So on nights when I'm wide awake like a deer on headlights, I get on my phone searching, ogling for whatever I can purchase because new things make me happy like that.
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| Bottom right: Aesop but from The B Shop. |
The latest obsession comes in the usual liquid form (not liquor, btw). I'm 22 and though there's a higher probability that I'm just overreacting, I have an omnipresent fear of ageing, as in looking old. Despite my theory that all these beauty forums are only ingeniously engineered to drive self-absorbed individuals like myself to mass consumption of their commercial products, I find a couple of upsides to it: 1) I'm driving the economy. 2) I'm happy with a better chance of falling asleep and sleeping.
Despite living in a place where the soul of the loyal skincare-disciple is fed well by Shiseido, Shu Eumura, SKII etc, I found my hunger veer elsewhere, particularly strong favour towards less popular beauty lines like Trilogy (among Asians, at least). Note that this favour only comes from diligent research online. I haven't actually tried any products from Trilogy prior to being hooked on it. I'm so trusting like that.
A quick stockist search and I've found my new Mecca: Cosme Kitchen. The photos above are nervous snaps I took whilst browsing through their merchandise. Balms for the lips, hands, body, organic hair products, organic make-up, I felt so dirty being there. I wanted everything. But as my bank account dictates my life's decisions, I had to settle for a single purchase that was enough to get me a membership plus a 10% discount.
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| My beauty haul: Nars concealer, Trilogy RHO, Shu Uemura eyebrow brush |
Perhaps I will sleep better from now on. Perhaps not. But it's alright. I'm happy now.
