It's Melon Yu at thebeautyandfoodspace | blogger | content creator | glowcare hoarder

* non-beauty content ahead* 2018 is coming to an end, and that last day is today! I'm happily to say that it’s been a pretty important one for me, I hope it has been the same for you guys, but if not, I wish 2019 to be better for y’all. Yep, I'm still alive - despite all the dark thoughts, anxious-filled days and nights, self doubts - nevertheless 2018 has been a year of healing. When you're a pessimist like me, it's easy to see all the bad things that's happened in your life whilst challenging to remember all the good. You really have to force yourself to acknowledge and accept that life isn't so gloom up black and white, instead there's always a rainbow shining through after each rain. I'm thankful and grateful for all the specks of rainbow colours in my world - my close friends that have always checked up on me in my darkest times, family that continue to shelter me, colleagues that support me and you guys sending well wishes through instagram....

Happy Sunday everyone! It felt relieved as I'm starting to type this post away and I guess that's mainly because it has been the longest time since I've last posted here.. anyhow! Today's post will be dedicated to reviewing Heimish Bulgarian Rose Water Hydrogel Eye Patch. This was sent to me for trial from Nudie Glow (Australia's leading Korean Beauty & Skincare store) about one month-ish ago and during this period, I have tried as much as I could in variety ways and here I am today, sharing my thoughts! So who is Heimish ? It's a fairly new Korean brand that focuses on individual’s uniqueness and beauty. Makeup that lets YOU stand out, not the makeup itself. Their packaging revolves aroun d around a very modern and simple design that is very feminine,  which probably falls in well with their brand concept of simplicity and effortless chic, so it works really well. It has a high end feel that doesn’t seem cheap at all. Before I heard about...

It feels like I haven't written a post in forever! (yep I know it's not Wednesday anymore :P) But I'm here! I figured I would do a post on natural glowing skin because well *cough cough* it falls into my favourite category: highlighters. It's summer here in Australia and as some of you already know I am a huge fan of radiant, dewy skin! Not only does it look youthful but it truly accentuates your features. During summer, I tend to use very few products as possible on my face due to avoiding face meltdown on super hot days. You know, sometimes less is more. On any other days or seasons should I say, I typically achieve a glow by using powder highlighters which are known to appear slightly heavier, but I've been trying out the LUSH: Feeling Younger Skin Tint for the past couple of months and let me tell you, it will be all you reach for to achieve glowy skin. And and and let me give you a sneak peek.... if you've always wanted to try MAC Strobe Cream Glow but ...

Good morning everyone and happy Monday! Welcome back to yet another blogmas post! Have you seen my vlogmas week 1 (part 1) yet? If you haven't, click here ! Part 2 is coming out tomorrow and you'll hear the reason why in my second vlogmas.. so stay tune for that! Anyways, have you heard of John Taylor watches before? I have mentioned this brand before earlier this year - a local Western Australia's watch company. If you are confused, here is the blog post link for a heads up: John Taylor - The Noosa watch review . And so I thought, to give another shoutout to this amazing watch line! After all, it's the festive season and a watch is always a perfect lil gift for yourself, your love ones, family, friends etc! Perfect for him or her because John Taylor does unisex watches, how amazing is that! The Preston I've been wearing the Preston for the past 2 months for 80% of time, which is let me tell you a LOT of time in total! It is so versatile that I can pa...

*6th day of December and counting down to.... 19 days till Christmas!* Good morning to you all lovely beings! I hope you are having a lovely week so far! Finally hump day aka middle of the week  I tell ya! Though this week has been flying with the past 2 days - being super hectic at work! And now here's the question..... Have YOU  (yes you!) started counting down to Christmas? Are you ready for Christmas or are you feeling a little bit overwhelmed? I'm one of those people that has to write down a list for absolutely everything so I am completely prepared, otherwise I'd be that person which leaves everything till the last minute if I didn't have my lists. (anyone with me?) First off how am I counting down to Christmas this year? If you haven't yet seen from my insta-stories/instagram, this year I'm counting down by opening my first ever (yep the first one!) advent calendar from the body shop . This one is a 25 days of Christmas advent calendar and it’...

Why hello there, welcome back to my blog! Yep it has been ages since I've posted anything since my last supposedly-back-to-to-blogging post in October, but that didn't really count (right?) as a post because I've never post anything after it! With that out of the way, for this month - DECEMBER - can you believe it? I can't. Last month of 2017. What is this blasphemy? This year is flying too quick! And so for this month, if you've been following my instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/melon_yu/ ), you would have known that I'm doing VLOGMAS up on my youtube channel, but instead of the typical daily vlog, I'll be rolling it out in a weekly format, the reason being because I work everyday so there is really not much to vlog and put it as a single video (and it would be boring too!). Hence, the weekly vlogmas! The first one will be out this Friday - the 8th of Dec! My youtube channel - It's Melon Yu . Besides vlogmas and opening my advent calendar ...

How do you cleanse your face? Does waterproof makeup or sunscreen seem tedious to get off? NO MORE! SAY HELLO TO DOUBLE CLEANSING. hint: once you start, there's no going back ;) With more than, well half a decade of using this double cleansing method, (and much requests from my friends), I'm putting this guide together in the most simple form, to help youse lost souls who are unsure where to start! (Share this page to your friends, family, socials, anywhere!) Here's how this guide goes --   5 W's - who, what, when, where, and why ----- ---------------------------------------- everything you need to know ------------------------------------------ WHO is the double cleansing method for? Anyone who wears makeup and/or sunscreen. So basically everyone :) WHAT Double cleansing is a very effective way to wash your face. And, the method is exactly as it sounds: cleansing the face with an oil-based cleanser once to remove makeup, dirt, excess oil and dead skin, and again seco...