Services – Lab Muffin Beauty Science

My Asian Hair Bleaching Experience

Michelle Wong — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 21:00:55 +0000

Today’s video is about my hair bleaching experience, back in July! A bit of background: The last time I had my hair coloured in a salon was in 2009. Those were the days before Olaplex, when hairdressers would just look at my coarse black Asian hair and shake their heads sadly. When I say coarse, I mean my hair should ...

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Sydney Day Spa Review: Langham Hotel

Michelle Wong — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 21:30:50 +0000

For my birthday I indulged in a Spa Socialising package with my best friends at The Day Spa by Chuan, situated in the Langham Hotel in Sydney. It’s a spa that’s regularly ranked as one of the best luxury spas in Sydney, so I was pretty excited! All three of us have full time jobs, and one has a toddler ...

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Semi-Permanent Eyeliner Tattooing: My Experience and Review

Michelle Wong — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 21:05:47 +0000

I recently had semi-permanent eyeliner tattooed onto my eyes. I’d already done botox in my masseters, IPL on my broken capillaries and microblading my brows, so this just seemed like the next step in my painful human guinea pig adventures! I was a little nervous for a couple of reasons: Tattooing your eyelids is REALLY FREAKING CLOSE to your eyeballs, ...

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Eyebrow Microblading: How It Works and Before & After

Michelle Wong — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 20:13:42 +0000

I recently got my eyebrows microbladed, after years of trying to draw them on consistently. You might have noticed them in my YouTube videos and selfies – I’ve gotten so many unsolicited compliments on them! Brows are probably the thing I find the most annoying in my make-up routine, and I’m not alone. Even drag queens who do their own ...

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How Does Botox Work?

Michelle Wong — Thu, 11 May 2017 14:43:03 +0000

I talk a lot about topical products, but hardly ever about treatments! Today I’m diving into THE most popular cosmetic treatment: Botox. What Is Botox? I’m sure you’ve all heard of Botox – the (sometimes accurate) stereotype of how Botox stops your face from moving and you become an expressionless human mannequin with perfectly smooth skin. Botox is actually not ...

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The Lip Lab Custom Lipstick Service Review

Michelle Wong — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 20:15:11 +0000

The Lip Lab is a chain in Australia where you can get your own custom lipstick made to suit your specifications. There are a few similar services overseas (Bite Beauty is a big one in America), but this is the only brand in Sydney as far as I know. There are 15 Lip Lab branches across the country so far. ...

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The Science Behind Massage

Michelle Wong — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 13:17:52 +0000

If you’re like me, Christmas is 1/3 food, 1/3 fun and 1/3 hair-tearing stress. Gift-buying, feast-cooking and end-of-year deadlines – it gets pretty overwhelming come mid-December! If tea-drinking, baths and stress balls aren’t cutting it, it might be time to step up to a professional massage, which has lots of health benefits according to science! How to tell if you’re ...

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Healite II – Low Level Light Therapy

Michelle Wong — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:20:00 +0000

I was recently invited to the gorgeous Lite Luxe salon in Double Bay to try my first laser skin treatment. It would be a Low Level Light Therapy (LLLT) session that would take 11 minutes, and promised to be “painless, non-invasive, risk free”. Initially, I was a bit dubious and slightly frightened (in my head there would be lightsabers caressing ...

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How do laser and IPL hair removal work?

Michelle Wong — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 21:30:00 +0000

Like many other women my age, I’ve been removing my body hair weekly for about 10 years, and I’m getting sick enough of it to start considering painful (both physically and financially) options. The most popular one is laser hair removal, and its cousin IPL hair removal – you can always find an active voucher deal for these! Laser and ...

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How does hair straightening (and perming) work?

Michelle Wong — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:40:00 +0000

Scientifically blonde. How does hair straightening work? There are a few different procedures for hair straightening, and different types of hair are better suited to different ones. They all work on similar principles though, and it’s actually the same as for perming. It’s not too complex, and you should believe me on this one because Elle Woods agrees. So there. ...

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