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How to Test and Incorporate New K-Beauty Products to Your Routine

It’s the New Year and you’ve made the resolution to take better care of your skin. No more going to bed without washing your face (tsk, tsk)! You’ve read the blogs, you’ve purchased your skincare kit, and you’re ready to start your glow-up skincare journey. You come in from a long day at school or…

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Cheers to 2017! K-Beauty Hangover Cures

New Year’s Eve is a night of celebration and hope for new beginnings. Before the drinks and bubbly flow tonight, here are our easy hangover beauty tips so that you can start off the first day of the new year with your best face forward. Preventative Prickly Pear Cactus Before and after your night out,…

6 Ways to Step Up Your In-Shower Game

My daily shower is my time, a slice of the day that I guard jealously. It’s become a few minutes of the day where I can truly unwind in a deliciously toasty, steamed up bathroom. And lately, with a host of new beauty products, the shower has become.. the new spa. These little beauty tricks have helped…

The Long Game in Skin Care: Why You Should Stick to It

I did a double take. I had just returned from a 16-day trip across Spain and Morocco. And while the history, the culture, and the architecture were simply breathtaking and utterly mind-blowing —the lighting was not. I guess it’s the price you pay for staying in a museum-quality riad that’s over 700 years old. Needless…

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Ingredient Spotlight: Sahara Prickly Pear Cactus and Other Survival Botanicals

Snow. Sleet. Frigid temps. Searing heat. These are some of the extreme climates from around the globe. And while an August in Seoul can sometimes feel like it pushes the limits of human tolerance (seriously, try walking to the subway in heels and office wear in sheets of rain and 100% humidity and 90+ degrees),…

Experience “Velvet-Skin”: Ultra Dewy and Ready to Absorb

As we know, hydrated skin is healthier skin. This is the foundational rule behind K-Beauty that helps people of all skin tones and types transform their complexions for the better. There are some ingredients that are native to Asian skincare that we rarely see in Western beauty, and Galactomyces is one of these culprits: pronounced…

Hydration Cures a Multitude of Sins (…Skin Sins, That is)

It’s a fact as old as the K-beauty wave itself, but it bears repeating: hydration is the key to better skin. Often, as I talk to customers or people interested in skincare, I recommend multiple lightweight hydrators, regardless of skin type- and I’m met with surprise. They’re surprised for two reasons: First, most people believe that…

Your Favorite Treatment Just Got a Makeover

Sometimes, you just know when you’re in love. Leejiham is the creator of the beloved Tea Tree Essence and Vita Propolis Ampoule- two healing hydrators that have reached cult status in the K-Beauty world for their potent, ingredient-driven healing and nourishing capabilities. Finally, those two treatments are available in sheet mask form- aka the best…

The K-Beauty Glossary

Our definitive guide to all the words and terms you’ll need to decipher K-beauty like a pro. Ampoule: In Korea, ampoules are hyper-concentrated versions of serums, made for use as a two- to four-week special treatment course before your essence or serum. Generally, ampoules come in smaller sizes due to their concentration, sometimes in small, one-time…