Skincare, beauty, mental health, productivity, and hamster butts
10/12/2022 note: This article originally appeared on the now-defunct Kalista Edit. At some point I wasn't aware of, both the site and my article vanished. I've edited this lightly and am republishing it here because, well, I wrote it, and there will always be someone who could use it. Welcome back! In the first part [...]
9/30/2022 note: This article originally appeared on the now-defunct Kalista Edit. At some point I wasn't aware of, both the site and my article vanished. I've edited this lightly and am republishing it here because, well, I wrote it, and there will always be someone who could use it. Want free skincare advice? If you [...]
Note from Fiddy: Today's post is brought to you by my friend Karen. Karen recently visited the Sulwhasoo Beauty Lounge in Hong Kong, and I wanted to share her experience. Enjoy! Hi hi! I’m Karen, otherwise known as @skin_karen on Instagram. I recently received a facial treatment at a Sulwhasoo Spa in Hong Kong, and [...]
A note from Fiddy: I'm happy to be joining the team at Reflect Beauty, a new media collective that promotes true diversity in today's beauty and wellness spaces. Here's an intro from my colleagues at the site! By Sheila Marmon and Nikki Walton of ReflectBeauty.com #RepresentationInBeautyMatters and we all deserve an equal opportunity to not [...]
Lately I've been realizing that my writing is spread across a few different sites, so I should be better at linking articles here when I want to share them. Here are two recent ones I wrote for Beautytap! Back to School Beauty: 10-Minute Skincare for Busy Students I know I'm prone to very long skincare [...]
Hi, guys. I'm back. Looking at the front page of this blog, I realize that it's been over six months since I posted anything here. I'm sorry for the long absence. This year has been a blur, with some pretty intense work, personal, and mental health struggles. Blogging took a backseat to just getting through [...]
Today has been a horribly sad day, for reasons that I won't go into because I almost never feel it is my place to do publicly. What I will go into is what I've been thinking all day, which is that more than anything else, our world needs positive forces in it to counteract the [...]
My epilating spring is the best facial hair remover ever.
Over the past couple of years, I have gotten a ton of questions about skincare during pregnancy. Questions that I've never been comfortable with answering, since I chose to follow the Way of Parental Disappointment and not become a doctor. But today I bring you...pregnancy skincare tips from a doctor! Our guest poster, Dr. Joyce, is [...]
Let's do something different this weekend. I've been working hard on projects outside the blog, and it's time to share. As I mentioned earlier, I've joined the editorial team at the newly relaunched W2Beauty. I and the rest of the "K-Beauty Squad"--which includes the amazing Coco Park of The Beauty Wolf fame--will be writing about [...]
Fifty Shades of Snail 