If you can’t go to Korea to get authentic skincare products for the much sought-after glass skin, they now come to your doorstep. And if the products don’t cut it, skin junkies in the city go all the way to Seoul for a peel, to get it right from the horse’s mouth—or rather the snail’s. That’s how obsessed Chennaiites are about getting dewy, glowing, ‘glassy’ skin just like Jennie from the K-pop band BlackPink.
When Anisha Fathima from Chennai visited Seoul, South Korea, for a holiday, she decided to try a glass facial. “I’d heard a lot about it but had no clue what I was going in for when I booked a session,” she says. “People visit Seoul from across the world for skin treatments and cosmetic surgeries and all the salons there are booked out.
The one-hour facial cost us `15,000 each but at the end of it my skin did have a mirror effect, which lasted for more than two weeks.” The steps involved in the facial were more or less what’s done in India, says Anisha, together with a fractional erbium glass laser and LED treatment, but it was the products that made all the difference. “I also bought products from the Myeong-dong cosmetics market in Seoul.
They turned out to be amazing, it’s not just a hype. The salon was also ready to provide us with fillers or skin correction surgeries on the spot.” The idea of achieving the smooth skin of K-drama stars and K-pop idols has long been a goal for Gen Z.
The difference now is that it’s accessible to ev.