Obsessed with Asian/Korean stuff - taking your skincare to level 4!

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Asian and Korean skincare products are a big thing right now. We love them!

Tailor your routine here!
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
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
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

Orders from outside the EU: £15 or less are VAT free!

Best blogs and other resources
Reddit Asian Beauty
Fifty Shades of Snail
Snow White & Asian Pear
Skin & Tonics
more resources here...

Vol 3 of this thread here, Vol 2 of here and Vol 1 here

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

Thanks Wombat, the niacinamide is my main 'want' iyswim. I doubt I can credit it entirely to that but I'm definitely less oil-slick-ish so the combination of things I'm using must be working!

I'm using the Hada Labo lotion toner - it'd go after that, wouldn't it?

The Mizon mask has niacinamide as well, doesn't it? I was going to look at that as well but was lured by the Dragons Blood essence's name

I'm not in the UK but all my parcels from RRS and TesterKorea were both marked as being no more then $20 in value despite being worth more. I'd assume it would be the same there.

lucys I'd guess that the galactomytes would go before the hada labo? Same as the fte? Now I need to decide whether I need fte or galactomytes ;)

I shall do some more reading! It throws the whole routine doing essence before toner - the toner's not quite the consistency of water (a little thicker) & the skinfood propolis is more serum-ey in texture than the dragon's blood which is like a light cream iyswim?

fiftyshadesofsnail.com/2015/07/01/review-cosrx-galactomyces-95-white-power-essence/

Lucy crazy snail lady has a lot of posts about it

Thanks Grin, I haven't looked at the crazy snail lady for a while - didn't think to search her blog

hmmm, snail lady says after cleansing, or actives, or toner...I'm still none the wiser.

I would guess before toner, after actives is where I would slot it in then since it's supposed to be a FTE? It sounds similar in texture to the HL so I don't suppose it would make that much difference really.

I have some samples that came... When to use in my routine help?!
They are
Missha super Aqua peeling gel
Blanc pearl caviar toner

Thank you for the kind offers re the cosrx. I really want a magical cure for the sebaceous filaments on my nose. I do the mud mask routine once a week and use the clearasil pads every day but I can still see them :( I know they will never go completely but i was hoping they would get a lot less noticeable. Reading about the cosrx yesterday, it contains betaine salicylate which is supposed to be gentler than salicylic acid. I do wonder if gentler equals less potent or effective? I just want something to nuke them

Ladies, you can make you own NAG( niacin)amide and glucosamine serum for peanuts, honestly, it's much easier than a simple c serum even. It doesn't oxidize, isn't ph sensitive etc etc. It will be much more effective because it will be stronger and fresher.

Do you have a magic recipe buttons?

Sorry m0gz, I have been nowhere the past couple of days as I have a really bad cold . No Coppertone shop done.

Bigbuttons I'm really keen to get into diy skincare. What's the best place to buy active ingredients in the UK? I see a lot of US diy-ers use Active Formulas but I assume shipping could be an issue. Are Lotioncrafters ok? Are there any other reliable suppliers I could look at?

Am off to sneeze my brain out some more. Might do a sheet mask to take the edge off. This cold requires the Benton Snail Bee, I reckon.

Smegs Activeformulas is based in the UK. It is a more limited version of the US-based Skinactives site.

Poor Smeg DD2 and I have had something similar - it passed quickly though.

Wearing snail bee, falling asleep...

Gah, I popped onto EBay to check how long ago I ordere the scinic honey ampoule only to see that I hadn't ordered it at all! I've ordered it now, but not sure what to do as I've run out of serum.

I'm trying a cheapo sheet mask tonight, will report back.

Sorry to hear you're porely Smeg. Bigbuttons, whatS the recipe?

Holy snails has a simple nag serum on her blog.
She calls it Holy snail water.

m0gz, I wondered if the betaine sylicate would be less effective than salicylic acid too but, plenty of folks on reddit are happy with the effects of the cosrx blackhead power liquid. I don't have that one yet or would have happily sent you some to try. I have the whitehead one though

I'm guessing, at least for me, my pores have been clogged with gunk for a good few years before I learned the right way to actually use the acids so it's going to take a good while to see brilliant results.

Sorry to see you're poorly Scrambled

News what mask are you trying?

I soaked up the extra essence from a Savers one in a sheet mask blank tonight - there wasn't quite enough I don't think, it dried out quite quickly.

Dp has just challenged me to find the bizzarrest 99p skincare/beauty related item I can on ebay...any suggestions? I'm off to see what I can find. I did consider an animal sheet mask but don't think he'd find that bizzarre these days!

A friend asked me a similar question the other day so I give you .... www.xovain.com/news/weird-asian-beauty-products

Im still around but on holiday in San Francisco. My mother died two days ago so I won't be about as much when I get back. Oddly, one of my coping mechanisms was to maniacally order Korean stuff.

Oh Amazing, I'm so sorry for your loss

Grin weird indeed! I think they're mostly out of my 99p budget but I'll have a look.

Amazing I'm so sorry for your loss. .