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A suitcase full of Korean cosmetics: is there a limit on the way home?
This Tripadvisor Seoul forum thread is older, but the question still comes up before every beauty-shopping trip. A traveller planning four or five days in Seoul asked two things: are there sale seasons for cosmetics, and
0 1Do 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
0 0Korean 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 1Using an agency or interpreter for a Korean skin clinic? Think these through first
The language barrier is many visitors' biggest worry, so people look into agencies, companions or interpreters. Points that come up often (general info, not about any specific business): Know who you're dealing with Is i
0 0Body oil feels drier than body lotion. Is it just me?
A theqoo beauty-board user whose body skin stays rough even in summer shared a puzzle. Body lotion keeps them moist until the next day, but body oil only leaves the surface shiny and somehow feels drier. Were they applyi
0 1Dandruff that burns and itches: when the shampoo aisle stops working
In Mumsnet's general health board, a poster with very thick hair described what she called permanent, severe dandruff. The flakes bothered her less than the constant burning and itching, and the feeling that her scalp wa
0 0"Drinkable sunscreen": does it work? A Japanese forum is mostly skeptical
On Japan's Girls Channel forum, someone who works outdoors asked for recommendations and real results for "drinkable sunscreen" (飲む日焼け止め) supplements (August 2025). In Japan these are easy to find at drugstores and derma
0 0First isotretinoin prescription says twice a day. Is once a day OK instead?
On theqoo's beauty board, someone who had just been prescribed isotretinoin for acne asked a practical question. They had been told to take one capsule morning and evening, but reviews about extreme dryness scared them,
0 1Times Square
Times Square is a new urban entertainment and cultural complex where commerce, business, culture, and leisure come together, with tenants such as Marriott Hotel, Shinsegae Department Store, CGV, E-Mart, Kyobo Book Centre
0 0Would a K-beauty shop survive in a mid-sized Spanish city?
On r/askspain, someone asked whether a mid-sized city could support a shop specialising in Korean beauty. Their reasoning: chains such as Druni and Primor already reach small towns, and big cities have dedicated K-beauty
0 0A Special Seoul Trip into K-Content Soul Spots
Seoul is a city where nature and downtown, day and night, reveal different charms and leave happy memories. It is also where K-content began. Seoul, a city with a wide range of pleasures like an OTT channel, is especiall
0 0Olive Young Gangnam Town: shopping the big-format store near Gangnam Station
If the only Olive Young flagships you know are Myeongdong or Seongsu, you might miss that Gangnam-daero has its own large-format branch: Olive Young Gangnam Town, at 429 Gangnam-daero, Seocho-gu, within the Gangnam Stati
0 0The Shilla Duty Free Jeju downtown store: who can shop, where to pick up
People searching "Shilla Duty Free Jeju" are usually trying to work out how a downtown duty-free store actually works: who's allowed to use it, and when you actually get your purchases. The Shilla Duty Free Jeju is a dow
0 0K-Beauty Places Born as Complex Cultural Spaces
Cosmetics brand stores are evolving. They are being reborn from places that simply ‘sold’ cosmetics into spaces that offer consumers more than that and, further, embody brand values in a sensory way. Along with modern in
0 0Ewha Womans University Shopping Street: what's left, and how to walk it
The shopping street outside Ewha Womans University grew up around one of Seoul's best-known women's universities, and for decades it's been where students — and, increasingly, visitors — go for cheap, trend-driven clothe
0 0Lotte World Tower, HUNTR/X’s Soul Spot
The piece begins with a line that calls HUNTR/X’s “Golden” to mind, then shifts right into the story of Lotte World Tower, the building that inspired HUNTR/X’s home. After a packed tour schedule, HUNTR/X returns to a hom
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