A Slap in the Face: Scrubdown at a Korean Sauna
Imagine two elderly half naked women scrubbing your naked body with sand paper, their saggy boobs slapping you in the face with each pass of the extra strength loofah. No, […]
Category Archives: Beauty
From Snail Masks to Foot Peels: Korea Does Beauty
Walk down any high street in any mid to large sized city in South Korea and you’ll see a plethora of stores touting all things beauty. Heavily made up employees […]
French Kiss!
If you’ve ever read my International Beauty column on the California-based fashion and beauty blog, The Penny Rose, you’ll know that I have what could be termed an ‘addiction’ to […]
Sweet Beauty
The Mayans had a sweet thing going on. Sure they made human sacrifices a la Mel Gibson’s Apocolypto, but on the flip side, their entire culture revolved around chocolate and […]
All About Alaffia
Sometimes, I’ve found that products that are fair-trade, non-GMO, gluten and paraben free, biodegradable and sustainable are simply unusable because they don’t smell good, don’t feel good or simply don’t […]
Six Exotic Oils to Add to Your Beauty Repertoire Now
Despite the counterintuitive nature of beauty oils, these golden elixirs have worked their way onto many beauty maven’s must-have lists. Each of these oils boasts it’s own miracle, from softening […]
The Swiss Standard
The Swiss are known for their perfection. Watches, banking, chocolate, train schedules … the list goes on. I’ve never known Switzerland to be particularly associated with beauty products, but with […]
Confessions of a Hotel Soap Thief
When checking into a hotel, there’s nothing I love more than to rush into the bathroom and inspect the toiletries. Some people judge a hotel by its pool, others by […]
English Beauty
As Murphy would predict, I recently ran out of all my facial care products simultaneously. I debated whether to purchase the same humdrum products that I had previously used—ones that […]
French Faced: Two Beauty Products I Love
They say that French women don’t get fat. But living in Paris has led me to believe that it is also true that French women don’t get blemishes, wrinkles or […]
The Chic Adventurer 