I have always been one to pick up a product as soon I see the word “Glow” on it. I love products that can give my skin that lit from within glow, and most of the time, these serums also include anti-aging and hydrating benefits. As such, picking up the Beauty of Joseon Glow Serum was a no brainer.
Things to know about the Beauty of Joseon Glow Serum:
This product is formulated with the following ingredients that are good for your skin:
- Propolis Extract is an ingredient that comes from bees that has anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties. It can soothe, moisturize, and soften the skin. Plus, it has antioxidant properties and can control oil production.
- Turmeric Root Extract is said to have anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial effects
- Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract (Chinaberry Flower Extract) is known for its antioxidant properties
- Niacinamide is known to help with oil production, brightening the skin and needs to reduce the signs of aging
This product is formulated with the following ingredients that are “bad”* for your skin:
- There are no truly “bad ingredients” in this serum.
Who is this product good for?
- Those dealing with Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation
- Those with acne-prone skin
- Those who have redness that needs calming
K-Points: 9/10
So, for beauty reviews, unlike my album unboxings, I will be much harsher on because this can directly impact your health, where buying K-Pop albums does not. It just impacts your wallet. As such, all of my beauty reviews will be out of 10 points. I will not be going over that number.
So, although I have dry skin, I also deal with hormonal acne. These two things combined means that this formula is perfect for my skin. It doesn’t just give me that bright, glow that I like, but it als
What are the Koreans saying?
I was digging through reviews on Hwahae (화해**), a Korean skincare app that lists out the ingredients of products from many brands for people to look through as well as post reviews. Oddly enough, the entire product line of Beauty of Joseon is not in Hwahaw
Where Can I Buy It?
Whenever I buy K-Beauty, I do shop at a couple of different places. If you want to see all of the places that I shop at, you can check them all out here. I can’t remember where I picked this up, but it is available on SokoGlam. Plus, with SokoGlam, you can also use Rakuten for cash back off of your purchases on their site.
What is Rakuten?
Rakuten is a cashback site that gives you money for purchases you may have already made. They even have an extension for multiple browsers so when you go to a website that uses Rakuten, it will automatically pop up the cashback button to make sure you are saving money. I use this all the time, and I got over $80 back from them for purchases I was going to make anyway. That’s about 3 more albums I can buy!
If you’ve never used Rakuten before, you can use this link to get $10 when making a qualified purchase of $25 when using Rakuten. You will also get whatever percent cashback is being offered from the site you are purchasing from. Sephora, typically has 4% cashback, through here. Ulta typically has 3%. These are just some of the companies on the website, but there are other major retailers on there as well!
Rakuten also has a Google Chrome extension that will tell you as soon as you log onto a site that has cashback with a little pop-up in the corner so that you can ensure you are saving money!
What products give you glowing skin, K-Nuggets? Let me know in the comments down below!
사랑합니다!
–Rachel
*I put bad in quotes here because everything is subjective. Just because an ingredient that may have some amount of research on it that it can cause issues in the skin exists in a product says nothing about how it is processed and refined when making the product. It also says nothing about where that particular ingredient came from and the quality of that ingredient. It’s just like with cooking you can have all the same ingredients to start, but depending on what you do with those ingredients, you can get two completely different end products. Liah Yoo, Youtuber and now the owner of the brand Krave Beauty, made an excellent video talking about this. You can watch that here.
**Note: 화해 still only exists in Korean, but some of the products can be searched for in English.
