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Korean 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 1Is K-beauty only for young people? 30s and 40s, tell us honestly
Does the idea that "K-beauty is for teens and twenty-somethings" still hold? Lately we get more questions from readers in their 30s and beyond. Here is what people often say. The "works at any age" camp Hydrating and soo
0 0National Museum of Korea's own gift shop: what Muds is and where to find it
The National Museum of Korea is the country's largest museum, with free permanent-collection admission and Yongsan Family Park right next door, so many visitors pair it with the nearby Amorepacific Museum of Art in one d
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 0Patch testing: is one swipe on your wrist really enough?
"I tried it on my wrist and it was fine" is something you hear a lot. But facial skin is thinner and reacts differently, so people with sensitive skin tend to share a more thorough routine. The approach many use Where: b
0 0More Beautiful Through Hands-On Experiences! Beauty Flagship Stores from K-Beauty Brands
In Korea, there is an old saying that seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Experiencing things firsthand is important in everything. In particular, beauty products require a testing stag
0 0Before you put "clinically tested" on a product page, check these
Plenty of brands put a "clinically tested" badge at the top of their product pages. The shared view in the industry is that how you say it matters more than whether you say it. Checklist before using it What was tested:
0 0"Pores gone in an instant" ads: do you believe them? A Japanese forum reacts
In October 2025, an interview in which a Japanese beauty writer known for breaking down cosmetic ingredients criticized exaggerated social media ads became a topic on Girls Channel. The points: pores do not vanish in an
0 1Red and itchy when it gets hot: which lotion for sensitive skin?
On Taiwan's PTT forum (BeautySalon board), someone with sensitive combination skin said it easily gets itchy and red in hot, humid weather. They had two affordable candidates in mind, Curél's Intensive Moisture lotion an
0 1Qoo10 Mega Wari: great deals, or just a growing stash of sets and freebies?
When Qoo10 Japan's "Mega Wari" sale opened on 28 August at 5 pm, a "What are you buying?" thread went up on Girls Channel, a large Japanese women's forum. It passed 200 comments, mixing wish lists with the question of wh
0 0CHICOR Gangnam Station: inside Shinsegae's hyper-personalized beauty flagship
One minute's walk from Exit 11 of Gangnam Station, on the first floor of 408 Gangnam-daero, Shinsegae's beauty-edit chain CHICOR opened a roughly 130-pyeong (about 430 square meter) flagship on June 27, 2025. It replaced
0 0K-Beauty at Its Finest: Flagship Stores
K-beauty refers to Korean cosmetics and Korean makeup methods. Driven by the K-beauty wave, Korea’s cosmetics industry recorded the world’s third-largest exports after France and the United States. The endless appeal of
0 0Musinsa Terrace Seongsu
Musinsa Terrace Seongsu is a fashion and culture space where you can experience brands carried on Musinsa, Korea’s leading online fashion platform, up close. Blending fashion with culture, the venue stages a range of bra
0 0Don’t Pick at Flaky Lips—Try This at Night (Before-Bed Lip Care Routine)
When you see flaky skin on your lips, your hand reaches for it first, right? It seems like you can just peel off a little, but it always comes off in a bigger piece than you expected and stings. The next day, that spot f
0 0AMOREPACIFIC / K-Beauty Makeup Class
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0 0K-Content Emotion Travel Begins at the Soul Spot Travel Information Center
In June, when summer is in full swing, an event will take place that once again vividly highlights Seoul, the center of K-content. That event is the 2025 K-Content Seoul Travel Week, held from June 28 to July 6. This eve
0 076.8% of Japanese visitors go to Seoul. Will "30 Small Cities" change that?
The Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) and the Korea Tourism Organization announced a joint plan to ease Seoul's pull on Japanese travellers. Key points from Travel Voice: Where things stand 76.8% of Japanese visi
0 0Namsangol Hanok Village: five free Joseon-era houses and a hanbok photo stop
At the foot of Namsan sits a hanok village established in 1998, gathering five relocated Joseon-era houses that once stood elsewhere in Seoul — spanning everything from a middle-class home to residences of yangban aristo
0 0Seoul Yangnyeong Market
Seoul Yangnyeong Market is Korea’s largest comprehensive Korean medicine complex, with more than 800 herbal medicine-related shops. All kinds of medicinal ingredients from across the country gather here. Seoul Yangnyeong
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