Travel. Expat life. South Korea.
Trying to Fit into Korea’s One Size Fits All Beauty Standards
What’s it like to not fit the mould?
Shopping in South Korea
I loved Korea’s vast underground shopping malls. Mazes of the wonder that is Korean skincare, beauty and makeup. Blemish balm (BB) creams, snail serums, volcanic clay masks, foot peel socks, great sugar scrubs, and beautiful lip stains, to name a few. One of my biggest regrets is not filling up a suitcase of these goodies when I left!
Oh, the wonders of underground shopping, dolly hair clips, cat ear Alice bands, geek glasses with no glass, giant bumble bee phone cases, panda face masks, and that’s just for the adults.
I adored the delightful, cute, preppy clothes in the stores but as I looked around these shops two things dawned on me:
A) There are no changing rooms.
B) These clothes have no sizes on them.
Why? Because these clothes are “Free size.” What does that mean? It means one size fits all.
