Treating Hyperpigmentation: Some Thoughts
(I just found this post over on my blog; thought I had published it there but it was languishing in my drafts folder. I wrote it …
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My Skincare Routine: An Overview
In my last month’s Q&A session on Instagram stories, there were several questions about my current skincare routine. I thought I’d do a post about this …
Third-Party Sunscreen Testings: Some Thoughts
Many readers and followers have been asking for my opinion surrounding third-party sunscreen testings. I’ve written about this very briefly in replies on Twitter and Instagram …
My Current Skincare Routine: Winter/Spring 2021
Here is the skincare routine I’ve been following for the past couple of months. I have to say that it has kept my face looking spectacularly …
Greys, Blondes & Bleach
I inherited my head of natural brown hair (uncommon amongst East Asians) from my dad and premature greying from my mum. It wasn’t a disheartening rite …
Top 5: From the Deciem Sale
Deciem have a good sale going on at the moment. Sometimes beauty sales consist only of obscure products that nobody in their right mind ever wanted …
Vitamin C, Wait Time, and pH
Do you really need to wait a certain amount of time between applying vitamin C serum or treatment to avoid different pH levels conflicting?
This is …
Top 5: Essential Summer Beauty Products
The first blog post in 2 months is here: my top 5, this time on essential summer beauty products. I’m slipping in this post just before …
Top 5: Sunscreens I’m Reaching for the Most
I’ve posted my annual Japanese sunscreens ranking on the main site for the past 8 years. For new readers, this was where I picked my top …
Top 5: Hairstyles I Love for the Summer
There’s something about the change in the weather that makes me want to hit ‘refresh’ on my hair. As summer quickly approaches, I’ve been contemplating a …
Sample Hoarder
I have been doing a bit of sorting and look at this lot! Kilos of sachets, tiny tubes and bottles and jars filled with various unguents …
Top 5: Beauty Multitaskers I Actually Use
I find myself rolling my eyes a bit when I see so-called “best multitasking beauty products” in magazine articles. If I had a dollar for every …
Top 5: Beauty Products I’m Intrigued By
It feels like every week I develop some sort of obsession; sometimes it’s a perfect “spring” leather jacket, and other times it’s dark grey mercerised 100% …
Everything I Use On My Hair
Here is a roundup of literally all the hair products I use in one neat post. Because people are always asking and I don’t delve into …
Some Japanese Beauty Dupes
Dupes — cheaper products that are comparable to more expensive ones. They should — and should is the operative word here — be very similar in …
My Short Hair Essentials
I’ve had quite a few requests to post more about short hairstyles. Like everyone says, getting your hair cut short can be addicting. When I chopped …
