I received a package from Kosmeshop on friday! After getting my facial. I always get a package after a facial it’s so weird, BUT AWESOME. It’s like, here, have some new products to play with for spending lots of money and enduring the pain of pimple extracting. Hope i didn’t jinx it. It’s nice to get packages after a facial!





Kosmeshop (Korean + Cosmetic + Shop!) is a relatively new Korean online store with a focus on skincare, and also make up, body and hair products, contact lenses and fashion! I have my eye on some of the cute socks, i might buy a pair or two next time! The products are at very reasonable prices, and in many cases cheaper than other popular K-beauty sites. The selection is pretty good too! They sell samples too, including many samples that can’t be found on other sites.

The owner Olivia is very friendly and agreed to do an interview with me:

(Note: Olivia did not link the products, but i thought i should do it as you guys might to take a look at them. I am NOT being paid if you click on them, so click away!)

Hi Olivia, could you tell us a little about yourself and how you came to create your store Kosmeshop?

Olivia: We have started selling Korea’s fashion handbags along with cosmetics as Q0010, with global on-line open market of Korea. And we have notice that many of buyers from overseas, were very interested in cosmetics and fashion cultures of Korea. We also have received many inquiries. But we had met many difficulties in communicating with the buyers through open markets. (due to system and policy of open market) Therefore we wanted to not only sell the products, but also give more information regarding beauty and fashion items of Korea, with participation and provide space to encourage enjoyment. And the site that started with this in mind, was kosmeshop. If I were to introduce myself briefly, I am in my late 20’s, working as operator of kosmeshop, and I am highly interested in not only cosmetics, but also in fashion and beauty life styles.

When did you first gain an interest in skincare and beauty?

Olivia: I believe every woman has desire to look beautiful, even from a young age. There were no specific incidents, but I really liked everything that made me looked dressy and enabled me to look beautiful. If cosmetic attracted me more during my younger years, currently I would say my emphasis is on skincare, rather than make-up.

What are your personal favourite brands or product lines?

Olivia: I like Skin food brands, and Skin food Premium Tomato Whitening lines 🙂

What is your skin type?

Olivia: My skin type is combination. The T-zone area has sebum excretion but rest of the area is dry. And my skin is pretty sensitive, so when I feel stressed out, the trouble starts to appear.

What is your current skincare routine?

Olivia:

Morning

Night

What are the most popular products at your store?

Olivia: The popular products of kosmeshop, is Holika Holika Petit BB Cream 30ml and Etude House’s Etude House Color My Brows 4.5g. And from the skincare product side, Skin Food lines are among the popular products. And recently there is increase in the COSRX product inquiries. ^^ And in our shop, there is a brand called Bergamo. This brand’s wrinkle cream items are unexpectedly very popular, and has many inquiries. It is a brand that you won’t be able to see often from the other shopping mall, and it has a product that contains ingredient of caviar along with gold, so it is widely purchased as a product for gifts.

What are your top most recommended products and why?

Olivia: These are the best product, popular product and products that I would like to recommend. And we display items that are steady seller. We display new products that had been inquired about and products that we would like to try, after consulting with staff of Kosmeshop.

Do you have any tips you would like to share about skincare or make up?

Olivia:

Skincare – Korea is a country with 4 seasons. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Therefore, there may be appropriate change of order and alternatives for the skincare products, depending on the season.

So, during the summer use water-supplementing cream (contains less oil) instead of moisture and after returning from outdoors, use generous amount of aloe soothing gel which has been placed in the refrigerator, to lower the temperature of your skin. (face and body, etc.) The coldness of soothing gel will decrease the skin’s temperature and care for your tired skin due to excessive ultra-violet lights.

In the winter, we emphasize on the moisturizing. And the most important factor would be peeling. If you do the peeling wrong way, it may cause dryness to the skin. You may exfoliate the dead skin cell using gentle peeling gel, or using toner or essence product that contains ingredient or performs function of exfoliate to remove and care for your skin.

Make-up – First, apply BB cream, thinly. For those using only BB cream, you can assume that it is 3/1, of the amount that you are applying. And use mixture of small amount of foundation and highlighter (cream type). It will have the effect of mild shimmering on your skin. It is important that you use minimal amount to adjust because you are also using base products. Always remember to apply lip balm before putting on lip products, in your skincare phase to prevent any dead skin cell from appearing. I normally use lip tint rather than lipstick. And I mix 2 kinds of tint. It is better to use orange color lines, then applying tint that has more visible darkness to it. That way the colors last longer and the color appears much prettier.

Is there anything else you’d like to say to our readers?

Olivia: First of all, I thank you deeply for sharing your information of our fine products with other customers. Our shop is always putting great effort in providing high quality products and Korea’s new product. Besides the cosmetic and fashion items of Korea, among the recent newly launched products from our shop, there is color lenses also. This color lenses are produced 100% in Korea, and it is a product that has been certified by the Korea Institute of Medical Research. (in Korea, any products pertaining to human body must be approved and certified after performing strict testing.) We promise to display not only cosmetics and fashion items of Korea, but also varieties of different product lines in the future. Our slogan is ” shop with credibility.” We especially put our importance in trust, because we sell to overseas. This applies to all parts of shipment, about our product and also service. And we are always hoping to build trust with the clients through communication.

Thank you !!

Thank you so much Olivia for answering all the questions in such detail! Hope you guys enjoyed the interview 🙂

Now, onto the package!

Sent 24 or 25 July 2015 ( I think, could be later)

Received 14 August 2015

Shipping time: About 20 days. Pretty reasonable.

Everything packaged neatly!

Items all wrapped in bubble wrap!

Items in good condition!

(I’ll be reviewing these products soon! The pink one is for my sister to review!)

Ratings:

Shipping time: 3.8/5

Packaging: 5/5

Customer service: 5/5

Prices: 4.5/5

Selection: 4.5/5

Average overall rating: 4.5/5

Verdict: Try Kosmeshop next time you want to haul 😀

Please look forward to my reviews on the orange lip tint and the mask! And my sister’s review on the pink lip tint 😀 I was going to put the reviews with this post but then i thought it might be too long. 😦

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Note: These products were sent to us for review purposes, we are not receiving any monetary compensation from Kosmeshop for writing this review or linking to their site. I am merely expressing my own honest opinion on the service.