If you’ve ever seen the package for an Asian sunscreen before, you may have noticed a lot of plus signs on the bottle. They aren’t just there to make you feel positive (get it? ha!)—they actually refer to the sunscreen’s level of UVA protection. SPF measures a sunscreen’s UVB protection. Europe and Asia actually have established UVA testing and labeling standards (hence the PA+++ on labels). However, this doesn’t mean that you can’t ask companies directly,…
I practice yoga occasionally (keyword: “practice”). I usually only do it at home because I hate the idea of laying my mat on the ground and then rolling it up (the dirty side touches the “clean” side unless you have one of those newfangled “fold and roll” styles like this). But back when I was using ClassPass, I attended a few yoga classes at actual studios, aka not my living room—so I had to invest in a yoga mat cleaner. This post will review the yoga mat…
When I first visited the DECIEM store in NYC last April, I picked up a bottle of The Ordinary Azelaic Acid Suspension 10% upon the store associate’s recommendation. I’ve been using a pea-sized amount every morning for months now, per instructions from The Ordinary customer service team (I emailed them for help). In this post, I’ll finally be sharing my honest thoughts on The Ordinary Azelaic Acid Suspension 10% (spoiler alert: this post is categorized under “disappointing…
