This is my sister, Lei. She's our youngest and I love her to bits. She's the real beauty addict in our family. She's a natural beauty fanatic. If you don't believe me, let's just say that at two years old, she's already choosing her hair accessories. I can still see her as before, slumped on a glass counter, her chubby fingers pointing to the hair accessories she wanted. She also asked my mother to buy her a complete set of powder, cologne, and shampoo from Avon's Disney collection.
Unfortunately, while all of her three older sisters were blessed with fair skin, she had a darker complexion. See the difference in the first picture? The one beside her is my other sister, Mei, who's fairest of us all. Hihi. I still feel that surge of anger whenever people tactlessly exclaim, "Ay, bakit maitim ang bunso? (Why is the youngest dark-skinned?)" whenever we're introduced. And for us Filipinos who are obsessed with fair skin, this was not a compliment. So she grew up with the thought that she's the darker sister hanging over her head.
When she was older and learned the beauty of makeup, I often see her applying a tad more foundation that she should have. She also had some acne problems when she was in high school and so I couldn't blame her. Since she went off to college, I see her around four or five times a year. But in March, last year, when my family visited me last year, I noticed something different in her. Her face was fairer and it glowed. When I looked closer, she was not wearing any makeup at all! In fact, she was fairer than when I last saw her. (See her pictures above.) So I asked her what she did and she said she was using the Cyleina Black Pearl soap for four days. Yes, you heard me. Four days. She's also using Glutamaxxx Ultima (yes there are three x's) for her body. I got the pictures with the more or less the same lighting conditions (yes, my family loves swimming) and I used the same camera.
She had no makeup on whatsoever in these pictures. Do you see the difference? And this is only after a few weeks using this combination.
That is why I was totally sold on Cyleina products. They are effective, at least for my sister. Of course, I couldn't discount the fact that we have different skin types. But it worked for my sister. It might work for you. You'll never know.
Before and After Pics Side-by-Side
2 comments:
Hello Miss Guimba! Believe it or not I was about to message you already. You haven't updated for quite a while and I was starting to get worried :)
I use black pearl for my face and it really works! I also got the Peruvian Cacao body butter already and it smells heavenly! Ms Hazel also gave me a bottle of grapeseed oil as a freebie, she's so nice :)
Hi there, Krissy! *hugz* Yep. I had to take time off to handle some big writing projects and I missed blogging so much. My blogger friends, too. Yeah, almost all the Cyleina resellers I know are very nice. Perhaps, it's the soap? Lol! When you feel good about yourself, it's but natural that you treat other people well.
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