5 OVERHYPED Skincare Products — And Their Better Korean Dupe! 💜
Vichy$29.99- “It's marketed as this revolutionary hydrating serum packed with volcanic water and hyaluronic acid and is very very very nice”▶ 1:09
- “When I kind of look at the ingredients, it's quite basic in a nice way, not in a bad way”▶ 1:22
- “It's lightweight and hydrating. It literally just feels like water for your skin”▶ 1:34
- “The claims about the barrier support and antioxidant protection are mostly coming from their mineral water, which doesn't really have the same robust clinical backing as ingredients like peptides or ceramides, for example”▶ 1:36
S.NATURE$39.95- “This isn't just hydration, but it's amazing hydration”▶ 1:54
- “It's that same clear, slightly thicker than water kind of like feeling product, but it's a full-on treatment”▶ 1:57
- “You're getting hexapeptide 8, which is that Botox in a bottle peptide”▶ 2:08
- “It just helps kind of like soften fine lines, wrinkles, plump things out, but it's very effective at doing so”▶ 2:11
- “You also get hydrolyzed collagen. Again, really, really good at hydrating the skin”▶ 2:19
- “You have your eight types of hyaluronic acid, right? Which nothing special. Every brand has it. But mixed in with this, it's just so effective at plumping and really, really hydrating the skin”▶ 2:32
- “What really sets this product apart is their MultiX BSASSM complex”▶ 2:41
- “It's just a nice mix of seven different plant extracts like centella, chamomile, licorice, and green tea, which all help to calm the skin, calm irritation, brighten, and help strengthen skin barrier”▶ 2:51
- “Whilst Vichy gives you hydration, S Nature gives you hydration plus anti-aging, barrier repair and soothing all in one formula”▶ 3:04
Clinique$70.00- “It's iconic. It's very, very nice. It's very simple. It's fragrance-free and it gets the job done”▶ 3:32
- “It melts down makeup and sunscreen and rinses clean. It's very, very nice, very basic”▶ 3:47
- “It's more of a cosmetically elegant kind of feeling, right? It's nice. A little bit pricey”▶ 3:52
- “Clinique is a no frills remover in a good way”
House of HUR$26.86- “The House of HUR purifying cleansing balm on the other hand takes things just that little step further”▶ 3:59
- “It still has that like sherbet to oil to milk kind of like texture, but also includes cranberry powder which melts down as you massage offering like a really really gentle daily exfoliation which you can use alongside other exfoliants”▶ 4:06
- “You still got fruit extracts like strawberry, cherry, and sea buckthorn which are very antioxidant rich and help regulate oil production and help brighten the complexion too”▶ 4:21
- “You're not just cleansing, you're also gently resurfacing, soothing, and treating your skin”▶ 4:56
- “I just think like when you could get more, why not?”▶ 5:04
Pixi$24.00- “They're interesting. They're a bestseller. They look cute”▶ 5:23
- “They've got gold in them, a cucumber extract, and hyaluronic acid”▶ 5:27
- “Hydrogel patches like these are mostly like very simple humectants like water and glycerin, and they have a slight cooling effect because of it”▶ 5:32
- “The gold is of course purely for marketing benefits than skin benefits”▶ 5:44
- “They're that very old thick kind of like hydrogel that just like slowly make their way down your face the longer you keep them on”▶ 5:56
BIOHEAL BOH$28.80- “Actually helps deliver skin care ingredients”▶ 6:14
- “They got PDRN in them which is going to help calm the skin”▶ 6:16
- “Alongside those four different types of collagen that are in this serum that you get a good amount of on these patches, you get a nice plumping hydration under the eyes”▶ 6:24
- “There's glycogen in here for hydration and firmness and hexapeptide that supports collagen synthesis”▶ 6:33
- “These patches are clinically tested for puffiness, wrinkles, and elasticity and brightness”▶ 6:45
- “You do see like a plump and like a lift and a tightness under the eyes, albeit temporary, but they also don't like fall down your face despite dispersing a good amount of under eye serum as well”▶ 6:02
- “The BOH patches are designed as actual treatment products with that well-aging and plumping and hydrating kind of treatment underneath as well and all those ingredients”▶ 7:20
- “They feel like an eye cream in patch form, which I find a lot of eye patches just kind of you leave on and then they fall off and then there's nothing there”▶ 7:28
- “It really is a staple for a lot of people”▶ 7:48
- “It's rich, it's thick, and it's nourishing”▶ 7:49
- “That's why I don't like it because it's a maybe a little bit too thick for my under eyes”▶ 7:51
- “This is based around avocado oil and shea butter, which again, all right, little bit outdated, a little bit old, but they moisturize well enough”▶ 8:03
- “The formula is fairly heavy. It doesn't do much beyond that, which is fine again because that's all you really need under your eyes for most people, right?”▶ 8:12
S.NATURE$28.49- “It's got soy yogurt in soy yogurt biome made from fermented black soybeans”▶ 8:27
- “You're getting probiotics kind of support a healthier barrier under the eyes, which I didn't think I needed, but it really does make a nice difference, especially for this like chickeny skin”▶ 8:32
- “Where I've been doing tretinoin and stuff, my eyes can get pretty sensitive. And this really did kind of help just calm and soothe everything under my eyes”▶ 8:41
- “In the summer as well with my allergies, again, this was really healing”▶ 8:51
- “It felt boring. When I used it, I was like, kind of feels like the Sarah V under eye cream, but it's so so good”▶ 8:56
- “There's panthenol in here for that moisture retention, squalane to mimic skin's natural oils, of course, and a blend of natural lipids like shea butter, olive oil, castor oil to deeply condition”▶ 9:05
- “It's just done in this K beauty way of this really nice thick but at the same time lightweight moisturizing eye cream”▶ 9:18
- “You're not just moisturizing though, you're strengthening skin and targeting wrinkles and improving resilience, too”▶ 9:38
- “The texture is still rich, but with that fermented base, it feels more nourishing rather than the greasiness of the Kiehl's eye cream”▶ 9:43
- “It's got shea butter, muru muru butter, and vegan waxes. So, yes, it's moisturizing and softening, and it gives you a really nice shiny finish if that's what you're after”▶ 10:14
- “I feel like you don't have much control. It's shiny or nothing”▶ 10:32
- “It's just like a lot of like very basic lip balm stuff. It's not groundbreaking”▶ 10:38
- “I do find myself reaching for it fairly often and my lips drying out fairly often, too”▶ 10:56
Laneige$19- “The Laneige lip glowy balm on the other hand kind of combines some of those more nourishing butters with a formula designed for both treatment and aesthetics as well”▶ 11:03
- “It has that shea butter and muru muru, but it also delivers that like glossy finish without the stickiness that I find I get with the Summer Fridays”
- “The textures are a lot lighter in my opinion”▶ 11:25
- “We have added antioxidants and it comes in tinted versions too”▶ 11:27
- “Laneige has years of like lip care expertise behind their like sleeping mask, which is a cult favorite, number one bestseller on pretty much every K beauty selling website, and that's kind of been adapted into this portable on-the-go balm”▶ 11:46
- “I feel like Laneige offers that same hydration with just kind of like an added polish to it, comfort as well on the lips and like a real longwear lip conditioning where I don't find myself constantly reaching for my lip balm”
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