By the way, who's a ST✩RLIGHT? ; u; Try listening to TheAnSisters's piano (and cello) covers of Vixx! They're absolutely amazing.
I don't really have Korean beauty stores (or many Asian stores in general) near where I live, so I tend to order most items off the web. Though many websites can sell the same things, they're priced differently and the shipping cost varies. Call me cheap, but I always try to find the cheaper websites! Seriously, who hasn't tried looking for places that sell and ship items cheaper than others?
Aside from Amazon and Ebay (which I do not shop from anymore because it's not trustworthy), there are sites like Pretty & Cute, Korea Depart, and Wish Trend. Wish Trend has a lot of Korean beauty brands that some other people don't know, so it's really good at 'introducing' new brands to people. Pretty & Cute have their own store in the USA, if anyone is curious. There are many more sites that sell cosmetics and ship worldwide (feel free to share any down below in the comments!).
I, personally, only have experience from shopping on two websites for Korean cosmetics.
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Both Kpoptown and Jolse sell not only beauty products, but they sell clothing as well. The only difference is that Jolse focuses mostly on beauty products and clothing (also something else but I don't know what to call it without being to... wrong? lol that made no sense). Kpoptown has slowly been adding more product to sell. They started selling k-pop merchandise, cosmetics, clothing and accessories (from when I discovered the site) to selling food, contacts, and wigs. Both websites are very trustworthy and great places to shop from.
Kpoptown's shipping fee can be crazy sometimes, but I find it worth it at times. Some of the items on Kpoptown can't be found on Jolse and vice versa. Jolse doesn't charge for shipping, but if you would like a tracking number to ensure that your items don't get lost or anything, it will only USD$2.50 more.
Both websites ship pretty quick after accepting payment, unless it's around the holiday seasons (aka Christmas, it's crazy hectic). Within 2 ~ 4 weeks, the order should arrive. From my past experiences from Kpoptown, my items would often arrive 1 ~ 2 weeks after being shipped. It's never taken longer than that, besides the time that I ordered from that was pre-order (duh, Jes).
On Kpoptown, you can receive points for different items you've purchased then redeem them to use as discounts. The redeemed points can be used multiple times before they do not allow you to use them again (I forgot how many times! ;__; Sorry guys). They also do special offers on wigs, contact lenses, and cosmetics.
Jolse does (or did) a special kind of event for the month of December. One week it would be a discount for a random beauty line (ex: Innisfree, Holika Holika, etc), and the next week would have discounts for another beauty line.
It's super cool and very handy (especially when it was the week for Etude House and I got a crap load of Etude House products). Also, when you first join Jolse, you receive 300 free points which translates to USD$3.00. You are only able to use any points you have if you spend over UDS$20, though. Another plus is that you get freebies from Jolse! Who else loves freebies?
Both of the websites have a lot of promotional events, so go check them out soon! c:
Thank you guys for reading! Feel free to leave anything in the comment section. Merry Christmas & happy holidays, may all of your dreams come true ~ ♡
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