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Korean-style makeup at a Latin wedding or party: is it too subtle?
The best-known Korean style goes for luminous skin, soft blush, blurred tinted lips and straight, natural brows. Lovely for everyday… but in Latin communities one question keeps coming up: will it last a wedding, a quinc
0 0Korea passes the US to become the world’s No. 2 cosmetics exporter, now shipping to 202 countries
In 2025 Korea overtook the United States to become the world's second-largest cosmetics exporter. France is still No. 1. Global cosmetics exports (2025) France: $24.3B Korea: $11.4B (+11.8%) United States: $10.8B Other n
0 02023 Seoul Hallyu Travel Guide “Person:able Seoul”
When deciding to travel and choosing a destination, the most common next step is gathering information about the place. Travelers search for what kind of city it is, must-see attractions, foods, and shopping items. Thoug
0 0Olive Young opens its first US store in Pasadena: what it means for brands
CJ Olive Young opened its first brick-and-mortar US store in Pasadena, California, on May 29. Key facts 58 W Colorado Blvd, about 8,647 sq ft Roughly 400 brands and 5,000 SKUs across skincare, makeup, hair and wellness A
0 0Gyeongui Line Forest Park, Yeonnam-dong: how to walk it and where to stop for coffee
Gyeongui Line Forest Park is what Seoul built after burying an old railway line underground: a roughly 6.3-kilometre green corridor running from Mapo-gu into Yongsan-gu. The Yeonnam-dong stretch near Hongdae is the most
0 0Mangwon Hangang Park: how to picnic by the Han River without overplanning it
Mangwon Hangang Park is one of the string of riverside parks that line the Han through Seoul, on the Mapo-gu side near where Mangwon-dong meets the water. It's less monumental than the parks near Banpo or Yeouido, and th
0 0'Cruelty-free' claims and China sales: the Paula's Choice lawsuit
News that Paula's Choice was being sued over animal-testing claims was shared on r/30PlusSkinCare, with a link to the complaint. It's a class action filed in March 2024 in the US District Court for the Western District o
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 0Dosan Park street: walking the Tamburins, SINOON and Diptyque flagships
Haus Nowhere Dosan isn't the only reason to walk around Dosan Park. Along the streets ringing the park, beauty and lifestyle concept stores are scattered: a standalone Tamburins flagship, a flagship for Korean skincare b
0 0Haus Nowhere Dosan (formerly Haus Dosan): Gentle Monster, Tamburins and Nudake in one building
Right next to Dosan Park stands a five-story, board-formed concrete building known as Haus Nowhere Dosan. It used to be called simply "Haus Dosan," but once sister locations opened in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Seoul's Seongsu-
0 0Seongsu Handmade Shoe Street
A short distance from Seongsu Station on Subway Line 2, Seongsu Handmade Shoe Street stands as Korea’s largest handmade shoe industry district. It is also the country’s biggest handmade shoe production center, with 70% o
0 0AMOREPACIFIC / K-Beauty Makeup Class
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0 0Sinyung Market
Since 1953, following Liberation, Sinheung Market has operated for 70 years, bringing together people of different nationalities and cultures to create its own distinctive atmosphere. Rather than the image of a typical m
0 0Tamburins Hannam flagship: the fragrance store that plays with pumpkins and paper sculpture
Tamburins started as a nail and beauty brand before turning into one of Korea's most talked-about fragrance and skincare labels, and its Hannam-dong flagship is the fourth standalone store after Sinsa, Samcheong and Seon
0 0Seoul Through the Lens of Hollywood Stars
The second installment of the sci-fi series Dune, Dune: Part Two, recently premiered in Korea and quickly became a major hit. With the film’s release, the Dune cast also came to Korea and drew considerable attention. Tim
0 0China fell from 19.6% to 14.4% of K-beauty exports. Time to pull back?
If there's one number export teams stared at in the H1 data, it's this: China's share dropped from 19.6% to 14.4%. Exports there fell 6.6% to $1.01B. China once took close to half of Korea's cosmetics exports, so opinion
0 0Seochon and Tongui-dong: wandering Seoul’s quietest historic alleys
Seochon, tucked against the western wall of Gyeongbokgung, is one of Seoul's oldest neighborhoods, and unlike Bukchon it hasn't turned into a tourist set piece. People still shop and walk their dogs among low hanok house
0 0Retinol at 500 ppb on the front of the pack: marketing or meaningful?
On r/AsianBeauty, someone looked up the ingredient list of viral 'retinol collagen' toner pads and was let down. Water, glycols and glycerin led the list, hydrolysed collagen was declared at 50 ppm (0.005%) and retinol a
0 1Red vs brown acne marks: do they really need different care?
Almost everyone has wondered about the marks acne leaves behind. Here's how communities commonly tell them apart and what they suggest. Red marks (often called PIE) Described as redness from a blood-vessel response after
0 0Hanbok rental near Gyeongbokgung: 2026 free-entry rules explained
Walk around Gyeongbokgung and you'll pass plenty of visitors in bright hanbok. It's not just for photos: wearing proper traditional hanbok has earned free entry to Korea's grand palaces since 2013, and the rule applies e
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