Japanese women care about their looks to put it
mildly, but somehow the Korean women I encountered made the Japanese obsession
seem normal. Everywhere I went, whether it be a public toilet on a hike or one
in a metro station, there were rows and rows of women standing at the mirrors
preening themselves. Every single lady I saw looked flawless and well-dressed
no matter where it was. On hikes, their faces were done up as if they were
about to get married.
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| But... you're about to hike? |
The obsession with beauty just seems completely
ingrained in Korean culture. Plastic surgery offices lined streets and it was
completely normal to see five beauty product stores side by side. Sometimes,
even young children have surgery which baffles me not just because little kids
shouldn't have plastic surgery in the first place but because their faces will
continue to change as they age.
The beauty regimen adhered to by Koreans just
seems exhausting. It's an endless string of steps from applying myriad creams,
lotions, oils and concoctions of every other texture imaginable. One of our
roommates in the hostel spent about 30 minutes slapping something onto her skin
which really irritated me as it was right as I was falling asleep.
There are beauty products for everything there.
The face creams contain bleach because their skin must be perfectly white.
There are eyelash extenders, pore minimisers, face mask for every purpose in
every colour you can imagine... anything you don't like about your face can be
fixed with a Korean beauty product. If it can't, don't worry- you can just walk
next door to the plastic surgery clinic.
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