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The Korean Skincare Bible: The Ultimate Guide to K-beauty by Lilin Yang, Leah Ganse, Sara Jiménez
twiinklex's review against another edition
3.0
I had high hopes for this book because I love reading about Asian skincare but while quick and enjoyable, I had difficulty taking it seriously because of a few reasons.
Firstly, the book kept "recommending" products from two brands at the end of each chapter: Klairs and A.by BOM. Not sure if it's a paid endorsement or if MiiN is pushing its own partners, but it sure felt like it. Even though there's nothing wrong with sponsored content, I felt like this devalued the book's credibility, as much as I like and trust those two brands.
I didn't think much of this until the sleeping mask chapter, where there was no mention of Laneige's famed water sleeping mask. By then, I started to doubt this book's credibility.
Secondly, there was one paragraph in a particular chapter that said: "Natural facials are much more than a passing fashion. They are based on Korean philosophy and lifestyle." I'm sorry but as we all know, South Korea has the highest rate of plastic surgery (this little tidbit was also listed as a fact at the end of the book), so to shout about being all natural and link it to "Korean lifestyle" is contradictory.
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Firstly, the book kept "recommending" products from two brands at the end of each chapter: Klairs and A.by BOM. Not sure if it's a paid endorsement or if MiiN is pushing its own partners, but it sure felt like it. Even though there's nothing wrong with sponsored content, I felt like this devalued the book's credibility, as much as I like and trust those two brands.
I didn't think much of this until the sleeping mask chapter, where there was no mention of Laneige's famed water sleeping mask. By then, I started to doubt this book's credibility.
Secondly, there was one paragraph in a particular chapter that said: "Natural facials are much more than a passing fashion. They are based on Korean philosophy and lifestyle." I'm sorry but as we all know, South Korea has the highest rate of plastic surgery (this little tidbit was also listed as a fact at the end of the book), so to shout about being all natural and link it to "Korean lifestyle" is contradictory.
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makasantoyo99's review against another edition
5.0
este libro es para aquellos que quieren empezar a cuidar mas de su piel, contiene rutinas coreanas de belleza y noo solo eso sino que habla de las propiedades de los ingradientes de los productos de beleza y te enseña cual es el producto que te conviene de acuerdo a tu piel.
lo disfrute mucho y aprendi mchas cosas de el
lo disfrute mucho y aprendi mchas cosas de el
luzbella's review against another edition
5.0
Súper Libro, tiene un excelente contenido, aparte es una hermosa edición; me encanto la calidad del papel, las ilustraciones y amo amo que sea de pasta dura, es pequeño (como de bolsillo) pero esta lo máximo; lo recomienda todo mujer que le guste el tema de skin care
s_books's review against another edition
3.0
If you've already delved a bit into Korean skincare, this book won't really tell you anything new; if you're somehow totally new to Korean beauty this book can serve as a decent introduction -- the ingredients section will be particularly helpful to explaining why Korean products might have some strange-sound ingredients in them (snail slime? bee venom? galacto-what-now?). However, it was a bit strange that with the VAST UNIVERSE of Korean skincare products and brands, the same few brand names kept coming up over and over again; it's possible the authors just have their favorites but it feels a bit like some sort of business partnership and that combined with the "you must" instructions that comes up a few times when they're talking about skincare routines just felt a bit off to me.
van_anna_'s review against another edition
eh. nothing I have never heard of before. a little bit problematic and provoking unhealthy spending habits. says a lot without actually saying it. if I didn't read it, it wouldn't have been any different