The place I am From: Now and Gen options in-conversation items between generations — like a more youthful lady and her grandmother — discussing an issue like good looks rituals, budget, or marriage. For our newest installment, we stuck up with content material author Aylen Park and her mother Sonia Lee, who, in combination, are identified for his or her heartwarming mother-daughter content material. Learn their truthful chat about good looks underneath.
When Aylen Park first presented her mother, Sonia Lee, on her TikTok, audience have been briefly captivated through their multicultural family. As Korean girls who have spent a lot in their lives in Argentina and now live in the United States, they seamlessly transfer between speaking in Korean, Spanish, and English, and prepare dinner various South American and Asian recipes. Lee and her husband, who’re each Korean, one after the other moved to Argentina as youngsters earlier than they married and had youngsters. Park, who is now 23, used to be raised in Buenos Aires till she used to be 15, when the circle of relatives moved to California.
Then got here the numerous requests for 51-year-old Lee’s skin-care regimen and good looks secrets and techniques. “My mother has at all times been such an It lady — I do not understand how else to provide an explanation for it,” Park says. “Simply her being my mother and doing tremendous cool issues, I used to be impressed through her. She at all times dressed well. She at all times had nice make-up and skincare. She at all times had the best nails. Her being so within the good looks global, I sought after to duplicate the whole thing.”
The mum-daughter duo has since garnered over 1 million fans on TikTok. From doing every different’s make-up to trying out out the newest developments, Park and Lee be offering glimpses into their cultural traditions, meals, travels, good looks, and extra. Underneath, the 2 talk about their good looks trips; the force to appear more youthful as Asian girls; and the existence courses they have taught every different.
On Their Advent to Attractiveness
Aylen Park: I in fact began with an hobby in nails. My mother would do her nails always at house. She had the nicest choice of polishes and equipment, and I used to be so mesmerized through them. I briefly realized the way to do nails through gazing her and I’d do hers, too. She used to be this sort of excellent game — she would sit down there for 2 hours whilst I did her nails and I’d erase them after as a result of I did not just like the designs. I wasn’t actually into make-up and skincare but, however I do be mindful the only product that were given me hooked into the make-up global. It used to be Receive advantages’s Benetint.
Sonia Lee: And Receive advantages’s POREfessional Primer. She did not also have pores but however she beloved that one. The packaging used to be so lovable.
AP: And the Maybelline Child Lips. However that used to be the level of it. I wasn’t actually focused on good looks in any respect in highschool and it wasn’t till school, once I went again house all through the pandemic, that I noticed, [my mom’s] pores and skin regarded insane. I had by no means paid consideration earlier than, however I used to be like, “Wow, your pores and skin appears excellent. I want to know the whole thing about it.” After which I began sharing that on the net, and as extra other folks turned into , on the similar time, I did, too.
SL: I began with make-up. Once I moved to Argentina at round 15, 16, all my buddies have been dressed in heavy make-up as a result of in Argentinian tradition, you might be thought to be a lady at that age. I copied my buddies’ make-up and placed on such a lot that my pores and skin sooner or later began breaking out. At the moment, there have been no web sites or social media, so I’d placed on face mask that my mother would make out of herbal substances like potatoes, honey, or cucumbers. I used to be additionally influenced through mother, who taught me to make use of SPF, too. I spotted my pores and skin were given higher, and that opened my eyes into the arena of skincare.
At the Attractiveness Classes They have Discovered From Each and every Different
AP: There is two and they are gonna be ingrained in my mind ceaselessly. Dressed in SPF 50-plus and double cleaning. It is one thing my mother has performed for a very long time after she discovered how essential skincare used to be again then. I have been doing each constantly each and every unmarried day since highschool.
SL: I could be the mother, however I have realized so much from Aylen. I at all times used to make use of the similar merchandise, however via Aylen, I realized about new, higher merchandise, and merchandise that have been extra catered for me. I used to visit salons to get eyelash extensions performed, however via Aylen, I realized the way to put them on myself at house. I additionally began the use of eyebrow gel on account of her — I did not even know that existed earlier than. And LED mild [therapy]. We did not have that earlier than, however now I take advantage of LED mild mask each and every evening to give protection to the neck and the face.
At the Attractiveness Merchandise They Can not Reside With out
AP: I will say this over and over. I believe the Shiseido Eyelash Roller is irreplaceable. You can not to find some other find it irresistible. I have attempted many. It suits your eye form so smartly, and regardless of how excellent your mascara is, if you do not get a excellent curl, it isn’t important. Each Asian lady has one.
SL: I will’t pick out only one, however my most sensible 3 merchandise are the similar ones I have been the use of for greater than 20 years. The Bobbi Brown Soothing Cleaning Oil, Estée Lauder evening serum, and d’Alba face mist. They are the most productive. If I love one thing, I keep it up.
At the Power to Uphold Korean Attractiveness Requirements
SL: I are aware of it feels like a lie now, but if I used to be more youthful, other folks at all times mentioned I regarded previous for my age. So in my 30s, I felt that force, that I needed to glance more youthful and prettier. However now, whilst I am grateful for the feedback telling me I glance younger, I do not really feel the force to appear younger or more youthful than Aylen or the rest like that. I need to age naturally and gracefully. I believe there is good looks if you find yourself 50, if you find yourself 60. I am not hoping to appear 20 as a 50-year-old. I simply hope with constant conduct, I will be a fantastic grandma at 60.
AP: I have at all times preferred being extra herbal, however that’s not to mention that after we get the chance to take a look at the latest and coolest Korean pores and skin therapies, we would possibly not be the primary ones to take a look at them. For me, I don’t believe it is such a lot in regards to the force to appear more youthful, however previous on, I did really feel somewhat of force to have nicer pores and skin, particularly as anyone on social media who does numerous skin-related content material. I did really feel insecure when my pores and skin began to behave up as a result of I felt like, if I am the use of a majority of these nice merchandise, why is my pores and skin now not behaving how it will have to? However I noticed there is some issues I will’t keep watch over.
On What It is Love to Paintings In combination
AP: We have been at all times very shut, however as I went to university and used to be busy learning and striking out with buddies, we were not as shut as we at the moment are. I am thankful as a result of I think like this offers us an opportunity to spend as a lot time as we will be able to in combination. Numerous other folks round my age at the moment, they are almost certainly shifting out or doing their very own jobs, so with the ability to paintings in combination is this sort of blessing. I think like she’s attending to reside some other model of existence that she would have beloved to reside when she used to be more youthful, that she did not get to do. So now that we get to do this in combination, as mother and daughter, is tremendous cool for me.
SL: I did not even believe we’d be doing one thing like this. I am so grateful that individuals love our content material and that Aylen and I are in a position to have this time in combination. Like she mentioned, now we have at all times been shut, however I don’t believe it is so commonplace for mothers and daughters to be spending this a lot time in combination at this age. Aylen is actually affected person with me. I need to proceed cherishing our time in combination. We are simply appearing our actual lives on social media, so that you could see other folks playing it looks like a dream.
At the Existence Classes They have Discovered From Each and every Different
AP: Concentrate for your mother. That used to be so arduous for me, particularly when I used to be a bit of bit more youthful. She’d be like, “Are you certain you need to pursue this friendship?” or see that one thing wasn’t the most productive for me, and I might assume she used to be overreacting. However after six, seven, 8 occasions of now not paying attention to her and seeing how issues grew to become out, I have realized to pay attention and price her critiques extra as a result of it is from enjoy. It is the mother instinct.
SL: She’s extremely accountable. It doesn’t matter what, she does the whole thing she’s dedicated to. She would possibly get lazy on occasion, however particularly in the case of paintings, she’s very skilled and I actually recognize that. She’s actually constant and authentic, and that’s the reason one thing I will be told from her too. I could be her mother, however I have realized so much from her.
AP: Every other factor she taught me used to be to be humble. I at all times assume again to the start of this entire adventure, when I did not know what I used to be doing. I am thankful to the entire companies, manufacturers, and fans that supported me then. It is via them that I used to be in a position to get right here. She at all times strikes a chord in my memory to bear in mind the place I got here from and who I’m and who I have labored with. So once more, pay attention for your mother.
SL: We at all times remind every different that whilst our following has grown, we would not be right here with out them. I would like us to at all times keep humble.
This interview has been translated, edited, and condensed for readability.
Yerin Kim is the options editor at POPSUGAR, the place she is helping form the imaginative and prescient for particular options and programs around the community. A graduate of Syracuse College’s Newhouse Faculty, she has over 5 years of enjoy within the popular culture and girls’s way of life areas. She’s spreading cultural sensitivity during the lenses of way of life, leisure, and magnificence.