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Osulloc Tea Museum & Innisfree Jeju House: how to visit both
In the green-tea fields of Andeok-myeon on western Jeju sit two Amorepacific-family spots side by side: Osulloc Tea Museum and, just up the path, Innisfree Jeju House. Seeing both back to back is the appeal -- Jeju's tea
0 0If one sunscreen isn't enough, does layering two help?
On Taiwan's PTT forum (BeautySalon board), someone ran a small experiment: innisfree's green tea sunscreen serum on one arm, Kosé's Suncut on the other, then a normal day of commuting, classes and a lunch run, with no re
0 1Princess packaging, witch concepts, fruit tubes: miss "old K-beauty"?
A nostalgic post in r/AsianBeauty from a Korean user who grew up with these brands. They miss the K-beauty of around 2012–2013: Skinfood's fruit-shaped hand creams and food theme, cupcake lip balms, Etude's princess look
0 1Korean 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 1On the shelf for nearly 20 years: which K-beauty steady-sellers survived?
A nostalgic question in r/KoreanBeauty. Prompted by a post about brands constantly launching, reformulating or discontinuing products, a long-time skincare fan (30-plus years in, about 20 of them with K-beauty) asked the
0 0Parents hate white cast? Lotion-like sunscreens Korean forum users suggest
On the Korean forum theqoo's beauty board, someone asked for recommendations because their mother wanted a sunscreen that spreads like lotion instead of turning her face white (April 2025). It was a one-line question, bu
0 0Olive Young Hongdae Town: what's on each floor and what you can actually try
Olive Young Hongdae Town opened on April 26, 2024 at the entrance to Hongdae's "Walking Street," built as an experience-first store rather than a plain shelf-and-checkout shop. At three floors and roughly 991 square mete
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