In My Body
In My Body
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Beauty Review: Skinesque
Okay, if you’ve done any perusing on beauty brands available online or even on Amazon, you’ve seen the phenomenon that Korean Skincare.
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Three Mists to Ease Up Your Morning
Let’s take a moment to bask in the glory of warm weather. Thank goodness the cold and snow is behind us at least for a little while. I’m sure most of us enjoy hanging out with friends, take photos alone or even workout.
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How K-pop Beauty Standards Impacted Me
I was adopted from South Korea when I was seven months old. I grew up in a white American family, in a white community, completely cut off from Korean culture. As I grew older, I became more curious about my roots, and that’s when I started getting into K-pop.
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Raising Eyebrows in the Beauty Industry
In the US, students are taught at a young age that the country we live in is a giant melting pot. It’s a metaphor for the coming together of people from varying cultures and backgrounds: the ingredients, into something greater, like Bo Kho (Vietnamese beef stew).
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The Dark Side of Paleness
I'm unhealthy.
I hate sweating so I rarely exercise and obsessively avoid being outdoors in the hot and humid tropical weather.
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White-Adjacent Creams
“The Model Minority”
Isn’t it an oxymoron of a stereotype? Asian Americans have moved to the United States and have taken over as the highest earning salary … Asian men even earn more than white men…