Korean Skin Care Products - Suggestions or Opinions?

[fihe]

I don't think I've ever used any Korean skin care products (although I may have borrowed my Korean friend's face wash once that she got from her country) but I'd love to try Laneige's strawberry yogurt mask. I hear it works wonders /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> is there anywhere I can buy it in the United States? maybe in K-town in New York?

 

[magosienne]

So the SK-II masks were out of stock, and i had to order others. My choice went to Shiseido's Aqualabel whitening masks and Catena Eight cups of water hydrating masks. It took me a while to get my order as it was around Christmas.

I tried both recently and OMG !! Products that actually work in 10 minutes ! The eight cups of water mask is very generous in product, and you do feel your skin more hydrated and firmer.

The Aqualabel mask achieves a clearer, firmer complexion. I think for both masks of course the results are more beneficial after a few uses but really i was amazed by their results, and my skin didn't get any allergy reaction. I'm buying more for sure !

 

[prettyglowkelly]

I'm Korean and have tried various Korean brands .... I just feel they're too heavily perfumed for my taste.  But a great brand is "Skin Food" -- they make an amazing Black Sesame Scrub Mask.  It's pretty hard to find in the US but readily available online through Sasa.com, ebay, and yesstyle.com.  Although they do raise the prices quite a bit.

 

[honeykim]

i just wanted to let ppl know. i've recently been using jung hyun jung parapam diamond gel masks. omg, they are awesome! much better than other gel masks or sheet masks. they really leave your skin hydrated.  i think you can find them on gmarket, or any korean shopping malls that send overseas /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[magosienne]

Originally Posted by prettyglowkelly /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I'm Korean and have tried various Korean brands .... I just feel they're too heavily perfumed for my taste.  But a great brand is "Skin Food" -- they make an amazing Black Sesame Scrub Mask.  It's pretty hard to find in the US but readily available online through Sasa.com, ebay, and yesstyle.com.  Although they do raise the prices quite a bit.

Oh i should check out yesstyle, i'm through sasa's shipping costs.

 

[Geek]

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[EviLeviathan]

I like the aloe mask sheet from Etude(btw, I'm not advertising or anything, just giving an opinion), but they're not available in US. In Asia of course.

They minimize acne swelling in just one use. But one use isn't enough though..

 

[magosienne]

Thanks for the suggestion, can i ask you if you tried the Shiseido Anessa sunscreens ? I'm confused on which one to get, i want an SPF50/PA+++ but there are several to choose from.

 

[EviLeviathan]

not yet.. Shiseido's products are expensive here.(and I'm still a student XD)

 

[magosienne]

Tell me about it, and add the shipping costs to Europ !

 

[jeunsung7]

I think SULWHASOO is good.

 

[Laced Ivory]

This may be a little late, but here goes:

My favourite Korean skin care brands are Skinfood, Skin79 (awesome Sweet Honey Sugar Face Scrub) and Laneige (their Waterbank range is the BEST).

xoxo,

Roxanne

 

[Maris Crane]

I absolutely love The Face Shop's Pearl mask sheets & Brightening/Whitening gel masks. I don't know if they're really anything life or skin-changing, but they're really nice for a quick pick me up. I do second the recs for Sul Wha Soo, and Laneige. Laneige - though I'm now using Lancome - has great cleansing oils, and I really like their Hydra-Gel Zen Eye Cream.

 

[jillora]

This thread is making me wistful. I love Skin Food, but can't really justify the cost to import it here to the US. :-(  Great prices, nice smelling and mostly effective products. I loved their facial scrubs. They had gave out a ridiculous amount of samples when buying from the store.  That said, I never noticed that any of the face masks either from them or similar brands were particularly special. Good enough, but my skin was crazy dry the whole time I lived in Korea and the only solution was returning to the States. Aren't there some The Face Shop masks available at Walgreens?

 

[Annelle]

They've started selling them at some Walgreens, but they're still relatively new to the US in general.  I don't think they were available in the US at all in 2009 when this thread was first opened!

 

[divadoll]

The Face Shop stores disappeared from Canada around that time.  They re-opened stores in Canada called CARA.  What I love about the products is how the smell.  They smell relaxing and pampering.

 

[divadoll]

thanks for the link. I've been looking for Face Shop and Skin Food online.