• A guide to Ine Kyoto by the sea

    A guide to Ine, Kyoto by the Sea

    Juli 28, 2024

    One of my ever top 3 things to do in Japan was spending the night in Ine, one of the most beautiful villages in Japan. Here is everything you need to know about Kyoto by the sea! Ine is a rural fishing village in Norhern Kyoto that is often compared to Venice in Italy. It…

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  • The best prefectures to see autumn foliage in Japan

    The Best Prefectures for Autumn Foliage in Japan

    September 26, 2023

    If you’re planning a visit to Japan this year in November 2023 and want to experience the country’s autumnal beauty at its peak, you’re in for a treat. If you saw this year’s foliage forecast in shock how late everything seems to turn red and yellow – don’t worry, this article will guide you through…

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  • everything you need to know about going to Japan now

    Everything you need to know about going to Japan NOW!

    Oktober 17, 2022

    After 2.5 years of waiting, Japan finally reopens its borders! If you are itching to go but don’t know where to start, I got you covered! In case you’ve just found this blog – hi, I’m Sam and I lived in Japan for 3.5 years and love to share all the little secrets that I’ve…

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  • The Ultimate Japanese Shopping Vocabulary List [EN+DE]

    Juni 2, 2015

    Hey there! I’ve been meaning to make this post in forever but as it happens, my thesis triggered a heavy fear of tables. The struggle is real. One of the most exciting things to write about in this blog is the actual combination of my knowledge (e.g. Japanese) with my favorite hobbies (beauty stuff) –…

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  • What’s In My Make-Up Bag? [โ˜…Little Twin Stars Editionโ˜…]

    Mai 9, 2015

    Hey There! Now, there are some topics that are very specific to beauty blogs: Empties, Hauls and, yes, the infamous „What’s In My X Bag?“ post. I didn’t intend to do a post like this, but a sudden business at work left me with little to no time for my post so excuse me for…

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  • A Cultural History of Beauty: Japan.

    April 30, 2015

    Asai Kiyoshi. Applying Make-Up  As I’m currently wrapping up many loose ends for my Japanese thesis I had kind of an epiphany: I’m a student of Japanese Studies; yet a lot of my content has revolved around Korean cosmetics (as they are readily available to me at the moment.) However, late at night, I got…

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  • The Color Of Water. [Face Of The Day]

    April 24, 2015

    Hey There! I just finished a busy day of working on my thesis and some late-night sheet mask action paired with video editing magic! Next post will be a haul video and you’d get it right now if Youtube wouldn’t take like 2305283 days to upload files. Yeah. That’d be great. (We might get our…

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  • 10 TIPS+TRICKS FOR TRAVELLING/STUDYING ABROAD.

    Januar 17, 2015

    Good evening everybody! I have so many posts scheduled but they are all reviews – and I personally hate to just kick out one review after the other as I personally find „review-only“ blogs very boring very soon. So I tried to squeeze in something different that hopefully might come in handy for one or…

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  • Living in Seoul (&Tokyo): December Edition

    Januar 9, 2015

    Good evening everyone! Wow, I have gotten an overwhelming response to my giveaway, thank you everyone who already entered! A lot of you were curious what actually my favorite sheet mask would be – I won’t tell before the giveaway ends, but I already prepared a huge „Battle of the Sheet Masks“ post that will…

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  • Huge Happy New Year Japan Haul

    Januar 5, 2015

    Good evening everybody! Thank you to everyone who sent me Christmas and/or wishes for the New Year! I feel really blessed with such interactive and above all sweet readers! As you all know, I have been in Japan the last two weeks to visit one of my best friends and former roommate Pachi. We had…

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