Save-my-face campaign

As anyone who's read my blog would know, Miss Sometimes is currently embarking on a save-my-face campaign, in short, SMFC. (ok sharks! I think my mind is seriously polluted... when I saw the last 2 letters of the acronym I just thought of a bad word...)

ok, ANYWAY, as I was saying, I just took my first step for major reforms today.. I went for a FACIAL!! And yes.. it was a horrifying experience as usual.. For those of you who think that facials are meant to be relaxing, yes you're right.. but please also count your blessings that you don't have problem skin like mine! Well, for the faint-hearted, please stop reading now, for I'm now going to account for the horrible event called "Extraction" that I went through..

Firstly, there was a rather comfortable cleansing process where they lightly massage your face with a nice smelling cleanser... (take note: this is why all prisoners get a good meal when they're on the death row..)

Then there was the hot steam thingy where it's supposed to make your pores open up.. And then... comes the squeezing...

She starts using the extractor on my forehead.. that wasn't so tough cos my skull was there.. makes it easier for extraction..

Then.. comes the cheeks.. that was killer.. She pinches an area of your face real hard, before jamming the extractor down onto that area in a bid to dig up the blackhead or whitehead or whatever that was stuck in my face.. The worst thing is, this process is repeated A TRILLION TIMES before she manages to rid my face of impurities..

And can you imagine, throughout the whole period of pinching and digging, the most I could utter was a soft ah.. the sound made by an oppressed child ill-treated by her stepmother.. What the therapist couldn't see was my clenched fists under the blanket, my wriggling toes in a bid to transfer the pain away..

And after a 2 hour session.. it was finally over.. But I gotta put in a good word for them though.. the cooling mask at the end of it was well.. cooling.. I think I drifted off into Dreamland while the mask did its wonders..

You might think I'll never go for a facial ever again... but well, that's what I always say.. but I always go back on my words.. and the cycle repeats.. but this time, I decided to sign up for this package thingy that's like 10 sessions' worth.. I'm supposed to go once a fortnight.. and it's supposed to hurt less la.. I sure hope it works... This package costs like... $400 - 500... I'm not too sure.. (Well, I got a cai2 shen2 po2 with me..)

And besides the facial package, my next investment was in... tada! facial products.. (duh..) I got myself 2 cleansers, costing $59.80 each.. plus a mask... (this one's a killer $69.80).. And that, I'm supposed to use in line with a toner that also costs $59.80 (which, very luckily, I already have at home..) And also, a medicated clearing gel which costs a whopping $83 for a 59ml bottle.. Gawd... I can already foresee myself slogging day and night to earn enough money to pay for my SKII products when I enter that phase in life..

And so! for all my investment (or rather, my mom's), it'd better work! So folks, I await your praises.. haha..