Love this brand. I used to have acne for years and used to use ton of make up to cover it which made my skin just worse. Ever since I started using these products my skin cleared up, my wrinkles are fading away and my face glows. I don’t use make up anymore other than mascara. This is not cheap but worth every penny.
I do have aging dry skin, so I have a difficult time finding skincare that I like. Your videos are the most informative skincare on RU-vid, in my opinion. I appreciate all the work & research you put into your videos!
Your skincare reviews are about the only ones I listen to and trust. For that reason I'm so glad I found your channel and will always be consistent in my support for you. I absolutely love your personality and I could honestly listen to you fill my brain with useful information all day. It's my day off and the one thing I truly get excited about is seeing you upload 😀 sending you lots of hugs 💓 xo
Hello Alice, I received a kit of Sulhwasoo from my sister in law as gift. She said to use it since it's a high end beauty product from Korea. You're right, i had a hard time finding info in Google on how to use it step by step. I'm glad i came across your vlog. I'm finally starting to use their basic products... I just wanna say it has become my favorite! It's making my skin look and feel better even if I'm 50. Btw, I'm asian, so probably the result varies from skin type to skin type. Anway, thank u for showing me how.
The traditional Korean/Chinese/Japanese medicinal principle actually recommends steeping the herbs and proprietary medicine inside wine, so as to help preserve and enhance the delivery system. For ingestion, because it is a very low amount ingested, the effects are actually better because there is very little alcohol in the body and plus, the body organs react to alcohol differently from the skin, which does not have the same ability to break down alcohol unlike the liver or kidney. Recently, I read that even a little alcohol is used to ferment herbs and the extract derived from this fermentation process is way more potent than just steeping the herbs alone. The bacterial action over time probably neutralises the alcohol too.
Thanks for sharing! I hadn't considered that but it does make sense. I absolutely think the alcohol was added cautiously to improve the products as opposed to used at levels that could dry out the skin.
Absolutely right. I was formerly a board certified TCM herbalist and alcohol is used to prepare herbs and has invigorating properties, that would enhance the delivery of the herbal components to the body. This was for ingested herbs but it would work for topical applications as well.
I’m Asian and I’m using it according to the manufacturer. Like you said it might be pricey for some but it’s because research has gone into it. For me, It’s worth every penny and working pretty well for me. I think consistency is key. This is just my opinion.
This is one of my favorite skincare brands, I am a confirmed K Beauty-holic 🤣 my favorite Sulwhasoo products are the gentle cleansing foam, First Care serum, Overnight Vitalizing Mask (I use it as an everyday moisturizer in the winter!) and if you want a real treat, the Timetreasure Sleeping Mask. The next morning, you wake up a new woman 😆 I buy that with Afterpay, so I'm not breaking the bank. Another Korean brand I LOVE, and starting to like just as much at a smaller pricetag is Primera!! If you haven't seen a review on them yet, They are great!! I love this review!! Great job
I tried the overnight mask Its holy grail in myskin for about 3 weeks And then i don’t feel the same effects after that I stop using this for about 2 or 3 months I begin using it again after myskin feel not good (too dry and a bit showing pigmentations) Its give a holy effects again I think the overnight vitalizing mask like repairing your skin If your skin okay, its not really giving effects from outside..
The Balancing line in Sulwhasoo is really not moisturizing enough for winter, especially in South Korea and Canada as I discovered. The Timetreasure line is actually more moisturizing, but it is just so pricey!
Why’s your skin gotta look so great during some of the expensive trials? Haha. I don’t always watch your more makeup-focused videos, but I LOVE these. ❤️
Only just started watching but I love that you always actually link the stuff you mention!! So many times when someone mentions something that isn’t the product and says they’ll link it below they don’t? And then if anything will add it in a pinned comment 😂 It’s nbd but thanks for being so consistent girl!!
That frustrates me so much haha, hence why I try to catch them in my own videos. When someone says "I'll link it below!" and you're like "WHERE!? THERE'S NO LINK HERE!!" 😂😂
Sulwhasoo gets my skin plump and supple. For some reasons absorption of other products is easier too. I still think we need to mix up active ingredients with herbal range for it to work
I've been using this line for over 9 years. I broke out with chicken pox as a 20 year old and only their snow wise along with the history of whoo whitening line removed all the scaring
Their lines are one of the few lines that uses the nanotechnology. That's why it's so effective. Their ginsing is clinically proven to boost your own skin's hyaluronic acid production. How many other lines can do the same?
The Snowise line is the only thing I’ve found that helps fade my PIH from pimples faster. I’m olive but fair in the winter, and it’s so hard to fade those annoying purpleish spots. I’ve reordered the Snowise several times.
I have been using Missha’s Chocongjin Youngan Toner for 2 weeks now which i feel is similar to Sulwhasoo First Essence . It contains alcohol too and it does seem to enhance the absorption of other skincare. I use it together with Tretinoin 0.05% followed by History of Whoo ginseng eye and face cream and getting great results . Agree with you it would be too reactive to pair with AHA which thanks to your video I will not attempt to try .
I really love their product, actually I just did the Sulwhasoo first care review on my RU-vid, yours are so much detail, I need to learn about it :) Thanks for sharing those info!
I think it is important to be open minded with what we think as set knowledge we think of as correct. Many different ways of doing things turn other knowledge on its head. To me this shows that although alcohol is a major trigger of peoples skin - it is by no means the only ingredient that is damaging to the skin. How many other ingredients we use in western skin care that have no visible reactions yet we blindly accept and continue to use of when there is not such obvious reactions such as alcohol. It seems in this instance the alcohol is counteracted by the ingredients to work really well and render it harmless. The use and application of science means ingredients are not necessarily always bad - they just haven't been used in a way that makes them useful and not harmful.
Yeah, that one is pricey ooph! Do you use actives? I feel like there could be so many variables going into what makes one able to tolerate alcohol vs not
@@AliceintheRabbitHole I use a retinoid a couple of times a week and a bha/aha mask weekly, but I find that my skin can take a lot of harsh actives and actually reacts better to harsh product than to the more gentle kinds.
This reminds me of one makeup influencer, who I don't remember anymore, said, "Take me back to the simpler days" 😁 The days when our grannies never had so much stuff for beauty care. Yet, here I am watching and curious about these beauty products 😎 Love these types of videos, just for additionak information sake coz, man, they're so pricey 🙄
Jeann, i went from using seven products in my AM and seven or eight in my PM routine last year to ... three !!! I am bored to death to spend money and have zero results long term. Grannies forever ;)
@@cristinarisso8668 Hahaha! Not just grannies to death when it comes to beauty products BUT grannies to death when it comes to spending as well 😅 I only have 3 products - eye cream, moistiruzer and a serum. Though, luckily, I don't have much of a problem with my skin, just the usual normal, non-seneitive skin so I can get away with just those three ☺
@@jeanntan1502 Lucky you :). I had acnish prone skin all my life and now i have wrinkles on top of that. Isn't life beautiful!?!? But using three thousand products is not the solution, even if i could afford it.... I'd still prefer to go out and buy shoes ... so to speak :) .
@@cristinarisso8668 Yeah, thank God for small blessings 😄 Me, I'd rather buy food, sweets to be precise 😊😉 Wrinkles is a sign that you have laughed and lived your life, so don't worry about it, it is but natural to have one 😇 I am getting wrinkles already as well, but it should not bother us 😎
@@jeanntan1502 honestly, I agree!! We're culturally terrified of aging, but gaining years = gaining wisdom. Kind of odd how we've lost sight of that? (Not really - there's more money in selling anti-aging products than in revering aging) Obviously, I do enjoy skincare, so there is certainly a balance. But at the end of the day, I don't love the pressure aspect.
I had the same kind of issue.. I kept looking through that same reddit thread you mentioned, plus Fiddy and Snow White & the Asian Pear for guidance.. I now make sure to use my chemical exfoliants before the first care activating serum and waiting a bit, just focusing on my cheeks, etc. I used P50 1970 this morning, then the Missha Chogongjin toner and then the first care activating serum. I'm still playing around with how to add in vitamin C alongside my favorite Sulwhasoo products.. The timetreasure eye serum is great, they sell packets on Ebay that are very affordable and you get multiple use out of them. I'd love your thoughts on the Radiant Energy mask. I have it and I enjoy it but for some reason I can't find a ton about it
I just saw this video and learnt some stuff I was trying to find answers for .I love your way of reviewing stuff.please update if u have continued to use any of this stuff and the results following use💐
I just bought more of the overnight mask (it became a long term favorite!) and I still love the ginseng moisturizer, but I only buy it in small sizes as an occasional splurge for my skin. It’s great stuff though, and if I was much more rich than I am - I’d buy a lot of this brand! 😆
@@AliceintheRabbitHole Thank u so much for promptly replying.Im so happy bc this is the first time anyone has replied to me.And I bought the first care serum from this brand .I bought the 120 ml bc it was good value after getting 20 percent off from Sephora.I suffer from melasma dark spots and enlarged pores due to using the clairisonic brush .Any ways I'm liking the first serum and hoping to see long term results.Im also using along with it the amorepacific treatment enzyme peel powder /amorepacific treatment enzyme cleansing foam.And the peel powder gives instant shine to my skin.But I over do it often due to my hasty nature and even used Paulas choice discoloration serum few times in between and inflamed my skin.But thanks a lot again for the update.i will keep an eye for the mask and buy when it's on sale or something.💐And will continue to follow your updates
Alice, Suwhasoo actiavting serum on Stylevana, the set of 2X 15 ml = 30 ml costs around 18 Euros. So I am again confused :D That is not expensive at all. But then I noticed that if you buy 90 ml size, it is so much more expensive per 1 ml, how come?? Are mini's maybe fake? uchhh please end my confusion regardin this brand:D i just want to try it but before i do, i have to understand:D
After watching this video, I bought a 90ml of first care activating serum. I receive two sample size of essential balancing water and emulsion. I never saw a serum like this before. It is lightweight and sink into your skin really really fast but very very hydrating.
That’s so bizarre about alcohol!! Please keep us posted if you come across that research, I’m concerned about that skincare-world game of telephone now too 😅☎️❤️
I do think texture is something that often costs more - but yeah, there are always alternatives that are somewhat similar. I think Dr. Jart's Ceramidin has a lovely texture (not sure what it costs in euros but it's $42 if that helps!)
Hi. I really like your review. I'm trying out the first care activating serum from sulwhasoo and very surprise when I found out it has alcohol! (from your video...yea...I didn't read the ingredients too... haha). Alcohol has been a taboo in my skin care routine, but your video change my mind! I have no problem using the serum so far. It's only been a week, but I can see the difference on my skin. I'm combining sulwhasoo first care activating serum with innisfree whitening pore serum. I'd suggest you to review innisfree product too! Haha. It is from the same big korean company with sulwhasoo (Amore Pacific), but cheaper (to say it in a bold way). It's as cheap as drugstore product, so I would recommend you trying it out too as a comparison with this 'high end' sulwhasoo product. :") I love your review and am so gonna subscribe. Thanks so much! I am soooo going to try out the clarifying mask. :D
Haha yeah, really shocking to read the ingredients AND see the results. Counterintuitive for sure! I ended up trying Amorepacific after this brand and I really fell in love - Innisfree also though I've tried less (the only brand under their umbrella that didn't work out for me is probably Mamonde - I think something in the fragrance they use doesn't agree with my skin). I think it's just a completely different approach to skincare, but great results are hard to argue with!
Thank you for this review dear, was super helpfull, eye ave been curious about this brand,i learn a lot with this review about products that contains Alcohol, as i purchased not long a go the ysl youth creator range ,wich most of the products contain alcohol ,and just like you said i heard that is drying,and i have combo dry/dehydrated skin But as caused me no inrritation at all 😊once again thank you for all your information. Lots of love (Oh yes i wont use no aha or retinol with it just as you sugested,play safe)
I like the ginseng eye cream. Price is at par with my lamer eye cream. I enjoyed the sample but do I change lamer for sulwhasoo? When it come to my daily eye treatment routine?
So you wouldn't want to use retinol after the First Activating Serum product either. Seems like this brand is a bit hit and miss if you combine with standard Western, non-herbal, products. Thanks. Good to know.
Yeah, that has held true with a lot of the Korean brands I've tried at this point. Although I guess if you want to intensify a lower strength retinol, it could be a good option - but ooph, you wouldn't want to combine it with tret/AHAs!
Hey, loved your review on these products! Recently I got a box containing the first care activating serum, the essential balancing water ex, the essential balancing emulsion ex and the concentrated ginseng renewing cream ex as a gift. Your review helped alot as this brand is very new to me. But I have a question about whether I can use a moisturiser from a different brand which I normally use in day time. Would it have any reaction with these sulwhasoo products?
Most likely no as Sulwhasoo is not a brand that uses highly active ingredients. That said, these products do enhance other products (this is generally a good thing but be careful if you've got a high concentration of AHAs/BHAs, for example). What moisturizer is it?
Hi Alice I just wanted to give you the scoop I don't know if you've seen it but I'll tell you right now ULTA is having a great promo bonus points for Mario badescu you get a hundred and 50 bonus points for any skin care set & it also applies to Philosophy skin care
I'm a big K-beauty fan, but this is one brand I've never tried. Very interesting video! I also find your discussion on alcohol interesting. You can say whatever you want about it; I'm not horrified by it. :) I have good skin, normal right down the line (slightly oily T-zone, but that's about it.) I hate to tell you the toners I used to use before toners were a thing. They were mostly alcohol! They were great for removing dirt in the pores, and I didn't mind a slightly dry skin, because moisturizer took care of it. I was also the chick who was using mud masks eons ago, way before it became a fad. My skin is remarkably good for all that 'abuse.' (You know what I think really worked for me not having any appreciable wrinkles? I've been a fanatic about wearing sunglasses since I was a teenager. Preferably BIG sunglasses. Not a wrinkle anywhere near my eyes. Who knew?)
Ah but were you also using actives? Because if not, that's one more case study toward my conclusion haha! And I bet those sunglasses helped tremendously, definitely makes sense! Thanks for sharing 😊
@@AliceintheRabbitHole Nope, not using actives during my 'alcohol' phase. I used alcohol toners so much that if it was going to kill your skin, mine would be peeling off like wallpaper. :)
Haha, I thought the same thing! I do wonder why Beautypedia hasn't touched the brand though. It's certainly not because they're unpopular so...I wonder? 🤔
Funnily enough (ironic :/ ) i have the same skin you have, but muuuuuuch older . Dehydrated but really prone to break outs and I am finally trying to use BHAs to clear blackheads and congestion but i have the feeling i keep on slightly and slightly and slightly purging non freaking stop. Do you use BHAs regularly? Did you maybe even already film a video about Salicylic acid alone? Thank you :) xoxo
Yes! I use BHA once a day BUT I discovered that a .5% concentration works best for me (the common 1.5-2% seems to backfire on my skin). I apply it after my morning skincare routine and before sunscreen. I'm currently using the Murad Acne Clearing Solution but I plan to look for a comparable drugstore item in the future (as it's not a complicated formula).
@@AliceintheRabbitHole Interesting. I then wonder if a salicylic wash would maybe not just be enough (short contact therapy so to speak) ...mmmm ... By the way, I have just bought the COSRX one. It is apparently a whole different sort of salicylic and people with fungal acne seem to react super well to it. (not that i have fungal acne but willing to try something different :) ) .
@@AliceintheRabbitHole COSRX BHA Blackhead Power Liquid . It contains betaine salicylate, a different sort of BHAs. Also has Niacinamide and Hyaluronic Acid in it, hence it should not be drying. Who knows!!?? Fingers crossed :)
I would love for you to try Sulwhasoo's Herblinic Intensive Infusion Ampoules. If I could only have one product from the company, I think it would be that one. Maybe it's all in my head!
It depends on which products you purchase. Sulwhasoo has a line for younger or oily skin that might work for you, while their more premium lines are geared toward drier skin
Also at Ulta at right now I believe it's until November 17th that that Platinum gets 5 x the points and Diamond gets 10 times the points I just wanted to share with you that info so you could check it out and maybe make a video on it I hope you're having a good weekend and if you knew could we use both bonuses together the Mario badescu 150 points and the Platinum five times the points would that be something that we could do or you're not sure just wanted to see if you knew any info about stacking bonus points
I think you're referring to cell turnover, which does not require 3-6 months. However, ingredients that impact the skin deeply, such as retinoids, do indeed need 3+ months to see full results. www.nature.com/articles/npjamd201614
I hope you know that I post these hearts not only because I love your videos but to help with engagement (which I recently learned is important)... I just don't have anything great to add to the conversation. I mean, there are only so many times that I can tell you that you are hilarious and my favorite youtuber (next to dishwashinglickwid and jessismiles) Is that ok? Hahaha
@@deepspacenibby thank you! I really appreciate it as I feel weird about asking for engagement (especially the forced/fake kind? Has always rubbed me the wrong way lol). So thank you greatly for your support! 💗💗
@@AliceintheRabbitHole I totally see where you're coming from! If I had a channel, I don't know how I would approach that either, haha. You're welcome! Thank you for having such a great channel 😘
