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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-08-03

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by Philip Gowman on 3 August, 2009

in Beauty, CD reviews, Crossfields, Epik High, Events news, Kingston 2009, TV drama, Twitter Tweets, Western classical music

Just heard the Kingston Korean Festival is happening on 15 Aug. Trying to get confirmation. #
Listening to the memorial album for President Roh. Just arrived from Mr Kwang. Nice mellow music. #
Never thought I would enjoy listening to gugak fusion. But actually Ccotbyel playing haegeum isn’t bad. #
Yup, a couple of independent sources confirm the [...]

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Deadly Elves and other recent tabloid stories

28 August 2007 Bada
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It’s a while since I did a round-up of celebrity news, which means that I’ve almost forgotten all the things I was going to mention, and lost most of the links that I was going to use. So before things get completely out of hand, here’s one of my not-so-regular posts shamelessly plundering the celebrity [...]

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The beauty of particular body parts 2

7 August 2007 Beauty
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Thanks to Mrs Daeguowl for the nomination of Gong Yu (공유) for the competition of most sculpted six-pack. Here’s a sample:

And something I forgot to include in yesterday’s post. With a big hat tip to Scott Burgeson [1], here’s an itemisation of how the body parts for Miss Korea should stack up, taken from an [...]

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The beauty of particular body parts

6 August 2007 Beauty
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Browsing through the celebrity rags the other day I came across a report of a survey which struck me as rather distasteful: the actress with the most beautiful chest. I’m not sure why it struck me as distasteful, seeing as in the UK we have a light-hearted annual survey as to which female celebrity has [...]

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Last chance to book your makeover

3 July 2007 Beauty

Seong Won Kim’s brief tenure at the Dior counter in Selfridges ends tomorrow. This is your last chance to book a makeover with one of Dior’s international beauty commandos. Details here.
Here’s a picture in from a makeover last Friday, with artist Francesca Cho doubling as catwalk fabulous supermodel.

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UK-trained beauty expert opens Busan Academy

24 June 2007 Beauty
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My dear friend Nam-hee Kim (김남희) has just taken the bold step of opening her own Beauty Academy in Busan: the Michae Beauty Academy (미채 뷰티 아카데미): www.mcbeauty.co.kr.
Nam-hee studied at the London College of Fashion, part of University of the Arts, London — and part of her course was theatrical make-up and design. I remember [...]

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Discover the secrets of Korean beauty at Selfridges

17 June 2007 Beauty

And no, this is not a post about plastic surgery.
At an event organised by Christian Dior, a team of their best international make-up artists (called their beauty commando force) will be showing off their talents at Selfridges, Oxford Street, from 28 June to 4 July. Part of the hit squad is Seong Won Kim (pictured [...]

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Kayageum player #4 in Miss Universe

3 June 2007 Beauty
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Honey Lee, crowned Miss Korea in August 2006, studies traditional music at Seoul National University, specialising in the kayageum. Her mother is a professor at Ehwa, and was designated a “living cultural asset” in kayageum music earlier this year.
Lee was a strong contender in this year’s Miss Universe contest, recently held in Mexico. In fact, [...]

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The magic straight perm

29 November 2006 Beauty

After receiving two requests from readers about Korean hairdressers in London who do hair straightening, I thought I’d do a bit of research.
My first problem was this: why on earth would Koreans (and Japanese for that matter) want to develop complex mechanisms for straightening hair when their hair is straight anyway?
The Chosun has the answer:
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Korea’s most beautiful face

22 June 2006 Beauty

After yesterday’s heavy post, something a bit lighter.
Kim Hye-soo has been voted Korea’s most beautiful face. The picture in the Chosun news story is a fairly low-key affair – but you can find far more glamorous images by googling her name. The image here is a still from the film Hypnotized aka Faceless Beauty.
Whatever, I [...]

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