Treatment & Serums Archives - Korean Beauty Inside https://kbinside.com/category/skin-care/skin-care-skin-care-3/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:59:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kbinside.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Logo-Sm-150x150.png Treatment & Serums Archives - Korean Beauty Inside https://kbinside.com/category/skin-care/skin-care-skin-care-3/ 32 32 5 Best Korean Serums https://kbinside.com/2020/08/11/5-best-korean-serums/ https://kbinside.com/2020/08/11/5-best-korean-serums/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:45:59 +0000 http://kbinside.com/?p=3027 Korean serum has got to be the most popular products among the skin care products. Serums, depending on their active ingredient, are made to address different skin concerns. Any skin concern you have, there has got to be a serum for that! Since there is a wide range of serums out there, we’ve made a list of our best and favorite ones! 1.     White Seed Brightening Serum by The Face Shop, $39 White Seed Brightening Serum by The Face Shop is formulated with white lupin seed extract. This is known for its natural skin brightening properties. In addition, it fades stubborn blemishes and marks! Suitable for: All skin types Targets: Dullness, blemishes, and spots Pros: Paraben-free No artificial colors No animal ingredients No mineral oils Paraffin-free Talc-free No harmful chemicals Hygienic pump packaging 2.     Propolis Light Ampoule by COSRX, $28 Cosrx is a brand that believes in keeping their ingredients simple. And this reflects in their packaging! CORSX Propolis Light Ampoule contains 83% pure black bee propolis extracts. This is known for their excellent skin hydrating, healing, and moisturizing properties. Suitable For: Dry and rough skin Skin Concern: Dry and uneven skin texture Pros: Paraben-free Sulfate-free No harmful chemicals Lightweight 3. Freshly Juiced Vitamin Drop by Dear, Klairs, $18.40 Mildest of all Vitamin C serum, Dear, Klairs contains only 5% formula. It is gentle enough for sensitive skin but the brightening effect is still potent! It can fade stubborn spots and marks effectively. My personal favorite! Skin Concern: Pigmentation, fine lines, and uneven skin tone Suitable For: All skin types Pros: Paraben-free No harmful chemicals SLS-free 4.     Snail Repair Intensive Ampoule by Mizon, $27 Snail mucin is one of the most potent skin ingredients in Korean skin care. It helps minimize acne, prevent scarring, and smoothen your skin texture. Check out our article where we talk about snail mucin! Skin Concern: Acne, scarring, signs of aging Suitable For: All skin types, especially sensitive skin Pros: 80% snail mucin extracts Contains anti-aging peptides Soothes the skin –        Contains hyaluronic acid 5.     Snail Solution Essence by Nature Republic, $42.90 Another snail mucin serum is Nature Republic Snail Solution that improves your skin texture, brightens, and soothes dull skin. Your stressed skin will definitely revive its vitality! Skin Concern: Dullness and wrinkles Suitable For: All skin types Pros: Natural ingredients Mild formula Hygienic packaging-        No harmful chemicals

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]]> Korean serum has got to be the most popular products among the skin care products. Serums, depending on their active ingredient, are made to address different skin concerns. Any skin concern you have, there has got to be a serum for that!

Since there is a wide range of serums out there, we’ve made a list of our best and favorite ones!

1.     White Seed Brightening Serum by The Face Shop, $39

White Seed Brightening Serum by The Face Shop is formulated with white lupin seed extract. This is known for its natural skin brightening properties. In addition, it fades stubborn blemishes and marks!

Suitable for: All skin types

Targets: Dullness, blemishes, and spots

Pros:

  • Paraben-free
  • No artificial colors
  • No animal ingredients
  • No mineral oils
  • Paraffin-free
  • Talc-free
  • No harmful chemicals
  • Hygienic pump packaging

2.     Propolis Light Ampoule by COSRX, $28

Cosrx is a brand that believes in keeping their ingredients simple. And this reflects in their packaging! CORSX Propolis Light Ampoule contains 83% pure black bee propolis extracts. This is known for their excellent skin hydrating, healing, and moisturizing properties.

Suitable For: Dry and rough skin

Skin Concern: Dry and uneven skin texture

Pros:

  • Paraben-free
  • Sulfate-free
  • No harmful chemicals
  • Lightweight

3. Freshly Juiced Vitamin Drop by Dear, Klairs, $18.40

Mildest of all Vitamin C serum, Dear, Klairs contains only 5% formula. It is gentle enough for sensitive skin but the brightening effect is still potent! It can fade stubborn spots and marks effectively. My personal favorite!

Skin Concern: Pigmentation, fine lines, and uneven skin tone

Suitable For: All skin types

Pros:

  • Paraben-free
  • No harmful chemicals
  • SLS-free

4.     Snail Repair Intensive Ampoule by Mizon, $27

Snail mucin is one of the most potent skin ingredients in Korean skin care. It helps minimize acne, prevent scarring, and smoothen your skin texture.

Check out our article where we talk about snail mucin!

Skin Concern: Acne, scarring, signs of aging

Suitable For: All skin types, especially sensitive skin

Pros:

  • 80% snail mucin extracts
  • Contains anti-aging peptides
  • Soothes the skin

–        Contains hyaluronic acid

5.     Snail Solution Essence by Nature Republic, $42.90

Another snail mucin serum is Nature Republic Snail Solution that improves your skin texture, brightens, and soothes dull skin. Your stressed skin will definitely revive its vitality!

Skin Concern: Dullness and wrinkles

Suitable For: All skin types

Pros:

  • Natural ingredients
  • Mild formula
  • Hygienic packaging-        No harmful chemicals

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]]> https://kbinside.com/2020/08/11/5-best-korean-serums/feed/ 0 Korean Skincare Best Practices to Get that Glass Skin https://kbinside.com/2020/08/11/korean-skincare-best-practices-to-get-that-glass-skin/ https://kbinside.com/2020/08/11/korean-skincare-best-practices-to-get-that-glass-skin/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:38:37 +0000 http://kbinside.com/?p=3023 Starting with Korean skincare can be overwhelming. For now, let’s go back to the basics and the best practices that you can do to get the most out of your products. 1.     Cleanse Thoroughly Cleansing doesn’t simply mean rubbing your face with your favorite facial wash and calling it a day. For K Beauty, it means double cleansing. An oil-based cleanser is needed to take away oil-based dirt like excess sebum, makeup and SPF that a water-based cleanser is not capable of removing. A water-based cleanser on the other hand will draw out sweat and dirt. 2.     Know the Differences The more you start looking into K-beauty, the more terms you will come across. It will be overwhelming but it will be easy if you will learn one word at a time! 3.     Tapping Instead of Rubbing Tapping the products onto your skin will let the product seep into your skin. Being gentle is the key. 4.     Too Much Too Soon While it can be exciting for you to jump right into the 10-step Korean beauty routine by completely switching all your products, it’s not the best idea for your skin. You may try replacing products in your current regimen with then adding in other steps. This will slowly build skin care that will gradually take effect on your skin. 5.     Applying Products in the Right Order A good rule of thumb is to apply products from lightest to heaviest. This is to ensure absorption on the skin. 6.     Be Consistent It is important that we give the products enough time to do their job. Trust the process! 7.     Know the Right Mix One common mistake is mixing acids, for example, you don’t wanna mix Vitamin C with alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) or beta hydroxy acids (BHAs). They are all active and can cause irritation. 8.     Store Properly It is best to store your products in cool areas where they will not be exposed to direct sunlight. Some actives may reduce its potency when exposed directly to sunlight. Examples are retinol and Vitamin C.

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]]> Starting with Korean skincare can be overwhelming. For now, let’s go back to the basics and the best practices that you can do to get the most out of your products.

1.     Cleanse Thoroughly

Cleansing doesn’t simply mean rubbing your face with your favorite facial wash and calling it a day. For K Beauty, it means double cleansing. An oil-based cleanser is needed to take away oil-based dirt like excess sebum, makeup and SPF that a water-based cleanser is not capable of removing. A water-based cleanser on the other hand will draw out sweat and dirt.

2.     Know the Differences

The more you start looking into K-beauty, the more terms you will come across. It will be overwhelming but it will be easy if you will learn one word at a time!

3.     Tapping Instead of Rubbing

Tapping the products onto your skin will let the product seep into your skin. Being gentle is the key.

4.     Too Much Too Soon

While it can be exciting for you to jump right into the 10-step Korean beauty routine by completely switching all your products, it’s not the best idea for your skin. You may try replacing products in your current regimen with then adding in other steps. This will slowly build skin care that will gradually take effect on your skin.

5.     Applying Products in the Right Order

A good rule of thumb is to apply products from lightest to heaviest. This is to ensure absorption on the skin.

6.     Be Consistent

It is important that we give the products enough time to do their job. Trust the process!

7.     Know the Right Mix

One common mistake is mixing acids, for example, you don’t wanna mix Vitamin C with alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) or beta hydroxy acids (BHAs). They are all active and can cause irritation.

8.     Store Properly

It is best to store your products in cool areas where they will not be exposed to direct sunlight. Some actives may reduce its potency when exposed directly to sunlight. Examples are retinol and Vitamin C.

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]]> https://kbinside.com/2020/08/11/korean-skincare-best-practices-to-get-that-glass-skin/feed/ 0 Hydrating Foundation for Dry Skin Under $15 https://kbinside.com/2020/07/03/hydrating-foundation-for-dry-skin-under-15/ https://kbinside.com/2020/07/03/hydrating-foundation-for-dry-skin-under-15/#respond Fri, 03 Jul 2020 00:27:25 +0000 http://kbinside.com/?p=2226 Knowing which type of moisturizer is best suited for your skin type should be the same as finding the perfect foundation that doesn’t leave your skin looking flaky and cakey, which is likely to happen to (hands up!) Team Dry Skin. Don’t worry, we’ve curated here a list of the best hydrating foundations. If you’re more on the normal or oily skin, you can benefit with this list, too, especially during winter! Photo Focus Dewy Foundation by Wet n Wild ($6.49) Unlike the first PhotoFocus release of Wet n Wild that gives an unnatural, mask-like finish on the skin, the current formula of Photo Focus Dewy Foundation gives the skin a satin-dewy and luminous finish. It also does an amazing job of covering and smoothening out of pores and acne scars. You’ll be amazed at how it’ll perform on your dry skin because even when setting with powder, your skin will still look glowing and dewy which will last all day with zero touch ups! Talk about performance! Fit Me Dewy + Smooth Foundation by Maybelline ($7.99) We are all about the Fit Me craze! But didn’t it frustrate y’all dry skin gals that we didn’t have a dewy option? Thank goodness it’s here! This foundation is perfect for winter, keeping your skin feeling hydrated all day long! This foundation goes on smoothly, blends well and best of all – it is lightweight!  Acne Fighting Foundation by e.l.f. Cosmetics ($6.00) Having dry skin is enough of a bummer, having acne redness, bumps, and scars too is whole ‘nother challenge! But truly, not all heroes wear capes, some come in bottles like e.l.f. Cosmetics’ Acne Fighting Foundation! If you suffer from acne, have fine lines, freckles, this foundation will smoothen it out for you. We just wish they have more shade selection! Flawless Finish Foundation by e.l.f. Cosmetics ($6.00) Though e.l.f. Cosmetics Flawless Finish Foundation is not much raved about as their Acne Fighting Foundation, it still has a good performance for its price. It is easy to apply, goes on smoothly, blends well, buildable coverage yet still lightweight. Clean Fresh Skin Milk Foundation by CoverGirl ($11.99) For desert dry skin gals, a foundation that you need is something that has a “dewy”, “fresh” or “luminous” label to it. It’s encouraged to avoid something matte. Go for something like CoverGirl’s Clean Fresh Skin Milk Foundation which will give you a sheer coverage perfect for those who don’t want to pile on foundation and keep the beauty of their skin. Outlast Stay Fabulous 3-In-1 Foundation by CoverGirl ($11.99) You can toss away your primer and concealer now! Skip those two steps and head straight on to applying foundation with CoverGirl’s Outlast Stay Fabulous 3-In-1 Foundation! This foundation will come in handy especially in events where a lot of flash photography takes place as this product doesn’t have white cast!  Pro Coverage Liquid Foundation by L.A. Girl ($8.99) What’s great about Pro Coverage by L.A. Girl is that they offer white foundation that can be used as a mixer to your other shades to achieve the perfect shade. This foundation is also great for mature skin. Rejoice, mommies! Infallible Pro-Glow Foundation by L’Oréal ($12.99) With 12 shades to choose from, Infallible Pro-Glow has medium-coverage foundation that is ideal for normal to dry skin. This has SPF that provides minimal sun protection. Even with their shades range, people with neutral skin tone have difficulty in finding the right shade as they tend to have reddish tones. True Match Super-Blendable Foundation Makeup  by L’Oréal ($10.99) True Match Super-Blendable has every good in a bottle – wide range of great shade selection, hydrating, natural finish, blends well and is easy to apply. The only downside is that fairer shades tend to have yellow undertones. Not really a true match at all, eh? Screen Queen Foundation by Milani ($13.99) All queens, young and old, this is for you! Screen Queen’s hydrating formula hides fine lines and flaky skin. It has a light to moderate coverage so don’t expect coverage of dark spots, but this can definitely brighten and create that royal look!

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Knowing which type of moisturizer is best suited for your skin type should be the same as finding the perfect foundation that doesn’t leave your skin looking flaky and cakey, which is likely to happen to (hands up!) Team Dry Skin. Don’t worry, we’ve curated here a list of the best hydrating foundations. If you’re more on the normal or oily skin, you can benefit with this list, too, especially during winter!

  1. Photo Focus Dewy Foundation by Wet n Wild ($6.49)

Unlike the first PhotoFocus release of Wet n Wild that gives an unnatural, mask-like finish on the skin, the current formula of Photo Focus Dewy Foundation gives the skin a satin-dewy and luminous finish. It also does an amazing job of covering and smoothening out of pores and acne scars. You’ll be amazed at how it’ll perform on your dry skin because even when setting with powder, your skin will still look glowing and dewy which will last all day with zero touch ups! Talk about performance!

  1. Fit Me Dewy + Smooth Foundation by Maybelline ($7.99)

We are all about the Fit Me craze! But didn’t it frustrate y’all dry skin gals that we didn’t have a dewy option? Thank goodness it’s here! This foundation is perfect for winter, keeping your skin feeling hydrated all day long! This foundation goes on smoothly, blends well and best of all – it is lightweight! 

  1. Acne Fighting Foundation by e.l.f. Cosmetics ($6.00)

Having dry skin is enough of a bummer, having acne redness, bumps, and scars too is whole ‘nother challenge! But truly, not all heroes wear capes, some come in bottles like e.l.f. Cosmetics’ Acne Fighting Foundation! If you suffer from acne, have fine lines, freckles, this foundation will smoothen it out for you. We just wish they have more shade selection!

  1. Flawless Finish Foundation by e.l.f. Cosmetics ($6.00)

Though e.l.f. Cosmetics Flawless Finish Foundation is not much raved about as their Acne Fighting Foundation, it still has a good performance for its price. It is easy to apply, goes on smoothly, blends well, buildable coverage yet still lightweight.

  1. Clean Fresh Skin Milk Foundation by CoverGirl ($11.99)

For desert dry skin gals, a foundation that you need is something that has a “dewy”, “fresh” or “luminous” label to it. It’s encouraged to avoid something matte. Go for something like CoverGirl’s Clean Fresh Skin Milk Foundation which will give you a sheer coverage perfect for those who don’t want to pile on foundation and keep the beauty of their skin.

  1. Outlast Stay Fabulous 3-In-1 Foundation by CoverGirl ($11.99)

You can toss away your primer and concealer now! Skip those two steps and head straight on to applying foundation with CoverGirl’s Outlast Stay Fabulous 3-In-1 Foundation! This foundation will come in handy especially in events where a lot of flash photography takes place as this product doesn’t have white cast! 

  1. Pro Coverage Liquid Foundation by L.A. Girl ($8.99)

What’s great about Pro Coverage by L.A. Girl is that they offer white foundation that can be used as a mixer to your other shades to achieve the perfect shade. This foundation is also great for mature skin. Rejoice, mommies!

  1. Infallible Pro-Glow Foundation by L’Oréal ($12.99)

With 12 shades to choose from, Infallible Pro-Glow has medium-coverage foundation that is ideal for normal to dry skin. This has SPF that provides minimal sun protection. Even with their shades range, people with neutral skin tone have difficulty in finding the right shade as they tend to have reddish tones.

  1. True Match Super-Blendable Foundation Makeup  by L’Oréal ($10.99)

True Match Super-Blendable has every good in a bottle – wide range of great shade selection, hydrating, natural finish, blends well and is easy to apply. The only downside is that fairer shades tend to have yellow undertones. Not really a true match at all, eh?

  1. Screen Queen Foundation by Milani ($13.99)

All queens, young and old, this is for you! Screen Queen’s hydrating formula hides fine lines and flaky skin. It has a light to moderate coverage so don’t expect coverage of dark spots, but this can definitely brighten and create that royal look!

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