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This is the glow up I've been waiting for.
My friends and I came to Korea on a mission:
to do all the things to glow up in beauty and
wellness and of course make some
precious memories in the process.
Oh my god there's a ton of people now.
Yep this is what traveling with your
girlfriends in your 30s looks like.
Your 30s are when your friends are
all in different life stages with busy schedules.
One has two toddlers.
One's in her second marriage.
One quit her job and started a new business.
One is in the process of
building her dream home.
And one can't travel until after Coachella.
It gets harder to find quality time together.
So when a girls trip finally makes it out
of the group chat it's golden.
Due to our varying schedules
and staggered travel times
we only had 5 days in Korea where
all five of us were together.
But we made the most of it.
So about the glowup here's everything I did.
First color analysis at Color Place.
Of course we had to do this in Korea.
So not only do they help you find
your color palette they also give you tips
on your face shape, body shape, fashion,
makeup, glasses, hair color and even
celebrity lookalikes
that you can pull inspo from.
I knew I was a warm tone girly but I was
actually really surprised to find out that
I'm a deep autumn that looks best in deep
colors but I can also wear light warm tone
colors but that's like my second best.
So autumn is my best color palette
and my second best is spring like this.
Yeah I usually wear something like this.
Okay you have to go very luxurious. Oh wow.
Okay I need to completely change my style.
Bye bye.
Next we got our hair and makeup
done for a beauty photo shoot.
So I did my hair and makeup at Yoning.
It's a place that does hair
and makeup for K-pop idols.
So this place was legit.
The makeup artist was extremely fast
and so skilled I was just amazed at how
my makeup looked
and she literally did it so fast.
It's probably the best makeup look
I've ever worn hands down.
After we got our hair and makeup done,
we felt so pretty and it was time
to do our photo shoot at Octobee.
So this is a place that
my friend found on IG and
it really was the best vibes
for a group photo shoot.
It was huge.
There was a lot of space for
us to just watch each other.
We were really just hyping each other up
the whole time and it was super fun.
Beauty and the lighting.
A good one. Wow. Oh yes. Oh my god.
Get it. Get it girl. Oh my god. Work it.
Oh that's so cute.
In the end we got to choose our best photos.
And if it were up to me if I was
by myself it would be really
hard to select photos.
But because all of my friends were there,
it was easy for us to help each other
choose our best photos.
So that was a really great experience.
Honestly would love to do it again.
They feel different. The photos look so angelic.
Angelic faces. Oh cute. Oh my god.
Shoot it. So cute. You look so voluptuous.
I love it. She's like even more like but
I really like it though.
Next on the glow-up list I did my hair
at Park Jun Labs Gangnam.
I did the 11step Dohi Scalp Spa
Shisheido Hair Treatment
haircut and digital perm.
So I went all out and just did everything
that I wanted because it was worth it.
So this is what my hair
looked after the whole thing.
And I kind of needed some time to understand
how to style this new perm.
So this is what it looked like later on.
I wash and try to style a little bit.
All I did was curl my bangs. Wow.
A perm is. Wow. It really makes a difference:
Next we got our nails done at 5x5 Seongsu.
So this is a contemporary art gel nail place
where they literally take the time
to draw on each of your nail.
So normally I don't do such intricate designs
but because I'm in Korea and
they're really good at this,
I wanted to give it a try.
I also love that they put so many layers of gel
for this 3D effect and they
last so long I still have
them now over a month after I got them done.
After, some of the girls left.
My friend Judith and
I did a second photo shoot.
This time with Sanho Mansion.
So I found this place on Instagram.
I saved them for a while because
I love the floral concepts that they do.
I just knew I wanted to do one
because this floral theme is just so Lavendaire.
I'm so obsessed with their set
and how they use real flowers.
And so I'm obsessed with
how these photos came out.
I think they're the best photos I've ever taken.
By the way, I did my own
hair for this photo shoot.
Since I just got my perm, it was so easy to style.
Literally just boop boop, did it in 15 minutes.
Moving on to wellness.
So my friend and I got a health
checkup at Hanaro Medical.
And it's because it's so much more convenient
and comprehensive to do a health checkup
in Korea than anything you would get in the US.
Plus, you're saving thousands
of dollars and so much time.
So here's a list of all the tests that you get
with a basic package.
And when I arrived,
I added some more tests like
early Alzheimer's detection,
breast cancer detection
heavy metals tests and so on.
It's so efficient. You just go door to door
from like mamogram, gynecologist,
vision test, hearing test, lung test, ultrasound,
blood test and so on.
And we finished all of this
testing in just 2 and 1/2 hours.
Next is the big climax of this glow up.
It is getting skin treatments at Fine Clinic.
So I was most looking forward to this day
because I did so much research for months
leading up to this point.
So this is what I did:
I didn't know I was going
to do this until that day,
until my consultation, but I
decided to do a stem cell IV.
So this is where they draw your blood
and they put it in a
centrifuge and they separate
the stem cells from your blood
and then they kind of IV drip
those stem cells back into your body.
So this is supposed to
give you whole body healing
and anti-aging from within.
So it affects your skin, your joints,
basically any damaged cells
that you have in your body.
So while the stem cells were dripping
I moved on to facial treatments.
So I'll list everything I did on screen.
Basically I did Oligio
which is Korean Thermage.
Shurink which is Korean therapy.
So all of these are less intense and cheaper
than the Western versions.
I did Rejuran HB+ because I had to try.
Rejuran is also known as
PDRN aka Salmon Sperm.
It's basically so powerful for
boosting collagen and hydration.
And I also did Juvelook Volume
to just boost collagen in the smile lines.
After the treatments
my skin did feel more glowy
and hydrated but
I'm supposed to see full results
from these treatments in 2 months.
So I'm still kind of waiting for that.
A couple days later, I also
removed my eyelash extensions
and tried a lash perm for the first time.
So I did a lash perm and
added some point extensions
which means it's like a natural look.
I'm still getting used to it because
I've had lashes for so long
but I think it's time I took a break.
Finally, this glow up list would not be complete
without mentioning all the
skincare and supplement shopping
we did at Olive Young and Korean Pharmacies.
Honestly I think my friends and
I just influenced each other
to shop more because I have never shopped
so much skincare in my entire life.
I think we are all well stocked
for at least the next year maybe more to come.
What is it? what is it? what is it?
78. 78. Lifted.
What do you have in here man it's like a break.
After my friends left.
I had a couple days solo where I explored
the palace Hanok village and
scenic places like Seoul Forest.
The main lesson I got from this trip is
to cherish the people in your life
and the moments that you share together
because all of that time is a blessing.
I just finished watching the anime Frieren
which I loved so much.
There was a quote where one of the characters
bid farewell to the group
to embark on solo travel.
He said something like:
"It gets quiet fast when you're alone."
It's so true how the energy shifts immediately
after you say goodbye and now you're alone
in your own energy.
It's almost like you forgot
how it felt for a while
since you were in that social energy.
On my own, I spent time quietly exploring,
taking photos and one of the days found myself
journaling in a cafe for a couple hours.
Traveling alone allows me to hear myself
more clearly without the
distractions of everyday life.
I get to use this time to really
reflect on what matters to me
what's important and
how I want to use my time
from this point onward.
I love that I'm not really on Instagram
or social media when I'm traveling.
I'm in my own bubble and just
experiencing the world as it comes
in the present moment in front of me.
I'm too occupied to check what's online.
And I find that even coming back
it's not like I missed much.
Everything I needed was always in front of me,
not somewhere else to be found.
This video is kind of a prequel to my China trip.
So in the next vlog I'll be traveling to
Suzhou and Shanghai
to see my dad after 6 years.
It was a heartfelt and healing experience and
I'm looking forward to sharing
that with you all very soon.
Thank you so much for your
patience and for being here.
Sending you so much love
and I'll see you in the next one. Bye
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