Obsessed with Asian/Korean stuff - taking your skincare to level 2!

[FrugalFashionista]

Asian and Korean skincare products seem to be a big thing right now - we are falling in love with quite a few things...

Interested in the following?

• finding a great sunscreen - here's a thread favorite
• tailoring a multi-step ritual to your skincare needs - here are the basics
• talking about geisha beauty rituals - you'll probably need to read this
• learning what snail slime, bee venom and starfish have to do with beauty
• plumping up your skin with sheet masks and sleeping masks
• experimenting with essences

Please come here and share your questions, experiences, links and best shopping tips!

Vol 1 of this thread here

Shipping is £6 or £8 odds expedited so not bad if you get a few things

I find RoseRose has the best prices but, if you want to stay under the £15 limit for UK customs (which includes the £6 delivery fee), you're allocating nearly 50% of the cost of your order to shipping costs... You could spend more to make up for the expensive delivery charges but would then get stung by the £12 (?) Royal Mail admin etc fee.

Unless I'm missing something .... which is very likely, it's been an exhausting week!!

I've just compared prices with eBay. My order with delivery came to £20.96 on eBay with free delivery and looking at the cheapest prices the same items would've been about £2 more. Oh well a small saving but hey ho.

Sounds good Amazing!

I use these Nip + Fab pads, £6.45.

Innisfree Honey Serum at an excellent price .... already on my basket

Sorry, been watching Kingsman with dp. Delivery took just shy of two weeks from jolse through their ebay shop iirc NoMore

I might try the Body Shop Camomile oil stuff, I'll be passing a shop on Monday. Mind you, when the hemp line first came out and everyone was raving about it I tried the hand cream without patch testing first. Big mistake, I had a nasty case of contact dermatitis that made washing my hands agony for about a week.

Don't pay full price. Sign up for their emails and they'll let you know when their next 40% off sale is on. They have them monthly.

I think there's 30% off at the moment on the website.

Ah, thanks Amazing!

That's good to know LucysMam re Jolse since Ive just bought the CosRX 7 power Whitehead stuff from them.

That's it, I'm hiding my bank card for the rest of the month

I have £7 left from today but it's cash...no more online spends for a while!

I used a NexCare spot patch last night on a forehead monster. Went down beautifully overnight, but re-generated itself during the day - how very Dr Who-esque. I have now reapplied spot patch (a new one obvs) after Innisfree anti-trouble sheet mask, and am busy doing Japanese style patting in front of Doc Martin. I know how to live!

amazing your ebay vs RoseRose calculations are pretty much the same as mine.

I am dedicated to no spend June now but I just love looking at my ever expanding ebay watch list, to which these are the latest addition...

Thanks Lucy, two weeks is actually not bad at all.

Quick question .... how strict are UK Customs with the £15 set amount? I have a basket on BeautyNetKorea for a total of 24.64 USD which when using Google comes up at £15.52. Should I risk it?

That I don't know, I've only ordered a couple of bits at a time & from three or four sellers so I'm definitely not slapped with a charge!

I have a HUGE eBay watch list too Wombat and now I have to add those

Hmm, so got the holika red wine sleep mask. I'm not overly impressed. Sticky, smells nice, but nothing amazing in the morning. And tge racoony gold eye patches aren't fantastic. I've had better results with the cheapo collagen ones sold in Boyes. The missha chocolate face wash though is lovely, my skin is really soft, even before serum and cream.

Oh no I have the Holika Holika white wine one queued up to try! Have opened for sniff but not used it yet.

The collagen eye patches in the green packet stay stuck better for me.

I didn't know Boyes did stuff like that, might have a mooch at their make up section next time I go to town.

Is this the Beauty of Joseon Dynasty cream? Blueprint21 have been very reliable for me, I'm tempted...

Scrambled - am not sure if that's the one. I have used that seller and they are good, but not sure that's the cream we have talked about..

I have ordered the Joseon dynasty cream, from handmadepeaco on eBay, am awaiting arrival. Will update. Looks similar though but that says made by Mizon....

Scrambled I have been wondering the same thing! Wondered if 'Chosun' was a phonetic spelling interpretation of 'Joseon' but am not sure now.

Who or what is a Boyes?

Boyes is North Eastern cheapo department chain. Generally shite, but sometimes find gems. Can't remember what tge under eye patches are, silver pack.great before night out.

Thank you ohwhatfuckery - not much chance of a Boyes in darkest Devon then, I guess!

Wombat - maybe you're right, I hadn't thought of that. The packaging is very similar....