seoul vlog 📹 aging/botox chat, always in my apartment, husband's bday, life update in korea
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- a week of me getting back to seoul and sorting out my life - mainly just chatting in my apartment and not sticking to a good sleep schedule lol
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seoul vlog 📹 aging/botox chat, always in my apartment, husband's bday, life update in korea
long time no seoul vlog :') how have you guys been? is it feeling like autumn where you are yet?
I live in Illinois and thank God it's cool at night(50s-60s F). Otherwise the daytime is full of humid summer heat.
@@toryperez3211 I'm heading to the US soon and it seems like maaaybe next week there's a country-wide drop in temps? hopefully!
I’m down in Sydney,Aus so it’s getting warmer. Summer is around the corner. It’s cooler today but a little humid, can’t wait for summer but anxious/scared about what this season will bring for us!
Love your Seoul vlogs!
It's finally starting to feel like autumn in New Hampshire! So happy! 😊
Finally out of the 100’s in my part of Texas!!
Everybody gets to be young, not everybody gets the privilege to grow old. I catch myself admiring older women that let their hair go grey and yet there's an energy about them that radiates such a wonderful newness about them. I hope to be one of them some day.
Same. I stopped dying my hair this year. I only have a few greys and I see no point in putting chemicals in my body for that. And grey bob looks sooo good IMO. I complimented a woman on her beautiful grey hair and she said it is liberating to go grey. I agree
I am 35 and happy to be aging naturally and gracefully! I think it's so important to remember in youth-glorifying cultures that we have value at every age, and every age is valuable. Especially when I almost didn't even make it out of my 20's alive, I welcome every new turn life has to offer for the future. We are so much more than our appearances, and all that time spent worrying about our looks rather than pursuing our interests and goals that actually give life meaning just seems like a bunch of wasted time tbh. I don't want to go through this life dreading every wrinkle, I want to go through life proud that I've *earned* every wrinkle (and there's only more to come! lol)
As someone that recently turned 31 and is now officially ‘in’ her 30’s too lol, your conversation about aging, noticing changes etc is SO relatable. Since going off birth control a little over a year ago, I’ve also noticed the hormone changes also caused changes in my skin as far as aging. But you are so right, when we are busy and doing things we love with people we love, it all seems so inconsequential ❤
Yes! And people around you that are actually a part of your “real” life shouldnt care about your face aging. I feel like nowadays we’re forced to care about what people we dont even know think and thats a dangerous way to live. And happy belated bday hehe
Simply BEING is the perfect antidote to body dysmorphia that has plagued me for so many years. A wonderful friend told me that every line on my face were the expression of past happiness and experiences. I have enough trouble with distorted beauty standards but Seoul would really do my head in where beauty is viewed as a personality trait. Watching k-pop and k-dramas you see so many examples of bad plastic surgery and immovable faces. Thank you Cari for raising this issue, I am certain there are many of us who constantly confront ourselves and are healing by LIVING beyond the mirror.
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Hello! 40-something here! I rarely care much what my face looks like, and I've never been tempted to get plastic surgery/botox. All the women in my family wrinkle up like prunes, and we're OK with that. It helps if you were never conventionally attractive in the first place, and you have a job where nobody cares what you look like. The people who love you will love you no matter what you look like.
Howdy! I'll be 41 in a few months. For me, I only started to worry about aging around the time I turned 37. (That was the year I discovered BTS and the members were all in their 20s back then.) I'm really into skincare now, taking collagen supplements and getting lots of exercise (primarily through walking). I hear about ladies in their 20s getting cosmetic procedures and even teenagers take collagen supplements these days. I'm not here to judge anyone. People should do what makes them feel good and more confident in themselves.
@@tranquilbakergentletraveller People worried about aging in their teens and 20s to the point where they're getting procedures done is honestly so upsetting to me. I don't judge them, but I do judge the society and media that's making them feel like they should do those things.
I’m in my 70s and had opportunities to undergo treatments to my face but honestly I couldn’t be arsed to waste the money, time and go through the pain. I embrace every wrinkle, crease and line as a testament to a life well lived with fun, love and good & bad times. It is what it is!
Happy birthday to Kurt. You are beautiful and in my humble opinion don’t need a thing done to your face. Laugh lines and things like that add character to people’s faces. I personally am not a fan of things that I will have to do over and over, such as dying my hair or getting fake nails. But that is me. I have friends who do both and that’s great but me personally, I think I’m just too lazy. Lol
we are exactly the same LOL! i am not a fan of 'upkeep' ahhahaah and thank you :)
lmao same. I’m just trying to keep this bag of bones alive and content, I don’t have the energy to paint it.
I’m 20 and I’ve noticed a lot of people my age being terrified of aging and honestly I’ve had to fight that mentality as well- I have to consciously chose to reject all the bs that has been ingrained in all of us growing up- especially as women- that we have to fight nature to look as youthful as we can and honestly that sounds pretty miserable to me. And I don’t want to end up trapped in that state of mind in my 30s, 40s, 50s etc. I want to be grateful for every year I’m alive and able to experience things. And after a few years of observing all this anti aging shit that affects all ages negatively I’ve come to really appreciate the beauty in older people, older women, and genuinely look forward to being older one day. I hope to experience so many things by the time I’m old- and why should I want to hide all that I’ve been through and the life I’ve lived? Sorry I just kind of went of the rails with this rant but. I don’t know. Also a lot of anti aging shit is capitalist bullshit made for us to spend more money due to our insecurities. Anyways.
It's absolutely none of my business, but just know that while listening to you talking about botox, I'm sitting here saying "nooooo" to myself. You are perfect just as you are.
Cari...you must be wildin cause those photos came out SO FREAKIN GOOD. I loved them. Thank you for sharing them with us. Happy Birthday to Kurt! I hope he had a great day.
I remember when I was OBSESSED with Tuck Everlasting. The book has always been burned into the back of my brain 😆
Thank you so much!!! And yeah whenever i need a good cry i watch the last scene of tuck 😂😂😂
Hi Cari! Happy birthday to Kurt! I just turned 55 on the third. 😊 I took a long hard look at my face the other day and it is no longer as youthful as it used to be but I’m also at a stage of my life where I want to show off the wisdom I gain and to let that show on my face.
Yes!! Proof of a life lived 🤍🤍🤍
☺👍Same here
I also have struggled with body dysmorphia and finally feel like I am comfortable with who I am and how I look at 30... I know if I got botox, it would just cause all those self image issues to come back. It's so difficult when almost every single person on social media is constantly talking about it...and it makes me a little scared that I'll look much older than everyone else my age because I was the only one to not have botox.
Exactly! But very proud of us for reach a good spot 🤍🤍🤍
Fellow 31yo redhead here! Thanks for your comments about Botox and ageing - I am also noticing my skin changing, and your comments and eventual decision not to pursue Botox brought me so much comfort and reassurance. I also know that if I got Botox, it would be coming from a place of insecurity, but that doesn't make it any easier to resist. You are beautiful exactly how you are, and you will continue to be no matter how much you age!
You do such a wonderful job on all of your videos. Since the pandemic, I had social anxiety and watching your videos has helped me to get outside of my comfort zone. I’ve visited a few local cafés and also visit the library from time to time. I also wanted to THANK YOU for close captioning all of your videos!!!! I am hard of hearing and I *greatly* appreciate that you CC your videos! 🤟🏼
Im so happy to hear that!! The library is always my safe space 🥹🥹🥹
I’m 31, will be 32 this year and I’ve definitely thought about Botox but always decide not to. It’s nice to hear other people are in the same space. 😊
yes! shout out to grey strands of hair, wrinkles, bags under our eyes and all aging! it was so nice to hear you talk about it :)
That talk about beauty standards and age was SO important! It's so refreshing to see people talking about it openly and starting a gentle dialogue ❤. I turned 29 last month and aging struggles have definitely been on my mind (more about that I haven't accomplished anything than my face, but still very real) and this video just reminded me that we're all human, going through something. Thank you Cari, as always, for starting an important conversation 😊
My grandma and I found your channel this summer while I was dealing with health things and recovering from surgery.
She lives across the country from me and has been watching since she went back home.
I’m 28, and I totally understand the aging thing. On one hand, it’s nice to see my life experience reflected in my body, but it is also hard with the skin care obsessed culture we live in.
I am 46 and will be 47 in Dec. I have definitely seen aging in my face and body is different and feel peri menopause coming on. I will say 40s starred out weird kinda like my 20s but now I’m way in the 40s I have raised two lovely teens who are also Gingers btw❤, and I have found the need to be less impressive, Indonlove nice things and of course still want to look good but It doesn’t matter how old I look doing it! I just want to live a happy and less stressful life for whatever time the Lord has for me!
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I turned 24 recently, which is young while it equally isn't anymore and has been a transitional period in my life where my friends and I are starting to figure ourselves out. I wanted to let you know that not many youtubers I watch are much older than me and when I pop into your videos, though youre not insanely older, it feels like a comforting big sister I never had. The years have brought you experiences and a wisdom that is noticeable to your watchers and also very comforting to watch
I turned 32 last month and I can relate on being more alert about aging. Also, I have a lot of silvery hair strands, but I've decided not to dye my hair for now. Right now I'm more interested in learning how to love myself and build a healthy self esteem, because I think the more we learn to own who we truly are and know ourselves the less we're swayed by everything else.
Cari, you are so young, girl. I'm old enough to be your gram at nearly 70. We are SO obsessed with (youthful) looks. Surprised to hear S. Korea is apparently getting so into cosmetics. You have DECADES to think about Botox! 😆 Loved your travel videos. The U.K video stunned me. I've looked into visiting Iceland. I saved both posts to my 'Travel' save lists. Welcome home.
I appreciate your thoughtfulness about aging. I am editing a video right now where I didn’t get the lighting right and my face shows my 57 years of texture. 😂 I think HD video made a big change in how we see faces. I wish I could see more 57 year olds that look 57 onscreen, but it’s hard and I understand that especially women feel, with reason, that they won’t get work if they don’t have smooth faces. 😢Here’s to loving the skin we’re in. 🥰
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I just turned 36: Your early 30s is such a head trip. It's the first time you really start thinking about aging in a real way and it feels so heavy. We all go through it. When I hit 35 there was another big shift for me as I truly came into myself. 36 was such an empowering birthday for me. I know MANY women (and men!!) who felt the opposite, but for me I spent my energy thinking about the things that lifted me - not how I felt compared with others, because it's like, what's it all for? what does it all lead to? And ya know, make whatever decisions you need to come into your own, but make sure it comes from YOUR needs, not to meet the expectations of others. As you said, when youre living in a way that serves you, you don't notice the stupid stuff every makes you THINK is important. ❤
I always enjoy these chats. I'm 58 and I've never had botox or anything. I always admire your skin and remember when people told me I had a peaches and cream complexion like yours. Unfortunately, I got a sunburn when I was 18 that has now caught up with me and I smoked for a few years and that doesn't help either. But, I kind of like the honesty of my face. It's seen some things. lol As for Autumn, the remnants of Ophelia are coming into my little Virginia city and it really looks and feels like Autumn out there today. I've had a whole day of watching movies that everyone else in the world had seen but me. haha I watched Stardust and Bewitched. Time for a little reading now. :)
I just wanted to say that I adore the line "I kind of like the honesty of my face." I'm absolutely going to write that down and remember it!!
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Thank you for this video! I just turned 35 and since I turned 30, I've been experiencing the same thing - periods of sometimes weeks where I think obsessively about the changes in my face and body (usually around my birthday) - and sometimes I don't think of it at all. I try to limit my consumption of media that shows mostly only young, beautiful people like Pinterest and ads, or traditional media (like magazines), and I follow more creators like you - your channel inspires me and has taught me to notice the little things and appreciate life! I'm so glad to have found you and that we'll be growing up together 😊❤
It is starting to feel like Autumn and I am so happy--a Cari vlog makes it even better. Hope Kurt had a great birthday, sounds like you made sure of it! 🙂
yes finally!!! and he did^^ thank you!
Cari i love your vlogs and the things you share with us at home,on errands or your travels. I just want to say that you are perfect and beautiful the way you are, you shine from within. Because when you do things you love,see the beauty and the humor in the everyday,you send out that light and joy to the rest of the world. Continue to be you!!!
Those pictures you took were gorgeous! And the film gives them that look of being from another time😍
So glad you had such an awesome time!! So psyched for traveling soon meself. Love your vids Cari!!
Your photos look incredible !! Don't be hard on yourself, I thought the composition and the way u captured the light was really cool!!!
I guess kind of related, but I noticed that when I became closer to my friends who don’t really wear makeup that covers their acne, I’ve also stopped caring as much if my acne is showing. I think the people around us really can influence how much we focus on our bodies. In must be difficult living in such a physical beauty focused country, so I empathize!
absolutely!! i only started thinking about botox as something i could do myself when my friends talked about how they casually get it. i even get that way when friends talk about going to grad school and im like 'wait should i...?' hahahah
Probably one of the best conversations about plastic surgery I've heard so far. Keep it up Cari!! Truly great content!
Okay, I loved your chat about Botox. I am going to be 36 in a couple of months, and I started getting Botox for my "11" the "in between the eyebrow" frown lines. I frown there so much because of my job, and it just bugs me how deep they have become. I am only getting it 2x a year, and I only do a small amount in my forehead area, and I have been really happy with it. I am a SUPER expressive person, and I don't feel at all that it limits my ability to move my face, and it has reduced the headaches that I used to get a lot. I will not get filler or Botox around my eyes of my smile lines cause I love those wrinkles cause I got them from all the laughing I do. I totally agree with you, though when you are out living your life and not being so concerned with the mirror, you are not as obsessed with the flaws of your skin, and that is a good thing... It is 100% a weird time to be 30
Ahh I tried to reply once and it didn't post... but thank you for your comment! I agree with you that not all botox is necessarily to be vilified. I also have the between-the-brow creases forming (at 36) and am thinking of getting botox for them. I would never touch my crows feet or smile lines, but I don't want to look angry or mean all the time when I'm old. :( I'm glad to hear you are happy having done it and you can still be expressive!
I love the small talks you have with us. The aging bit was insightful. It's also cemented well in my mind when you started by referencing a book and the lesson in it. And yes. Living is the only remedy. Thanks for that reminder. When we live, we forget the pressure.💛
Hi Cari!! I just HAD to comment and say that your photos were seriously AMAZING!! I’m a photographer and I was incredibly impressed by your talent
I feel like faces as they age have character. When I see crinkle at the eyes it tells me they smile a lot and have lived a happy life. I love seeing the interest and character in progress faces. It just shows a life well lived.
Love this conversation. I'm all for seeing people's real, textured faces!
literally just finished watching your book date/review of the BTS book and now I am here.
wahh thank you for being here!
I really loved this vlog and I appreciate the discussion about aging and immortality! I love what you said about the cycle of life and how aging is natural and expected! 😊
reflections on aging are always super worthwhile and relatable 💙 as a 37 year old who makes youtube videos, i agree that it's a really healthy and helpful thing to see creators with textured faces on the internet!
Hi Cari! How are you? I love your "messy" vlogs, honesly I love watching your content. You always help me to get in a better mood. And about ageing is a process, and most of the time we are bombarded with messages about how to keep us young on the outside (by using procedures) when we should be focusing on getting our soul young and feel alive, like you did on your trip to Iceland. Of couse this is not easy, it takes a lot of inner work to get to this mental state but it can be done.
Thank you for always show up, even if you are feeling all over the place, we truly appreciate it!
Send you tons of love! Have a gorgeous day!
Welcome back to Seoul, Cari 언니 💖
These days Korea's weather and sky is soooooo beautiful !
Hope you enjoy everyday of your life in Korea 🥺
Sending love, from Busan 🌊
Thank you Cari for that aging talk :') I love watching all your videos and I think you're one of the most down to earth, chill, authentic people I'm following, your content genuinely brings me peace and inspiration. I agree that seeing people with skin texture, having little "flaws" calms me down so much, both irl and especially online, where everything is so filtered nowadays and then I look at the pores at my face and wonder if it's okay that I have them. Also, I'm 29 and even now usually when I tell people my age, they're like "omg really? I couldn't tell, you don't look like it" and I mean.... while I can see my own wrinkles forming, what am I supposed to look like at 29 haha? One more thing I agree with, going off social media most of the time, living mindfully in the moment with my loved ones, I don't worry as much anymore about aging, at least for now.
Carri, I enjoy your channel so much, particularly your travel videos. As for the Botox issue, I have been in the fence about it for years. I am in my 60’s and have been told all my life I look younger than my age. It’s flattering but I always wonder if I should be doing more to look younger. I finally decided that it wasn’t for me. I too feel I would become “ addicted”. Looking forward to your next post. Have a wonderful time on your U. S. trip!
Thank you so much 🤍🤍🤍
You are absolutely one of the most beautiful women ive ever seen and i think theres alot of peace in accepting our selves and just aging and living
Taking a technically good photo isn't hard if one knows the factors to consider. Taking a photo that makes the viewer feel something or think of something is harder than it seems. A "good" photo evokes something more than "here is what the photographer saw through the viewfinder" -- it's something that inspires as well. I read Tuck Everlasting in an English class in junior high, I think. Now I'm wondering why nobody's done a more recent film adaptation.
The photos turned out SO well 💖
One thing that i guess we can all agree is that how admiring it is to see you keep being productive no matter what.
I say this once again, that you are literally the only content creator I am following because your content is just so wholesome and the vibes🤌🤌
Stay blessed, happy, and healthy.
And yes gurl, be proud of yourself!!❤❤
Gurl! Feel you on body image. I’ve struggled with that it’s such a hangover for 90s kids/00s teens when we had to be skinny with a perfect youthful face to be seen as beautiful by society. I’ve worked hard to accept myself as well and from time to time it comes back. I work in TV as a producer and women needing to look perfect is still a huge thing in TV as well as being young - women like me say we are too old to be on TV! Which is kinda crazy but it’s how it is! so its great to see TH-camrs like you leading the way and showing authenticity. We all think your gorgeous but understand that human thought of aging and seeing ourself changing.
We are really growing up in a ROUGH time 😮💨😂
@@caricakes so true!
Secretly happy your vlogs are back. They're my favourite thing to do on a Sunday morning with my blanket and a cup of tea 😊
thank you^^
I love your Scotland vlogs, honestly they're like my comfort TH-cam videos and the song that you used at the beginning of this vlog makes me think of those videos :))
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I've always struggled with my image and how others viewed me. Turning 30 this year definitely started to bring negative self image thoughts. I've started telling myself I am grateful for every wrinkle or just anything that happens to my body that signifies "aging" because it just means I've been blessed with another year to grow older 🙏
love this conversation abt looks vs living :) i recently had kind of an epiphany abt the fact that if i didn’t look “pretty” or whatever at any given moment, what would happen to me?? nothing. i think w social media and everything enjoying life seems so intertwined with how we look when it doesn’t need to be! just my personal thoughts hehe
thank you again for this vlog, I can't get enough from all your videos, for your face, I think it's a 30,s crisis! i had the same feeling! and I start to make some yoga face (when i think about it) and to be honest it helps me to have be more confident! but yeah as you it maybe linked to the period if you're busy or not
Your photography is so beautiful! I think the photos from your trip turned out great. You have such a great eye for aesthetics! 🫶🏼
thank you so much!
Catching up on the channel while having hot tea and loving it!💗Also, I'm 33 (latina, living in Spain) and I'm a big skincare fanatic who hates the sun lol More into treatments than actual procedures (even simpler ones like botox). I think I'll start planning to do something like that in my late 30s-early 40s.
Loved that you talked about it, specially living in a country like South Korea, that has hardcore beauty standars.
I can totally relate to your talk about age, I'm just 25 but yesterday discovered my second white/grey hair and I know it might just be from stress or it will take years to be fully grey but this doom of getting older was really unsettling, seeing the change in my looks that I always took as never changing (even tho you know it will change it's so different seeing it). I just don't want to go one day I love life so much and there''s so much to discover. It's a weird feeling of recognizing that you and others are getting older and that life will end one day, this wasn't really something I noticed much as a teen.
your sitting down rant in the middle of the video was somehow very hilarious all throughout :D
i highly appreciate people on yt who look normal and live normal lives lol it put me off when i see vlogs from girls who are in their mid 20s and look perfect with perfect jawlines, perfect hair and perfect exciting lives
your film looked so good! i loved the glacier one!! beautiful colors
Thank you!!!
this is my comfort channel
this is such a cute video. i needed this, im struggling in my classes in college, it’s been tough and i needed your fun videos! ilyyyy ❤😢
hope it gets better :') you can do it!
Thank you Cari for showing us your real you. I have realised so many vloggers nowadays, who have textured skin, put a smoothing filter in their face to make sure we don't see it but at times, when they move the filters don't work and they show their real skin and I feel like they are also unconsciously contributing to these very high beauty standards that the world is imposing upon us. Even if I like the content of these vloggers, the fact that they are hiding their real them behind a filter makes me not wanna watch their content. You are beautiful the way you are, and we appreciate your realness and openenss ❤ thank you❤
Going to a Dog café for your bday sounds like heaven tbh 🥹 best wishes to Kurt! 🎉 I'll be 30 next year and aging is one of the few things I'm not worried about and it's mainly because I associate wrinkles and elderly people with kindness due to my grandma and her friends/sisters. I grew up spending a lot of time with her and I always enjoyed it so much, she would take me to her friends and sisters' houses for tea very often and I'd just eat some great food 😂 so I just hope to be able to become a kind old lady like them haha
THANK YOU for that conversation about botox and aging. Especially in this time when even the men in Hollywood are feeling the effects of weird beauty standards and getting surgeries, I think it's super important to talk about these things. I'm 25 and don't really take care of my skin (I'd want to just not able to lol) and I've been seeing changes in my undereye skin for a few years now. Personally I wouldn't do anything about it other than maybe skin care, but that's also influenced by the fact that I live in finland where it's really not that common to have plastic surgery or injections, and also just keeping in mind that everything I see online has been carefully selected and edited/filtered to look better.. I'm sure that in time I will likely be tempted to "stop" aging?? or whatever but I'm also just tired of the idea that we're somehow not allowed to age at all. Like that one celebrity said about anti-aging products, "I'm going to age regardless" :D i hope that society is going in a direction where beauty and youth are no longer synonyms and we can be allowed to have wrinkles on our faces again... We did it for stretch marks, we can do it for wrinkles too!!!
i love ur photos cari! i think theyre beautiful! hello from another 30s textured face!! the weather has been so nice this week with a cool breeze that feels like fall! happy autumn equinox ❤
Thank you 🥹 and happy autumn equinox to you too 🌙
The photos are insanely beautiful. My favorite were the icebergs and the ones from Oxford
The bday stories were soo adorable I audibly went “aww” when i saw them 😂❤️
we really got blessed with a corgi AND a collie hahah
@@caricakes so happy for you!!
Loving the comments section about Botox and ageing. So many relatable thoughts. Thank you Cari for bringing it up the way you did. 💖
I only realised couple of years ago that l have what is called glabellar lines. I probably had them since mid twenties as my face is expressive, what l now like to call an actors face. But l just really didn’t care about details like that until l hit about 38. l think it was also a mix of lockdown and watching too many TH-cam videos around beauty and lifestyle. This made me try many products, facials and consider Botox. I have now come to accept my face and looks as it is, and mainly just use a moisturiser now. The best beauty tip is just care less about how you look and love who you are instead…oh and smile!!!😊
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25 here, and I have been watching your videos for two years now, never missed a single video 💙 the face lift thing! yes! I always think about that especially with reading and using my phone all the time, my face does feel heavy...
Sundaymorning, Breakfast and a new Cari Vlog. This is a perfect, Sundaymorning ❤
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I love when people have TEXTURE on their face. It’s so refreshing to see someone look so perfectly imperfect human.
Those pancakes look amazing! Got me craving!
Had to pause the video and comment. Swings are the best. And, that intro song will forever haunt me since I can't find it anymore.
I am 58, never really used make up or even much skin care and yet I am always complimented on looking a lot younger for my age and my clear skin. You look beautiful and I can’t imagine you needing to change anything. ❤🇬🇧
As someone who lives in Japan, I can tell you they age differently, even at 40 they look 20 most of the time. As a result, ppl constantly think I'm waaaay older than I really am 😂
It can impact how you see yourself but try to look closely at your non-Korean friends and see how you feel about their aging... we are always harder on ourselves! Honestly, i also noticed the change in your face from older videos but it was a very positive change, you mature very elegantly, love that for you!
I am from the UK and have just turned 30! I know how you feel. I've gone on a skin care adventure to prevent wrinkles. I am quite lucky I think, not being a smoker and always protecting my skin with SPF I don't have many wrinkles. People are often shocked when they find I'm 30 which is always a massive confidence boost 🥰 when they go "oh my god! I'd say 25!" I'll take it!! Your gorgeous and we should all love the skin we are in!! love your videos!! xxx
That café with the bricks looks soooo gorgeous ❤ I love berry desserts and pistachios...want some now ahaaa🥲 loved your lil aging chat especially with the eyemask on your head 😂 I'm 34 and glad not to worry about my face too much.
just wanted to hop in here to say that I actually love your facial expressions while you talk.. everything you say is so lively through that. I think wrinkles are beautiful and enhance something like that even more :)
But still your talk is very relatable and I catch myself (not yet in my 30s) looking in the mirror and thinking about all that wrinkles and how my skin slowly softens at certain places and stuff like that. sometimes it helps me to just be interested in the changes and not judge it right away.. but getting older is a weird process 😅
its been a while since i came to seoul, through your vlogs, i am made aware of the interesting local cafe scene, chill vibes
thanks for watching!
I was receiving botox injections for chronic migraines every 3 months for 2 years. It had the side effect of dropping my right eyebrow (which was in a constant lifted position in response to pain), and it got rid of the line that had been developing between my brows.
I have since had heart surgery, which fixed my migraines. And that little line between my brows is creeping back. I kind of missed it TBH.
When I was 30, I thought I would never get botox, but I can't judge those who want to. I also have the luxury of never having to look at myself.
Anyway, you are beautiful, and the joy that your face expresses is such a big part of that.
Hi Cari! First off, your camera photos are stunning! It definitely inspired me to capture my next trip on film. Also, I can't imagine how challenging it must be to live in place where beauty is so youth-centered and focused on perfection like Korea while navigating body dysmorphia. I think I'm pretty privileged genetically as a Black woman who comes from a family where everyone looks at least 10-15 years younger than they actually are. However, I'd still like to share my perspective since I'm also in my 30s. I'm currently at a place where I'm really enjoying my body and everything it's able to do for me. I'm in good shape and, more importantly, comfortable in my skin. The type of confidence I feel now in comparison to my 20s is just...different. Also, I don't believe beauty is tied to youth. Any person of any age can be beautiful. I honestly feel like the "beauty fades" rhetoric is a shaming and belittling tactic targeted toward women. I recently uploaded some photos of a trip I took with my mother who is now in her 70s and I thought so often of how beautiful and happy she looked throughout our trip. 💕
i was in korea this august and went to that brick hill cafe in mapo! loved the avant- garde/weirdness for the sake of it, wish there were more places like that where i live!
heck yeah we love a crinkly smile !!
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I'm 43 and I'm just now getting comfortable in my own skin. I don't necessarily love the way I look, I'm just not all that worried about it anymore. I happen to think you are absolutely beautiful 😊
the timing 💯 just finished watching jungkook perform at global citizen festival and now cari's vlog.. what a good sunday morning 💖💜
hahahah love it
I'm in my early 40s and was always told I looked young for my age. Not sure how much I internalized that without realizing, but since turning 40 I've thought about my face more than I ever have. For very similar reasons as you I don't want to get Botox, but I admit that my resolve is rocked from time to time. However, it is really cool to be slowly introduced to the lines and texture that are going to be part of me for the rest of my hopefully long life. It's like meeting myself, in a way.
Yes girl! I’m 30 and didn’t expect to have feelings about my last birthday but when it did it hit hard. Same. I’ve noticed changes in my face and it’s so weird. But I don’t think I’d ever get Botox either for the same reasons. I feel like I wouldn’t look like me. The lines on our faces are a roadmap of experiences we’ve had. I don’t think I’ll even dye my hair even though I’m getting some grays. The emphasis at least in the US is covering up and faking our ages, not in how to accept that we’re aging and getting older. So we’re all struggling to figure out how to do it and be happy in our bodies. For what it’s worth I think you’re gorgeous! And you have great skin. Happy thirties to us!
Currently 33 and also living in South Korea. I completely understand where you are coming from. I struggle with body dysmorphia as well, especially being on the curvier side and being surrounded by super thin women who are my age and even older than me. I also have some redness to my skin and definitely don't have the "glass skin" effect Korean's seem to seek. I do struggle with it, but also not to the extreme of doing something like Botox to make it "better." I think being comfortable in your own skin is so important for your happiness, and I am trying really hard to achieve that here. I never had it in the US, either, so I can't blame it on my location so much (although I am surrounded by more beautiful/thin people here than I ever was in the US).
Hi Cari 🙋♀️ I have crinkly eye smile 😄 I’m 37. Like with most insecurities I love them on other people. I love my husband’s wrinkles they really suit him, and I love seeing other people with crinkly eye smile too 🥰 Liking how they look on other people reminds me to love my own wrinkles.
You are a true beauty and there is a beauty to aging gracefully. It’s so sad to see stars who were once beautiful overdue it with cosmetic surgery. Stay busy and lead an active life and stay focused on the important things in life.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts like this. It is good to know that even peoples who seem so okay with themselves and their bodies share their unsecure moments like this. It helps. A lot. BTW..your face is absolutely beautiful as it is. Hope you never succumb to your negative thoughts. Internet/Social Media does make it harder to ignore these things especially I guess if you're someone who does show their face online so much (I don't..at all...and I'm not ugly..just very selfaware..)...AND you're living in Southkorea...As a turkish woman (cultures are very similar in a lot of ways)...I understand the pressure coming from around you. Live your life. Be happy. And continue showing us the world through your eyes. Love you
As a 31 year old I really appreciate the chat about aging. Anti-aging is so pervasive in social media and it's so hard to have a positive mindset about it. Well maybe not even a positive mindset just an 'it is what it is' mentality if that makes sense? There's nothing we can do to stop it (long term anyway) and it's an experience we all share no matter what.
Also as an artist - faces with character are UNDENIABLY more interesting than pristine smooth creaseless faces.
Miss you back in Seoul cari ❤❤❤
I turned 41 this year and have definitely noticed some changes in my face and some more white hairs. In my early 30s I thought I’d want to dye my hair but now I don’t really care as much. I think of actresses like Katharine Hepburn who just let themselves age and looked great. I have a lot of body image issues, so I’m trying to embrace and accept my aging face. I spent so much of my teens and twenties being so mean to my body that I’m working on being a bit more gentle and accepting.
I just realised that today is sunday and ur video pop up right when i just got back from a quick 24 hour trip!😂 I also still jet lagged from the trip, but watching ur video make me feel like having friend in this particular moment, so lets pace together to the routine✌️😁
hope you had a great time!!
I just turned 30 last month and I’ll be real with you.. I was having a really hard time facing it.. I have crows feet and the lines show a lot on my face so I’m very insecure and thought about Botox a lot but I had a realization like you where I said to myself “this is me & im beautiful” I’m a little more accepting of it now but it is a constant battle with myself lol maybe I’ll think about it in my 40’s but for now I’m thirty, flirty & thriving