Ten Step Korean Skin Care

[pizzapizza]

Can anyone speak to this having a dramatic positive impact on their skin. I feel like I am starting to look older and would like to be preventative without getting serious stuff done.

Would consider an abbreviated version post baby.

[meltoine]

I've been doing something similar for a few weeks and I've definitely noticed a difference. My routine:

Makeup remover towelettes
CereVe cleanser
Apricot scrub
Toner
Eye cream
Moisturizer

2x per week I do a clay mask after the scrub and a sheet mask after the toner.

[origami]

Thank you!! I will read these all tonight. I have nothing to do tomorrow and I think I will spend the whole day in myeongdong getting products together.

I also have bookmarked stuff by Alicia Yoon who seems to know what she's talking about:
www.thecoveteur.com/korean-skincare-routine-steps/

[origami]

Jan 19, 2016 19:27:51 GMT -5 pizzapizza said:

Can anyone speak to this having a dramatic positive impact on their skin. I feel like I am starting to look older and would like to be preventative without getting serious stuff done.

Would consider an abbreviated version post baby.

I will hopefully be able to tell you in one month. My skin is currently a mess and im going to go full on korean skincare for 30 days and see what happens. I'm cheap and a minimalist so I feel like it will take real results to convince me this works. We'll see.

[origami]

Jan 19, 2016 21:36:06 GMT -5 @starry said:

I tried to read that article the other day and got really bored. Especially when they were saying it was like over thirty minutes a day. Can someone tl;dr why it's feminist?

I think it's basically a response to the no-makeup, unshaven feminists of yesteryear who thought looking your best was becoming a dupe of the patriarchy. Now it's about self-care and looking your best because it makes you feel happy and confident and relaxed. Or something. I skimmed.

I don't know any korean women here who follow or promote a specific 8-10 step routine. But they seem to be familiar with all the products in the steps linked in those articles, and they all swear by moisturizing properly + whatever other steps you have time to throw in. I think there must be something to it (or else there are a lot of great skin genes here and/or everyone's getting plastic surgery) because great skin is extremely common in Seoul. To the point that im self-conscious of my crappy skin and it's not even that bad.

[niq]

Jan 19, 2016 22:01:02 GMT -5 origami said:

Jan 19, 2016 21:36:06 GMT -5 @starry said:

I tried to read that article the other day and got really bored. Especially when they were saying it was like over thirty minutes a day. Can someone tl;dr why it's feminist?

I think it's basically a response to the no-makeup, unshaven feminists of yesteryear who thought looking your best was becoming a dupe of the patriarchy. Now it's about self-care and looking your best because it makes you feel happy and confident and relaxed. Or something. I skimmed.

andplusalso that the preference for the "natural" look is expressed by (a subset of) men and therefore another mechanism of control (not from this article, but something I've seen written by other feminist columnists like Amanda Marcotte)

[pizzapizza]

Jan 19, 2016 21:33:16 GMT -5 origami said:

Jan 19, 2016 19:27:51 GMT -5 pizzapizza said:

Can anyone speak to this having a dramatic positive impact on their skin. I feel like I am starting to look older and would like to be preventative without getting serious stuff done.

Would consider an abbreviated version post baby.

I will hopefully be able to tell you in one month. My skin is currently a mess and im going to go full on korean skincare for 30 days and see what happens. I'm cheap and a minimalist so I feel like it will take real results to convince me this works. We'll see.

Thanks that would be much appreciated!

[msniq]

Jan 19, 2016 21:36:06 GMT -5 @starry said:

I tried to read that article the other day and got really bored. Especially when they were saying it was like over thirty minutes a day. Can someone tl;dr why it's feminist?

They're framing it as a radical act of self-care. I absolutely did not get an "in opposition to hairy-legged second-wavers" vibe off of that article; it's more that women who are in the trenches battling the patriarchy (or just working damn hard) on a daily basis have to be allowed time to unwind and disconnect from that battle to avoid burnout, and Ten Step Korean Skin Care is a way of doing that. Seemed a little tenuous to me, but the Slate editors do always come up with the most ridiculous article titles.

[namasteak]

There are SOOO many korean skin care products I would like to try I wish there was a good site where I could read descriptions and reviews. I do a modified version with western products.
-Josie maran oil cleanser
-korres Wild Rose scrub
-korres wild rose serum
-korres quercetin & oak eye cream
-korres wild rose overnight fascial (basically a night cream)

In the morning I just use fresh soy cleanser and the korres wild rose day cream.

Need to get a toner and mask but haven't found one yet.

[origami]

Jan 19, 2016 23:39:29 GMT -5 msniq said:

Jan 19, 2016 21:36:06 GMT -5 @starry said:

I tried to read that article the other day and got really bored. Especially when they were saying it was like over thirty minutes a day. Can someone tl;dr why it's feminist?

They're framing it as a radical act of self-care. I absolutely did not get an "in opposition to hairy-legged second-wavers" vibe off of that article; it's more that women who are in the trenches battling the patriarchy (or just working damn hard) on a daily basis have to be allowed time to unwind and disconnect from that battle to avoid burnout, and Ten Step Korean Skin Care is a way of doing that. Seemed a little tenuous to me, but the Slate editors do always come up with the most ridiculous article titles.

It's because of this quote, "I’ve started to view beauty as a form of self-care, instead of a patriarchal trap." Which to me referred to the idea of looking good to please men, instead of looking good to please yourself. The article had many points but that resonated with me because I've heard the argument IRL that women should not wear a lot of makeup (or any makeup) or care about elaborate skin care routines because it's anti-feminist. I agree some points were tenuous, like somehow this routine results in women having less tolerance for BS. Wut? But I till think it's interesting to read about the Korean skincare routine. 

[sunshine608]

Jan 19, 2016 23:44:14 GMT -5 namasteak said:

There are SOOO many korean skin care products I would like to try I wish there was a good site where I could read descriptions and reviews. I do a modified version with western products.
-Josie maran oil cleanser
-korres Wild Rose scrub
-korres wild rose serum
-korres quercetin & oak eye cream
-korres wild rose overnight fascial (basically a night cream)

In the morning I just use fresh soy cleanser and the korres wild rose day cream.

Need to get a toner and mask but haven't found one yet.

Apparently Sephora has  K-Beauty section. I clicked on it and one of the products Erborian has recently been featured in a popular beauty blogger's videos( Makeup by Tiffany D) and is sold out. I had been looking at at wondering why it only came in two shades ( which don't work for me) but now it makes complete sense.