In My Body
In My Body
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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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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…
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Working With and Loving Monolids
I grew up in Indonesia and Singapore, and the pressure to have "double eyelids" (eyelids with a crease) is high. I grew up believing that getting the "double eyelid surgery" to add a crease to my monolids is a normal rite of passage like graduating high school or making questionable fashion choices in your teenage years.