It has been a little while since I posted about a Pyunkangyul product, but as one of my favorite brands, if they come out with something, I have to try it, and the same goes for the Pyunkangyul ATO Moisturizing Soothing Gel Lotion. Keep reading to find out about what is in this product, my thoughts as well as the Koreans’ thoughts.
Things to know about Pyunkangyul ATO Moisturizing Soothing Gel Lotion:
This product is formulated with the following ingredients that are good for your skin:
- Glycerin, an ingredient in many skincare formulas hydrates the skin by attracting other water particles to the deeper layers of the skin.
- Sodium Hyaluronate is the salt form of hyaluronic acid, a moisturizing superstar, that holds 1000 times its weight in water. In comparison to hyaluronic acid, it is much smaller, and can penetrate into deeper layers of the skin, providing more moisture than it’s acidic counterpart.
- Artemisia Annua Extract, also known as mugwort, that is known for it’s ani-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. It is also great a soothing and healing the skin.
- Camellia Sinesis Leaf Extract is rich in antioxidants that will help repair and rejuvenate collagen. Additionally, it is incredibly moisturizing and research shows that it has anti-bacterial properties.
- Ceramide can be used to rebuild and restore the skin’s protective barrier. They can also reduce signs of aging, and help prevent environmental damage.
This product is formulated with the following ingredients that are “bad”* for your skin:
- There are no known allergens or ingredients that can be problematic for the skin in this formula
Who is this product good for?
- This product is good for all skin types
- Especially good for:
- those with dry skin
- those with sensitive skin
- those with redness
K-Points: 10/10
So, for beauty reviews, unlike my album unboxings, I will be much harsher 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.
Honestly, I have no bad things to say about this moisturizer. It is great for sensitive skin, it is perfect for under makeup because it isn’t too thick and absorbs quickly. I found myself reaching for this moisturizer over and over again when I had other moisturizers that I was supposed to be testing too. Before bedtime, unless you have oily skin, I wouldn’t let this be your final product. I would layer a face oil or sleeping mask on top of it, especially during the winter.
What are the Koreans saying?
I was digging through reviews on 화해 (Hwahae)**, a Korean skincare app that lists out the ingredients of products from many brands for people to look through as well as post reviews. Out of 586 reviews, this product gets 4.36 out of 5 stars. Everyone who posted reviews of the product talked about how moisturizing yet non-sticky the product is. They also loved that the product has absolutely no fragrance.
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 usually pick this product up off of StyleKorean, but only if it is on sale. I not, I get it off of iHerb. Plus with iHerb, 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 moisturizing lotions are your favorite, 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.
