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Monami Store Seongsu: DIY Stationery and Ink Lab in Seongsu-dong
Monami FACTORY, which first opened in Seongsu-dong in 1963, has now been transformed into Monami Store Seongsu. Here, you can get hands-on with Monami products and enjoy a more personal experience by making your own DIY
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Gentle Monster is a Korean eyewear brand that has attracted attention through collaborations with popular Hallyu stars. Located on Garosu-gil in Sinsa-dong, the Gentle Monster Sinsa Flagship Store catches the eye with it
0 0Breakouts and dryness at the same time in your 40s: which moisturiser?
A Mumsnet user in her mid-40s, going through perimenopause, described a frustrating mix: blackheads and deeper hormonal spots on one side, and skin that was getting drier, sore and more sensitive on the other. She could
0 0Apgujeong Rodeo Street: how to shop Seoul's original luxury-fashion beauty district
Across the street from Galleria Department Store's Luxury Hall runs an L-shaped strip about 422 meters long: Apgujeong Rodeo Street. It got its name from Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive, and it became Korea's first real fashi
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Ssamzigil was newly created in 2004 based on Insadong’s distinctive character, long known as one of Seoul’s representative traditional streets. Ssamzigil is a shopping mall with traditional and modern crafts, and a compl
0 0Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong: where do you usually buy K-beauty?
Even within the Chinese-speaking world, K-beauty shopping habits differ a lot. We'd like to collect how it works where you live. Things to share Your main channel: e-commerce platforms, cross-border sites, drugstores, de
0 0Dongdaemun General Market
Opened in 1970, Dongdaemun General Market has shared the joys and sorrows of Dongdaemun Market for more than 40 years. It is a large specialty market selling fabric for clothing, clothing notions, accessories, and some b
0 0A Lip Balm That Feels Cool and Tingly When You Apply It—Is That Always a Good Thing? Lips That Don’t Agree with Menthol Lip Balm
There are lip balms that make your lips feel tingly as soon as you apply them. They feel cool, like they’re doing something right away. So a lot of people deliberately look for lip balms with a cooling sensation. But tha
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
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