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Is doing the bare minimum actually the secret key to a good skin? My skin has always been so low maintenance, yet well adjusted to my practical lifestyle. Any skincare and make-up I use, I make sure it would fit in my small travel pouch. I committed to keep my routine really short and simple, and have never applied more than 5 layers of different skincare at once. For my laziness, and also the practicality. Does that mean my skin  has never been a problem for me? At least not in my early 20’s life.  The Backstory I had my worst acne breakout during my puberty, when I was sixteen, I was trying out one facial treatment -  you know, the one where they poke your pores because they claim they know when your future acne is gonna appear, kind of your fortune teller but for pimples - intending to clear some blackheads I had. That one facial treatment turned into an entire face ‘purging’, triggered acne that never appeared before in my life to suddenly popped up, and that kept going for months.

SO HERE'S HOW TO SURVIVE FASHION WEEK WHEN YOU'RE A BROKE BINCH. Back again with me, and if you are like me, during the busiest week for fashion, I'm already back home chilling and scrolling through fashion week updates in my pajamas, while also doing new year cleaning, or should I update my vocab to ' konmari-ing ', my closet. And while cleaning, I got distracted and found many pieces of thrift items that I'm intrigued to style and wear. We all have those particular items in the closet that is too good to throw away, but too weird to be worn in public. Aaand you guessed it right, those will be your fashion week outfits if you ever be invited one day. Also here are some throwbacks of me in New York Fashion Week sporting some thrift store items and stuff I sewed myself, and it is surely possible. So let's check what are the weird stuff in my closet that would be appropriate for the fashion week season, without spending additional cent. Are you ready for anot

"I thought flattening iron  was my best friend,  until I realized  it was more like  a  hot, but mentally abusive   best friend." I have a love-hate relationship towards my hair throughout my teenage years. Having a thick and wavy hair might be a blessing to many people, but growing up, I never knew how to deal with it. Before the internet, there is really no one to let me know the do's and don'ts, and which product to buy and use. I used to just wake up and go to school with frizzy and static lion hair every day. Hair dryer made my hair even frizzier, so flattening iron was my only option. I didn't know how much work it takes only to maintain my hair in a normal state. After so much time researching on the internet and having the first-hand experience of over-processed bleached hair, I feel pretty well-occupied on all the information about hair care. I mean, just to keep it not breaking after being colored and bleached, there are so many lists I need to keep in m

I was invited to attend H&M x Moschino collaboration, or as the official brand stated, 'HMoschino'. Inspired by the MTV era, Jeremy Scott poured out 90's hip-hop culture for H&M with his own twist of quirky sense of humor, and nothing is ever too extravagant for Moschino, because it's in the DNA. Collection comes out 8th November 2018 worldwide. Video shoot & edited by me for H&Moschino. Music: Sixteen Dreams by Waylon Thornton and the Heavy Hands

    As usual, I’d like to challenge myself daily to make dressing up a little bit more exciting. By limiting myself, it opens my mind to new possibilities of dressing up and keeps me away from the mundaneness of boring wardrobe.      Sometimes people confuse flannels and plaids, what’s the difference between them, you might ask? Flannel is the soft, wool or cotton fabric material, and plaid is the pattern. Traditionally, most flannel pattern is plaid, but not all plaid is made of flannel — only the good quality ones are. Back in my grunge teenager days, I collected many pieces of oversized plaid flannel shirts due to its effortless and relaxed feel. If there is anything as cozy as it is classic, effortless, versatile, and acquire no fuss to dress up in, I’d pick a piece of flannel shirt ready for any day. Buttoned up, layered, worn as dress, it can turn any fancy black dress into a nonchalant and effortless look. So here is how I pair my flannel shirts in 5 different ways other than a

I always dreamed about the convenience of having a ‘capsule’ wardrobe. But then I also thought ‘capsule’ wardrobe only belongs to some group of people with certain aesthetic and style: the minimalists. I didn’t think it could work on me, a person with the necessity to wear at least 3 colors and pattern clash on every outfit. What I wear affects me directly; my colorful hair is a pick-me-up every morning I wake up, my polka dot shoes lighten my mood each time I look down when I walk. It makes me gloomy just imagining if I have to live my daily life wearing the same essential outfit everyday. Is having a capsule wardrobe impossible for people like me? Is there a way which I can hack the system and be a maximalist with a minimum amount of clothes?  So during my trip to Tokyo in spring for a whole month, I challenged myself to bring the lightest baggage possible and survive with it. I am pretty confident with my packing skill & self-control ability. These items I packed into my sui