Viral K-Beauty vs What Koreans Actually Use: Which is better? And Why?
Biodance$19.00- “It actually says they put all one amples all here so you can use it overnight or at least 3 hours”▶ 1:46
- “The collagen it just 100% go into your skin”▶ 1:58
- “I feel definitely worth it after you using it”▶ 2:02
- “I feel you use like 3 hour like or like overnight for this much effort but I think the effect is like not that much because after like an hour later the radiance is just all gone so I don't see that much point about this and also expensive”▶ 2:05
Torriden$33.00
Celimax$24.00- “If I compare with 100, this is a bit more spicy, but it doesn't go that long”▶ 3:57
- “I definitely like this more cuz I can feel a little more tightening”▶ 4:03
- “Because of the little spicy, they make it pretty moisturizing well”▶ 4:09
- “If you guys are like older than me, 40, more than that, just try out”▶ 4:15
- “Definitely sensitive skin careful”▶ 4:21
Reedle Shotshade · 100
- “Tik Tok overhyped this”
- “It's just a gum exfoliator”
- “When it rolls, that's mostly the product clumping with your dead skin”▶ 5:40
- “Yes, skin feels smoother, but for dry skin, it can strip your barrier”▶ 5:42
- “Tight, dry, blackheads, not really”▶ 5:48
- “Some people say it wrecked their skin barrier for weeks”▶ 6:04
beplain$19.00
- “This is so pretty”
- “I like it more in terms of the hydration level”▶ 7:55
- “I don't see the difference making me brightening”
- “Hydration level it's great”▶ 8:44
- “It has a bis that's a little annoying”▶ 8:47
- “One thing I hate is it all become really dirty on the lid, but after you rub it it just goes inside better”▶ 8:49
- “Really hydrating, so good before the makeup too”▶ 8:56
- “The scent is pretty pleasant and pretty refreshing”▶ 9:02
- “It's like not that heavy”▶ 9:04
- “It's like not a real vitamin. It just make it like a similar vitamin”▶ 9:07
- “For easy use for all skin types”▶ 9:12
- “For like even young skin too, like a teenager early 20s still no problem using it”▶ 9:15
Anua$30.00- “This has the lowest percentage of the PDRN”▶ 9:51
- “Recommended to random people because the most lightweight similar like a toiden”▶ 9:59
- “I think they named it as a PDRN, but it's more like a halonic acetam”▶ 10:05
- “Definitely for all skin types, even for the guys, oily combo skin, tropical weather, you can very easily comfortably use it”▶ 10:09
- “If you are a little dry girly and looking for the little night care, this one in the middle texture still make it hydrating pretty good and pretty”▶ 10:18
VT Cosmetics$26.00- “VT the most heavy”
- “This feels more like a little lotion and then between the serum and the lotion. Pretty thick”▶ 10:29
- “I love it to use it before the makeup”▶ 10:38
- “I used to more like dry mature skin”▶ 10:40
- “This PDRN the other one is from the salmon but this is also from the plant”▶ 10:44
- “Anybody looking for a little more vegan this is it”▶ 10:46
Beauty of Joseon$29.00- “If I do the blind test, I cannot really tell”▶ 11:54
- “Both are great. Just get it whatever is on sale”▶ 11:56
- “If you guys only tried one of it, just try the other one. It's great”▶ 11:59
- “I love both”▶ 12:03
- “If I use this in the class, so many people ask me what is that sunscreen? It feels amazing”▶ 12:09
- “I see some people are allergic to the ingredients. So keep that in mind”▶ 12:29
Dr. Althea$25
Centellian24$32.00- “Dry skin girly, I prefer Madeka”▶ 13:01
- “It spreads smoothly, but the moisture lasts a long time”▶ 13:04
- “It's made by the Korean pharma company behind the famous wound healing ointment”▶ 13:08
- “The story sells and on a home shopping bundles about $6 to $7 a tube”▶ 13:12
- “Oily or combo skin might find it heavy”▶ 13:22
Beauty of Joseon$17.00
- “They named it eye cream for face and the Korean a mask got like ah I love it so much because it's so affordable you can put a whole face”▶ 13:49
Abib$15.99- “I love Abib Sunstick because it's like bigger than the other brands and like little curved and easy”▶ 14:33
- “Compared to Beauty of Joseon, that one feels like a soap, solid soap, but this one's so soft”▶ 14:40
- “This one lot more little more like greasy”▶ 14:47
- “If you guys are oily combo girly in the tropical weather, I think you guys feel this can be too greasy”▶ 14:55
- “This is not as greasy as this, but has a great texture and so easy to use”▶ 14:59
- “Also a little bigger than other usually small sunsticks”▶ 15:08
- “I love it”▶ 15:10
- “One of my super close friend went to the Rome and she got the laser hair. So, she just don't want the pigmentation came out. So, she reapplied this like so much and not no tan at all. So I believe that”▶ 15:12
Laneige$24.00
rom&nd$14.00
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