daddy's trying hard to promote the company he's working for. it's called melaleuca. we've switched over to all their products... shampoo, soap, toothpaste, detergent, cleaning stuff, hairspray, facial stuff, vitamins and supplements, milkshakes, energy bars, almost everything. he says we have to use it for ourselves so we can promote it to others properly, you know, like test it on ourselves first to prove that it's good. so far, so good. oh, other than the acne wash i used. that was too strong. then again i didn't have acne, so.. serves me right for buying that lah. you get money back guarantee anyway...

basically, melaleuca is a wellness company. haha whatever that means. they manufacture products that are environmentally friendly, healthy, and high quality, meaning they don't use cheap or harsh chemicals as do many other companies (secretly!). many products are also plant based whenever possible. they don't advertise or go through retailers so as to make prices affordable for the quality you get. their marketing strategy is very different from your popular brands. that's why they have melaleuca supermarkets, and knowledge of it is spread mostly by word of mouth by people like daddy. if daddy promotes it to people and they sign up for melaleuca under him, he earns a certain percentage. like the tupperware kinda thing, but slightly different.
so to buy melaleuca stuff, you can either buy as a direct or preferred customer. preferred customers (like us) get a 30%-40% discount off all items, but we commit to buying 35 points worth every month (about 90 bucks), which means we buy almost all of our household stuff there. it's like switching from all the different brands of stuff to melaleuca. direct customers don't have to buy any points worth of stuff, they just buy whatever whenever. but they don't get the discount, although they still enjoy the 60 day money back thing.
melaleuca 101. it started in the US about 25 years ago. it's active in 16 countries. and melaleuca means tea tree, i think. so says timmy. =D i suddenly thought of blogging about it myself cos i heard daddy on the phone talking about it to someone.

go tell my dad if you're interested. haha. and go to the website!