Marie Claire Korea Ever wonder why the counters at Sephora are stocked with essences, sheet masks, and alphabet creams? There are a few reasons: First, Korean women have insanely high standards for their face. You might’ve noticed this already watching the backup dancers in “Gangnam Style,” or Olympic figure-skating gold medalist Yuna Kim, or just […]
My combination/acne-prone skin has been problematic ever since those tragic years of puberty and into pretty much all of my adult life. After living through the era of oil-free everything, when skin care brands vilified any type of facial oil for those who suffered from shine, bumps and pimples, it’s almost unbelievable that face oils […]
The first “grown-up” makeup I ever bought was a Cover Girl eyeshadow trio of shimmery earth tones. At the age of 15, I just followed the directions on the package: Dust the lightest shade from the lash line to the brow, the middle shade along the crease and the darkest shade along the upper and […]
Into the Gloss As early as age six, my mom and I DIYed beauty treatments in the kitchen, creating honey masks and salt scrubs (might I add, before it became mainstream and trendy… just sayin’). I still love a nostalgic at-home steam and facial, but I’ve graduated to more science-y solutions recently because let’s be […]
Juice Beauty Juice Beauty is one of our Holy Grail skincare and makeup lines because of its organic ethos and high-performance botanical ingredients. I mean, who else uses radish roots as preservatives and argan powder, rose powder and purple carrot for mascara pigment? That’s revolutionary stuff, and it’s all thanks to their visionary founder Karen […]
Image: Brown Eyed Toast Your skin is your hero. It’s always there, slamming its wizard staff to the ground proclaiming “You shall not pass!” to all those evil bacteria and external toxins. Obviously, your hard-working outer shell deserves to be nourished deeply. But when you slather on expensive products that claim to do magical things […]
shape.com I used to associate vitamin C with the glasses of OJ I was forced to drink when I was sick child (I was ungrateful for it at the time, but that stuff was fresh-squeezed and organic). Most people associate oranges with antioxidants, but did you know that grapefruit is actually the vitamin C powerhouse? […]
