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Korean Skin Care and Skin Whitening
So, after we filmed our TL;DR, we were curious about something. In Korea, people protect themselves from the sun. I wonder if their skin cancer rates are lower as a result. We asked Soo Zee to look into this, and here's what she found:
That's the list of the most common cancers in four countries. Korea, then Japan, then the US, then the UK. Skin cancer isn't in the top ten in either Korea or Japan, but 5th and 4th in the US and UK, respectively. Coincidence?
Anyhow, speaking of skin cancer, we mentioned in our video a bit about mole removal and how we got some of ours removed. You might remember, if you've been around for a while, how we had bandaids on our faces for a bit. I actually tried looking for those videos but they're so old that I can't remember. High five to anyone who does!
Point is, we didn't remove them for cosmetic purposes, but because we noticed that they were looking a bit irregular, and we know that can lead to health complications in the future. I also had one on my chin, and at least five times a month, I'd cut it open while shaving. So, we went to a dermatologist to get some of them removed. Quick, easy, painless, and TEN BUCKS! That's it! It was ten bucks a mole. And we didn't need an appointment or anything. Just walked in to a place we were told about and got it done.
Then again, procedures in Korea are pretty cheap compared to procedures elsewhere, probably because there are dermatologists and clinics just about everywhere. Hell, across the street from us, where all the chicken shops are located, there's a dermatology shop on the third floor. Great location! Feel like chicken? How about stopping by for some laser hair removal first? Great plan!
Anyhow, let us know what skin care is like where you're from. Are we wrong in thinking that people take better care of their skin here in Korea than in North America? Do you wear sunblock on your face every day? How cautious are your friends about sun damage? We'd love to hear if it's just a Korea thing!
Oh! One last thing we forgot to mention: a really cheap and easy way that Koreans take care of their skin so they can stay looking young and beautiful is – how could I have forgotten to mention this? – by clicking on the subscribe button below. Oh man! It's so good for your health!
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Tanning is totally normal here in the U.S, people do it all the time. However the effects are depressed immune system function,accelerated ageing of the skin, and last but not least….skin cancer.
Oh my goodness, where I live, tanning is so popular. I have friends that, when we get back to school on a Monday, first thing they'll tell me is, "Oh my gosh, you guys, this weekend was awesome! I sat outside all day covered in oil and fried myself with the sun and look how tan I got!" And I shake my head with disappointment. Another time, a friend of mine was saying how she got a job at a water park during the summer, and another girl excitedly commented, "Oh my gosh, you're going to get so tan!" as if it was a great thing. When I tell people here that I wear sunblock on a daily basis, they think I'm silly and stupid, they say, "The sun's not even out!" but obviously there are still UV rays. No one around here except for the other friends of mine that are Asian and are still connected to the customs they had in their respective native countries, understand how dangerous tanning is.
What about bugs or bug butes in Korea? Do they excessively protect themselves like they do from the sun, or are there just not a lot of bugs? Where I live, the mosquitos bite through jeans and the bites sometimes swell up to the size of a quarter! So does Korea get any pests like these?
So here in Poland it is SO much different than in Korea.I'm not sure but maybe more similar to America…anyway, in Poland people sometimes even put tan on themselvs to have suntan. Some people go to solariums even though they know it might be the cause of a cancer. There is this girl at my school that has make up and everything but sadly she overused tan and now she looks rather orange than brown…It depends but generally Polish people like sunbaving. And one more thing, if you have an umbrella during sunny in Poland day you'll look funny and stupid.
*sunny day in Poland
So here in Poland it is SO much different than in Korea.I'm not sure but maybe more similar to America…anyway, in Poland people sometimes even put tan on themselvs to have suntan. Some people go to solariums even though they know it might be the cause of a cancer. There is this girl at my school that has make up and everything but sadly she overused tan and now she looks rather orange than brown…It depends but generally Polish people like sunbaving. And one more thing, if you have an umbrella during sunny in Poland day you'll look funny and stupid.
I would love to go to the dermatologist all the time. However, insurance only covers conditions that affect your life not cosmetic issues. :/
what about hair removals … you only mentioned it ??? how it like there ???
I have a question for TL;DR, In Kdramas/movies their is often gangs in schools and physical fighting between kids. Does alot of fighting actually happen at school? Also could you explain what Jjang means? I heard it meant the leader or best fighter. Is their one at every school? Is it just between boys or also girls?
I actually used to go to a tanning bed place while i was living in Seoul
It was in Itaewon right on the corner where the station is.
I also recall a couple of other ones around there as well.
I also recall most of the other people I would see using the sun beds were foreigners also.
Yeah I don't think I ever saw a korean going into or coming out of one of those rooms actually.
Also i don't do them anymore so nobody troll me about melanoma!
This is not a question, this is just something to add to Simon and Martina's comment.
They said korea don't try and whiten there skin. But in some ways Koreans do.
Because Koreans believe that only royalty have milky white skin, so everyone tried to have that.
They believe back then, that only servants who worked out side gained darker skin, but since royalty stayed inside there skin stayed white. So Koreans kind of up hold that, where they believe that the whiter skin u have the better.
Hey Simon and Martina! Growing up as an Asian-American, a lot of times I felt stuck between two different beauty standards. In the U.S, having tanned skin is great, but in the Asian culture I was largely raised under, (I'm half Chinese and half Laotian) very fair, light, skin is desirable. At one point I was just like, "screw it, I'mma just use sunscreen for health purposes and be happy with whatever color my skin naturally is."
I have lupus so i have to wear sunscreen all year round. I even buy sunscreen outside of Canada because it has higher SPF. My skin care regime consists of a lot of steps, and lots of UV clothing. I been looking for those ajmamma hats and arm sleeves for years. Can someone direct me to find them.
Id love to see a TL;DR on a related topic to this: daily Korean skin care. I have heard a lot about how intense morning and night routines are to keep their skin looking young and healthy. Here in America our products tend to use a lot of alcohol and we have a 3 step process which includes make up removal, cleanse and moisturize. From my research on Korean routines it seems they have a 10 step process including double cleansing, using serums and even mists throughout the day. Would love to hear you guys talk about this and even talk about popular product lines that you have tried and where foreigners can buy them to try out.
But Lee Hyori and Rain once met at tanning salon. And we all know that Lee Hyori is coolest female singer Korea ever had.
hey Simon and Martina,
just to start off, I'm a HUGE fan of you guys and the whole EYK staff (especially Spudgy and Dr.Meemers). So I was wondering: What are your thoughts on EXO's Kris's lawsuit againts SMENT? I know that was a week or two ago but IM SO CURIOUS YEEAAAAHHHH!!! TL;DR would be very much appreciated! Thanks!!
I think sometimes "whitening" really means whitening. I know that there are quite a few products in Hong Kong and China that are actually supposed to lighten your skin. I'm Chinese American and so pale I'm rather dead looking (I'm secretly a zombie). In the US, Asian international students will also comment on my skin colour. Whenever I go to Hong Kong or China, people will literally stop me on the street to ask what I use to whiten my skin.
Hi Lovelies! A couple of my friends and I have been wanting to go to SK for a while now– what's really making the trip more of a priority is your new coffee shop that's coming (!!!)– but while we're there, we were thinking about looking into dermatologists. To be completely honest, none of us speak Korean, and we were wondering if you knew any places that were more english-speaker friendly? I remember Martina talking about Juno hair salon– is there a dermatologist equivalent?
This was actually very informative! I carry around sun screen with me all the time because I am so light. Got it here in Korea. It's only May and i already got sunburnt one day walking around in Sinchon lol (on my chest)
Anyhoo. I had no idea that the 'whitening' meant 'tone evening'. I will not be so afraid of BB cream now! Maybe I will even start to wear it! MWAHAHAH!
In the U.S., I believe that tanning is more popular than being pale or just 'wearing' their natural skin tone. Sunscreen and sun protection is becoming more prevalent than it used to be. There are many skin protection tips in magazines with charts to check moles and prevent them from becoming cancerous by going to the doctor to get them removed if they are possibly dangerous. I have never been to a dermatologist, but that is because it is really expensive, and it is seen more for one that has an issue like severe acne.
I think in S. Korea, or Asia as a whole, that prevention is key in skin care. Sun protection and hydration to prevent aging, where as in North America it is more fixing the skin problems after they have happened, usually with anti-aging products targeted to women in their 30/40′s and above. Not so much focus is on sunblock and keeping a skin care routine from a younger age.
Thank you so much for explaining whitening is the wrong term. I had heard it on a few korean dramas and it made me cringe just as tanning salons make me cringe. I just think it's bad to chemically make the skin a different color.
US is getting much better teaching kids about wearing hats and sunscreen. But only for the young grades. Rash guards, shirts to wear in the water are really common with the little kids at least. I don't know if that training will follow through life?
TLDR Question.
In Canada (more specific BC) there have been for what seems like ages , been having issues teachers having problems with class sizes and pay issues. Have either of you experienced those issue in Canada and do teachers in Korea have the same issues?
hi!!! make a tl;dr if you can about anime in Korea…..or is it a Japan only theme.Cause in a video there were toys from one piece so is this common???
I live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and people here go to the beach at least once every one or two weeks all year if possible (not really a surprise) and can easily spend hours, maybe a whole day there. Tanned skin is a beauty atandard. I, for example, don't like going to the beach so my skin is really white LOL. Because of that my friends and family think i'm strange, make fun of me, compare me to european foreigners and say that i was born in the wrong country.
Some time ago people didn't even think about skin protection, my aunt usually spent five hours in the beach and didn't even use sunscreen. Now that skin cancer ocurrence rate is really high(although it is still much smaller than in the US), health authorities laucnhed a campaign to prevent it, plus now that most adults have uneven tones of (ugly)skin, teenagers seem to be taking more care.
My dad, who is a doctor, says that sun exposure is what makes the occurrence of deseases so different between Brazil and countries like South Korea and Japan.Although the sun is bad for the skin, it's great for the bones! Here, skin cancer is the most common type but the number of people with bone deseases,like osteomalacia, is smallI. In South korea it's the oposite, people might have nice skin when they get older, but their bones get much more fragile.
Also, my dad needs one of those UV sleeves. He drives all day with the window open with his arm resting on the window so his left arm is always so much tanner then his right XD
I have always been cautious of the sun (I can't sunbathe it is warm, sticky and I get restless really fast XD) but after I started working at a dutyfree store at an airport with mainly flights to the mediterranean and other beachy places, I have really stepped up my efforts protect my skin. Seriously, the amount ot leathery, dark, sun damaged skin that come through the store is terrifying.
I come from Norway, where it is pretty much dark for 6 months of the year so when people go abroad or we have a decent summer,we tend to go a little crazy. And a healthy tan is still for many something to be desired. When they ask me for assistance I might try and slip into the conversation that most norwegians, (us being one of the palest countries in the world) should never wear anything lover than SPF15 ( in Norway) so when going to sunnier places 20 SPF is a MINIMUM if you want to protect yourself. But they pretty much always reply with a snort: "SPF 20? I'll never get a tan with that!" and grab the SPF 6.. which is sad (and kinda frightning), considering Norway has one of the highest rates of skin and mole cancer in Europe :(
There is also a strong tradition of sunbeds here, especially during the winter. Some use it to battle winter depression (again, dark, it is like GoT the land of eternal winter) but most seem to do it to keep up their tan or 'prep' for summer. And a lot of people also seem to not consider the sunbeds as "real UV" or "I am only in there for 10 minutes!" and therefore forgo SPF all together.
BUT there seems to be a small change coming though, I have a few more people asking for higher SPFs now, especially from the younger generations, so yay silver ligning!
And if I haven't been depressing or scary enough, here is a picture of the kind of sun damage I see every day:
Most of these things count for Japan as well, and I have to admit that I only really started thinking about sun block when not going to the beach after I moved here. When we're out with my in-laws, my father-in-law usually orders me into the shadows lest I get dark spots in my face. "You're so young, you should be careful!"
Here's another Norwegian perspective. Looking good, being fit or having great skin is becoming increasingly important/popular. Seeing a dermatologist/skin technician can be incredibly pricy, typically from 130$/100euro and up. If your skin is really bad and you need medication I think it might be a part of the health care system. If it's just "regular" skin that you want to improve, be ready to dig up the cash. :( I would like to see a dermatologist often as they describe, but there is no way that I could afford it, perhaps in the future.
From my experience, the opinion on tanning really depends on who you're talking to. Personally I want to be careful with the sun to keep my skin healthier in the long run. There is still some status tied to having a tan since it symbolises how you have been travelling abroad and therefore you are wealthy. These days, nearly everyone can travel, so it isn't a real status symbol any more, but it still there. Plus, there is so much more knowledge on how horrible excessive tanning and tanning salons are to your skin. Still, most people really do not care if you tan or not.
Here in the heartlands of America it is the norm for females to be tan (particularly in the summer time). They don't care if it's fake or real, just that you have a "glow". No, people don't shun me for my paleness, but I'm kind of… obsessed (?) about wearing sunscreen if I'm going to be outdoors for any period of time. I remember when I was a teenager being all worried about finding sunscreen so I could swim in my friend's pool. Everyone else just shrugged their shoulders and hopped in the water while I scavenged cabinets. As a teenager there was also the common thing with everyone that getting lobster red at least once a year as a right of passage for summertime. Yeah… I tried my best to avoid that childhood experience. Really, I don't get it. Okay, so my legs are white enough to blind a person- I would rather be healthy.
I have a Nepalese friend and her mum would protect herself from the sun with an umbrella/ parasol. So of course when she came to the UK her mum would get WTF looks. xD
Hey Simon & Martina!
I've always wanted to ask this question about Korea! (:
How is the dog meat eating culture like in Korea? Is it very common among today's generation of people? Do they serve it like a common dish in Korean restaurants? I've always wanted to go to Korea but my partner is a huge fan of dogs and he is quite scared of how the culture is like there. I don't think he can bear the sight of dog meat on the streets!
I would LOVE to hear your perspective on this topic :D
I live in the South in the US and I was actually badly bullied as a child because I was so pale. They would sing "Blinded by the light" at me. As I got older I started calling myself Casper the Friendly Ghost and they eventually shut the eff up about it. People still comment about my pale skin, but now it's more with envy cause I still look like I'm in high school while others are already looking a little haggard.
If I do go out in the sun without sunscreen I burn(Irish/UK ancestry) and then tan nicely(Native American ancestry) and my hair gets lighten by the sun. But I don't like the sun very much because cancer isn't on my to-do list in life. I always wear long sleeves or pants and when I'm not I always make sure to put sunscreen on. I have spf 100+ for my face and between 60 and 80 spf for my body.
There was a girl in high school that literally looked like an umpa lumpa. And another who on her lunch break would go to the tanning bed. Tanning is HUGE here…and here I and trying to find a cute parasol for summer. I'd rather get stared at for carrying a parasol then look decades older than i actually am. Leathery skin will never be in people…just sayin.
Most of these dermatological care are quite common South East Asia as well, but the awareness levels towards it are considerably lower than Koreans and Japanese.
Over here(in Malaysia) mole removal stores claims that moles have a significance in our life depending on where they are placed. Eg; I had on my right elbow, and it says that that mole will cause me to run away from home lol. My sis had a mole near her mouth and it is said to be her 'food-bowl' in her life.
Actually I live in Asia and most of the "whitening" creams are yes, to even out skin tone but also supposedly supposed to make you whiter. But what annoys me the most is when caucasian people say things like "omg stop trying to be white/caucasian". Many traditional asian cultures do believe that "paler skin" is more beautiful and so many people want to be whiter but not because they want to be caucasian, if that makes sense. As somebody before me put well, Koreans like Caucasian skin because they like pale skin, because Caucasian skin is pale. They do not like pale skin because it looks more Caucasian, if that makes sense. Also in this sense it's "white" not as an ethnicity but as a colour instead, just like 'lighter' rather than Caucasian.
whaat about waxing ? i dont think i could live in korea if there aint nobody gonna do me waxing .
Whaaat?! I've only ever been to a dermatologist like… once in my life, back in middle school, to try and find a cream for my acne. And nothing they prescribed worked, until high school when… DUN DUN DUUUN! Pro Active came out. That shiznit works son! Anyway, I don't know of anyone around here that goes to a dermatologist regularly, except my Dad. He has psoriasis, so he has to go every so often to make sure it's okay and such. One of my old bosses used to have eczema and would go to a dermatologist daily, too.
But it seems here that people only go if they have a skin issue, like eczema or psoriasis or a weird rash. I think it's interesting how people in Korea go regularly. In the US its just like, oh acne, big deal, you'll grow out of it. I think here, we worry about wrinkles or 'aging lines' more than anything. And even then, there's tons of make up to cover it up.
I see so many shows on TV about people who obsess over tanning and it's like, seriously, WHY? You're gonna get skin cancer. It's really fascinating how one culture views having darker skin as being pretty, and another views lighter skin as being pretty. Then again, it depends on each individual too. I'm sure there's plenty of Koreans who think having darker skin is pretty, and vice versa.
Me personally, I burn SO EASILY in the sun. Seriously, my body turns RED. its like my skin doesn't know how to tan. It just turns me into a lobster. So whenever I go out and I know I'm gonna be in the sun for a while, I put that SPF 50 on. My Mom always teases me, but after we get home and she's all OMG OW MY SKIN HURRRTS, I'm the one laughing and being all, >:D MWAHAHA I TOLD YOU SO!
Speaking of driving and wearing those sleeves, that makes me think of a guy I used to work with, who went on a long drive with some friends to the beach and when he came back, one arm was tan and one was pale. No joke! He said his one arm had been in the sunlight while his friend was driving and the other wasn't. It was so bizarre to see that!
I live in alaska and i resently went to the doctor because of low vitamin D. I live in a rain forest so i dont get much sunlight. We either have to tan or constantly take suppliments. Does anyone else have this problem?
Martina! unrelated, but I saw you on the news here in NZ :O funny thing was was that it was about how teens should have permission from parents before getting tattoos(was showing footage of you getting your tat done)…and I was thinking "But Martina is in her early 30′s… ._." Was still cool seeing you on telly though XD Did you give them permission to use your vid?
Wait what? How was Martina in the news talking about tattoos? Whuuut?
Yeah I thought it was random too… They must have just randomly grabbed a video off of youtube of what they thought was a teenager getting a tattoo done :/ it was on a show called seven sharp. Sorry I meant talk show, not news. But yeah took me by surprise, I was like eating dinner and then, "OMG I KNOW THAT PERSON!". Yeep.
This is freaking hilarious. Can you please send us a link to it if you can find it anywhere?
I live in a tropical country and there's only two seasons Hot or humid. Generally people in my country can't give,i quote Simon's wise words, "a rat's ass" about it. They just couldn't care less. I guess we're pretty tanned over here so i guess our melanin levels are quite high and we're more resistant towards UV rays. But yeah, I have never met a person who goes to the dermatologist for reasons that are not medical. I guess we tropics are hardcore ignorant sun-loving folks. Though I do put sunblock on occasionally…
Hey guys, I live in South Africa (yes, you do have some nasties down here! :) and the whole you look better if your tanned thing exists here for the caucasians. If people are pale then people think that your anti-social or that your parents are crazy as they assume that you lock yourself in your room or your parents lock you up in there. Its the complete opposite for african people because the whitening (yes, like literally bleaching your skin to have a lighter skin tone) is somehow all the rave. If you have lighter skin then your seen as a reeeeeally supah supah beautiful amazing goddess who floated down from the heavens! Seriously africans are like obsessed with people having light skin. There was even a huge tabloid thing a few years ago with one of our celebrities who was under the radar for a few years, when she came back out into the public everyone was shocked as she had major skin whitening treatment, to the point where she didn't look like the same person!!! I'm kinda dark in complexion myself but I'm not crazy! Getting proper whitening treatment is mad expensive and the back street/alley stuff is cheaper but it aint safe! People here don't make a massive deal out of pimples, we just buy Clearesil or something, but having a tan or lighter skin tone can really make the difference between people seeing you as a dude on the street and the guy who just came back from visting his parents on mount olympus.
i live in Puerto Rico so we are naturally tanned by the Caribbean sun wish i don't like because i really wish i has my skin a lil more light. even tough this is a Caribbean island and there's people like me who has a skin color like SIstar's Bora or even Hyorin we have also black people and white people. we have some tanning salons here more in the city side of the island but people here just really enjoy getting their tanning on the beach wish is one on the favorite hobbies of us Puerto Ricans Going to the beach.
@eatyourkimchi Hey guys i want to know if you could make a TLDR about if your planning to have kids and if is so will you raise him in koreaOr will you go back to canada so he could recive a "normal" education since i know korean schools are really hard
there is a thing here in the philippines that if you have fair skin you're more beautiful. So, some people, especially women, tend to drink meds like Glutathione to make their skin lighter. But the bad thing is people don't consult their derma and just drink whatever brand of glutathione available in the market. and I therefore conclude that most people here just wanna look pretty but don't really care about their skin health.
hiiii~ for the next tl;dr can you guys discuss traits that make men 'manly' in korea versus north america?
I have a question for the next TLDR! It's a bit involved, but what really is the cost of living in Korea? I've been trying to draw up a budget for being there this summer, but it's hard to figure out how much I'd spend on food, transport (public), cell phone plans, and whatnot. It'd be useful for the exchange students going or for people going to teach in Korea, and people planning to move there! Maybe also an idea of what taxes are like there, too.
I live in Ohio, USA. I have a genetic condition that makes it more likely that I will get certain types of cancer, one of which is skin cancer. Therefore, I see my dermatologist regularly for check ups to make sure nothing bad pops up on my skin. However, there are so few dermatologists around that they book appointments up to 6 months in advance. They also have a "cancellation list" where if you need to be seen quickly, they will put you on this list and if someone cancels their appointment, the office will call you and see if you can come in at that time. Anyway, because of this genetic condition I always wear sun block and clothing to protect my skin from the sun, but most of my friends couldn't care less about their skin. They never wear sunblock and many of the girls (and even a couple of the guys I know) will go to the tanning salon to tan. Being tan is very desirable here. I have seen many of my friends have horrible sun burns, and some even with sun poisoning, peeling skin, and blisters from having the top layer of their skin literally COOKED by the sun. I myself, being a 24 year old girl with freckles and pale white, fair skin, have had my share of sun burns too, but as I'm getting older, I'm getting much more careful and protect my skin much more than I did as a kid and teenager.
This is what I've seen, but I would like to know if anyone else seen similar or different things. Here in the U.S. tanning seems to big deal, but also frowned upon. I have seen on TV where pageant moms would take their VERY young daughters ( around 7 years old) to go get a spray tan to look nice for an upcoming beauty pageant. But it seemed to be a certain group of people that cares about tanning. For example, Caucasian women seem to tan the most, from what I've seen. I'm Spanish but I'm pale. There have been times where a Caucasian girl has been darker than me because of their tan. But some people frown upon tanning because how you get tans aren't natural and it's not natural to change your skin color because those people prefer the natural look.
As for skin care, it's usually more targeted towards women, unless it's acne, then men are targeted too. However, for the facial scrubs to get rid of acne, I find that for me, I break out MORE than before using the facial scrubs. There's something in them that just causes me to break out even more, so I stopped using them. I still break out from time to time, but beats using Proactiv.
Sun is radioactive here, we are actually in the middle of the world…happens that you can get sunburns even if it`s a cloudy weather (because the reflection of the sun in the white sky can make it even worst like a mirror). In Quito is cold during the day so you can be easily fooled, walking on the street between 11 am to 3 pm is deadly! (bad hour for photo shoots too) 15 minutes are enough to put your face like apple but people don´t use sun block or take care of that. Almost everybody likes to be tanned :( , bad for others who get freckles easy (like me) sunblock 100 is not enough and going to a dermatologist is expensive (yeah we have bad luck). In summer sun can be like magnifying glass chasing ants, if you leave your toys or credit card inside a car or in the yard they can be melted…true fact. Reporting from Ecuador…
Hi guys,
With Spring now here I start to see plenty of creepy-crawlies out and about. In my area I see typical roaches, moths, and spiders, also scorpions and the occasional snake. Thankfully I don't have any rats (that I know of.) I was wondering, have you had experience with any specific types of critters in Korea? Is there anything you have to keep a careful eye out for? Thanks for all the effort you go through to inform, teach, and entertain with your videos =)
I think good skin care is a thing throughout east asia and to a degree south east asia. My mum is viet and my dad is english so I'm naturally prone to tanning but I can have really pale skin if I want to (wooo benefits of hybrid genes). But my mum always since I was little emphasised skin care and to be frank I was teased for it imagine a tiny western looking girl walking around with an umbrella while all her friends played without hats etc. Australia has such a high rate of skin cancer but people still seem to have a luke warm approach to skin care. Which doesn't make sense due to to the hole in the ozone on top of us. Plus tanning seems to be a national affair. Like I hear a lot of my friends purposefully going into the back yard (not only the beach) to add a little colour into their skin. I really don't get that why would you want to burn your skin? Back when I did squad training swimming I was very tanned but now thanks to my lovely bb cream with 50 SPF and my trusty umbrella I'm as pale as my dad and frankly I'm happier, I feel my skin looks brighter and it is less prone to acne etc. Though explaining to my non asian friends that I prefer to be pale , hide under my umbrella and apply sunblock all the freaking time is like banging my head against the wall. There are a lot of ads in Aus talking about sun protection yet still tanning seems to be the trend. It is really frustrating!
In Australia out relationship with the sun is a little odd I think. On one hand you do have the tanned Aussie stereotype and like North America that tanned look is still popular here. However, on the ther hand the Australian sun is very strong (seriously even in winter it's crazy) and in Queensland (the state I live in) we have the highest rate of skin cancer in the world because of the strength of the sun and people's exposure to it. So people are very aware of that too. It's a bit of a war to be honest.
I live in the north of Mexico, and particularly at my city because it seems this doesn't happen to neighboring cities, we have only two seasons, winter and summer. If it is winter, we stick to the sun and anything warm like lizards, and if it is summer, we avoid the sun at all cost, 'cause at worst case scenario, if you take your hand from the shadows, to directly under the sun, your hand will immidiately burn from how hot the weather is. IF we have any intermediate time, like the so called spring or autumn it will last only a couple of weeks and then you are hit be extreme heat or cold.
Simon and Marina's skin is nice :D I love Etude House BB cream. It would be nice if you guys could talk about Kris' lawsuit against SM and give us your opinion. I'm afraid though you guys would get into an annoying conflict with SM lol.
Australia is weird in that we have hyper awareness of skin cancer as its so common here but a tan is still considered healthy and attractive. There have been a lot of media campaigns over the years to raise awareness and it has changed the beach culture somewhat but tans are still seen as healthy and there's a stigma around being pale. Anytime I go to the beach in summer people shoot looks at my very pale legs.
The older I get though, the less it bothers me. I'm happy to do my own thing and not get skin cancer or age prematurely.
In terms of skin care, its the people I know who make their own 100% natural skin care products who have the most amazing skin. I'm talking about women in their late 40′s who look almost the same as they did in photos 15 years ago who have been using nothing but their own products for 20 years. There's something to be said for keeping unnecessary chemicals off your skin.
I wear sunscreen because I have super pale skin, and my mom was a redhead on top of that ( dad's a blonde! ). I love wearing it because of the protection, but also… Hawaiian Tropic smells amazing. Seriously.
In the U.S., we just changed the regulations about sunscreen. They aren't allowed to call it sunblock, because it doesn't block 100% of the sun, nor can they call it waterproof or sweatproof for the same reasons. If they protect both UVA and UVB rays ( "Broad Spectrum" ), they have to state it on the bottle. If they don't, they have to put a warning label about sun exposure and stuff. They also can't exaggerate the SPF, which is basically the same over 50 SPF.
Basic Asian Skin Care MUST!
sunlight causes 80% of aging skin problems.
- wrinkles, spotes, color discoloration, or unevenness ect…
- Were SPF 25 and above for everyday (winter – even indoor) and 50and higher for outdoor (summer weather)
Exfoliate at least Once a week
(Dry skin – 1/week, oily skin – 2/week, and domination skin – 2/week in T – Zone)
Hydrate!!!!! Even oily skin needs to be hydrated!
besides drinking lots of water you should also use a non alcohol toner to allow your lotions (generally for combination skin), gels (oily skin), and creams (dry skin) to sink in better and protect your skin!
Eye Gel – It must be clear to be a gel. Gel don't block pores especially important since the skin around your eyes are 10 times thinner than your face. So if you see little pumps or dotes under your eye than your either putting too much product on there, using wrong product, or putting your face cream to close to the eye area.
Acne – when using acne treatments (usually contain 2% Salicylic Acid) make sure to use a Que tip to put on the places you need it (spot treatment) and ALWAYS were sunscreen on top of it in the Day to prevent the treated skin from getting darkened more.
These are from my own experience and cause my mom owns a spa. Hope it helps!
I live on the east coast of the U.S and I'm also Hispanic.Hispanic media here seem to from what I've observed promote tanned skin as healthy and fair colored skin as sickly. Many of the mc's and celebrities get fake tans just to fit the image of healthiness and beauty portrayed. A lot Hispanic girls love to tan once spring hits as well as Caucasian girls.What I find interesting is that my family in particular follows the Asian tradition that fair skin means that you don't do arduous work as my mother, grandmother and aunts compliment my fair skin often. I think it has to do that they grew in Latin America and they grew up seeing the upper class women with fair skin as they didn't have to work in fields. To them fair skin means youth and wealth.
I live in Japan at the moment, and they have the same feelings on the sun as the Koreans- for the most part. Some of the younger girls do get tanned, but it's a small percentage. However, I have noticed more people with bad skin in Japan…
As an Asian living in the United States, i find that Simon and Martina is making a point here..
I am so amazed by some Americans here that are addicted to sun-tanning..for most Asians, tanning is a big no-no! Looking dark is not an option for most Asians. Most Americans often said "Wow, the weather is so nice! the sun is out!" while for most Asian, yes, the sun is a death-ray! The sun is out? my fellow Asians, let's stay indoor!
On the other hand, i think most Asians do have the addiction of making their skin "Whiter" in the past but lately, it they think that it;s so unhealthy..the trend to be as white as a vampire is not that popular for Asians right now..Martina is right, as an Asian i do prefer my skin to be glowing (glowing white of course) with a little blush of healthiness~ well, end of comment here! Martina and Simon, you've done a great job! Thank You!~^^
I'm Asian-American (Chinese-Japanese to be specific), and as per fashion, all of my friends compliment my skin which has become quite dark because of being on a swim team. I noticed that my generation tends to prefer the tan-skin look, even if it's a bit dark, in comparison to pale/fair skin. At the same time, while my mother is neither negative or positive about my coloration (maybe because she grew up in Europe), but my grandmother calls me an Ethiopian. (Yes, I know. WHAT?) Maybe she's comparing my color now to my natural skin color (baby-butt white).
From this, I noticed two things:
1) America's Generation Y has an obsession with fitness and see things like tanned skin as a reflection of one's health and beauty.
2) Older Asian people still very much take notice of skin color, quality, etc, even if they don't have a preference about it.
Bonus: Most American kids hate wearing sunscreen, but not because it's lame- it's because they hate the texture.
Hey I'm from Germany! I don't really think you can tan that well in Germany… I mean I don't but I have a lot of friends who go and get fake tan every now and than,,
But most people I know consider tan as really cool and pretty!
In Indonesia, if you use sunblock or umbrella or any protection good on you, but if you just walk away out of your house with no protection whatsoever, it's alright. so no big deal… Meanwhile, I find that majority of Australian people really love tanning… (I'm currently studying in Australia) and I was surprised here we have tanning lotion/spray. while in Indonesia we prefer to have more fair skin tone, so it was new for me to heard tanning lotion
So true. Actually my sister and me were talking about this and we came to the conclusion that korean skin care is a lot about prevention and make the skin healthier. That's why they like moisturized and glowing skin. While here, only if you already see a problem in your skin you try to fix it or when people start getting wrinkles they go crazy and buy tons of products to erase them (I don't even think that wrinkles are that bad, I know I'm gonna get them at some point anyway).
I'm Korean and I live in Los Angeles, California and I have to admit being tan is definitely equivalent to being "healthy" (ironic, no?). But what's interesting is I think I'm influenced by both sides of the spectrum (Korean and American). My mom tells me to put sunblock on everyday, even if it's just to go to and from work. She used to say I was too tan when I was younger because I swam often. And she definitely has those sleeves for the car. Now that I've been stuck indoors, I've lost my tan, but she still get reminds me to wear sunblock all the time..
On the other hand, my dad told me recently that I'm too pale now and look like I'm sick. Also, I know that my aunt goes to the tanning salon regularly and was envious of how tan I had been in the past. All the while, they're still very strong proponents of sunblock too.
SO I think the environment and beauty standards of where you live definitely play a role in what you're aiming for. But I agree that the Korean people I know are very big on always wearing sunscreen.
Oh and most of the sushi places (except like the really legit, expensive, "famous sushi chef" places) are owned by Korean people in California.
I love that you guys did a TL;DR on this. I am kind of obsessed with skin care. When I went over to Korea, I was astounded by the sheer amount of PRODUCTS they use on a daily basis, and not just cosmetics- actual skin care stuff.
I definitely stocked up and tried a more "Korean-ized" skin care routine and I really like it. Along with realizing that the sun is an evil death ray sent to destroy us all, Koreans seem to realize that prevention is key. I feel like, in the US at least, it's mostly makeup that is emphasized until a certain age. Then it becomes anti-wrinkle, sag repellant, dark spot vanish-er! All after the damage has been done type of stuff. In Korea- and I am sure other parts of Asia- it seems like prevention and healthy looking skin is emphasized more.
As for sunscreen us, I feel like it is gaining more momentum in the US. I just opened up my Glamor magazine to see a huge article on why sunscreen needs to be a part of daily skin care.
My favorite excuse is when people go "but it's not even hot out, why wear sunscreen?"
Dear lord, the sun can still burn you even when it's cold out.
Tanning booths are still rampant though. Cancer coffins.
I personally wanted a mole removed when I was ten because it was on my nose and it kept growing bigger. However, at the time I thought it was a freckle. So I asked my mom and she took me to the dermatologist to get it taken off with a laser. But then they broke the news that I had a mole on my nose and began to treat my mother like a stage mom who was trying to make her daughter look "perfect". It got so weird at one point they asked me if I had named my mole!!! I was so dumbfounded I couldn't respond. My mom being my mom then took me to another doctor and he made me wait three years to take it off because I was so young. When he did take it off he called me Rudolf, the white nosed reindeer…
Overall, doing what I did isn't too common in America. In fact there is kind of a social stigma about any kind of changing the way you look through surgery. In terms of taking care of your skin… well I'm from Seattle, so people using sunscreen isn't common unless if it's summer. Even then I forget because I'm so used to not using sunscreen. It's not that I or anyone is against it, I just forget. In all honesty I need to put on sunscreen more because I do have such pasty white skin.
Concerning suntan booths there are a lot around Seattle and I do know people who go to them. Recently though, there has been recent criticism against using them because of the cancers they cause being reported on the news. But I still see people getting tans on vacation or in a suntan booth.
For teenagers there has been a lot of acne skin care products that have come out but nobody really goes to the dermatologist unless they have major acne problems
Also, when I was in Japan I noticed everybody used umbrellas, even when it was sunny outside. In Seattle, we don't even use umbrellas when it rains! Which is always…
Wow ten bucks a mole! In the US the cost ranges from 100 to 500 dollars PER MOLE!
Personally, I've seen an increasing awarenes in skin care here in the States. However that does not stop people from crowding into the tanning salons. I see that people know the risks of sun damage but just ignore them and lay in a tanning bed or out in the sun. While I enjoy the sun, I am very fair skinned and burn really easily. I wear sunblock on my face every day! And as we get into Summer I will start to carry sunblock with me to apply on my arms when needed. My family and friends make fun of me about it but I don't give a flying fig newton because taking care of my skin is important to me.
To be honest it doesn't surprise me that skin cancer is so high on the list for the UK, although really, we don't receive thaaatt much sunlight. Here people will go to extreme lengths to get tans, especially in certain areas where sun beds are still soooo popular despite them being proven that they're so bad for you. When you go on holiday its quite common for the brits to not put on much sun cream as well, as I guess we all want to come home looking beautifully bronze – however this often backfires and we normally end up looking like burnt lobsters – just a general observation!
The unfortunate flip side of this, though, is a 64 percent rate of vitamin D deficiency in women and 47 percent in men, although this isn't unique to South Korea what with the prevalence of indoor, corporate lifestyles nowadays. I have serious problems with the international "skin whitening" industry though — maybe South Koreans see it as innocuous, but the same companies selling them things (and in some cases selling Westerners things, one such being "Dove real beauty" parent company Unilever) are being very blatant in places like India, where they just outright run the commercials that say if you don't bleach your face you'll never marry a doctor, and marketing nipple and "personal" bleaches in Japan.
In Australia, having a tan is seen as a good/healthy thing however there are large rates of skin cancers, especially melanomas. According to the Cancer Council Australia "two in three Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer by the time they are 70″. Because of this, there are a lot of sun protection and skin cancer awareness campaigns here like 'Sun Mum' – the most current campaign and older ones like Slip, Slop, Slap (feel free to google them). Despite these effects, a lot of the younger people still go out and get a tan by going to the beach and sunbathing or fake it with fake tan if they need to.
Being a pale person myself, I often burn rather than tan and try to always be protected. I've also been teased for this before at school but as far as I'm concerned, I don't want skin cancer later on in life so stuff them!
I'm just curious. If Simon and Spudgy were kidnapped by Dr. Meemers, who would Martina rescue? (keep in mind that she can only save one of the two). Haha i know its random but nothing can beat curiosity. Or am i wrong? *shocked horror face*
I'm going to be honest I think I got more self- conscious about the look and health of my skin when i got into kpop. I never wore spf back in high school, but then noticed most Korean idols had EVEN looking skin. Korea has an overabundance of high spf moisturizers, sunscreens, make up products etc. While in the US, most of the make up and moisturizers rarely have a spf more than 15. I started realizing that my farmer's tan needs to go so I religiously put on spf even though I may not be exposed to the sun for long periods. I wear those "arm covers" so I don't get a tan on my left arm when I am driving around in the high peak sun hours. I hope starting now I can age gracefully.
I've always been as pale as printer paper and wore a ton of sunscreen growing up because I burned extremely easily. It's strange to hear that being pale is favored in other countries because when I was in grade school, middle school, and even high school I got picked on a lot for being so pale. People would call me a ghost, say I was "pasty", tell me I needed to go outside in the sun every once in a while, etc. I don't even live in a big city/coastal area of America. I'm from Kentucky. It's like tan skin is considered the 'healthy' look here while pale skin is seen as 'sickly' and undesirable.
Do you guys have any sunscreen recommendation? eg, what do these guys regularly use?
at 28:47 and on they talk about male ideals and go on an adventure, but watch the whole video.http://youtu.be/ChPxXYMi0Nw
This stigma is everywhere and covered up.http://youtu.be/0wWKjxxM6q8
In Mexico,people like to tan, in my case I'm sooo white and stay as red shrimp. I also marks
very easy, so now use sunblock . A year ago I started to use a Missha creams for the same skin tone and have been amazing, so much than my husband impact and asked me to buy him. So now we both care about our skin ;)
CDs in cereal boxes? Ha. I'm so old, when I were a lad we used to cut 45 rpm singles out of the backs of cereal boxes. Those were the days… Meanwhile, as far as tanning, in the U.S. the tanning thing started in the early part of the 20th Century, where I grew up in the NY area, when boating became popular among the wealthy, who would spend their weekends out on the Long Island Sound and such on their boats and return Monday morning with deep brown tans. It was a status symbol and thus eventually spread down the socio-economic ladder.
Tanning is and has been a cultural and historical perspective of who, where and when.
If you look in European and Asian countries (back in time)… being very pale meant you were of noble class or higher class, since you didn't have to work outside in the sun. You could afford clothing to cover yourself and hire others to do the hard work for you.
We live in the US (Seattle area) and really don't get a lot of sun. Definitely not as intense as South Korea (places with 4 distinct seasons). Meaning in Seattle it's overcast a lot or it might be sunny but not extremely hot.
My wife is very pale and she doesn't like being so pale but I love it (well I love her so she can be pale or tanned). But I have seen the detrimental aspects of over tanning. Leathery skin… to increase risks of skin cancer, etc
The skin is there to protect you. One should not abuse it.
I think South Korea has a cultural aspect both in recent history and from a societal standpoint that enables more people to take care of their skin. Instead of just putting on sunscreen for those "long trips to the beach"… it's used for everyday regardless of where and how long. Plus the care of the skin is of higher importance.
Most North American's want to take care of their skin after the fact… but it sounds like South Korea is taking care as a preventative (before)… not retroactive or response to the damage.
I used to like being tanned when I was in my teen age. I would tan untill I was milk chocolate colour during the Summer, and I would use special lotions that give your skin that tanned colour without any sun during the Winter, when there is no sun. And one day, in the age of 21, I ended up in cancer clinic. Doctors told me that black spot on my leg that started to hurt might be melanoma (skin cancer) and it must be remover immediately… In a couple of days I already was under the surgeon's knife, but thank God, it ended well. Since then I don't go out without applying sun protection cream on exposed parts of my body and I never tan anymore. And I think it's great that people take care of themselves in advance and not after experiencing horrible things, like I did.
I live in Southern California. what do u think the skin situation is here? Beaches, bikinis, tanning salons….everyone in my college is golden skinned practically. <_< except the Asians lol. I saw once these Asian girls but they were dressed in black and they were so white they looked like ghosts o_o I thought it was a bit much. but I understand; it's a cultural thing.
but wow guys, this makes me feel like I have to see a dermatologist or at least try to get a facial or something?! o_O I have BB Cream though, I love that stuff cuz it definitely evens out my skin tone. u know this skin-tone thing leaves me conflicted too cuz I think "Hey, do I wanna look flawlessly tan w/ my fellow Californians? or do I wanna appeal to the Asian crowd and go w/ white skin?" I try to keep a happy medium.
then of course there's the car windows-arms thing u mentioned. Ok, my windows aren't tinted AND I usually have them open with my arm hanging outside o_o so usually my arms are golden….I feel like I should protect my skin better guys.
OOOOOOOklahoma where the wind comes sweep-…. *ahem* I live in the panhandle of said state (directly north of Texas) and pretty much EVERYBODY is tan. Tanning salons are about as common as convenience stores and quite a few people have Native American blood so they get really dark really fast. It's kind of funny because everybody is so dark- even the white kids are as dark as Mexicans- I almost get made fun of because I don't go outside or tanning. Plus, I think it might help that it rarely rains and clouds are only seen in the evenings or at night.
I think the cancer thing can be genetic as well. I don't think that all these artificial cosmetic products with a thousand different chemicals are good for anyone's health. Maybe not skin cancer but you can get a gazillion allergies and other type of illness yu wouldn't think about. I use a face wash because regular soap is too dry for me, but I refuse to use all these "moisturizing" day creams and night creams and eye creams and whatnot. I think most of these are utterly unnecessary for your skin, a large large portion of cosmetics is just targeted at your wallet, that's it. If you want to moisturize your skin, DRINK A LOT OF WATER, instead of putting a hundred different type of creams on it. If really necessary, something organic like shea butter might do once in a while but NOT every day, multiple times a day. That's my philosophy. I might not get a perfect looking skin like a K-pop star but at least I get less chemicals *under my skin*. :)
Hihi!! Question for TL; DR over here!:D I was wondering if while you were teaching you noticed anything about what makes a student 'popular' and if it's at all similar to western countries? Do they have to be smart or good at sports? From my experience it seems to be more the girls who were extroverts and social and boys who had Bieber hair. Is there any noticeable difference?
That's a really good question as well. Hell! What makes a Korean student popular and how is it different from Canadian students? Hmmm…
thats is a really good question! I hope it gets answered. I'm Australian and here it's usually the tan, blonde, sporty boys that purposely do badly at school, that are most popular and the girls that are popular are also sporty, blonde. I went to Korea for a year (international school) in year 9 and it seemed like the smartest kids were usually the most popular (opposite from Australia!) But also the boys who could fight best. Though the classes had a sense of unity that we just dont have in Australia, i really miss it.
LAWLZZZZZZZ. Thanks for mentioning my comment! I'd like to clarity that my nick name is Nannon, and i am awesome, therefore hence my name is Nannonator.
Real talk tho i was totally eating a banana when you said that.
Even black people are geting tanned i DK!! ahah We love taking sunbath ;)
Let me just start out by saying, there is a tanning salon within walking distance from my house. People (around the Southern California area at least) seem to love doing that. I remember going to prom last year and seeing girls go from super white only two days before then turn into bronze statues for the dance. Even when I was walking around my college campus yesterday I saw a guy (who was typically 20 shades lighter) get stopped by a girl and she asked if she could steal his tan.
Now me, I happen to be pretty darn white, so the sun likes to turn me into a lobster from time to time (or give me a farmer's tan T_T). I have learned to either wear sunblock when I'm out in the open for long periods of time or I find a shady spot so that my arms don't become darker than my face. I also quit using foundation for my face (because I prefer not to) and switched to a "moisture tint" that has SPF 15. And I soooo wish that I could find scent-less sunblock in stores around here so that I wouldn;t have to fear getting odd tan lines. (X_X)
Here is my question for a TL;DR!
You mentioned in one of your videos that dental work is quite expensive. Could you talk a bit more about dentists in Korea as a whole? Also, are braces as common in Korea as they are in North America?
Hmm. Interesting! Martina had to get a root canal here, and it did set us back quite a bit. We'll look into the topic more :D
I actually just went to the dentist! Seems like there was a lot of options for cosmetic dentistry, and even with insurance it (regular dentistry) is expensive. Not as expensive as the US (700 for a root canal vs. 1500-3000 lol) but fillings are expensive too (because they only use white. Don't want mercury in their shop. At least where I went)
Koreans know that the sun is a death ray but soju is like mother's milk. Did anyone check the rates on liver disease, stomach and esophageal cancer. Oh well, at least they'll look good in their last photo….
I'm from Miami and you kind of see both extremes because in some Latin cultures whiteness is praised because it's supposed to mean you're closer to European ancestry which usually mean in your home country you probably had a higher status. At the same time being tan here means you had time to go to the beach and is seen as a symbol of status. Also, I totally relate to your story Martina I was always wearing sunscreen on school field trips and people just kind of made fun of me, but I think people here tend to forget we live in the tropics and the sun is a death ray, which is why skin cancer is so common here, and sadly people don't take it seriously.
Just fyi sunblock and sunscreen are 2 different things. Not many people know the difference.
Sunblock creates a physical barrier between your skin and UV rays. The active ingredient is usually titanium dioxide or zinc oxide. Even though this type is a little harder to use as it is thicker and can sometimes leave a white cast on your skin, it is much healthier for your skin and the active ingredient doesn't break down over time. You only need to reapply when you've been sweating or been in water, or rubbed it off somehow.
Sunscreen uses chemicals to absorb the UV rays. It won't leave that white cast on your skin, but then again you need to reapply much more frequently because the chemicals breakdown fairly quickly. There is some evidence that suggests the chemicals used in sunscreen is unhealthy for your skin and may actually contribute to getting skin cancer.
By any chance, do you have any links to journals about using chemical sunscreen has negative effects? I have never heard of it. I'm interested to see why. Everyone keeps saying spf is the way to go.
Both sunblock and sunscreen have spf(sun protection factor). It just means how long you can stay in the sun before you start to burn. The higher the spf, the longer you can stay in the sun before you need to reapply. The spf part of sunscreen breaks down and no longer works after a while. The spf of sunblock works indefinitely, it just wears off your skin over time due to water/sweat/movement(like makeup).
My mom always used to call sun block 'sun tan lotion'. And I'm fairly certain that sun tan lotion or any kinda tanning lotion is supposed to help you get tan in the sun. Some of them provide minimal SPF protection. I think I'll stick to my SPF 50! XD
Haha yeah, I've heard a lot of people call it sun tan lotion too. XD Sun tan lotion has an spf of like 4, just enough so you don't burn immediately and start to tan rather than burn. I think some really pale people will just burn anyway though. :S
I use a skin "lightener" now but that's because I'm old and have sun damage. I think maybe if they called it lightener instead of whitener, often they are called "fade" creams. I use one that has been around for years and marketed to African Americans. Black women I work with have used these products for years. Not to be white but to diminish the look of acne scars and even out their skin tone. I've been using one on my face and tops of my hands now for several years. I mix it in with my moisturizer even though you can buy it now with a moisturizer in it. I also use BB cream but BB cream in the U.S. hasn't caught on and doesn't have a skin lightener. It's basically a tinted moisturizer with 15 SPF. I've started using an SPF moisturizer on my entire body every day now. I have no desire to bake in the sun and never really did. I do still have sun damage anyway. Believe me it makes a huge difference a few years down the road how much sun you get. You may not notice until you hit your 40s.
Here in Portugal is BURN! The toastier you look the better (or at least that's what the majority of the population seem to think). You can find tanning salons very easily and the trips to the dermatologist are mostly made to treat/remove skin imperfections. Luckily for me, this year there have been more rainy days than sunny ones so people are whiter than usual. As a naturally pale girl (that's been taking better care of her skin recently) i don't feel like the white part of an oreo cookie whenever i walk around anymore XD
it's the same in spain
After summer break everyone's comapring skin tone to see who's more tanned lol
In Spain we like to be tanned, as I think Don Tantan from Philipines said, we like to be morenas/os (is a Spanish word). and how we think about the typical Spanish woman/man, like Penelope Cruz or Antonio Banderas. So, many people likes to stay sunbathing during hours. But, commoly we use sunblock during the year, or at least I use it.
I'm a major sunscreen lotion advocate. I don't push it on my friends, but my BB cream has that SPF stuff, my powder has SPF, I have facial sunscreen, powder sunscreen, and sunscreen lotion. This is mainly because I don't tan….I burn and I freckle, and then maybe I'll get a tan, but it could be just millions of freckles LOL.
I've actually had my friends try and challenge me to "who is the whitest person?" and I always win. In fact, I beat Jay Park by just a smidge. (True story!)
Simon + Martina: how did the mole removals heal?? I've heard that usually there's a little scarring??
Story time:
For me living in the US being tan is a big thing but I don't tan. To be honest I don't do well in the sun or heat. I have to wear sun screen all year round and if I'm going to be outside for hours I need to have an umbrella. So for others to see this on the east coast its really weird. I get made fun of all the time because of my pale skin. Yesterday actually i decided to wear shorts and I had a bunch of people come up to me and tell me I need to tan. I guess my pale legs are blinding lol.
I KNOW! I get that too! Every time I wear shorts in the summer I have at least one friend that tells me I need to tan because I look like I have vampire legs.. but I don't tan at all! I'm either pasty white or lobster red. No in between colors there.
Same here! But after a while I just tell them that I will have amazing skin when I'm older and I don't have to look like a old leather couch.
Besides if you've ever even tried to tan once you'll know that the hardest place to tan is your legs…..you will fry your face, arms, back and chest before you even get pink on your legs….One terrible hazard of suntanning is also the chest….a woman's chest can get really leathery looking pretty quickly if you keep letting it burn year after year….
Concrete…If you live in the city it is pretty bad when your legs are the same color as the sidewalk….
Finding the right sunscreen for my pale skin here in Belgium is just horrible. Everything above spf 20 ends up being incredibly sticky and it clogs my pores causing breakouts. Is sunscreen in Korea the same or do you have these magical sunscreens that melt into your skin yet still give enough protection?
should I be concerned?!? I have loads of moles.. including on my face!!!.?!?! :
OMG yay someone else who pick at there significant others face for pimples and what not Lol my boyfriend thinks I'm weird cuz I do that a lot
I don't mind going out in the sun but I like slather sun block on Cuz I tend to burn then tan and my mom always made sure I was protected by the sun I guess that explains a lot cuz my mom is from Korea and she always flipped out in the summer when I was younger never understood why until now
She also but a lot of cream on her face she had like 7-10 different face creams and lotions it was crazy
So glad you guys talked about it because I was also curious. One thing
you didn't discuss though, which I've seen on lots of dramas is like
that water in a bottle they put on their skin? I think it's called like
emulsion or toner? I also noticed they use like air purifier to moisten
the air when they're sleeping sometimes. I have a question though –
maybe you could make another TLDR about this because no one seems to be
able to answer it.
I've heard that some just use those straight shavers and do it
themselves and that they avoid waxing because it could cause wrinkles. I
just want to know because I'm terrible at doing it myself and their
brows always look so perfect!! Also is hair removal cheaper there than in North America?
I live in Texas, land of the sun. Here, being a certain level of tan is considered "healthy" and "pretty" and whatnot. People always comment on how white I am. But I HATE being sunburnt, since I've had it quite bad before. I do not know anyone who uses sunblock on a daily basis. It's incredibly uncommon. My mother never ever uses sunblock and tans
pretty much every single day if it isn't freezing outside. Luckily I use Korean BB cream (Missha) which has pretty good SPF in it. I wish the United States had more products like this that were actually somewhat beneficial to one's skin.
Even in Texas there are a lot of tanning salons. However, at least from the people that I've encountered, no one ever uses tanning beds since they are so dangerous. Spray tanning is still rather popular however. Although if discovered that your tan is fake, society here likes to frown on it.
This is kinda funny since I got burnt yesterday while going on a walk XD ok anyways, I'm from the US and personally I don't like being tan but I burn/tan super easily so it's inevitable for me and the only way for me to stay untouched by the sun is to…well literally stay untouched by the sun. So story time, my bro who is in HS said that there are a lot of orange females because of the excessive tanning from salons and I just don't get how that's a good look.
In Romania parents usually tell their kids that sun does wonders for bones and skin, so growing up almost every summer we would go to the sea side and return burnt. Literally. Our best friend would be aloe gel afterwards LOL of course in the countryside where people work the fields they automatically get crazy tan with stripes from shirt sleeves :-P and no one uses any lotion if they are heading to the fields. Hats and water and prayers to God :-P there are plenty of tanning salons offering all sorts of deals, like minutes free for students, or get bonus minutes if you bring a friend along. And yes, young people do consider tan to be sexy. Isn't it funny, in the country of the pale Dracula people wanna be tanned.
The tanning culture is very real in the states. I have a few friends who still use tanning beds (the coffin ones that are guaranteed to give you cancer). I'll never understand that. But I'll admit that because I don't naturally tan, when I go to the beach I'll slap on a boat load of self tanner before putting on sunscreen.
I'm from the Netherlands and having a bit of a tan is considered healthy here and having white legs or arms with shorts/dress whatever is kind of considered ugly quite a lot. So many people spend a fortune on tanning spray, tanning salons or spend hours baking in the sun.
As for myself I'm really pale and people have asked me if I'm sick when I wasn't and last year someone made a comment my legs can glow in the dark because they are so white. I take sun protection seriously. During summer or sunny days I always use sunblock with a high SPF as body lotion and apply a special face cream with a high SPF on my face and my normal face cream does contain a bit of SPF too. There is no way I go outside unprotected when it's very sunny because I turn into a lobster very quickly. I tried tanning spray because people said I should give it a try but that turned me into a cow so I just stay pale and I'm happy with it. I also have a slight allergy to the sun so no the sun isn't my best friend.
Ohh and people always think I'm at least 7-8 years younger then I actually am, no wrinkles what so ever yet.
Here in the US, I have been having a problem watching YouTube videos because of a problem with Google Syndication (or something) . I did a search and found that Windows 8 has an Add-On that blocks Google. I added this block and now have no problems watching YouTube videos. However, I wonder if this block affects EatYourKimchi rankings as I am no longer shown by Google as watching your videos. I do not want to take the bread from your mouths. What should I do?
In Spain is waaaay acceptable to go to tanning salons or to be tanned in general.
Actually, my skin is very white and I can't get tanned easily so in the summer is quite common for some women (like my neighbours or the owners of little grocery stores) to tell me that I should go to the beach to get tanned, that it looks that I'm sick.
What I basically mean is that here been white is kinda related to have been at hospital or sick at home so you couldn't get outside because, even if you're not on holidays, the sunlight last until 10 PM in some areas of the country and since is hot, is really common to see people having a drink with friends or coworkers at cafe's terraces.
I'm not sure that I have explained well, I haven't spoken in English in ages!
I agree with you on the "you look sick, you should get tanned a little" comments from everyone XD It's like there's some kind of contest to get as tanned as you can as soon as the summer arrives. I'm from the south of Spain and I have fair skin by choice. That surprise people sooo much. Everyone asumes I'm pale because my skin is sentitive or that I get burned instead of tanned if I do sunbathing. Whenever I say "Nope, I tan easily, but I prefer not to" the automatic answer is "Wtf, WHY?".
"It's like there's some kind of contest to get as tanned as you can as soon as the summer arrives." so true XD. Here in the north I felt recently that people is starting to calm down a little bit with that (maybe is the economical crisis & they can't afford the tanning salon idk) but I've seen people doing a lot of stupid things in order to get tanned, like go to the back al 11 AM and come back at 7 PM using those kinds of oil with SPF 4 or 6. That has to be terrible on your skin (if I did that I will look like a lobster in 2 hours XD)
I live in Greece …so many girls get tanned so they can look good while wearing summer clothes or going to the beach.Also dermatologist treatments are very common like for pimples etc but they are sooooo expensive !!!!!
I live in the U.S. and am a ginger so sunscreen is my life. I'm the palest person I know and I plan to stay that way. Because of being a ginger I'm hyper aware of skin cancer and so I've been super vigilant about taking care of my skin since I was in Jr. High.
Also, every time someone gives me crap about bathing in sunscreen while they tan I just tell them that I'm preparing to be cougar in the future ;)
Tanning is not a thing in Asia. In fact, they avoid tanning as much as possible. That's why they use long-sleeves, umbrellas, etc not only to protect their skin but also to avoid tanning. I used to swim as a child and I got tanned and people made fun of me. Then when my skin got fairer, a lot of people praised my skin colour.
I think it's because that Asian countries' main source of income is farming or any other outdoor jobs and the sun is always out (in SE Asia at least). Man and women, all work in the fields and their skin would get dark. Fairer skin means you are rich and you do not have to work because you have people working for you. Whereas in North America, women are expected to stay at home and do household chores and raise their children and they will have fairer skin. Tanned skinned in N. America equates to being rich and they can have vacations instead of just staying at home.
I'm from the UK and half filipino but I'm seriously pale. I used to want to be more tanned since that was the ideal here, however when I would go to the Philippines I would get compliments for being so pale. Seeing how lots of people there wanted paler skin I decided to just be happy with what I have. I didn't start wearing face creams with SPF everyday until I learnt that sun damage can cause the skin to age. I also don't think tanning is as popular as it was in the UK but I still see features in magazines about being ready for summer and holidays by using fake tan.
Also I agree with Martina on the 'dewy' look, it looks kinda greasy to me too.
I'm from Canada and was thinking about getting laser resurfacing done for some old acne scars. $500 dollars a session at my dermatologist. Asked my Korean friend how much it cost for him to get it over there and it wasn't even $100. The only negative thing I heard about getting procedures done in Korea is that some people will try to overcharge foreigners.
I'm part Mexican but white-looking, so I tan really easily and almost never get sunburned. I don't worry about skin protection, because there's no history of skin cancer in my family, and being tan is considered attractive here in the U.S., so why bother? I do find that people of Asian descent here tend to have unusually healthy skin, so I can only assume it's a genetic thing that's exacerbated in Asian countries thanks to cultural emphasis on skin care.
Random question: Do people in other countries have "skin tone comparison contests"? I don't know what else to call them. Basically, something in conversation that indirectly or directly relates to skin color will trigger a bunch of people to spontaneously compare their skin tones. Everyone sticks out their arm and compares, like, "Oh, you're darker than me," "Wow, your skin is really light," etc. I wonder if this is an American thing because of all the racial diversity, or if people in other countries do it too.
I live in the US which obviously has some issues with people being obsessed with tanning. I tan very easily so I'm the perfect candidate for being tan (even if I just go to the beach for a weekend I'll come back really dark). But I'm actually a Missha #11 skin tone (maybe a tad darker but not noticeably so, definitely not up to #21 and my old makeup was around a #23 but in a different brand and it looked so awful omg). I purposefully try to not tan. I wear makeup with skin block. I wear strong sun screen if I'm going to spend a lot of the day outside. I've had family members and family friends who got skin cancer from spending too much time outside without proper protection and that is something I never ever want to go through. People can complain about how pale I am all they want, but I'll be the one with the nice skin when we get older.
Skin care? We have two sorts of people here. Sunbather and nonsunbather. There was a time when looking like a leathercouch was supposed to be cool. But most of them were the less educated. Its a fact.
We have free healthcare here (we pay taxes for this) but it starts getting more and more like america so that a lot of people have private insurances. So they go to private doctors. Why? Because private doctors normally do more, have time for you and you dont have to wait. I am one of the mix-people. I search for the best doctor and visit. Doesnt matter if its private or public. If its the best its the best.
But one thing do all our skindoctors have in common: every thing they do costs. Yes they will check your moles for free but removing costs. And not just ten bucks. Make it like 80-100 euro for 1 mole!! It only costs between 20-40 euro if its threatening.
Oh and good skincare products? Not to be found or rarelly to be found. When i was in australia i was stunned how much careproducts there are. Here you have just a few regals and thats it. And its expensive. A normal cheap mascara costs 15 euro. A make up remover thats for sensitiv or allergic skin costs 20 euro. So you see skin care did totally go by. Dont know why. I get all my products from other countries because i have allergic skin and no product from here will fit me.
One thing I have noticed, is that Korea and other asian countries have THE BEST suncreens. I currently am using a spf 130 i had to buy from Sasa. But it actually is worth a durn to have it imported when your family has a history of skin cancer :(
130?!?! Hellll that's crazy! Mine is only 50, and I remember as a kid when I thought 50 was a lot, because I used to have SPF 15. Ha!
It was about the same price as a spf 50 too. People there really don't want to get any uv rays lol. They even have common brands like 'Vaseline' that have sunblock lotions dedicated to skin 'whitening'. The things I learn on the internet.
I'm a girl from Poland (cześć) and I started taking care of my skin when I started listening to kpop and getting into korean culture. I went to a beauty salon (?) and got my face cleaned and the lady told me to what kind of skin type I really have etc., but I didn't really know or care about it earlier.
People in Poland go to dermathologist when they have a real problem with their skin, but I think going to beauty salon to have your pimples popped is quite common, especially with teenagers. But sunscreens? SPF face creams? Not very common in daily use. And as for tanning – usually after summer holiday people would talk about it, but it's not a thing here…
Hi from Australia! here all through school they hammer Slip Slop Slap (Shirt, sunscreen, hat) but asides from my sister and I know one i know does the sun protection thing. We love our beaches and sunbaking (frying) too much. Apparently tho scientist recently discovered that the sun on skin produces endorphines, which means you can legitamately be addicted to the sun! Oooh let me hop in the sun and get my fix~!
But look now you can Drink!!! your sunscreen. Eeeww?
I had a really funny encounter last year with some korean exchange students from Seoul and Busan. They asked me where they can buy these kind of sleeves Simon and Martina are talking about here in Germany. I told them that this is a korean thing and something like that isn´t available here. They were so mind blown and shoked and didn´t believe me haha. You should have seen their faces, really it was hilarious…its really a funny story….
Ha! Amazing :D
People in Japan too are definitely more aware of skin health than back home in the States. Tanning is definitely a no no. Even on hot days I see people walking around with jackets on to cover up their skin. I'm not sure if people in Japan see dermatologists as often as people do in Korea. I've definitely seen a lot of acne though. I wondered about products with "whitening" on the label. Thanks for clarifying ^^
I'm always amazed by the vast number of skin and beauty care products in Japan/Korea. I just wish some of those products would be sold in the US. BB cream, for example, is really lacking in the US. I'm quite pale so even if I buy the lightest shade it is too dark for me. The last time I went to Etude House they gave me a bb cream sample to try and halleluiah it was like the perfect fit for me. I'm really going to miss skin care products here OTL
I'm African American. I've never once had a pimple so I never really thought about taking care of my skin to much aside from putting on lotion everyday. After watching this TL;DR and seeing that chart I'm a little more concerned about it. I know since I'm black I'm less likely to get any form of skin cancer, but that doesn't mean it's impossible for me to get skin cancer.
Here in the Philippines, "whitening" really means WHITENING. The standard of beauty here is that you need to be really fair and light-skinned. There's really a stigma when it comes to being dark skinned; it connotes being poor/homeless and there are even shows that have dark skin as the main problem (Google: Nita Negrita). However, it can also be seen as an attractive quality, and the word "moreno/morena" is used to describe someone who's handsome/pretty but somewhat dark.
Anyway, back to the skincare part. The ads for "whitening creams" here really show how using them will make you "whiter" or give you a "pinkish white glow" ("pinkish" means looking white without being pale). One product contains charcoal to help clean your skin, and while it does help remove dirt, the ads for it make it seem as if the dirt on your face is what's making you dark. Glutathione pills are also sold and consumed to make you whiter (Belo and MET Tathione are common brands).
Anti-aging creams and oil-control products are also popular here, but the really dominant type of product that's advertised is the whitening kind. Even when advertising those kinds of products, only fair-skinned people are used.
You're spot on :D The glutathione pills and injections. I never can say or spell that word correctly lol. Also Likas Papaya Soap is pretty popular right? I'm kind of guilty of using it from time to time hehe…
I'm from Singapore, 19, and i started taking care of my skin since last September. My skin wasnt that bad to begin with, but after starting a skincare routine, it really looks and feels much better. Now, i use a toner, moisturiser and sunblock everyday. My skin is quite fair, and my friends comment that i have really good skin, even though i still have pimples and blackheads. So i guess the sunblock does play a part too, esp in anti-aging~ ^^
I think most asians have nice skin. I'm Filipino and never had acne ever (sry don't mean to brag lol) I use kojic acid soap or papaya soap. It may irritate some peoples skin, but for me it does not burn at all or really whiten my skin since I don't have such dark skin; it mostly cleanses my skin pretty well and I love it. It's important to use moisturizer and sunblock though after. But skin whitening is really big in the Philippines with the injections and pills to make you skin lighter.
I live in England so we get like 50 weeks of rain and gloom and 2 weeks on sun ,obviously that's a bit of an exaggeration, but my point here is that whenever we do get the death ray poking through the clouds every once in a while everyone seems to embrace it and think that's they're immune to the UV rays shooting down at us and just don't put sun block on.. we're all basically sunburnt the next day though (me included! )
haha… I also live in England, but the rain really doesn't bother me.. I don't like hot weather so when it is hot I just stay at home and complain..!! :)
I'm from the UK too, and there is a stigma against being fair skinned, tanned is always seen as best. I know some girls who use cooking oil to tan their skin when the sun comes out! It's madness! I prefer pale skin, I think it looks beautiful, and have often been asked why I don't want to tan and am often called weird for not wanting to. The attitude needs to change; but people in this country just don't seem to care. But the moment they start getting wrinkles, they're off to get botox done, prevention is key!
Skincare in this country is atrocious. I know no one who has a skincare routine. There are people in this country who do, but they are usually beauty bloggers. I had to teach my little sister, my best friend, my boyfriends mum and my aunt about skincare because they had no clue. Everyone says that they want great skin and there are adverts that try to sell skincare but it's always 2 in 1 or 5 in 1! It's pure laziness, if you want good skin, you need to look after it with a step routine. I use at least 11 products for my daily skincare routine; 6 in the morning (cleanser, serum, eye cream, moisturiser 1, moisturiser 2, sunscreen always SPF40 or more) and 5 in the evening (cleanser, serum, eye cream, oil, night cream), and it only takes me a few minutes to do that in the bathroom. I hate it when people claim that they don't "have enough time" to do skincare in the morning; if you're taking forever to do your skincare you need to HURRY UP. :)
Though I will say this, I don't use sunscreen on my body as much as I should do. Now that it's getting hotter in the UK, I need to start to use it.
I totally agree!! It's just crazy! It was ridiculously sunny last week, I've been revising like crazy for my exams so I'm inside most of the time, but I took an hours break in the sun and was already sunburnt on my face, you just don't expect it to happen so quickly because it usually doesn't! I've always wanted to start a facial skin care routine but my problem is I just don't know where to start!!
Do you wear makeup or sunscreen? If so get an oil cleanser or a butter cleanser because that will help to take off makeup and sunscreen. Then you will need a second cleanser, preferably a milk cleanser because it's not too harsh, to take off the remainder of your makeup and all the grime from the day. You can even use the milk cleanser to wash your face in the morning. I usually don't, I just use water, it depends if your skin can handle it.
I have combination and acne prone oily skin so washing it in the morning promotes more acne because I'm washing it TOO much. Just experiment.
When using a milk cleanser, always take it off with water. Don't use cotton pads for ANYTHING other than taking off nail polish. They're a waste of money. Use your hands, your parents gave them to you.
Then a hydrating toner and an eye cream, you don't need anything too fancy, just one that hydrates.
I think you may be too young to start using a serum, but one for acne or hydrating would be good if you have any of those things.
Then a moisturiser. I use two, a gel and then a cream for winter, and just a cream for summer. Then a sunscreen. Preferably SPF30 or more if you have fair skin. If you are darker, SPF20 would be fine. And you're done! :)
A good exfoliator would be to mix a teaspoon of nutmeg and a teaspoon of milk, this is what I use and it leaves your face super soft. Wet your face and start gently massaging your face. Don't scrub! I know so many people who scrub their face like it's the kitchen floor, it will just leave you red.
For face masks, getting your hands on some fullers earth (clay) and mixing it with water or milk makes it a good face and body mask. Just use that once a week if you suffer from break outs.
Stay away from oil free! Oil is good for skin. If you can, try and get your hands on some Rosehip and Coconut oil. Rosehip is good for facial skin whilst coconut is good for body skin and hair. :) a good site is fushi.co.uk they do very good oils for such a great price, and they're organic.
You don't need to get all of these things at once, budget yourself and get them whenever you can. Just starting with a cleanser, moisturiser and sunscreen is good enough for now. :)
Oh my goodness! I feel so rich with knowledge now!! Thank you, I finally know where to start! My skin will be thanking you soon:D
i know it's a bit of crazy question but can i ask what sunscreen you use? i'm just wondering whether it's a daily one or whether it's the usual fairly gloopy type that is the usual sunscreen of summer X3 cos i feel rather shameful after hearing about your skincare regime >w<
2 moisturizers? could i ask what are the brands and whats the difference that you use 2? doesnt it get too gloopy with 2 layers? also, what do you mean by oil at night, what sort of oil and doesnt that cause a layer that prevents the night cream from getting absorbed
Since my eighteenth I'm wearing sunblock with SPF50+ PA+++. Yes, I'm bloody pale because of that, but I don't mind. Since I'm protecting my skin from the sun, I've had less acne and my skin looks better and healthier overall. And as you guys mentioned: my face won't look old and saggy when I'm hitting 35. With just putting on some sunblock every day you can make so much difference. It's not a hard thing to do and you'll be grateful in the future.
Here in Essex (Southeast England) not a lot of people use tanning salons because there is a lot of publicity for Skin Cancer, and people (mostly) know the dangers. That said, some teens- mid twenties still want to tan quickly, and will go to places to have an orange/brown dye sprayed on, that lasts for a few weeks before washing off. Some counties are well known for the popularity of spray-tan within them, for example most people in London expect everyone in Essex to have it, because that is the stereotype.
I think there's definitely a thing with tanning here in England, probably because most of us are all so pale due to the lack of sun! ;D either way, along with self tan I've noticed that a lot of young girls in my age group will opt for a foundation one or two shades darker then their original skin tone and will want to soak up as much sun as possible rather than avoiding it! I think the younger people aren't really all to aware or worry about skin cancer which is probably something that should be brought up a lot more and sorted out.
Tanning in Spain is a big thing. I know lots of people who go to the beach just to sunbathe. They don't even LOOK at the water, let alone actually bathing. WTF?
I'm from New York and I can say that when I went to Korea DEFINITELY people take care of their skin better than they do back home. I can't say that nobody here takes care of their skin, but I can say the overall population of Korea takes care of their skin a lot better than we do! I'm glad I picked up habits when I was there regarding skincare. While I have been graced with good skin to begin with, the things I do extra make my skin a lot nicer than ti was previously, or without any care! It looks much healthier!
doing my skincare regime as i watch the video lol
I just washed my face, too :D


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The Art of Video Games: The Best Comments You'll Ever See at a Museum
It's a tired, perennial gaming cliche as resilient as the villainous AI computer system that first uttered it. But, yes, Portal's "The cake is a lie," was the most entered comment in the guestbook for The Art of Video Games exhibit while it was at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. (It's now touring the country, currently in Boca Raton, Florida, and soon moving on to Seattle, Washington, next).
As part of their "Lessons from the Museum - Postmortem on The Art of Video Games Smithsonian Exhibit" panel at MAGFest 11, exhibit curator Chris Melissinos and exhibition coordinator Georgina Goodlander reviewed a handful of scribblings and heartwarming notes left in The Art of Video Games guestbook.
Smithsonian staff marveled over how many drawings were in the guestbook and how many people knew how to draw Link. (Photo not shown because someone wrote their PSN ID on it.)
Also at the postmortem, Melissinos also shared a video of when I Fight Dragons visited the exhibit. Click here for an amazing a capella rendition of the Legend of Zelda theme.
[All images courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum]
"This makes me feel like I matter" is the comment that validates my life as a human being and as an educator

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Cartel Blue
Hemp, Inc.'s diversification also expands into the apparel industry with their hemp and natural fibre clothing (www.cartelblue.com) launching Spring, 2014. Cartel Blue will manufacture hemp jeans and other eco-friendly clothing. The apparel line's physical advantages are its hemp fibers due to its length, strength, durability, elasticity, and ability to withstand high temperatures without degeneration. It also has antimicrobial properties, as hemp is resistant to the growth of Aspergillus Niger… a fungus and one of the most common species of the genus Aspergillus. It causes a disease called black mold and is ubiquitous in soil, commonly reported from indoor environments. Furthermore, hemp can be grown without or very minimal herbicides and pesticides.


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In this time of crisis, I'm finding fake news to be a lot more comforting than what some people call real news.
From The Onion: "National Museum of the Middle Class Opens". . .
And if you didn't catch it last week, this one's pretty great:
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Personal for Anthony:
here to remind you of your Prague days and the fav. Paul De Leeuw film. Mirek and I are maried now and have moved to Sydney. Would love to here from you and send you some of the music that we have created.
You look well after all these years.


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January 23, 2014 (CHICAGO) --The Chicago Fire Department and Peoples Energy are at the scene of a gas leak in the 2300 block of S. Kedzie on the city's Southwest Side.
Firefighters cut gas service to 40 buildings in the Little Village neighborhood after a construction crew broke the gas main.
The main broke Thursday morning around 11 a.m. and prompted a Level 1 Hazardous Materials response from the fire department.
"We are working to assess and repair any damage as quickly as possible," the gas company said in a statement.
The affected area is between Cermak Road and 25th Street, from Kedzie Avenue east to Albany Avenue.
A fire official said that schools in the area won't be affected because they have backup service.
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Why Apple's early Macs would not be good at music
Why wouldn't an early Mac be good a music? Because at under 1023MB, it didn't have any gigs.
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