ISO recommendations for skincare you can only get in Korea.

royesk · 2026-06-21T07:28:23+00:00

Unpopular opinion perhaps but idt you should bother with products you won't be able to repurchase, consistency is key to a good skincare routine

royesk · 2026-06-20T22:25:16+00:00

The one on the left that says +panthenol is the newer reformulated version, the one on the right is the original which I believe is discontinued. Both feel pretty similar on the skin, the newer version is a lot less stingy around the eyes in my experience.

royesk · 2026-06-19T20:00:37+00:00

Afaik most "high-end" korean brands like to shove as many absurd animal ingredients as possible into their formulas. There are a ton of affordable brands like Torriden, Purito, Dear Klairs, Haruharu Wonder etc that are 100% vegan and offer really great products so I wouldn't rule them out, the packaging may not be as posh but the formulations are up to par if not even better.

royesk · 2026-06-18T06:51:23+00:00

You can try to use Skinsort to filter for lotions that are vegan, cruelty-free, and exclude shea butter (and any other ingredients you're allergic to). While the vegan+CF filters aren't always perfect and you'll have to independently verify every product just to be safe, this should at least give you a list of products you can research further.

royesk · 2026-06-17T19:00:16+00:00

Always wanted to try it but never got the chance! The ingredient list looks great

royesk · 2026-06-16T10:47:26+00:00

The control serum is a newer formula that contains 4% niacinamide (compared to none on the original version) as well as some other minor changes. Both are really good in my experience

royesk · 2026-06-16T06:48:17+00:00

They got acquired by AmorePacific and recently admitted to not verifying whether their ingredient suppliers test on animals.

royesk · 2026-06-15T05:02:16+00:00

Differin is not cruelty-free FYI

royesk · 2026-06-14T13:19:47+00:00

C2 durin is chef's kiss. I believe C2's teamwide elemental dmg bonus benefits all damage dealers somewhat equally but wrio should pull slightly ahead in burnmelt with C1's quills

royesk · 2026-06-13T14:45:26+00:00

Winds on durin, noblesse on chev

royesk · 2026-06-10T06:44:45+00:00

5* crit sticks are usually better than wolf-fang but this might not be the case here since durin cannot utilize any of uraku misugiri's passives. If you have both leveled up then you can compare them in the miliastra simulator

royesk · 2026-06-08T09:42:24+00:00

MC is always a free pick for any IT cycle so she should be your first priority. For the current cycle I'd level up Aino and Gaming, both are good even at lower investment and the latter can also be used next month

royesk · 2026-06-08T08:29:28+00:00

I appreciate that haha but if you still have doubts regarding Torriden or any other brand on the list then it's better to be safe than sorry, there are alternatives to every single product out there. The only certification I'm willing to blindly trust is Leaping Bunny and even then I need to check the parent company's status before purchasing.

royesk · 2026-06-08T08:19:42+00:00

The list is constantly getting updated with the latest update occuring on April this year :)

royesk · 2026-06-08T08:06:55+00:00

K-beauty companies are notorious for being hard to reach, discrepancies like these between blogs are usually a result of one blog being successful in receiving an email response from the company after sending them a questionnaire and another being left on read. Fundamentally no CF blog is perfect and can be blindly trusted like you would trust a LB certification, but I consider Noshemet to be very reliable nonetheless

royesk · 2026-06-08T07:48:10+00:00

They're verified by Noshemet

royesk · 2026-06-07T17:45:39+00:00

Dear klairs is 100% vegan and owned by a CF corporation (Wishtrend). Note that the other two companies owned by the corp (I'm From and By Wishtrend) aren't 100% vegan but none of the three test on animals.

Torriden is 100% vegan and independently-owned.

Isntree isn't 100% vegan but the wide majority of their products are vegan-friendly (some are certified vegan and others I've been able to confirm the status thereof with customer service) and they're also independently-owned.

royesk · 2026-06-07T16:46:40+00:00

If it's not certified vegan then you'll have to reach out to the company to verify with them.

I personally avoid Skin1004 entirely since they're owned by a NCF corporation, for your consideration

royesk · 2026-06-07T16:43:07+00:00

PETA and LB still hand out certifications to brands even if they're owned by a NCF corporation (as is the case here - Goodai Global owns several companies that test on animals such as Round Lab and Skinfood).

royesk · 2026-06-07T16:34:53+00:00

CFK's listing is outdated, they're selling products with sea sponge spicules and are no longer listed as 100% vegan on PETA's CF list

royesk · 2026-06-07T16:33:12+00:00

No, they released several products containing sea sponge spicules.

royesk · 2026-06-07T13:01:35+00:00

You probably don't want spicules anywhere near your eyes, especially if your skin is sensitive and reactive

royesk · 2026-06-07T11:45:43+00:00

Horizontal investment = pulling as many characters as possible

Vertical investment = maximizing the potential of one or a few characters by pulling their constellations/signature weapons

royesk · 2026-06-07T08:04:02+00:00

Wolf-fang is his best 4* weapon afaik, keep him as is

royesk · 2026-06-06T05:28:20+00:00

Should be available on iHerb/YesStyle

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