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Morning Skincare Ritual
A lot of people ask me about my daily skincare routines, which I'm always happy to share. My skincare routine is like a calming ritual—it helps me start and end my day consistently.CURRENT MORNING...
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Evening Skincare Ritual
I wash my face and apply my entire skincare routine every single evening, no matter what. Doesn't matter how tired I am or how late it is, this is one thing I always do. I'll modify it according to...
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Covering Up Sleep Deprivation
Confession: I feel like a degenerate because I just launched this blog and I'm already behind on my posts. But I have a good excuse, I swear! I got engaged a week and a half ago and it's been a total...
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Travel Tips, Part 1: Packing Up & On the Plane
I have a pretty fun job that takes me to Paris three times a year plus any other necessary work trips. I try to get to Las Vegas once a year and now my new thing is to see how often I can tag along...
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Review: IOPE Bio Essence Intensive Conditioning
If you're a skincare junkie like me, you already know that an essence or toner is an essential first (post-cleansing, of course) step to your entire routine. Essence or toner helps rebalance your...
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Summer Skincare SPF Rules
It might technically still be spring, but Memorial Day weekend always means that summer is on its way. I love everything about summer—the heat, sunshine, bathing suits, drinking rosé outside with my...
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Green Tea Seed Serums: Innisfree vs Nature Republic
I’ve been thinking a lot about serums lately, which is weird. The past few years I’ve been pretty steady to a specific serum in the colder months and another in the warmer months, so I haven’t had to...
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Review: Age 20s Essence Cover Pact Foundation
It’s been officially fall for awhile, but the weather is finally starting to turn to that cooler, crisper temp that just signals “FALL IS HERE”. You know what that means? Time to cold-proof my skincare...
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Guest Post: Amy Cao Smith & Asians Going Blonde
I've been dying to go blonde for years now, ever since I saw model Soo Joo Park take the plunge. But I'm too chicken and my hairstylist also refused to do it for me because she's seen my decade-long...
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Review: belif The True Cream Moisturizing Bomb
Happy holidays, y’all! It’s been awhile, so let’s get down to it.It’s been a strange, strange winter so far: it’s been cold, then warm, then cold, then absolutely freezing. And in between all that, the...
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Eyebrow Microblading in Seoul
The two priorities on my beauty checklist for when I came to Korea were brow microblading and getting a perm. More on the latter later.In any case, with my limited resources and abundance of places I...
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Seoul Skincare Journey: Part 1
I had a few beauty-related priorities when I moved here: 1. getting my hair done (check), 2. getting my brows done (check) , and 3. finding a good facialist. The first two I managed to get done in the...
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Seoul Skincare Journey: Part 2
I was so excited to go back for my second facial last week, especially after already seeing progress after the first one.Ms. Oh spent about two hours on my face: the same double cleansing ritual with a...
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Seoul Skincare Journey: Part 3, The Peel
The Green Peel Diaries, Day 1I went back for my third facial on Tuesday night, and Ms. Oh said she thought I was ready for the intensive peel. I was a little surprised since I had thought I had to wait...
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Skincare Journey: Facial Update
Bear with me here. I'm late on these updates because it took me a few weeks to figure out what was going on with my face after my appointments last month. Also, I am lazy/very important with a full...
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Korean Beauty: Sunscreen Stick Review
In today's edition of "Korean Beauty Products That Real Koreans Use", I present to you: sun sticks! My coworker introduced me to these and I don't think I can use sunscreen lotion that I have to apply...
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