- Hello, everyone,
and welcome back to the Adore Beauty YouTube channel.
My name is Amelia, if we haven't met before.
In today's video, we are gonna be talking all about KB.
KB, or Korean Beauty,
is the name that's given to describe beauty products
and routines that originate from Korea.
Korean Beauty is well-known for having routines
that are all about hydration,
and also if you're using a lot of products.
So you may have heard of a 10-step skincare routine,
and that's not something that is traditionally Korean.
It's more so used to describe
using certain products in the correct order
to maximise your ingredient absorption.
So some days you might use 10 products
because your skin might need it,
some days you might use three.
There's no rules.
So there are some terms that have popped up
since K Beauty came onto the scene.
So the first thing would be an emulsion.
So an emulsion is kind of like a moisturiser
but much thinner and it's usually water-based.
It's great for somebody who has more dehydrated skin,
or you could get one for somebody who's got
skin that's more prone to blemishes.
Then you have a toner,
and a toner is your step after a cleanser
and before your essences and serums.
So this is going to act as like your prep step.
And then we have an essence.
So in essence is a really liquidy formula, like this one,
and it's a really concentrated formula
that will help to target hydration,
it can target fine lines, wrinkles,
and it's something that you would use before a serum.
And then another term that you may have heard of before
is a sleeping mask, or a lip sleeping mask,
or a sleeping pack, like these from LANEIGE.
These would be the most popular ones.
A sleeping mask is really just
a really hydrating moisturiser.
It's a thick, hydrating mask,
so you're gonna find a lot of ingredients in there
that focused on really drawing moisture to the skin,
holding it in, creating a barrier,
so that when you wake up in the morning,
your skin's really plump and dewy,
and it's locked all of those delicious ingredients
into the skin.
And then similar with the lip sleeping mask,
this is much thicker than your traditional lip balm,
and it's gonna apply a really nice heavy layout to your lips
so that when you wake up in the morning,
again, your lips are really nice and supple and soft.
So what are the steps in a K Beauty routine?
Contrary to popular belief,
they don't have to include 10 steps.
They can include as many or as little as you like.
So in the morning you would typically do a cleansing step,
and then you would tone or use an essence,
then you would use a serum and a moisturiser and an SPF.
So that's probably about five steps,
and then you could kind of take out or add more
if you feel like you need them.
And then for your evening routine,
that's where it can get a little bit longer
and you can add in things like masks.
So you would do your double cleanse,
which is using an oil or a balm
to lift off any SPF, dirt, makeup,
and then you would go in with your second cleanse,
which would be a foam or gel,
and that's gonna lift up on your residual cleanser
and also any leftover dirt and makeup.
Then after cleansing, you would do your exfoliation,
and then you could go in with the mask,
like a hydrating mask, or a sheet mask,
and then you would do your essence, your serum,
your eye cream, your moisturiser,
and then you could finish it off with a sleeping mask.
So it can be that long, or you could just do what you need.
Some of my favourite K Beauty products are
the Cream Skin toner and moisturiser from LANEIGE.
This is super hydrating.
It is a watery texture.
So this is a very, very hydrating formula.
It's great for calming the skin.
It leaves my skin with glow.
All the products that I mentioned give my skin a glow,
and that's one of the reasons why I love K Beauty so much.
I find that in the summer,
I can actually get away with using just this
and then a moisturiser, like a lightweight moisturiser,
or even just SPF over the top, because it is so hydrating.
Another one of my favourite products
would be the COSRX Snail Mucin Essence.
The texture is really interesting with these snail products.
They are great for targeting inflammation,
hydration, calming the skin down, also anti-aging.
Then the other, or the essence, is this all in one cream,
and it also has the snail mucin in it.
It's got 92% snail mucin extract.
So you can see that texture, very dewy.
I'm wearing it now.
It's made my skin feel so glowy and hydrated,
and I'm a big, big fan of that moisturiser.
I'm also a big fan of the lip sleeping mask
from LANEIGE as well.
I have about six of these, all different flavours.
It's one of the few lip products that really hydrate my lips
and get rid of any of that crustiness.
And I don't just use it at night, I will use it all day.
And then of course, there's all the sheet masks.
They would probably be your gateway into Korean Beauty,
would be using a sheet mask.
They do help to kind of cool and calm my skin,
while also giving me that hit of hydration that I need.
So another term that you may have heard of is glass skin.
It's basically the name to describe skin that is a smooth,
glowing, even, juicy looking.
When it comes to achieving glass skin,
it's all about having a consistent skincare routine,
it's all about your skin being really healthy
and that's how you get that glow.
And a technique that I learned from K Beauty
is patting my skincare in
as opposed to smoothing it around,
which I still do from time to time.
Patting it in really allows your products
to absorb better into your skin.
So when I'm using something like the cream skin toner,
I'll usually do like four or five drops in my hand,
and then I will just really press that into my skin
to allow it to absorb.
And then I'll do that with my other steps,
like my essences and serums, and then my moisturises.
Okay, that's it from me.
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