Do you actually finish your cosmetics?
On 82cook's free board, a parent wrote that one look at their grown children's rooms explained why Olive Young makes so much money. The kids buy almost all their cosmetics there, yet the parent has never seen them finish a product; half-used items just pile up, and plenty get tossed after one try because they "didn't suit." The post drew more than forty replies.
What the replies said:
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The biggest reaction was recognition: "That's my house." One person admitted to unopened products piling up yet still buying more every sale.
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Several parents said they collect and use whatever their children abandon, joking that at least their own skin is benefiting.
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Many took a relaxed view: it's how young people find what suits them, and the older generation did the same with road-shop brands.
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Some analysis: buying several cheap items instead of one expensive product ends up costing about the same, and social media makes people feel they have to try whatever everyone else is buying.
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Others credited Olive Young's free testing and friendly staff, and one person described foreign tourists filling whole suitcases.
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A few practical notes: color cosmetics are rarely finished anyway, and some products seem to get worse once you're halfway through.
The overall verdict: it looks wasteful, but it's a phase almost everyone goes through.
Desk note: If family members take over leftover products, check the expiry date or period-after-opening on the pack first. In Korea one of the two must be printed, and products using a period after opening also carry the manufacturing date. If color, smell or texture has changed, let it go whatever the date says.
How many half-used products are sitting on your shelf right now?
Original thread: 82cook — Now I see why Olive Young makes so much money · Also see: Korea Easy Law — cosmetics labeling
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