Terrible makeup

I was just watching the last episode of Emergency Couple (starring Song Ji Hyo from Running Man)the other day. This is a Korean drama about a couple who got married young and divorced after a year of marriage, only to get back together again after medical school. 

 

I hardly watch romantic comedies, not because I don't like them but because it's not easy to find one where you understand its 'sense of humor'. For me, the sense of humor in this show was partly the manga/manhwa-like element, particularly the makeup used:

 

Han Ah Reum (Clara), intern

What is this makeup? Hair is too yellow for her, lips too orange for her. She's not the only one in the show that looks like a clown, though:

 

 

(Left) Lee Young Ae (Chun Min Hee), (Centre) Park Sang Hyuk (Im Hyun Sung)

They are a newlywed couple on the team who start off lovey-dovey and end up considering divorce. She is another monkey with hair too red for her and lips too thin for the color. A nerdy geek wearing dark red lipstick to work?!

 

The real victim of this terrible makeup is SJH:

 

Oh Jin Hee (Song Ji Hyo), intern

Would you entrust your life (or your loved ones) to a lifeless doctor in the Emergency Room? Well, maybe in real life we don't have a choice, but at least we don't need to see this in a drama? Do I see sparse eyebrows here?

 



Time for a brow tattoo.

The worst part is having puffy eyebags and dark eye circles in your early twenties showing up on your wedding day:

 

That's enough ranting about the set. Unfortunately the focus (for me) was not the comedy but the overall plot in general, especially the relationship between family - husband and wife, father and son, daughter-in-law and mother-in-law. How the main characters, couple doctors Changmin (Choi Jin Hyuk) and Jin Hee (SJH) overcome their own limitations and the bias of society to finally be together again. Actually the supporting characters also have very good individual 'stories' in the show and sometimes I even look forward to the development of these supporting characters, especially the coworkers in the Emergency Department and its chiefs, Shim Ji Hye and 'the Devil'.

 

Most characters in this show are in their mid twenties to mid thirties, I guess that's why I can relate to them and like the storyline so much. And that's why the makeup seems so hilarious! I don't see anyone in their thirties looking so ridiculous! As a matter of fact, this show is so popular that there's even a remake in Bahasa, if I remember correctly, sans ridiculous makeup.

Good Deals at Daiso

I love to browse Daiso. It's a treasure trove of all kinds of value finds - from the utilitarian (think cheap toothbrushes and cooler bags) to the slightly offbeat (portable ashtrays and massage rollers), it's easy to keep adding to the shopping basket if you are not careful.

I got myself this packet of plasters yesterday as I was having a blister on my finger.

It claims to be elastic and waterproof, quite different from the usual types of plasters that I have that tend to be soaked wet when I wash my hands and becomes difficult to heal. As it was just a blister, I didn't bother to add iodine solution or other antiseptic, so I wonder if that was why it took such a long time to heal?

Anyway, I tried it today and here are d results

It seems that my plaster has some wetness after washing my hands with it. But it is elastic enough so water did not seep into the cotton gauze, sometimes it feels almost like a second skin. At $2, I find it even better than Hansaplast. Quite effective for a $2 product.

And I also got a pair of swimming goggles from Daiso. No indication on the packaging if it's for male or female, but judging from the size, it seems to be more for ladies even though it's adjustable (sorry guys!). It's quite hard to find a pair of goggles for less than $5, so I think this was also a good buy. Normally I would also buy toothbrushes and dental products here but recently many branches seemed to have scaled down their dental section. Other Daiso good deals (I find) are winter accessories, picnic and handyman gear, among many others. I rarely buy Daiso snacks though.

All in all, an eventful trip to Daiso yesterday. Of course at this low price, most people can't expect much for the quality (or even quantity). After all, you get what you pay for, right (一分钱一分货)? I remember I once bought a packet of incense cones that smelled really fragrant at the store, so I thought, no harm trying it for only $2. But when I tried it out at home, the scent was too strong and also gave out a strange aroma that threatened to choke and made me feel giddy. I had to stop burning it at once and dispose immediately. Nonetheless, it is still possible to find some value buys at Daiso as long as we keep a cautious and open mind.