Female Malaysia – July 2019

FIERCE AND

FABULOUS

When it comes to fitness, 26-year-old Karen Kho is a Jane-of-all-

trades. An optimist by nature (and an Instagrammer with 168k

followers and counting), this certified instructor doubles as a

travel and lifestyle blogger who shares notes on how to achieve

a balanced diet and stay fit by exercising, plus, how to look

better while you’re at it (with a peek into her beauty favourites)!

FEMALE: How did you find love in working out?

Karen: “Well, it taught me about great discipline and led me to

be a better version of myself. I used to have low self-esteem due

to bad acne and slowly, working out changed that for me as I

learned how to love myself. A lifestyle change is hard at first

but feeling healthy motivates me to work on myself every day!”

F: What’s your typical day like?

K: “I’d prep breakfast and lunchboxes for my boyfriend and myself

before I hit the gym in the morning. That’s where I spend a lot of

my time when I’m not scheduled for events throughout the day.”

F: Can you name three beauty products you’ve loved since

forever (and are always sitting on your vanity table)?

K: “I’ve grown to love facial masks so much and find it hard to

resist hydrating and smoothing ones! I even use Peter Thomas

Roth’s Cucumber De-tox Bouncy Hydrating Gel as a mask.

At night, I end my routine with Kora Organics’s Noni Glow

Sleeping Mask. Makeup-wise, my skin won’t look the same

without my Guerlain L’Essentiel Natural Glow foundation.”

F: If you’re able to time-travel and gift your younger self one

holy grail product, what would it be?

K:”It’d be Origins’s Ginzing Energy-Boosting Gel Moisturizer!”

F: What are some of your own ways to embrace beauty?

K: “Beauty to me means leading a better life. I do it by setting

goals and finding ways to gain a positive mindset cos when you

have a clear vision of the outcome, you’d be inspired to maintain

a healthy lifestyle for no one but yourself.”

BEAUTYPHILE

KAREN KHO’S GOT SPUNK! SEE HOW SHE

PIECES HER KNACK FOR FITNESS, BEAUTY

AND LIFESTYLE TOGETHER TO LIVE BETTER

(AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME)!

TEXT

NABILA AZLAN

PHOTOGRAPHY

@KARENKH0

1 GUERLAIN L’ESSENTIEL

NATURAL GLOW 16H

WEAR FOUNDATION

SPF20 IN 02C, RM264

2 SUPERGOOP 100%

MINERAL MATTE SCREEN

BROAD SPECTRUM

SUNSCREEN SPF40, RM168

3 KORA ORGANICS NONI

GLOW SLEEPING MASK, RM185

4 ORIGINS GINZING

ENERGY-BOOSTING GEL

MOISTURISER, RM115

5 PETER THOMAS ROTH

CUCUMBER DE-TOX

BOUNCY HYDRATING

GEL, RM254

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