All The Beautiful Ladies

On Friday last week I attended the Look Good Feel Better workshop in Wellington. This is a free course held at the Cancer Society rooms for women undergoing treatment for cancer. It teaches about cleansing and looking after the complexion and shows how to apply makeup.  It is run by a wonderful lady called Leigh Renet who I'd already met. Leigh also works from her home in Northland supplying wigs and also creating handsewn hairpieces for women who require them.  On arriving at the Cancer Society rooms it was saddening to see so many women in the one place at this particular session that are affected by cancer of any sort. These sessions are run on a monthly basis.  The saddest thing was the arrival of a young girl, a 20 year old.  How cruel is life to affect somebody just starting out on hers. I have two daughters, 19 and 22 and this disease can inflict itself anyone.  This was somebody else's daughter going through this horrible thing. How terrible it must be for her parents to see their child going through this. I had the pleasure of being seated next to her whilst we were pampering. I didn't want to go into too much with her because it wasn't the occasion but she told me that she had a tumour in her shoulder and was having radiation treatment at present but wasn't sure what the next step was going to be for her after that.

Each two women had a lovely volunteer working with them both and we were all supplied with a kit, absolutely free. This kit contained, cleansers, moisturisers and a full make up kit in our colours.  We also got two added gifts of a wheatiebag for our shoulders and also a bottle of perfume each. (Click on photos to enlarge).

My kit

We were taken through each step, ie, make-up removal, cleansing, toning etc and were treated to a lovely facial massage by our volunteer.  Then we were shown how to apply each item of makeup right through from the foundation to the lipstick.  At the end of the session, there was a roomful of smiling, beautifully made-up ladies. It was a wonderful experience to participate in.

Before we started we were given the opportunity to purchase a raffle ticket. There were four draws; the major one being an overnight bag full of donated beauty products. We were able to choose our ticket numbers, so I took my age, Darren's age and my girls birth dates.  After the make-up session the raffles were drawn.  The first number was 47.....my age. I was so excited that I'd won something because I'd never so much as won a frozen chicken in a pub raffle before but I was even more excited by the fact that I had won the major prize.  The bag was jam packed with all sorts of goodies, from Channel, yes Channel face powder to Lancome mascara, from Christian Dior lipsticks to Dr Lewenns serums.  

My prize

This course was well worth going to and brightened my week.  The volunteers are truly amazing. They give up their time to attend these courses to help women like myself to look better and  feel confident while they are going through their treatment.