I will own my own cosmetic line.
I was just thinking exactly what I can do with my degree(biotech+medical bioscience). I will obviously do the usual routine eg. Labs, research work etc. Gain some experience here and there and my family(maternal grandfather) partially owns Bodybasics, a personal care company.(They basically just produce the shampoo,talcum powder for brands like Pureen, Baby Carrie, Tracia etc.etc who pass them the formula that they want for their products). I could get some work experience there too in the future!
I knew that if I were to go into research I'd want to work for cosmetic giants like L'Oreal, Clinique, Stila and the likes. Once girly, always girly. I am very much into cosmetics. Have you seen my make-up table? Tubes of lip gloss and eyeshadow compacts are perched on top of each other and if you so much as run by my make-up table, glitter powder containers will roll off the table and ... I don't even want to think about the mess. I have to admit that I am guilty of not using most of the things I buy.. but I..I.. oh, I just can't find a reason! I just love looking at it! Happy?!
So there I was with the idea of working for cosmetic giants and realizing that I might have to migrate in order to achieve that dream of mine. I was wondering how in the world would I be able to persuade L'oreal to open a lab in Malaysia just so that I can have my dream job?
I started to laugh. Why would L'oreal even bat a (mascara-ed)eyelash at a mere biotechnology degree holder nobody?
Unless of course I migrate over to work my way up their whatever ladder they call it that you can climb in the lab hierarchy. Once I am of status over there, I could probably have a say and they'd probably pat me on my back and say, "Oei, that's a good idea!" and open a lab in Malaysia JUST for Jolene Lai the following week.
Bahahahahhahaa.
That is why I decided, "what the hell, might as well have my own cosmetic line."
That's it! My. Own. Cosmetic. Line!!
In that 15 minutes of wild thoughts I even considered doing a marketing course to help this "business" of mine expand.
I'll know that I've made it when I see my counter right next to Estee Lauder's. But then again, by the time my brand makes it to that level, I'd probably be where Estee Lauder is now: Dead.
But think of it! I can finally have my revenge on those cosmetic giants who sell an eyeshadow set that can cost me 50 bowls of chicken porridge. What do they want to do? Make me starve for 50 college days just so that I can have nice sparkly eyes? Crazy!
That is why, my dear friends, I will also one day be a bad cosmetic giant and overcharge for a tube of glycerol.
Just think, the bimbos of the year 2060 (it's in the 60's, Dahling!) will be raving about my products and squealing to each other, "OHMYGOD YOU GOT A GENUINE JOLENE LAI PUPIL COLOURING PENCIL WITH GLITTER SPECKS? THAT IS LIKE SO COOL."
I'd be mentioned in chick literature as often as Manolos and Jimmy Choos get mentioned in this era's chick literature.
Magazines(Or rather E-zines, then) would conduct interviews with my daughter who would take over my business and she'd tell them, "Oh yes, my mother was a very powerful woman. The idea just fell upon her great mind one evening in early 2005. Yes, yes, that IS decades ago. Oh, how did glitter become the specialty of her products? Simple. Her passion for glitter just took it there."
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Of course I would start off with peanuts la. I'd still be notches lower than Secrets(a local cosmetic brand that I never found attractive). Hsien said she'd be my accountant; I told her that'd be cool if she didn't mind having chap fan with me for a minimum of 5 years everyday.
Perhaps my brand can appeal to women of different age groups. I'd even cater for those pre-teens. I know,anything for money. Design the cutest illustrations for my packaging ala Stila. A selling point.
Different formulas for different ages. That's the idea!
I'll be doing something science related(read: making my father proud) and doing something I love. Two years back, a form5 classmate asked me after I organized the nail art booth for our school's canteen day, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I replied, "A dentist". She was surprised and said, "Why, I'd thought you would want to be a beautician or something." I knew something more professional than a beautician would reap in a bigger income.
I think this ambition is a good combination of my passion and my need to stay in the science field.
Watch this space. :)
On a different note, I have successfully glitterized my two finger nails with the stationary glitter that I bought from Kinokuniya. Behold.
There you go! Yes, I was studying.
Another one with nicer lighting!
My gems. *kisses glitter jars*
There you go! Yes, I was studying.
Another one with nicer lighting!
My gems. *kisses glitter jars*
