Obsessed with Asian/Korean stuff - taking your skincare to level 3!

[FrugalFashionista]

Asian and Korean skincare products are big thing right now. We love them!
Tailor your multistep skincare routine here! (or see this pic)

Some of our favorite products so far...
Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence SPF 50 Sunscreen
Missha Magic Cushion BB Cream #21
Lioele Dollish Veil Vita in Purple
Holika Holika Petit Jelly BB Cream
CosRx Returning A-sol
Scinic Propolis Serum
Mizon Hyaluronic Acid Serum
Missha Time Revolution Night Repair Science Activator Ampoule
Missha Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail products & trial kit
Mizon Snail Repair Cream
Mizon Returning Starfish Cream
Mizon Good Night White Sleep Mask
Innisfree Wine Jelly Sleeping Pack
My Beauty Diary Imperial Birds Nest and Hyaluronic Sheet Masks
Innisfree Trouble Care Sheet Masks
Innisfree Real Squeeze Sheet Masks
Tony Moly Avocado Mask
Nexcare Acne Patches

Our favorite sellers:
UK-based Bits and Bobs of Beauty
EU-based Missha.ee, Missha.de
Korean Innisfree
On eBay f2plus1, sing-sing girl, Iamlove, blueprint21
Orders from outside the EU: £15 or less are VAT free!

Blogs and other resources
Reddit Asian Beauty, Fifty Shades of Snail, Snow White & Asian Pear, Skin & Tonics
more resources here...
Vol 2 of this thread here and Vol 1 of here

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

Frugal, your move sounds exhausting but exciting and full of new opportunities all at the same time!

Thanks for the invite for dp but...um...no thanks . Although he is enjoying my re-found

oops! *re-found love of skincare products.

Here is a fairly intensive Reddit page on pH and how to put pH dependent products in correct order. Lots of information...

That link doesn't seem to work for me Frugal.

Oh, Frugal

I hope everything goes smoothly with the move. Good luck!

I was looking up some reviews and came across this article by Paula on korean skincare

www.paulaschoice.com/expert-advice/myths/_/Are-Korean-Beauty-Products-the-Next-Big-Thing

To be honest that's a (relatively) balanced article by Paula. However I think she's wrong about the formulations. I've seen far better results with k-beauty than I have with the CH or Reddit skincare and routines.

I also recently saw a funny 'shaming' of Paula by CH. seems like Paula's Choice doesn't always practice what she preaches!

But hey, once a Dementor, always a Dementor . I'd rather have a little joy with my skincare.

I agree about the article. I have the Biore suncream and its fab, haven't ever found a suncream with this kind of light feel. Also loving the lightweight moisturisers. Even in her beautypedia reviews her products get more praise so it could be sour grapes!

I have just stumbled upon these aritaum mask pouches that I was struggling to find before. It was the packaging that attracted me to them more than anything so I've been looking for some reviews but not come up with much so far

Also, rubyruby76 appear to have knocked down prices on everything! Not sure how long it'll last but the eyebrow powder, that I can't get the hang of, is a quid cheaper than I paid for it the other week.

I bought a cushion compact - the missha m magic one. I used the foundation matcher that someone, I think it was Frugal, linked to in an earlier thread and the colour is pretty much perfect.

They're a revelation!

I'm actually scrolling looking for TCFS Pumpkin sleeping pack samples if anyone has a link to save me scrolling - not that I mind scrolling, I'm making a mental list of sample sized things I'm going back to order if there's any spare cash this weekend (Benton snail bee essence & steam cream at the top)

Re Paula's Choice, I think she is not enhancing her brand by being so negative about competitors. Lots of people would be happy to do a hybrid Western-Asian routine that also includes her stuff but I think that article made lots of AB fans angry and gained Cosrx some customers. There was a discussion about her products on Reddit the other day. Quoting Fifty Shades of Snail:

"You've just made me be able to articulate one of the main reasons I find Paula's Choice so uncompelling. They're so un-fun. They're like the no-sugar no-carb no-starch no-fat no-gluten diet of skincare. They're the Gwyneth Paltrow of skincare."

Negativity creates negativity

Trying to repost the correct ordering of pH dependent products list.

This was the link I think this should be part of the summary information as it is so useful.

GERTI your progress sounds fab and Yazzy welcome to the Biore fan club! Phantom so glad your cushion is a success!

Going to bed early, going to test the Tony Moly sleeping pack

I had my first comment from a friend yesterday, he said that I am looking 'rather fresh faced'! DP also commented that my skin is looking more radiant, yay!

Waiting on cleansing oil, placenta ampoule cream, cosrx pimple master patches and the Benton bee snail serum. Seen it raved about so much on here, I had to pick some up. Also ordered some tretinoin from pharmacygeoff although they aren't getting it in stock for a few weeks so its quite the wait. However, the spots are not that bad at the moment. Cystic ones seem to be controlled and healing very fast but nothing is preventing them forming at the moment. Fingers crossed the tretinoin has some effect.

Frugal, good luck with the move!

With regards to TBS, they did (maybe still do?) a Vit C face was which I used to love. It was a daily one with tiny balls in the gel. Can't remember what it's called, they had a whole range of Vit C stuff. I don't actually know why I stopped using it...

Patting is the way

It's weird, I haven't just changed the products I put on my skin, I've also changed the way I touch it. It works. My skin looks healthier and younger. My jawline looks and feels firmer.

And patting makeup on is great - the little pad that you use to apply the cushion foundation is part of the almost airbrushed effect you get.

Pat, pat, pat...

Cornwall yay! Did your breakout clear up?

I didn't find what I was looking for in rubyruby76's store...did wish I had sat down with pen and paper beside me though. I spied all sorts of things that interested me enough to go back for another look - the Banila clean it zero, stuff with mushrooms, stuff with brocolli, the aritaum masks now I found them, some pore emulsion I can't remember the name of. Plus a load of body stuff and make up.

I stopped scrolling at £8, sure there is more if I kept going.

Scrambled, no touching! I'm trying really hard not to touch and generally go exploring for lumpy bumpy bits. Think that's half the battle tbh, to stop poking around for imperfections

Cabbage! There was cabbage in there too!

Don't really fancy the random veg based stuff (bit like the horse oil) but figure I'll have a look what it does at some point anyway - will write a list tomorrow.

I meant when you're supposed to be touching your face, lucysmam! Don't rub those snail serums and super-long name ampoules in to your face - gently smooth and pat them on.

Trust me. I've read a few blogs

aaah, ok, blame the and excitement over so many things to explore ( shared with dp btw - am not that much of a lush to drink it all myself ).

I just found what looks like hair mayonnaise

TonyMoly are do really quirky packaging. I like that but yet, it doesn't make we want to buy any of their products!

I forgot to do my Vitamin C serum this morning so did it tonight. It felt like water when I put it on but now it feels kind of ... glyceriney on my skin. Not sure if I like it. I think the next batch will be glycerine-free.