You need your sunglasses. But you also need to don your face mask when you’re out and about. Admit it, it’s a real pain. And we are not talking about aesthetics here. If you want to look good, it will have to be sans face masks. Besides feeling and looking all wrapped up like a mummy, we have to content with the dastardly fogging of our shades while wearing a face mask. You might think that we won’t have this problem since we’re living in the tropics – the outside air is warm and the lenses of our shades won’t fog. Actually this can still happen. For example, if you’re on a bus or a taxi and you might be...
Sunglasses, love them or hate them, you’ll never deny they are everywhere. From celebrities to energetic athletes, to the neighbours next door, and even you, sunglasses are probably part of the daily repertoire. Driving? Need sunglasses? Checked.Running in the afternoon? Need sunglasses? Checked.Making a fashion statement? Checked.Hiding your eyes? Engaging in nefarious activities and don’t want to be recognized? Need a pair of shades? Checked.In all probability, among those who own sunglasses, one pair is never enough. Perhaps you need a pair in the car. Another pair at home, and yet another pair in your bag – just in case. Three pairs of sunglasses is probably a very modest collection.According to the Guinness World Record, a woman from Vancouver, Canada...
Whether it is the weather, or the economy where we have to tighten our belts or simply because we want to avoid the dreaded coronavirus, chances are we are staying more at home. How can we use up the extra time meaningfully if Netflixing or mindless binging on social media are not options? Here are 10 things you can do that will make you wish you could stay home more often: Plan for your staycation Now that the borders are closed and it probably is not a good idea to travel anyway, why not spend time planning your next staycation? The Singapore Tourism Board, Enterprise Singapore and Sentosa Development Corporation has launched a $45 million, nine-month, campaign for a “Singapoliday”....
If you were asked to choose one colour, what will it be? There’s a high chance that it will be a blue. Surveys from all over the world put blue is the number 1 colour that people choose. In a YouGov survey conducted on people from 10 countries in 4 continents, it was found that in the UK 33% of people like blue (the highest), to 23% in Indonesia (the lowest). So it appears that at almost at least a quarter of the people like blue. Skype, Facebook, Twitter, Boeing, Visa, Paypal – many of the most prominent tech companies in the world spot a blue-coloured logo. So, why is blue such a popular colour? Experts put it down to...
Eyelids…what? You read correctly, eyelid cancer. When we talk about protecting ourselves from the sun, from prolonged exposure to UV rays, what do we think of? Naturally, we tend to think of protection for our skin, particularly those on our arms and face. We will also think of protecting our eyes from the sun’s rays. But eyelid cancer? We hardly ever think about that, much less thinking that it can occur to us. Yet, it is more prevalent than we think. According to Cancer.Net, a patient information website of ASCO – The American Society of Clinical Oncology, the eyelid is a common place that skin cancer is found. It adds, “About 85% to 95% of eyelid cancers in non-Asian countries...
