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elaineganuelas
Oily/Resilient
It's just sad that cancel culture still remains. These Korean companies already did what they had to do to appease customers and even reformulated their products yet they still take all heat.
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lilacpeony
Dry/Sensitive
Yes, Western companies failed and didn’t make amends like Korean companies did. It’s just Internet cancel culture.
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FragranceFree4Life
Dry/Sensitive
Not only is the sunscreen issue something common to brands from all over the world but it’s not just sunscreens, there was the herbivore scandal where their expensive bakuchiol serum turned out to not even contain any percentage of bakuchiol. it’s sad how many people shot their mouths off without doing any research. Also, I love watching “The Monodist” on YouTube.
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FragranceFree4Life
Dry/Sensitive
Have you checked out her J-beauty vs. K-beauty video? It’s fascinating, she goes into the geopolitical, economic, historical, cultural contexts. As an American I didn’t know much about these things.
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FrenchyPeach19
Oily/Resilient
There was a problem with some Korean sunscreens and that's a fact. Saying "but it happened with other brands" will not make that problem disappear.
This app is mostly about Korean skincare so obviously people are gonna talk more about Korean skincare "scandals" than other. Nobody is "nationalizing" anything.
Also let's not confuse European and North American (and other) regulations because they are totally different. A lot of brands are forced to reformulate their sunscreens for the US market and their weird a** old regulations that refuse to use modern filters.
I don't trust US sunscreens either because of the very outdated regulations.
I don't see anyone "cancelling" Korean sunscreens THO (can we stop using this alt right term??????), since a lot of people are still using Kbeauty sunscreens.
Literally everybody admitted that brands like Purito, Klairs, Round Lab and others reformulated their sunscreens for the better.
And if there are people who don't wanna use what they consider doubtful products, that's okay. Nobody is forced to use Korean sunscreens if they don't want to.
I think in the end it's a matter of preference (i personally prefer Japanese textures), nobody is "cancelling" Korea.
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FrenchyPeach19
Oily/Resilient
All the infos are out there, if there are people who wanna generalize, it's their own problem tbh. Sadly some brands shady handling of to this "scandal" got people doubtful and i can totally understandand that.
And yes, Europeans (and probably some other non US brands) are required to reformulate (literally downgrade) their sunscreens to be able to sell on the US soil because the FDA still hasn't approved modern filters.
Of course you can order sunscreens worldwide but US shop can't sell European formulated sunscreens.
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prettiesandempties
Oily/Resilient
I see your point, maybe some don’t know what the scandal really is and they are generalizing, but the truth is the scandal is about a specific Korean FDA law so it involves the whole of Korea. It’s a loop in the law that companies (like Purito and Klairs) abused or are abusing. Not all companies do but I understand if peope get more selective with what Korean sunscreens they buy.
Maybe some countries have that same law and same loop, heard that EU may, but no one has proof as far as I’ve read/researched.
Also, it’s a well-known fact that Asia, Europe, and Australia are way ahead of the US when it comes to sunscreen technology due to US FDA being super slow to approve newer filters, so I understand if people trust Asian (Japanese more than Korea because of the scandal), EU, and AU sunscreens more. Not saying that their sunscreens are perfect. I’m a believer that there are no perfect sunscreens, the reason for 1/4 tsp rule and frequent reapplication.
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noeltwt
Oily/Resilient
I would like to clarify that, is manufacturer abusing it, not the brand, recommend odile monods video on this, she explained the details.
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