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After 10 excruciating hours on plane from Vancouver to Tokyo, I can feel the recycled air drying my dull, tired-looking skin. Not a cute look, especially since I was sitting beside a young, handsome Japanese lad. Just my luck. I found myself envying his thick black hair and dewy skin. He looks more put together […]

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My love affair with beauty began 38 years ago as I sat on my grandmother’s bed and watched her put on makeup. As she dusted Max Factor Creme Puff powder across her nose and slicked on waxy magenta lipstick, I looked on in awe, lost instantly to the cause. It gives me huge satisfaction and […]

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Remember when Unistella nail salon owner, Park Eun-kyung told us mimicking neon signs on nails was the next design on her mind? Well, it looks like the Insta-famous nail artist has achieved her goal. And as expected, we’re all over it. NEONSIGN ? #minimalnail #neonsignnail #rosénail A post shared by Park Eunkyung (@nail_unistella) on Apr […]

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When we talk about Asian beauty products, skincare is usually the first thing that comes to mind. With its infamous multi-step skincare routine, sheet mask culture and weird ingredients, a lot of Asian beauty revolves around how to care for your skin. However, this time, we’re shifting gears and shining the light on the equally […]

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Strange textures and multiple steps may be what define Korean beauty these days, but it’s the culture’s bathhouse rituals and the minimalism of a soap-and-water routine that inspired Karen Kim when she was creating her sculptural soap line Binu Binu. “I just think there’s something really beautiful about a bar of soap,” says Kim, who […]

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There’s probably no one within my social circle that doesn’t know about my obsession fascination with anything that comes out of South Korea. Whether it’s K-drama, K-pop, K-beauty or K-fashion, I’m infatuated with the culture. But now that I’ve mastered the multi-step skincare routine, bedazzled my nails and survived my first scrub down (and lived […]

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Japan is cray. Where else would you find a poo museum or a ramen bathhouse? Now, the country has come up with quite possibly the most absurd idea ever – a spa amusement park. In case you ever wanted to be in a hot tub while riding a roller coaster, that may soon be a […]

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In 1997, everyone in class was trading Pokémon cards underneath their desks. Fast forward 19 years and not much has changed. Well, aside from the fact that everyone is outside catching them on their smartphones. It’s been a few months since Pokémon Go has taken over our lives and it looks like the frenzy’s not dying down anytime soon, […]

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When it comes to the East, we never seem to get enough of the adorably packaged beauty products, semi-complicated beauty regimens and on-point street style. Even the weirdest beauty ingredients have become our most coveted ones. With Asia’s R&D departments leading the discovery of new ingredients to infuse into products, you can also expect some, um, more eyebrow-raising beauty […]

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Two things will happen if you go to Taiwan: first, you will never be hungry thanks to the insane amount of street vendors on every corner (I recommend the ice cream spring roll) and second, beauty options will be bountiful. Whether you’re at Watsons, Cosmed or a larger beauty boutique, Taiwan does not disappoint in […]

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Applied between toners and serums in the Korean multi-step skincare regimen, essences are regarded as a sort of mystical fluid, though they’ve long played an integral part in the Asian beauty routine. Essences are even known as “immortal water” in some parts of Asia because of their anti-aging benefits. While we can’t attest to the immortality […]

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