I recently got my first K-beauty subscription box, courtesy of BomiBox, and wow — it's good. I have to admit, I've been slow to jump on the beauty subscription box bandwagon. Mainly because as a beauty editor, I get a lot of samples I have to try out, but also because I really feel … Continue reading Unboxing My First Bomibox, the K-Beauty Subscription Box
In a way, I’ve grown up with K-beauty. My mom is Korean, after all, and my earliest lessons, from how to apply eyeliner to DIY cucumber facials, were all passed down from her. I got my first professional facial with my mom — at a strip mall storefront in a Korean enclave of southern … Continue reading 5 K-Beauty Lessons That Changed My Skin
When celebrity aesthetician Jillian Wright launched her skin care line four years ago, she thought for sure it'd be a hit. After all, she'd been caring for the (flawless) complexions of people like Tea Leoni, Kristen Wiig, Alicia Silverstone and Kim Kardashion in her Manhattan spa for the past 17 years. "I thought if … Continue reading Unabashedly Beautiful — Inside & Out — at the Indie Beauty Expo LA
I never considered my mom a vain person. She didn't wear much makeup — a dash of eyeshadow, perhaps, when she was younger, and some lipstick when she went out — and she always dressed neatly but never particularly fashionably. Much of this, of course, was all judged through a teenage lens — a teenager … Continue reading A Mother’s Day Ode: Skin Care Lessons and Beauty Memories
I only joined Instagram about seven months ago, but one thing I've noticed is this worldwide obsession with sheet masks. Women takes selfies with sheet masks and post them all the time. And I'm not talking cute-Charlotte-Cho-sheet-mask selfies either. These are straight-up less-than-flattering selfies, in bad lighting (see my photo above), sans makeup, and a … Continue reading The Big Cover Up: The Latest Technology In Face Masks
