How this ex-maid became a top make-up artist

MANILA - For years, Myra Bendana worked as a house helper, before becoming a janitress, waitress, bartender and entertainer in Japan.

Thanks to her hard work, she started her own salon business and is now a professional make-up artist.

In an interview on "My Puhunan," Bendaa narrated how she started out as being a house helper when she left Bicol to start anew in Manila.

"Nung gumradweyt ako ng high school, alam ko na hindi na talaga ako makakapag-college... Kasi sabi ng Tatay ko, 'okay babae ka, mag-aasawa ka lang'," she said, recalling what urged her to leave her hometown.

Bendaa said she was excited to go to Manila. For four years, she moved from one employer to another as a house helper.

She also became a janitress, waitress, bartender, and eventually flew to Japan to look for a better job.

One day, however, she decided to go back to school, in search for a new direction in life.

"Hanggang one day, nung naka-ipon ako, gusto ko talagang mag-aral... Kasi wala akong makukuhang matinong trabaho na maayos kung hindi ako nakapag-aral kasi high school graduate lang," she said.

After earning enough, she took the chance to open her own salon.

Although barely knowing anything about opening a business, she read up on different materials and opened the salon after just two weeks.

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How this ex-maid became a top make-up artist