Love works wondrous miracles

An old friend, Liliput made my day, when she told me that I look better and younger nowadays. She asked me what skincare I’m using right now. She looked at me incredulously when I told her nowadays I just use on-the-shelf beauty products like St. Ives and Neutrogena for my skincare. Gone are my Estee Lauder, Clarins and Lancome skincare regime that I was used to in my younger days.


I’m going back to basics, I told her. I don’t even go for my facials as religiously like I used to before, nowadays it’s home spa twice weekly. Going to the spa would be a treat every now and then when I think I need it.


Liliput knows I used to invest a lot on skincare. Really, I didn’t mind spending money on my skin. But over the years, it beats me to realize that my skin did not improve as much as I expected.

Well, when you pay good money for a beauty product, you want miracles to happen, right? Naahh it didn’t work that way a lot of times.

The really good ones like La Mer and SKII will burn holes in your pocket over time and I’m not willing to go broke for the sake of looking fabulous. Hehehe unless someone else is paying for me. Being a minimalist, I don’t believe in being superfluous when the basics meet your needs.

Nowadays I don’t look at the brand name as much, but I look at the active ingredient and the result you want it to deliver. This you get from doing some research - something smart I learned from my ex-housemate Bumper to Bumper.


As I grow money wise, I think creams, lotions, potions and make up are just icing on the cake. If our heart and soul is not filled with love, we don't feel as beautiful. That’s where our makeover should begin.

Anyways a lot of times love is the greatest cure – both at the giving and receiving ends. Loving ourselves and loving others, and having others love us work wondrous miracles in our lives.

As Ernesto Cardenal puts it, "We turn outward, attracted by the beauty we see in created things without realizing that they are only a reflection of the real beauty. And the real beauty is within us."