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Why does a Korean product cost double where you live? Let's talk
It's one of the most common complaints in K-beauty groups in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina or Spain: the toner that's a casual buy in Seoul turns into a treat back home. The reasons that usually come up: Internation
0 0Korean skincare not sold in Japan: is importing it yourself OK? 102 answers
In February 2025, someone asked on the @cosme Q&A board in Japan: "The Korean skincare product I want isn't in Japanese stores, but it is sold at Olive Young and other shops in Korea. That makes it a personal import. Is
0 1Olive Young order under NT$2,000 but declared higher? Taiwan import tax
On Dcard's makeup board in Taiwan, someone placed an Olive Young Global order during a big sale and kept it just under NT$2,000 to get free shipping. But the declared value shown in the customs app (EZ WAY) came out abov
0 0K-beauty now leads EU imports, and the compliance bill arrives in August
According to a market-analysis newsletter, Korean cosmetics now hold 21.7% of EU imports, ahead of the US at 19.7%. At the same time, a wave of regulation lands all at once. Three regimes taking effect between July and A
0 0K-beauty is No. 1 in Japan’s cosmetics imports for a 4th year, but growth fell from 40% to 5.6%
Korean cosmetics held the top spot in Japan's imported cosmetics market for a fourth straight year, but the pace cooled sharply. Japan's imported cosmetics market in 2025 Korea's share: 30.8%, about ¥141.77B (up 0.5 poin
0 0Is the SPF on the label real? What Spain's AEMPS case showed
Every summer the same question comes back on Spanish and Latin American forums: can I trust the number on the bottle? A recent case in Spain helps explain how oversight works. In March 2024, AEMPS (the Spanish Agency of
0 0K-beauty lookalikes: how to tell a Korean brand from a 'Korean-style' one
A post on r/AsianBeauty asking whether a set of toner pads was an 'AB marketing scam' drew more than 140 comments. The poster had noticed near-identical rave reviews across TikTok, including promo videos featuring AI-gen
0 0K-beauty box with no Korean on it: counterfeit or EU export pack?
A question on r/AsianBeauty: with their usual European shop out of stock, someone bought Illiyoon Ato Cream on Amazon and received packaging they'd never seen, printed in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, wit
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