K-Beauty straight from South Korea
Commleaf are a brand that truly won my heart last year, and have been a firm favourite ever since! I even discussed my love for them with Maree on Beauty & Seoul and I’m very pleased they are now available here in the UK. A couple of months ago, I received two of their newest products directly from Commleaf (PR gifted), and the Surely Green 100 Face Oil immediately got my interest. Let’s see what it is and how it worked for me.
I mentioned this cream on my IG recently, and a lot of you replied with interest or telling me you also really liked it! What an under-discussed product, and I suddenly felt the need to share my full review with you. I bought the cream over a year ago in Myeongdong, and I’ve used it on and off ever since. Here are my thoughts!
I’ve been away for a while – there’s been a lot going on. BUT I’m back and ready to upload regular reviews and routines to share with you guys. Please subscribe to my newsletter (on the right) if you’d like emails when I post new reviews. Today we’re discussing this gorgeous Bonair Aloe Toner. Let’s get stuck in…
This product was gifted to me by Mask House UK, with no request for review.
Most of the time these days, I genuinely love my skin. This has not always been the case, and whilst I still deal with normal skin issues such as redness and occasional breakouts, transforming my skincare routine and attitude has resulted in a glow I never thought was possible. I can assuredly say the changes happened because of my move to Seoul, South Korea, in 2014 and the influence of the “Korean skincare routine”. I say this in quotation marks because I don’t believe there’s a definitive “Korean skincare routine”, more a way of thinking about skincare in Korea. Over the past four years my skin has become the best it’s ever been, and I wanted to share what has worked for me. When I began my journey my skin was dull, very uneven in tone, and- without me knowing or understanding this- extremely dehydrated. Here’s how I overcame those problems and got the glow.
The Beauty of Joseon Dynasty Cream has been a cult favourite in the K-Beauty community for years, so when the company reached out early last year and asked if I wanted to try their products, I was totally down. It’s been just under a year since I first started using both the cream and the sleeping pack, and I’m finally here writing my review. There a ton of reviews of the cream, so here are my thoughts on the sleeping mask…
(These products were gifted by the company.)
Back with an end of year round up my loves! This one has been the hardest yet to write, because I’ve tried so many incredible products in 2018. It’s been tough to narrow it down, so I’m doing things a little differently compared to previous years (2016 here & 2017 here). This year will be separated into product categories, with a winner and runner(s)-up too. If I’ve previously written a review of any product, I’ll link it on the name. I hope that covers and shares the best of the best with you! Also remember that this post only include products I’ve tried for the first time in 2018- not old favourites.
A lot of these products were PR gifted by the brands themselves or by K-beauty online stores. I’ve included the names of the stores so you know where to find the products if you’d like to purchase.
Hope you’ve all had a fabulous year, and cheers to your health and happiness for 2019. Let’s get stuck in.
I love trying out a range of a brand’s products and really getting a true feel for them across the board. I had wanted to try Lagom for a while. If you haven’t heard of Lagom, it’s a skincare brand that was created with Korean makeup guru Go Won Hye. They have a unique, patented formula that uses AQUALICIA technology which helps control moisture within skin. After a couple of months of trying 5 of their main products, I have concluding thoughts on each and every one! Karolina at Skinsider UK is so sweet and gifted me this entire line AND to one of you for Christmas!! Check out my IG @skinfullofseoul for more details on our giveaway partnership and how to enter. Here’s an overview of the 5 products in the photo above…full ingredients lists can be found on Skinsider.
Acids are an area of skincare I don’t claim to be an expert in- BUT I’ve done a lot of reading, research, and over the past few years have been expanding my testing of different acid products. This Purito product is different to all I’ve tried before in that it contains AHA, BHA and PHA. Thus the rather apt name Triple Synergy. I was excited to test this out, and around 6 weeks into continual daily use, I’m ready to discuss!
*This product was PR gifted to me by Purito
I feel like this year I’ve discovered some really fantastic cleansers…and by “fantastic” I mean gentle but effective and thoroughly enjoyable. So as we’re moving into my skin’s most difficult time of year (AKA winter), I thought it would be a great time to discuss these gentle cleansers that don’t dry me out! Let’s get right on into it.
Note: all of these products were gifted to me at some time or another. I get gifted a lot of cleansers- these are in the list for the reasons above. For availability, I have listed where I received mine from plus the price. I have included the price in both GBP and USD. Bear in mind that UK prices are generally higher, in line with the market here, than US prices.
Hey my loves! So recently I’ve struggled a little with knowing which direction to go with posts and what you guys like reading and seeing, but after a discussion on my IG I’ve taken some of your ideas on board. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me! I’ll continue doing the in-depth reviews that you guys said you found really helpful, but also adding posts that share tips as well as lists of favourite products. So first up is a short post on the changes I make to my routine as the seasons change and the weather becomes colder. If you want some specific product ideas, here’s my winter products post from last year. I’ll update soon with more additions this year! But first let’s talk about the changes I make.
*A lot of the products mentioned here were gifted to me by companies at some point in time.