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The Skin Deep Rap

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Why you can trust SCMP
Keeping it fresh at the Centrium


With drinkin’, pollution, stress and buffets
The Hong Kong lifestyle’s hella bad for your bod-day  
So if you wanna counteract your lifestyle crimes
Well you gotta do the following: put in the time!

Step One:

Get off your ass and start to move around
You’re in yuppie Central, so options abound
Want to run or walk? Lift weights, or stretch?
Here are some of Hong Kong’s finest fitness bets

Wanna chant “OM” and gain some equilibrium?
Grab a mat and hit Pure Yoga at the Centrium.
If that’s too soft, work out some aggression
With an Epic MMA kick-boxing session.

Need some motivation? Get a personal trainer
The guys at Elite PT are guaranteed to cane ya.
If you’re competitive, then enter a race—
Action Asia holds triathlons all over the place.

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Pure Yoga peeps are hella flexy

Step Two:

Now that you’re fit, it's time to fix your skin
No favors from the polluted city we all live in
Cleanser, toner, and moisturizer too
And don’t forget SPF—you sunburned foo’.

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I get sent a lot of stuff and my favorite brands so far
According to me, the skincare T.S.A.R.
Are Body Shop’s tea tree line for zits and imperfections
And Aesop’s formulas for urbanite complexions.

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