Health & Beauty

7 Peaceful Stays In Pahang For Your Much-Needed Retreat
Book that quick escape – just over an hour away from KL in serene Pahang – you know you’ve been dying to have once the travel bans lift.
Skinfuel: Sisterhood Of The Travelling Cleanser
Team Zafigo hits Malaysian shores with the same skin regimen, using Malaysia’s first 3-in-1 cleanser.
Zafigo Explains: What Is A Travel Bubble?
Travel bubble, air bridge, and even corona corridor – you’ve probably heard these buzz terms and wondered what they mean. If you haven’t done your Googles and found out already, we’re here to tell you.
5 Cool & Unconventional Spa Treatments From Around The World
Bird droppings, snakes, sake, getting beaten with twigs – people have interesting (read: unusual) ways of unwinding, and these are just some of them.
Lighten Your Luggage With These 8 Multipurpose Beauty Products
Why pack seven beauty products when all you need is ONE? Here are eight multipurpose space-savers to lighten your load.
How To Travel The World While Practicing Yoga
More than fancy poses, you can practice yoga anywhere – while strolling down the beach or taking a sunrise hike.
Check-Ins After COVID-19: New Hotel Checklists & SOPs
The Malaysian Association of Hotels put together guidelines for establishments to follow to make guests feel more comfortable and secure during this RMCO period.
Can’t Go To Japan? Try An Onsen Spa Right Here In Kuala Lumpur
The Onsen Spa by Urban Retreat Spa is an oasis in the concrete jungle of Mont Kiara. As you enter, its quiet, calming space introduces immediate zen as the bambooed interior transports you straight to Japan.
Flying During COVID-19: Can We Still Trust Air Travel?
Is cabin air quality safe? Airbus’ executive vice president of engineering, Jean-Brice Dumont answers this and other pressing questions laying heavy on everybody’s minds regarding the COVID-19 virus and the safety of air travel moving forward.
Shift Your Mindset To Live Well In The ‘New Normal’
Certified wellness coach and founder of Allways Live Well, Amanda Luukinen discusses the need to embrace change and shares effective tools you can use to maintain this mindset shift and your mental health.
The ‘New Normal’ Travel Realities Of COVID-19
As the world embraces the new normal brought on by COVID-19 in our everyday lives, what will this mean for the travel and tourism industry moving forward? Here are a few ways travel could change for us, post-pandemic.
The Serenity Passport: How To Find Your Calm According To The Rest Of The World
To calm my nerves while we wait for the ‘new normal’ to emerge, I have cosied up to The Serenity Passport, a book by positive psychologist Megan C Hayes. The book stood, maybe because now feels like the perfect time to take a literary trip around the world in search of calmness through the eyes…
Hello Zafigo Session #3 – Shifting Your Mind: How To Live Well In The New Normal
Coping with stress caused by COVID-19 related concerns is a challenge for many. But there are tools and steps you can take to manage your overall wellbeing, and they will be explored in an upcoming session of Hello Zafigo, where Marina Mahathir will speak to Amanda Luukinen on how we can live well in this…
Looking After Your Mental Health During COVID-19 According To A Clinical Psychologist
We spoke to Joel Low, the Director and Clinical Psychologist of The Mind Psychological Services and Training for helpful and healthy advice on how we can look after our mental health during the Movement Control Order.
Using A Dawn Simulator Alarm To Combat Jet Lag
Jet lag can end up making a trip overwhelming or perhaps even make you dread it a little. However, thanks to dawn simulator alarms, you can prevent this.
How Will Travel Change For Me Personally
As a team that travels heavily for both business and pleasure, travel suspensions have been particularly sad for us here at Zafigo, but we know that it is necessary so that we too may return to what is now known as the ‘new normal’. We share our thoughts on how we think travel will be…
A Peek At Your World: #ViewFromMyWindow
We’d love to see the view from your home! Show us what it’s like where you are, and what made your day.
10 Best Tips We Received On Managing Quarantine
With the plethora of important tips, advice, ideas, and suggestions going around during this time, we found the following most useful to maintain ourselves physically, mentally, and emotionally during this COVID-19 pandemic.
Bringing The World To Your Yoga Practice
The current reality sees us forcing ourselves to self-quarantine, but here's how you can bring some of the world into your home-based yoga practice.
Managing Your Mental Health During COVID-19
Healthcare experts believe that fighting and coping with the COVID-19 outbreak will require more than just medical intervention — taking care of our mental wellbeing matters too.
8 Very Different Virtual Workout Classes You Can Access From Anywhere In The World
Despite the restricted movement, many instructors and studios are hosting virtual workouts that you can access from anywhere to encourage you to push yourself during a period where slacking physically and mentally becomes too easy.
Why Now Is The Perfect Time To Start Meditating
Learning how to return to the present while simultaneously quieting the mind is not only beneficial amidst the current situation, but will continue to be beneficial to you and your life even after the pandemic subsides.
Parks & Indoor Recreation: Bringing The Great Outdoors Into Your Home
Whether you’re looking for a little at-home workout inspiration or just getting a little bored of reading and watching movies, here are a few ways you can experience the great outdoors right in your living room.
COVID-19 Update: Should You Be Travelling Right Now?
With each day bringing more news of fresh COVID-19 cases, is it still okay to travel right now or is it time to cancel travel plans in its entirety? Here’s what you need to know before you go onwards ahead on your journey.























