Amazon is expensive

You know what’s crazy? That I’m willing to pay £25 for skin care if it’s from Korea, but turn my nose up at Simple unless it’s on offer. You know what’s even more crazy? The price difference in the same Korean beauty products.

In my last Amazon shop, I decided to finally take the plunge and fork out for the Benton Snail Bee Essence. Then, literally days later, I found it on Yesstyle for literally half the price. Sure, I get that Yesstyle isn’t exactly located in the UK and I was very much going for UK based sellers on Amazon, but still, that’s a crazy price drop.

I then decided to look for the Neogen Bio Peel Gauze Pads, and found them to be cheaper on Amazon. There wasn’t much difference in the Nature Republic Snail Essence, but the Klairs Vitamin C Drop, a product I really want to try, is well over double the price on Amazon as it is on Yesstyle, as is the Heimish All Clean Balm.

I very much looked to Amazon as a really exciting way to get my Korean skincare hit, but actually I’ve been spending far more than I should, purely for the privilege of speedy delivery. Sometimes, the products I wanted didn’t even ship from the UK, so if I was having them delivered from Korea anyway, why not look elsewhere?

I used to like Yesstyle, I have brought a fair amount from there in the past, back in the days when you had to spend £90 to meet the delivery threshold, but now it’s only £25. I just had this connection in my head that Yesstyle was clothes, even though I knew they did beauty too. I even brought a load of BB creams from there. There are other options too, I follow Wishtrend on YouTube but have yet to explore their delivery system as I think it’s slightly more complex than normal. While researching for this post, I came across a website called Beauty and Seoul which I’m very excited about as a UK based business that seem competitively priced. Their website is actually really nice, with individual recommendations from the sites founder  and a how to use section on each product. They don’t have the a huge collection, but they have more than enough, especially CosRX, a brand which I can’t find on Amazon.

Tl;dr version - I’m want to spend a fortune on Korean skincare, and do, but maybe I don’t need to spend quite as much.

BB

I have run out of BB cream. 

Regular/old school blog readers will remember me trying Maybelline's Dream Fresh BB and breaking out, so choosing to try the seasoned professionals of BB cream and buying the Skin79 VIP gold beblesh balm. 

I loved it. It evened out my skin tone without feeling heavy on my face, and didn't make me break out. I have pretty much worn it every day for probably a year. But now, my tub is empty.

I want to try a new BB cream, but which one? I'd like to stick with the tried and tested Asian brands, and have short listed it down to another variety of the Skin79 range, the Missha M Perfect Cover or the Étude House Precious Mineral. I also want to try the Lioele Triple the Solution, but it's so expensive.

There is one problem with all of these options. They are all Korean brands, without UK stockists, and will take weeks, if not months, to arrive. 

Sigh.

Do I try the garnier version? I'm skeptical but it seems to be the most well received western brand BB cream. And the thought of not having anything is a little concerning.