Best Korean Skincare Products of 2019

Wowwww I can’t believe we’re already into 2020. 2019 was wild. So many changes and a new home in the USA with Mikey, finally. In between all the madness, I’ve had the privilege of trying a lot of Korean skincare from both well known brands and emerging companies. This is my fourth year of doing end of year favorites and how the time has flown! Here are my previous picks:

Best Korean Skincare Products of 2018

Best Korean Skincare Products of 2017

Best Korean Skincare Products of 2016

As always, my 2019 picks will only be products I’ve tried for the first time this year, and will not include long time favorites. Next to each product, I will label if it was PR gifted and from whom. PR or not PR has not effected these selections. I haven’t bought much this year due to my finances being focused on my visa costs and international move (and the prospect of months of job hunting), so most of this happens to be PR, FYI.

Let’s see which products have captured my heart this year.

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I Had My First DevaCut & Here’s What I Think

Over the past year, I’ve been working on getting my curls as healthy and full as possible, particularly after dealing with a super itchy scalp. I switched to sulfate free shampoo which made a huge difference and after moving to Richmond, I was trying to find a stylist who would be able to cut my curls. That’s when I found Casey through social media, a trained Deva stylist and owner of Pivot RVA studio. A DevaCut, or curly girl cut, is a method of cutting curly/wavy/coily hair created by the Devachan Salon and Casey specializes in these curly cuts. Here’s a detailed walk through of my experience and thoughts.

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Cosrx Calming Liquid Intensive Review

Cosrx are easily one of my favorite K-beauty brands. I’ve been using their products continually for 5 years, love their formulas, get on well with the Cosrx staff (I even interviewed Hye-Young back in the day), and I will always recommend the Cosrx Snail Essence to anyone who will listen.

Two of their other products I love the most are their BHA Blackhead Power Liquid and their AHA 7 Whitehead Power Liquid. So when they released this newest acid formulations and sent the Calming Liquid Intensive to me in PR, I was totally down to test it out. After 3 months of use, I’m happy to now share my full review.

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Glowie Co Guest Post!

Hey my loves- I’m back to share with you a guest post that I recently wrote for Glowie Co, a relatively new online beauty shop selling predominantly Taiwanese and Japanese skincare (with some Korean items coming soon!).

The post is titled How to Transform Your Skincare Routine into a Skincare Ritual and in it I talk about the importance of self-care and using your routine as a way to relax. Would love if you had a read and let me know what you think!

I’m doing a lot of writing on other platforms at the moment, such as Beautchat and Kosame Beauty, so my blog is a little more sparse. I’ll be trying to get more reviews up over the next few months because I’ve been testing lots of new products!

Much love as always x

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Dear Klairs Fundamental Ampule Mist

Over the past year I have slowly become MIST. OBSESSED. I cannot get enough of them- spritzing after cleansing, between skincare layers, at any time of the day, and as a makeup setting spray. I’m absolutely loving them. But after years of trying so many different mists, I’ve come to learn my distinct preferences. Jin at Tonic15 kindly gifted me the new Klairs Fundamental Ampule Mist a few months ago and I haven’t put it down since. Here’s why.

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My Guide to Winged Eyeliner

I still get asked so frequently about my winged liner, despite the fact that I rarely wear it much anymore! So thought I’d make a short post that you guys can refer to. I hope this is useful as I cover my favourite products and the exact way I do the liner itself.

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I Moved to the USA! Another Life Update.

Hi my loves! I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their summer. Today’s post is more personal, so feel free to click on something else now if that doesn’t interest you (or if you watched my newly uploaded Youtube video of similar theme)! I just wanted to share a little update, ongoing from my update last year that I shared. So, I guess the big news is that I’m a new US resident! Let me explain what’s been going on…

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Hanyul Brand Introduction with Kōsame Beauty

Hey guys! Today’s post is a sampler just to let you know about some writing I’ve started doing for “the house of Korean beauty”, Kōsame Beauty. Based out of London with a direct sourcing team in Seoul, Kōsame Beauty sell a luxurious selection of some of the best, most high quality Korean products. I’ve loved working with them so far and Hanyul are a brand both they and I love, so it seemed fitting to share some info about them via the Hanyul brand introduction I wrote for their blog. You can follow all of my posts on their blog here. Let’s get into this one!

* This is not a sponsored post and the links are not affiliate, although I do have a business relationship with Kōsame Beauty.

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Review: By Wishtrend Polyphenols in Propolis 15% Ampoule

Yes, yes I am about to review yet another propolis product, and I’m not sorry about it! Propolis seems to make my skin glow like no other ingredient, and I’ll forever continue to use it. I’m a huge fan of the Iunik Propolis Serum, reviewed here, and very excited to see how the Wishtrend Polyphenols in Propolis 15% Ampoule squares up. The product was kindly gifted to me by Jin at Tonic15. She’s the owner of this fantastic K-beauty store based in the UK and she has some gorgeous products. Let’s see how this one worked out!

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