Korean Nail Artist Creates Pierced LED Disco Nails
Park Eunkyung, a popular nail technician from South Korea, may have just kickstarted the next big trend in nail art – multi-colored LED disco nails, perfect for drawing attention in the club. Eunkyung, who has quite a following on Instagram, recently posted a series of photos of her latest nail art idea – fake clear nails with […]
Adult Wrapping – The Japanese Therapy Craze That Recreates the Comforting Feeling of a Womb
Otona Maki, or ‘adult wrapping’, is a Japanese therapeutic method of correcting posture and alleviating body stiffness by wrapping the human body in a large piece of cloth that emulates the comfortable feel of a mother’s womb. Well-known for their long work hours, many Japanese people develop posture problems and body stiffness. For a long time, […]
Fair Beauty – Vietnam’s Obsession with White Skin
For most Vietnamese women, white skin is synonymous with feminine beauty, sophistication and high social status, and many of them cover themselves completely even in the middle of summer in order to protect their fair complexion from the sun’s rays. In Vietnam, as in the majority of South East Asian countries, dark skin has always been associated with poverty […]
Elderly Chinese Women Are Lying on Hot Rocks to Improve Their Health
It’s quite natural for lizards and snakes to lie on hot rocks in the scorching sun, because they have to thermoregulate, but when middle-aged and elderly women in the Chinese city of Xi’an started doing it, people started raising their eyebrows in surprise. It turns out lying on large stone boulders in the hot sun […]
Harmonica Vacuum – The Musical House-Cleaning Trend Taking the Internet by Storm
If you’re looking of ways to make vacuuming the house less of a chore, this ingenious combination between a harmonica and a vacuum cleaner may be the coolest thing you’ll see today. Vacuuming a harmonica may just become the house-cleaning trend of 2016, but it all started just a few days ago, completely by accident. […]
Japan’s Hardcore Minimalists Live in Virtually Empty Homes
The minimalist lifestyle trend has been gaining popularity in the Western world for a while now, but we’re still far from the hardcore minimalism Zen-loving Japanese have adopted in their quest to achieve a stress-free life. Space has always been an issue in crowded Japanese cities, so from that point of view it makes sense […]
Dangerous Freeway Skateboarding Trend Is Picking Up Steam in California
The latest trend among thrill-seekingCalifornia teenagers involves riding a skateboard on the freeway during rush hour and performing all sorts of stunts. The ‘Freeway Challenge’ made its online debut last week, with skater Nakel Smith posting footage of himself skating down the 110 freeway in LA. Since then, several skateboarders have tried copying the idea, giving […]
‘Blackout’ Tattoo Trend Has People Blacking Out Large Areas of Their Bodies
A bizarre new tattooing trend has people covering large patches of their skin with solid black ink. These ‘blackout tattoos’ are all the rage in Singapore, with an increasing number of youngsters getting their arms, legs, and even portions of their torso, inked black. Chester Lee, a tattoo artist at Oracle Tattoo studio in Singapore, […]
Glow-in-the-Dark Neon Hair Takes over Instagram
The latest beauty trend to hit Instagram involves women coloring their hair with special dyes that makes it glow in the dark. The look, also known as ‘blacklight hair’ comes in a variety of neon shades – blue, pink, green, orange, and copper red. Some women seem to prefer a single shade, while others go […]
Dishwasher Cooking is Actually a Thing
Believe it or not, you can actually cook meals in a dishwasher. It sounds kinda gross, but it’s a surprisingly popular cooking technique and actually produces decent results! Dishwasher cooking has apparently been around since the 1970s, but the trend ‘caught steam’ in 2013, after Italian food writer Lisa Casali, a self-proclaimed dishwasher-cooking expert published […]
Blogger Gains Internet Following by Smashing Her Face into Bread Products
An anonymous blogger from Brooklyn has become an internet sensation for fearlessly documenting her bizarre fixation with bread. This woman films herself as she plunges her face into different types of bread, and posts the footage on her Instagram page, ‘Bread Face Blog’. The tagline reads: “Bread Face – giving the people something they didn’t […]
Japanese Professionals Put on Full-Body Lycra Suits to Escape Pressure of Everyday Life
In a bid to de-stress and break free from the tensions of daily life, Japanese students and professionals are taking to a bizarre trend called ‘Zentai’. It’s a community consisting of people of all ages and walks of life, donning full-body lycra suits and meeting on internet forums, in clubs, at barbecue parties, and sometimes just on the […]
Extreme Phone Pinching – Probably the Most Nerve-Racking Internet Trend of 2015
Move over extreme sports, ‘extreme phone pinching’ is guaranteed to deliver an adrenaline rush like never before. Warning: It’s not for the faint-hearted. The nerve-wracking new challenge has people dangling their expensive smartphones over all sorts of dangerous places like toilets, drains, balconies and even high cliffs. There’s only one rule – they’ve got to […]
Thai Collector Uses Ancient Ritual to Create Souls for Creepy ‘Child God Dolls’
A creepy new trend in Thailand has people caring for supposedly haunted dolls, for good luck and prosperity. The Look Thep (Child God) dolls are believed to be inhabited by children’s spirits, created through special rituals. They’re considered to be an updated version of the ancient kuman thong, the practice of worshiping human fetuses that […]
Bubble Fingernails – The Crazy Fashion Trend Taking Over the Internet
Some fashion trends are so odd that they leave you wondering how they ever caught on. Take this latest ‘bubble nails’ craze – bulbous acrylic fingernails painted in a variety of colors and patterns. The technique has apparently been around since 2009, but has only gained popularity recently, after a series of photos went viral on […]