Korean Beauty Product Reviews: The Face Shop

One of my favorite things about Korea was how eager and capable it was in helping me learn how to take care of my skin.  My face has clung to the acne of my youth for a long time, and only last year in Korea did I finally become confident in having it under control.  This is thanks to the many products available at excellent prices (which won't happen now that they have to be imported to me in America) and thanks to how freakin' Many cosmetic shops there were!

The Face Shop, Inisfree, Etude house, Tony Moly, Missha, Skin food, Mizon, Holika Holika, Nature Republic, Too Cool For School, Aritaum, It's Skin... There are a lot, and they are everywhere.  Well, there weren't any in my small neighborhood, but around my church, my friend's house, my dance classes, basically every where else but my neighborhood, you could find more than a couple on every street, it seemed.

A little sister who used to work there took me to The Face Shop to show me around, advise me, and to make sure the cashier gave me lots of samples because I was a foreigner.  After that visit, this was and still is my main cosmetics store.  Here are the products I used.  I really liked them, save the zit zapper.  I liked them so much, I searched for a Stateside store.  I found one, too!  There's one an hour and a half from me in Duluth, Atlanta, in the Mega Mart of the Gwinnett Place Mall!

Face masks, and for a dollar a pop in Korea
Available on KPopTown for $1.50

My first and favorite BB cream!  I still have some of it. :)
Available at Amazon for $15

Face lotion, to be applied after cleanser and toner but before cream
I'm really happy to still be using this now.  It's one of the products I was able to find in Duluth.  Happy, happy.
Available on Amazon for $17.33

My friend suggested using this cream especially in the winter because it's so moisturizing.
Available on KPopTown for $15.90

Here's another cream I used, but during the summer time. It's made with chia seed water and is just as nice.
Available on KPopTown for $18.90

My friend also recommended a moisturizing sleeping pack.  Using it every other night or so is extra goodness for your face.  This is another product I still have some of.  Yay!
Available on Ebay for $3.94

This zit cream didn't seem to work too well for me, but maybe it's because my skin is a little different from Korean skin.  Or maybe it's because my face just really likes keeping its zits.  Stupid.
Available on Amazon for $4.20

I had never used pore strips before, and working with these guys was pretty cool.  I liked getting to see that there was gunk coming out of my pores because it showed me that the nose strips were working.
Aloe and Coal
Available on KPopTown for $1.90

These are exfoliates.  The one on the left is better for summer time because it's a little more abrasive.  The one on the right is best for winter.  These were another fun product to use because as I massaged the gel over my face, it picked up dead skin and I could feel it becoming more grainy.  I love the satisfaction that comes with immediate and tangible results.  :)
Available on Ebay for $9.95 and $11.99

Be sure to check out my other post about non-Face Shop Korean skin care products here!
And for extra Korean goodness, see a handy-dandy organized collection of all my Korea posts here.