Live and Learn English with Jean Lee

“ As a makeup artist, my primary job is to help people match their insides with their outsides.” s aid by the makeup director from Sephora, Jeffrey English. He goes on to say “a lot of people think what makeup artists do is very superficial, but the makeup that you wear and the way that you portrait yourself is really kind of like your filter or armor for the world.”    This week, let us learn some frequently used English expressions in the filed of beauty & makeup tutorials and celebrate our own beauty through makeup and megawatt smile in the best version to be created! Simple Skincare Hydrate your lips with lip mask product by smoothing out the texture onto your lips over night. Wake up your eyes by applying depuffing eye cream (that contains caffeine) under eyes and layer it with emollient eye cream. Apply emollient toner and then face moisturizer on forehead and cheeks and smooth it through in circular and outward motions. Then add face o...

Spring is just around the corner….at least in our hopes and wishful thinking! This week, let’s name the insects that we could find in the woods or fields in the Spring. All of the scrambled words below are names of insects you know. Can you put the letters in the right order to spell their names correctly?      1.    OUTMQUISO:  _________________________            2.    BTLTEUYFR:      _______________________      3.    MTHO: ___________________      4.    LEEBET: ___________________      5.    CCIDAA: ___________________      6.    ELYFSRHO: ____________________      7.    PAWS: _________________      8.    ITKSC   GBU (2 words): __________________     ____________   ...

Thoughts on Mid-aged Couples By Jean Lee No more sparkly glares towards each other     but sense of comfort and peace looking the same way Lazy Sunday afternoon is the time to slother      and it doesn’t matter as long as it is a perfect seque into another day Crows’ feet and thinning hair might turn you off      But those are the irreplaceable history of your life together Burping and farting are still a big “no” tradeoff?       Hmmm…..Good question. Let’s say we’re no friends of fair weather. Finishing each other’s sentences, defending your better half’s weaknesses, smirking but not laughing at each other’s same old lame jokes, tired of pettifogging but realizing your loved one was right in hind sight. Your love hasn’t faded or jaded, but rather fully ripe. Hold on tight and get ready to go on another long journey with that someone who would be right next to you with s...