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Korean skincare for oily skin? The brand Japanese answers named most
On the @cosme Q&A board in Japan, someone with oily skin asked: "Do fewer Koreans have oily skin? I want to switch to Korean skincare, but it all seems to be about preventing dryness." The question collected 24 answers b
0 0Korean 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 1Switched to all-Korean skincare at once and broke out. Is K-beauty to blame?
Someone posted this on the @cosme Q&A board in Japan. They have atopic, combination-to-oily skin and wanted to deal with pores and clogged bumps, so over about two months they brought in a batch of popular Korean product
0 0Korean skincare for blackheads in Chile: worth it or just marketing?
On r/ChileFemenino, someone said she already has a basic routine with decent products (cleanser, moisturiser, sunscreen), but her real struggle is breakouts and blackheads. She'd seen that Korean cleansing oils and certa
0 0Choosing a Korean sunscreen: which flaw is a dealbreaker for you?
Korean sunscreens have a strong reputation in Chinese-speaking circles too, but everyone's priorities differ. The dealbreakers that come up most in reviews: White cast: a greyish face, worse in photos Pilling: flaking wh
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0 0China's 'vitamin C by day, retinoid by night' trend — is it big in Korea too?
'Morning C, night A' (vitamin C in the morning, a retinoid at night) has been a big trend in Chinese-language skincare circles. What does Korea make of it? Looking at Korean products and discussions: Vitamin C and retino
0 0Skip-care: is the Korean routine getting shorter?
For years the "10-step routine" was the image of Korean skincare. Lately beauty press keeps pointing to the opposite idea: skip-care, cutting a routine down to the steps that actually do something. What skip-care usually
0 0Where does most of your Korea trip budget actually go?
Budget threads for Korea tend to follow a pattern: people plan carefully for flights and hotels, then get surprised by where the rest of the money went. The usual suspects, from what travellers share Accommodation: the b
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0 0Korean skincare tried on sensitive skin: which ones got a yes, which got a no?
On Taiwan's PTT forum (BeautySalon board), someone with sensitive skin shared their verdicts. They used to prefer Japanese brands for their many gentle options, but over the past year or two had tried Korean products and
0 1@cosme's H1 2026 awards: the word Japan and Korea share is PDRN
istyle, the company behind Japan's @cosme review site, published a column comparing its first-half 2026 Best Cosmetics winners across Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Here is what stands out for K-beauty fans. Skincar
0 0Bringing Asian skincare into Argentina by courier: a community guide
On r/CoquetARG, a user shared her method for buying genuine Asian cosmetics from Argentina. Her starting point: local resellers charge far more than these products cost abroad, and even official distributors carry heavy
0 0First trip to Korea as a guy: what skincare should you actually buy?
Plenty of men tag along to a Korean drugstore with a partner or friends and end up staring at the shelves: so what do I buy? The usual approach in men's skincare threads is few but solid: Cleanser: a fresh type for oily
0 0Kids and 10-step routines: where should the line be?
One debate that keeps coming back on beauty forums and in the news: children and young teens buying adult skincare, often after seeing it on social media. Store staff, parents and dermatologists have all weighed in. The
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 0"Lotion", "essence", "emulsion": skincare words that mean different things in Japan and Korea
When Japanese shoppers pick Korean skincare by name alone, the product sometimes turns out to be something else. Here are the terms that cause the most confusion. Lotion (lotion) In Japan, "lotion" (lotion) usually means
0 0K-pop fans travelling to Korea: concert first or beauty shopping?
For many people from Latin America and Spain, the first trip to Korea is about music or K-dramas, and cosmetics sneak in almost by accident. Travel communities keep hitting the same dilemma: the budget doesn't stretch to
0 0Amazon now takes 〜44% of US K-beauty spending and wants to be where you discover it
BeautyMatter took a close look at Amazon's K-beauty play. The gist: Amazon is moving from "where you buy it cheap" to "where you discover it." Numbers in the piece 1,200+ K-beauty brands and 20,000 products on Amazon Abo
0 0Korea is missing from Japan’s imported fragrance market. Could K-fragrance work?
In Japan's imported cosmetics data, Korea holds 43.3% of skincare and was the only major country growing in color makeup. Yet in fragrance Korea doesn't appear in the top ranks, while France holds 62.6%. A country that l
0 0Forgot your skincare on a Korea trip? What a convenience store can cover
Arriving at the hotel to find your cleanser or moisturiser still at home is really common. Good news: Korea has convenience stores on almost every corner, and many basics can be picked up on the spot. Often found in conv
0 0Why the Korean 'no-makeup makeup' look stays so popular in Chinese-speaking circles
The no-makeup makeup look, where you're wearing makeup but it doesn't show, is a perennial favourite on Chinese-language beauty platforms. Reasons people give: What people like Fits work and school without looking out of
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