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How To Deal With A Quarter-Life Crisis In A Global Pandemic
Wellness & Health

How To Deal With A Quarter-Life Crisis In A Global Pandemic

They say that when we step into our 20s, we’ll be met with endless opportunities and exciting adventures that’ll form the pathway to our future successes. They say that when we’re in our 20s, we’re young and in our prime years when all the fun is supposed to happen. You know, the sort of fun […]
Beauty Brands Practicing Sustainability In Their Products And Packaging
Beauty & Fashion

Beauty Brands Practicing Sustainability In Their Products And Packaging

Whether you’re shopping online or in an actual shop (what kind of monster are you?!), it’s a given that you’ll see the word ‘sustainable’ more than once on at least one of the products you are browsing. In a world where brands are racing to market the latest ‘eco-friendly’ product that boasts of ‘all natural’ […]
6 Things I Wish I Knew Before Doing Eyebrow Microblading
Beauty & Fashion

6 Things I Wish I Knew Before Doing Eyebrow Microblading

When I had my eyebrow microblading session and saw the results, the first thing I wish I knew before I did it was that I should have done it sooner. Genetically, I am blessed with wispy, barely-there eyebrows. If eyes are the window to the soul, then eyelashes and eyebrows must be the curtains. My […]
What COVID Has Taught Me About Living In The Boondocks
Lifestyle

What COVID Has Taught Me About Living In The Boondocks

I live in a house with a large yard populated with fragrant frangipani and jackfruit trees. Our village is located in the middle of paddy fields where a gentle flock of buffaloes graze in. In the windy weeks leading up to the monsoon, you can hear a weird buzzing noise generated by the string from […]
What Hollywood Gets Right And Wrong About Mental Health
Entertainment

What Hollywood Gets Right And Wrong About Mental Health

One bright spark in the doom and gloom of 2020 was the global spotlight on mental health awareness. After years of glorifying positivity, often to the point of toxicity, it feels like we’ve turned the corner when it comes to normalising the ebbs and flows of our mental health. It’s really okay not to be […]
Satisfy Your Wanderlust During Lockdown Through These 6 Films
Entertainment

Satisfy Your Wanderlust During Lockdown Through These 6 Films

If you could go anywhere right now… well, would you actually? Everybody, on some level, misses traveling. Wanderlust abounds in a time of pandemic restrictions but with slow vaccination rollout and waves of Covid-19 infections, is it ethically right to do so? These are questions we have wrestled with in the past year and will […]
How You Can Make Loungewear Look Stylish Outside Of The Home
Beauty & Fashion

How You Can Make Loungewear Look Stylish Outside Of The Home

Lockdown restrictions are easing and we’re starting to go out again. Some of us are jumping straight back into the social scene eyes wide shut, while others are a little warier about heading out.  But what both parties have in common is the reluctance to change out of comfortable loungewear. It makes sense — after […]
6 Malaysian Online Thrift Shops That Won’t Break The Bank
Beauty & Fashion

6 Malaysian Online Thrift Shops That Won’t Break The Bank

2020 was a year filled with many unpleasant things, but some good came out of it too. For one, it was the year that vintage and upcycled fashion rose in popularity.  Fuelled by Gen Z-ers on TikTok, it’s the younger generation who are recognising the harmful effects of fast fashion that millennials such as myself […]
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