Assalamualaikum Stylistas of Abaya Suraya!
For this client I have a special story to share with Abaya Suraya's followers, so please bear with me if it is going to be quite lengthy.
A few days before this job, I received a lengthy e-mail from this client sharing her pain of sorrow due to her ugly face. She told me that people keep telling her that she is ugly and no man would want to be close to her. She wanted me to do wonders on her by making her more beautiful using my make-up techniques. Seriously the e-mail was so depressing I actually cried reading it, trying to imagine how 'bad looks' could actually ruin one's confidence and even life. At the same time I was bewildered trying to imagine of how ugly the sender of that particular e-mail could be, because ugly is such a strong word.
When she directed me to the venue for me to do her make-over, the location was at the local aborigines' centre in Gombak quite nearby to my university, UIAM. I was excited and nervous at the same time because I had never done make-up for an aborigine or orang asli. Yes frankly the features of an aborigine might be a challenge for me to do a make-over, but I reminded myself that Allah has made each of us humans special and beautiful in their own way, so I will try my best to beautify her according to her natural looks. My mother (Ummi) came along with me because she always accompanies me if it is not my sister but also because she was touched too with the content of the e-mail.
When I arrived at our destination, I was shocked to see a fair skin, normal looking young lady welcomed me. When we both introduced ourselves, this client of mine informed us that she is a mixture of orang asli and Chinese. So she looks more like a fair Malay actually, while her sister looks like a very pretty Burmese or Vietnamese. By the way, she informed that she reverted to Islam after she attained Hidayah from the same dream for one whole week guiding her to embrace Islam, alhamdulillah.
Yes when we talked about her sad e-mail, I told her the actual problem was more on her lack of confidence. Besides the fact that her co-workers are just mean men always teasing her in destructive ways. Her sister agreed with me too. Yes I have to admit, when I started to do the make-over on her I noticed some serious black scars on her face especially on the sides of her cheeks. However I told her, with the correct skills of make-up insya Allah she could be stunning because she is naturally beautiful anyway, only she needs to learn to appreciate it herself. Once the make-over was done, she viewed herself in the mirror and she cried! She said she never saw a more beautiful image of herself, well for that, tears welled up in my eyes too. I was grateful I succeed in making her feel that she is actually beautiful.
When she was leaving for her function that evening, my mother even reminded her strictly like to her own child for her to walk with her head facing forward, with poise and confidence and not to be too timid and feels like she is ugly all the time because she is beautiful. Her sister, Ummi and I kept telling her "Walk face forward!" while she kept on beaming with a beautiful smile. I was glad that Ummi came along with me because I agree with her. So ladies, looks are not everything ok, even if you look gorgeous, but if you do not feel good in your own skin your beauty will not be seen by others. So most importantly, please remember that Allah has created you beautiful in your own way so please be confident; it is a way to thank Allah for creating you. =)
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Assalamualaikum Stylistas of Abaya Suraya!
Untuk pelanggan ini, Sue ada satu kisah istimewa untuk dikongsi bersama pengikut Abaya Suraya, jadi diharap anda dapat bersabar dengan Sue jika penulisan ini agak panjang.
Beberapa hari sebelum tugasan ini, Sue telah menerima sepucuk e-mel yang panjang dari pelanggan ini yang meluahkan penderitannya yang berwajah hodoh. Beliau maklumkan kepada Sue yang orang sekelilingnya selalu mengatakannya hodoh dan tiada pemuda yang sanggup mendekatinya. Beliau mengharapkan Sue untuk melakukan keajaiban dengan mencantikkannya menggunakan teknik solekan. Sesungguhnya e-mel itu amat mendukacitakan Sue menangis membacanya, cuba membayangkan bagaimana 'rupa yang buruk' boleh menghancurkan keyakinan seseorang bahkan kehidupan seseorang. Pada masa sama Sue bingung cuba membayangkan betapa hodohnya wajah pengirim e-mel ini kerana hodoh ialah suatu perkataan yang kuat.
Apabila beliau memberi panduan ke arah lokasi solekan, ia bertempat di Kuarters Jabatan Hal Ehwal Orang Asli di Gombak yang berhampiran dengan universiti Sue, UIAM. Sue berasa teruja dan gementar pada masa sama kerana Sue tidak pernah menyolek seorang Orang Asli. Ya jujurnya, raut wajah orang asli mungkin akan menjadi cabaran buat Sue, tapi Sue mengingatkan diri bahawa Allah menjadikan setiap hambaNya itu cantik dan istimewa tersendiri, maka Sue akan cuba sebaik boleh untuk mencantikkannya berdasarkan kecantikan semulajadinya. Ibu Sue, Ummi menemani Sue kerana selalunya jika Sue tidak ditemani adik Sue Ummi akan ikut dan Ummi juga turut terkesan dengan kandungan e-mel tersebut.
Apabila kami tiba di destinasi, kami terperanjat apabila disambut oleh seorang wanita berkulit cerah yang berparas rupa normal. Apabila kami saling memperkenalkan diri, pelanggan Sue ini memaklumkan bahawa beliau anak kacukan Orang Asli dan Cina. Maka beliau kelihatan lebih kepada seorang Melayu berkulit cerah, manakala adik perempuannya kelihatan seperti seorang warga Myanmar atau Vietnam yang sangat cantik. Beliau juga memaklumkan bahawa beliau memeluk Islam setelah memperolehi Hidayah daripada mimpi sama yang dimimpikannya seminggu berturut-turut, alhamdulillah.
Ya apabila kami berbual tentang e-melnya yang menyedihkan itu, Sue memberitahunya masalah sebenar beliau ialah kurang keyakinan diri. Selain situasi yang teman-teman sekerjanya ialah lelaki-lelaki yang tidak sensitif selalu mengusiknya sehingga menjatuhkan keyakinannya. Adiknya juga bersetuju dengan Sue. Sue harus akui, apabila Sue mula menyoleknya Sue menyedari parut yang serius berwarna hitam pada wajahnya khususnya pada kedua-dua sisi pipinya. Namun Sue memberitahunya, dengan kemahiran solekan yang betul insha Allah beliau boleh kelihatan cantik semulajadi, namun paling penting sekali ialah beliau perlu belajar menghargai dirinya sendiri dahulu. Usai menyolek, beliau melihat dirinya di dalam cermin, dan beliau terus menangis! Beliau katakan tidak pernah melihat versi dirinya yang secantik itu, dan itu pastinya buat Sue terharu juga. Sue bersyukur kerana Sue berjaya untuk membuatnya yakin yang beliau juga seorang yang cantik.
Apabila beliau mahu bertolak, Ummi mengingatkannya dengan tegas ibarat bercakap dengan anak kandungnya, untuk beliau berjalan dengan yakin menghadap ke hadapan. Jangan takut-takut dan merasakan diri itu hodoh selalu kerana sebenarnya beliau cantik. Adiknya, Ummi dan Sue sendiri asyik mengingatkannya untuk "Jalan pandang depan!" pada masa sama beliau kelihatan berseri-seri dengan senyuman yang menawan. Sue gembira kerana Ummi menemani Sue kerana Sue bersetuju dengannya. Jadi para wanita, rupa fizikal bukanlah segala-galanya. Sungguh pun jika kita kelihatan cantik memukau, namun jika kita kurang keyakinan diri kecantikan kita tidak akan terserlah untuk disedari orang lain. Paling penting, kita mestilah sentiasa ingat bahawa Allah menciptakan kita cantik tersendiri jadi kita perlu yakin dengan kecantikan itu; ia merupakan salah satu cara berterima kasih kepada Allah kerana menciptakan kita. =)
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