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MUSINSA STANDARD Hongdae
Focused on modern basic casual wear, MUSINSA STANDARD is an in-house brand operated by MUSINSA, Korea’s leading online fashion store. The first flagship store of MUSINSA STANDARD, where visitors can experience the trends
0 0Visiting grandma for the holidays: makeup or bare face?
Around Chuseok, Korea's autumn harvest holiday, someone on theqoo's beauty board asked a simple question: when you visit your grandmother or relatives, do you go bare-faced or put on at least a little makeup? It was a th
0 0Had moles removed and they are still there: is one session never enough?
On theqoo's beauty board, someone had several moles removed two weeks earlier and kept them covered with hydrocolloid patches, only to find the moles had not gone, just faded a little. The doctor had warned that deep mol
0 0Dior Seongsu concept store: what's showing and how to visit
Dior Seongsu is the brand's Seoul outpost in Seongsu-dong, run less like a standard boutique and more like a space that gets a full thematic overhaul each season. As of August 2026, it was showing creative director Jonat
0 1Korean skincare ordered to Malaysia got held at customs: what now?
On r/malaysia, someone who had just moved back after a few years abroad said they'd always ordered Korean skincare from a Korean retailer's global website without trouble. This time a letter from Malaysian customs said t
0 1Cold water closes pores? Four pore myths, cleared up
Pores attract more old wives' tales than almost any other skin topic. Here are the ones dermatologists correct most often. 1. "Steam opens them, cold water shuts them" Pores have no muscles to open and close like doors.
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