It's not normal I tell you. My obsession with cosmetics started when I was so young! I remember playing with my ibu's lipsticks back when we used to live in Sumbiling and I was still sleeping in my parents' room. I would sit down on her vanity area and play with her makeup while she's at work. Ibu would come back home with a clown of a daughter with lipstick smudges all over my face! To this day, I still feel bad for ruining lots and lots of her makeup but I make it all up to her by buying her makeup every now and then.
Back when we were still in DC, I would send her packages every other month, filled with goodies including makeup from CVS, Sephora or MAC. (She now has more makeup than me!!!!! =P ) We were lucky enough to have the outlets back in DC that sells MAC cosmetics for a fraction of the price and I would go crazy there stocking up on goodies for Ibu and I. This might sound silly but I had a lingerie drawer which I used to store my make up and I had plenty still in their boxes unopened that I actually started selling most of them off or give some to my friends in DC. Whenever MAC releases their limited edition goodies came out, my friends at MAC would text me to let me know. Our second apartment in DC was just a few minutes walk to a MAC store so we would drop by often...often enough that I made two good friends there; Thu & April. The MAC store was right next to one of the entrances to go to the Friendship Heights metro station so we pass by it almost everyday that my husband sometimes would opt for us to go all the way across to Mazza Gallerie (the other entrance to the Friendship Heights metro station) so we will avoid passing by the MAC store! =P He has no faith in me. LOL! Oh! MAC is also only two shops away from Sephora! CVS is right across the street in Chevy Chase Pavilion. Sigh! I miss Friendship Heights.
The MAC store next to the Friendship Heights station.
The Sephora store two doors away from MAC. *sigh* i miss...
When we got back home to Brunei, I had a little breather since there were not many options for makeup. But when we got to Malaysia, ohmy! On my first week, I thought I could be good and only buy what was necessary. My Laura Mercier Silk Creme foundation was almost empty so I thought I would just go in to get it and get out. So I did just that......and also walked away with a few other stuff. LOL. Skip almost two years to today, I still have the same obsession with buying cosmetics as I did back in DC almost 8 years ago...but I have managed to tone down and only buy what I need... HAHAHAHAHA. Okay I couldn't even type it with a straight face! =P I know my obsession will eventually die down. But for now, I shall try my best to refrain myself from getting unnecessary stuff!
