinch of baking powder

A pinch of baking soda

1 egg, separate the yolk and white*

This is enough for 4-6 waffles. The cooking time is longer than my preparation. It only took me less than 5 minutes to done preparing for ingredients and a minute or two to mix everything together, provided you own an electronic mixer.

• Mix all dry ingredients together (flour, salt, sugar, baking powder and baking soda)
• Whip the egg white till it foams (I whipped too much)

• Add wet ingredients (milk, yolk and butter) to the dry ingredients
• Mix it till JUST combine

• FOLD the batter and egg white with a spatula (I couldn't find one hence I used rice paddle)

• Grease the pan and pour the batter
• Wait till it brown

It won't be as tasty if you were to replace milk as water. If you are someone who likes sweet stuff, do add a couple more tablespoons of sugar.

I hope you will enjoy my fluffy and crispy waffle recipe. Don't be like me and over whip the egg white.