15 pieces · Routine, cleansing, sunscreen and reactive skin
Korean skincare for oily skin that feels dehydrated
Oily skin can be short on water even while it looks shiny. Korean skincare adds the water back with gentle cleansing and light layers, and here's how to tell if your oily skin is dehydrated.
GuideWhy your Korean sunscreen pills, and how to stop it
Sunscreen can ball up and rub off when you layer a Korean routine. The cause is usually the layers underneath. Here's what pilling is, and the simple changes that help.
GuideHow to reapply Korean sunscreen over a full face of makeup
Reapplying sunscreen is easy on bare skin and awkward over makeup. Here's how to top up a Korean SPF through the day — sun sticks, cushions, and the formats that promise more than they deliver.
GuideChemical vs mineral filters in a Korean sunscreen, and white cast
Why one Korean sunscreen vanishes on your skin and another leaves you grey comes down to the filters inside it. Here is the difference, and how to tell what you are buying.
A gentle Korean skincare routine for acne-prone skin
Acne-prone skin is more often over-treated than under-treated. A short Korean routine that cleanses gently, uses one acid instead of three, and keeps the barrier calm — plus how to fade the marks a breakout leaves.
A Korean skincare routine for dry and dehydrated skin
Skin that feels tight isn't always short on oil — often it's short on water, and the two want different fixes. Here's the Korean way to layer hydration, and the step that stops it evaporating before the morning's out.
GuideWhat SPF and PA ratings mean on a Korean sunscreen label
Korean sunscreens carry two ratings you won't find on most Australian bottles: an SPF number and a PA rating in plus signs. One covers the rays that burn, the other the rays that age skin — here's how to read both.
GuideKorean face masks: sheet, clay and sleeping, and which you need
In a Korean routine the mask is an occasional boost, and it turns up in three forms: sheet, wash-off and sleeping. Here's what each one does, and which your skin will get the most from.
A Korean skincare routine for sensitive skin
Sensitive skin does best on fewer, gentler steps — the barrier-first approach Korean skincare is known for. Here's how to build a calm routine around ingredients like centella and heartleaf, and what to leave out.
GuideWhere does sunscreen go in a Korean skincare routine?
Sunscreen is the morning step people most often get out of order. In a Korean routine it's the final layer — on over your moisturiser, once your skincare has sunk in — and reapplying it is half the job.
A Korean skincare routine for combination skin
Combination skin is really two skins on one face — an oily T-zone and drier cheeks. Here's how to build a Korean routine that treats each zone for what it needs, instead of fighting the whole face at once.
A Korean skincare routine for oily skin
Oily skin does best on a gentle, layered routine — the approach Korean skincare is known for. Here's how to build one that hydrates, balances oil and keeps shine down without drying your skin out.
GuideKorean double cleansing: do you really need two cleansers?
Double cleansing — an oil wash, then a water-based one — is the cleanse step Korean skincare carried furthest. What each wash is for, when you need both, and how to do it without stripping your skin.
How to build a Korean skincare routine
The famous ten-step Korean routine comes down to three or four steps that matter. A plain-English guide to building one for your skin — in the right order, and tuned for Australia's sun.
GuideCleansing oil vs cleansing balm: Anua vs Clean It Zero
Two first-cleanse products that do the same job in different forms: a liquid oil and a firm sherbet balm. Which one suits your skin, and your sink.