Myanmar Beauty Queen Takes Up Arms against Junta
A former Myanmar beauty queen has joined ethnic rebels to take up arms against the country’s military junta, posting photos of herself with an assault rifle.
Category: BEAUTY
Cruelty-Free Korean Beauty Brands to Try This Summer
Thanks to Korean beauty brands, switching to a cruelty-free lifestyle has never been this easy. If you want to patronize brands that pride themselves on their ethical approach, we’ve sorted out the clutter to give you the best beauty labels to try.
‘Newness’ Will be Your New Favorite Beauty Streaming Platform
When two former Twitch employees saw the gap in beauty-content streaming, they grabbed the opportunity to push for community-driven content in the industry. Now, Newness has become a valuable treasure trove of beauty secrets.
Myanmar Beauty Queen Speaks out against Military Coup
A commitment to “world peace” might be a beauty pageant cliche, but as blood spills in the streets of Myanmar, Miss Grand International contestant Han Lay made a plea Thursday to end the violence in her homeland.
Instagram-Ready: Vietnamese Influencer Teaches Art of Posing
How to smile, where to place a hand, which direction to face: young Vietnamese social media users are snapping up a popular influencer’s course on posing for the perfect photo.
Japan Beauty Firm Under Fire over CEO Comments on Koreans
A major Japanese cosmetics firm faced online boycott calls on Wednesday after its CEO used a racial slur for Koreans, and boasted his firm was “pure Japanese.”
Congolese Model Challenges China’s Love for ‘Tall, Light and Skinny’
As a young black woman modelling in Hong Kong, Harmony Anne-Marie Ilunga rarely saw anyone who looked like her in the magazines. Now the 22-year-old is trying to change that, one model at a time.
China’s ‘Singles Day’ Lifts Sales for Thai Cosmetic Surgery
A Thai cosmetic surgery clinic saw patients snap up nose jobs and eyelid operations for its first-ever “Singles’ Day” sale Wednesday — capitalising on the world’s largest shopping bonanza to boost business hit by the coronavirus epidemic.
Vietnamese Beauty Queen Helping Girls to Stay in School
Skin-whitening, child marriage, a curtailed education: Vietnamese model and literacy campaigner H’Hen Nie has defied traditional expectations laid on her — and is now determined to show the next generation a different way.
Why is China Buying up the World’s Donkeys?
China’s domestic donkey population has already halved in the last century, while the world’s total is facing extinction by the next decade. But what is the reason behind China’s strange appetite for the beloved beast-of-labor?
Burberry to Launch High-End Luxury Face Masks with Signature Pattern
The exact date of the release of this high-end luxury face mask is not announced yet.
Burberry Puts ‘Social Retail’ to the Test at Shenzhen
Luxury fashion pioneer Burberry has teamed up with Tencent’s WeChat to cope with the pandemic. The brand has combined their physical and social media elements in a way no fashion house has ever done before.
Will Marine Collagen be the Next Skincare Holy Grail?
Collagen has been trending in the skincare industry for years now, more than thousands of beauty drinks and products claim that it contains collagen that will do wonders for your skin. If you are looking for the best kind of collagen to take, take a look at marine collagen.
Global Beauty Brands Ditch “White” to Come out Clean in Dark Times
The beauty and skincare industry is worst hit not just by the Covid-19 pandemic but also by the aftermath of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Global beauty brands scrambled to reposition themselves to align with the “movements”.
Fair and Unlovely: India Confronts Dark-Skin Bias
When Chandana Hiran was a child, strangers would urge her to lighten her skin. Today the Indian student is leading a campaign against whitening creams as global anti-racism protests highlight the obsession with fair complexions for many in Asia.
