Here is another installment of the Triangle series. Today, I am looking at three popular face mask formats. Although all three companies are from Korea, they are as different as their product concepts: Whamisa is a certified organic niche brand, Blossom Jeju is a premium cosmetics brand from the island of Jeju and Lindsay is the salon face mask manufacturer who started the rubber mask hype in Korea.
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Organic beauty haul from today's daytrip to #strasbourg! Laboratoires Novexpert's Velvety Hydro-Biotic Cream with magnesium for sensitive skin (a recommendation from @beautyjagd), @sanoflore's pepperminty Concentré Magnifica anti-impurities treatment gel, @sobio_etic's Hydra Aloe Vera SOS Soothing Mask (with aloe vera juice and Roman Chamomile flower water) and @pulpedevie's Miss Sunshine Face Detox Gel (based on melon fruit water and daisy extract). #organicbeauty #frenchbrands #sobioetic #laboratoirenovexpert #pulpedevie #sanoflore #franceLove the attractive and playful packaging design of this certified organic powder mask range from Laboratoire Innov'Effets! The range comprises around 12 dual-sachet DIY powder masks for face and hair, including two peel-off masks with clay and algin which are reminiscent of the famous #lindsaymasks from Korea or, alternatively, the peel-off powder masks from French organic beauty brand Secret des Fées - in fact, Laboratoire Innov'Effets is also the company behind @secretsdesfees. The line-up also includes scrub masks, moisturising masks and even a hair mask. The powders are mixed with water, hydrosol or plant oils and each pack includes two individually packaged portions of mask powder. Convenient and pretty! The masks retail for around 4.99 Euro per double sachet. #facemasks #claymasks #peeloffmasks #organicbeauty #frenchbrand #laboratoireinnoveffets #france #strasbourgFrench C&T group L'Oréal's new certified organic own label brand @laprovencale_bio at the @monoprix in Strasbourg. The products are formulated with olive oil from the Provence region of France and the range comprises around a dozen sku: face care (hydrating moisturiser, anti-ageing moisturiser, cream mask and serum) and body care (dry beauty oil, bar soap, liquid soap, hand cream, two deodorant variants and two shower gels). Prices range from 4.99 Euro for bar soap/hand cream over 5.99 Euro for deo/shower gel/liquid soap, to 7.99 Euro for the face mask to 14.99/15.99 Euro for moisturisers, serum and body oil. L'Oréal is increasingly focussing on the naturals trend; the company's mainstream skin care brands (such as Garnier) have become progressively more green. The company also owns organic French brand @sanoflore and of course there's L'Oréal's most recent acquisition, German organic beauty group #logocos with it's brands @logona_naturkosmetik, @sante_naturkosmetik, #heliotrop and Fitne. @lorealskin #laprovencale #laprovencaleloreal #organicbeauty #frenchbrand #monoprix #strasbourg #franceA little gem of a beauty store: Swiss #kbeauty online store @sooyou.ch has opened an offline retail space in Lucerne, Switzerland. Located right in the middle of the historic old town (and almost on the shore of Lake Lucerne) Sooyou sells the most popular product ranges and items from its online range of 20-odd Korean beauty brands. Since Sooyou is the distributor of organic brand #whamisa for Switzerland and Liechtenstein you can find pretty much the entire Whamisa portfolio in the store, including testers. Other brands available in Sooyou's new store include #sulwhasoo (another bestseller for the company), #sum37, #huxley, #mizon, #peripera, #benton, #holikaholika, #cosrX, #innisfree, #leegeeham, #itsskin and so on. They also carry some of #aromatica's products. The interior of the store is really pretty, and there are so many product testers 🤩. While I have my firmly established k-beauty favourites (mostly from the organic fraction, like Whamisa and Aromatica), I haven't really tried out that many products from other brands - a couple of Mizon creams several years ago, some Sulwhasoo here and there (whatever I can find in-store when I'm in Seoul) but I don't think I've ever had the opportunity of testing all of Mizon's snail serums/toners and compare them with Benton's essences right there on the spot. Also, I can now sort of see why Huxley is such a hero brand for many Asian beauty fans. #sooyou #lucerne #beautyretail #beautyshopping #newstore #luzern #kbeauty #koreancosmetics#lucerne #intherain #rainyday #january #wintertime #monochrome #atmospheric #travelphotography #beautiful #lakelucerne #luzern #vierwaldstättersee #switzerland #schweizVisiting artisan distillery @dsm_berlin's production site/showroom in Marzahn neighbourhood, Berlin. Deutsche Spirituosen Manufaktur was launched in October 2018 with a 70-odd range of herb, spice and fruit distillates. The eau de vies (#brände and #geiste) are all hand-made right there on the premises (when I was there this afternoon the entire room smelled of freshly zested lemons!) and I tested my way through most of DSM's extensive product range. What you won't find here are classic apple or pear schnappses; instead DSM distill their clear spirits from just about any herb, spice, fruit or vegetable. Most of the ingredients are from organic or #demeter agriculture, with many seasonal and local variants - asparagus from #beelitz, for example; most of my favourite cooking and baking spices and fresh herbs were also present - ginger, cardamom, lavender, thyme, rosemary, star anise, fennel, lemon grass, sage. The citrus part of the range offers two types of lemon distillates and six different orange distillates. There are strawberry, raspberry, beetroot, celery (two types), basil, hazelnut and walnut distillates; yarrow, chocolate mint, lemon verbena, elderflower, cornflower and tagetes flower (!) distillates, porcini mushroom and chanterelle mushroom distillates...you get the idea. And all are single note spirits, no blends. Just the pure, rich flavour of whatever plant or fruit/vegetable was distilled. Seriously amazing 😍. Each distillate is available as a 350ml bottle (42% vol.), a 50ml apothecary flacon (42% vol.) and a 50ml atomiser spray (50% vol.) which can be used to flavour cocktails, cooked dishes, desserts and beverages. Check out their product range online. And of course I couldn't leave without buying something, swipe to the last pic to see some of my purchases. #deutschespirituosenmanufaktur #marzahn #distillery #artisan #locallymade #drinklocal #eaudeview #highproof #craftspirits"Evoking Reality" at @daimlerartcollection_dac, Haus Huth on Potsdamer Platz. Political photography and video art from sixteen international artists, including Guy Tillim (South Africa), Mustafah Abdulaziz (USA), Pieter Hugo (South Africa), Clément Cogitore (France), Cao Fei (China), Richard Mosse (Ireland), Viviane Sassen (Netherlands), Tacita Dean (UK) and Sharif Waked (Israel/Palestine). Pic 3: Pieter Hugo, "Rwanda" (left hand side); "Infra" series, Richard Mosse (right side of the picture. Pics 4-6: From the photo series "Congo Democratic" and "Museum of the Revolution" by Guy Tillim. Pic 7: "The Russian Ending", Tacita Dean. Pics 8 and 9: From Clément Cogitore's video "Les Indes Galantes". The exhibition is open until 10th June 2019; Daimler Contemporary is open daily from 11am to 6pm. Entrance is free. #guytillim #clementcogitore #tacitadean #richardmosse #exhibition #evokingreality #daimlerartcollection #contemporaryart #videoart #photographyBerlin-based chocolatier Wohlfarth's new Preussisch Süß range of #kiez themed organic chocolate bars: 18 Berlin neighbourhoods are commemorated with exquisite chocolate creations. #neukölln, for example, is dark chocolate (70%) with rum-soaked hazelnuts and cardamom, #kreuzberg is milk chocolate (41%) with candied ginger, roasted sesame and black cumin; #wilmersdorf offers dark chocolate (80%) with lavender, citrus oils and cocoa nibs. My own neighbourhood, Mitte, wasn't in stock at Olivia but according to the Wohlfarth online store, #mitte is defined as milk chocolate (50%) with coffee and chili. Sounds about right 😍! Preussisch Süß was created in cooperation with Berlin writer Tanja Dückers. Love the concept! And the fabulous flavour combinations; check them out on @preussischsuess. #berlin #chocolatier #wolfarthschokoladen #meinkiezFirst post of the new year on #trendtravellerblog: a store/company profile of Hong Kong-based clean beauty retailer @mimingmart. Link in bio. Started the article on the last day of 2018 (yeah, I know how to party on New Year's Eve 🥂🍾🎉) and finished it on the first day of 2019. Worked out well! Anyway, have a fabulous Year of the Boar/Pig y'all!
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