We all have those new year’s resolutions we try again every year: start eating healthy, quit smoking or losing a couple pounds. How about this year we try to improve our skin and show ourselves the best version of our skin we have ever seen! Just see your skincare routine as a little pampering for […]
We all now Korean Beauty for it’s amazing skincare, innovative formula’s and endless variations of sheetmasks. Even though there’s loads of Kbeauty with snail secretion, bee venom, horse fat and other animal derived ingredients there are loads of vegan options out there too. Honestly they aren’t even hard to find at all but to make […]
So today we are going to address the elephant in the room. Is Korean beauty expensive? And can you actually start the whole Korean skincare journey when you just have a tight budget? Students, youngsters and our fellow beauty lovers in general don’t always have the big bucks ready to splurge. Even as a store […]
Since you all seemed to enjoy our previous ingredient guide about AHA & BHA we continue this series with Vitamin C! Like AHA and BHA, this is a very powerful active ingredient which can do wonders for your skin. And when I say wonders I do actually mean wonders because you can SEE your skin improving […]
Let’s continue The Korean Beauty for Beginners series with detailed posts on your favorite ingredients. Today we will cover the two ingredients that we get the most questions about AHA & BHA. Physical VS. Chemical exfoliators Both AHA & BHA are so-called chemical exfoliants. Chemical exfoliators gently slough off dead skin cells with active ingredients […]
People are desperately slanting themselves in sunscreen now that the sun is out but forget the other three seasons of the year where the sun can also affect your skin. Sounds familiar? Let me enlighten you in the world of Korean sunscreens with this new beginners guide! UVA / UVB / SPF / PA […]
Last week we were invited by KOTRA (Korean Trade Investment Promotion Agency) to the Korean Product Plaza at the World Trade Center in Amsterdam to meet new Korean beauty brands and their innovative products. Most of these brands are so new that even we have never heard of them before so let us introduce them […]
Even though Korean Beauty is getting pretty popular here in the west I feel there is still a big lack in the basis knowledge of Korean beauty products. My main concerns are actually two things: 1 people buying products only for the packaging, 2 people thinking the Korean 10 step skincare routine is excessive […]
This product gave me breakouts! I got acne because of this! I am allergic to peeling gel! Unfortunately in my job as your Korean Beauty adviser I hear the sentences above over and over again. But are you even sure the reaction you are getting is from that new moisturizer? Yes, I mean the one […]
The Korean term ‘Point makeup’ covers eye makeup, lip and cheek products. The eye products are not much different from Western products however the way they are applied is significantly different. Where in Western makeup it’s mostly about achieving a sexy look (such as smoky eyes) Koreans tend to go for the cute look most […]
