Korean Skincare Secrets
What Korean skincare actually does differently, explained for skin that has changed.
Korean skincare gets written about as a ten-step routine and a shelf of pretty bottles. That is not what makes it work. What makes it work is the order things go on, the amount of active ingredient that is actually in the bottle, and a habit of treating the skin barrier as the thing you protect rather than the thing you scrub.
We read labels, translate what the ingredients do, and say plainly when something is not worth the money. Where a page carries paid promotion it says so on the page.
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How we work
- We read the full ingredient list, not the claim on the front of the box.
- We check whether an active is present at a dose that does anything.
- We say when a product is a nice moisturiser and nothing more.
- We disclose paid promotion on the page it appears on.
Nothing here is medical advice. If you are pregnant, nursing, or managing a skin condition, speak to your doctor before starting anything new.