Archive for March 2018
The Best K-Beauty Products for Acne
Skin-stripping, oil-zapping ingredients like salicylic acid, benzoyl peroxide, and retinoids are the usual suspects when combating pimples, whiteheads, and blackheads. Sure, they help clear things up, but usually at the expense of something else (hydration, bounciness, radiance). Your days of making skin trade-offs are over, because there’s a way to banish breakouts without turning into…
Read MoreAsk a Glow Pro: How Can I “Clean Up” My Skincare Routine?
Comb through any drugstore aisle or Sephora shelf, and you’ll see a healthy assortment of products touting some kind of “natural” or “non-toxic” aspect, a big trend in the skincare world right now—and of paramount importance to beauty consumers. (Aka: You guys.) And that’s not surprising since, on average, we’re slathering, lathering, and massaging our…
Read MoreWhy You Should Keep These Products In Your Fridge
The perks of living alone are endless: No one drinks your milk, the only messes that exist are the ones you make, and every inch of closet space is yours. But at the top of my list of reasons I dig living solo is the fact that I’m able to be dedicate one entire shelf…
Read MoreThis 3-Step K-Beauty Routine Stopped My Breakouts
In the skin department, I was dealt a doozy. Somehow the universe (and my parents, love you mom!) blessed me with a skin type that’s like a magical unicorn: Parched-to-the-bone dry, but also acne-prone. You might think that sounds impossible…like maybe I got my skin type wrong? Or maybe I’m over-exfoliating and using too many…
Read MoreThe One Skincare Technique That Changed My Skin
I’m not someone who necessarily believes in miracles when in comes to my skin. Instead, I think the slow and steady outlook is the best one to adopt with skincare. I don’t expect my issues to be resolved overnight, although if I need an instant boost, I can put on this sheet mask that triples…
Read More4 OG K-Beauty Products that Deserve a Permanent Place in Your Routine
In the skincare world, no one outpaces innovation faster than South Korea and their obsession with cultivating the most results-driven ingredients and packing just-as-potent, professional-grade effectiveness into over-the-counter creams at lightening speed has—and continues—to bring constant newness that’s useful and downright transformative right to our bathroom shelfies. Remember when Korean BB creams hit the market…
Read More7 New Ingredients to Add to Your Beauty Now
Even the most casual of beauty users can rattle off a list of well-known skincare ingredients. Green tea, retinol, berries, exfoliating acids—we just can’t get enough of their complexion perfecting powers. But, since we’re always on the hunt for the newest and coolest products, we’ve found some new extracts you’re going to want to meet.…
Read MoreGR Test Drive: We Put 2 Leegeehaam Sheet Masks Through Our Wayskin Hydration Test
A sheet mask is supposed to be a one-hit-wonder in the very best sense of the word: You smooth it on, chill for 15 minutes while it works its glowy-ifying, hydrating, and brightening magic, then go about your business. But most of them have a common theme: instant results. They’re intended to give skin a quick shot of…
Read More6 New K-Beauty Starter Kits That Will Make All Your #Skingoals a Reality
If you’re one of those people who thinks K-beauty is intimidating (so many products, so little time), you clearly haven’t tried one of these specially-curated kits that take the guesswork out of taking care of your complexion. Here, six out-of-the-box offerings — all available at a special price — that make it easy to get…
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