Top view on homemade Kombucha with fruits If you’ve been following the health trends over the past year, you’re probably familiar with kombucha, the fermented tea drink that’s been dubbed “elixir of life” for its immense nutritional and healthy benefits. The slightly effervescent, tarty flavoured drink, which originated...
Cleansing is by far the most underrated step in your skincare routine but also the most crucial to get right. If every last trace of makeup and impurities aren’t completely removed at the end of the day, they’ll prevent your skincare products from fully penetrating your skin, clog your pores and, in the worst case...
If you live in London, you’ve probably noticed that thermal cutting is the latest hair innovation to have taken the city by storm. This revolutionary technique, which uses heat to cut and strengthen hair at the same time, has recently been introduced to the Urban Retreat Hair Salon on the fifth floor of...
Pizza is a delicious go-to food loved by absolutely everyone, no matter the age. It is also one of the oldest foods ever produced, having been around in one form or another ever since the 1st century BC. Unleavened flat bread cooked in a mud oven was a popular food among the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians, but the...
The 1960s marked a revolution in the fashion world. Whereas before women tended to wear conservative clothes that covered them from head to toe, the swinging sixties saw the invention of the mini skirt, the explosion of psychedelic colours and the introduction of the round-framed glasses loved by Yoko Ono, one of the...
In today’s fast-paced world, we are all extremely busy juggling the demands of a full-time career with the needs of our personal lives. There are always deadlines to meet, errands to run, children to take care of and social events to attend both for work and pleasure. Carving out some much-needed “me time” every week...
A glass of red wine is a healthy addition to any meal and a guilty pleasure that helps you unwind at the end of a tiring working day, but did you know it is also the latest upcoming anti-aging ingredient in K-beauty? Although we have all known for a while now that a glass of vino a day has health-boosting properties...
You’ve probably heard the phrase “beauty sleep” at least several times in your life. While sleeping your way to beauty seems too good to be true, slumber is nature’s most powerful beauty treatment and the closest thing we have to the fountain of youth. The truth of the matter is that the state of your skin and the...
Seoul is a dynamic and ever-changing city that never sleeps and therefore, during every trip, I never fail to discover something new to do and explore. My latest discovery is the House of Dior, the biggest flagship store in Asia and an absolute must-visit for all fashionistas and luxury shoppers. In designing the...
I can hardly imagine a more relaxing way to unwind at the end of a long and tiring day than a warm bubble bath. But for Korean women, a pampering bath is also the perfect occasion to exfoliate the body. While in the West, exfoliation is a practice reserved only for the face, Korean women understand how important it...
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