Skin Culture Editor
Mina Rhee
Mina Rhee covers skincare with calm authority: texture, barrier care, SPF, Korean influence and the difference between useful glow and marketing gloss.
Skin Culture
17 article archive
Beauty Tools · 3 min readStop the Puff Prints — When Your Powder Puff Is Stamping Your FoundationTiny, repetitive marks from a powder puff? Simple timing, tool and pressure changes stop those “puff prints” and keep your base looking like skin.
Lip Makeup · 3 min readMake Lipstick Sit Like Skin, Not VelcroStop lipstick snagging on flakes with a simple three-step routine: gentle exfoliation, a thin balm with blotting, and building colour in thin layers.
Beauty / How-To · 3 min readIs your makeup sponge wasting foundation?Check your sponge’s instructions, start with a small amount of foundation and bounce to blend. Useful technique advice, without a promise of product savings.
Eye Makeup · 4 min readWhy your eyeliner keeps movingSimple, product-agnostic tests and five-minute fixes to keep upper-lash liner from ghosting onto the lower lash line.
Makeup / Eye Makeup · 3 min readEyeshadow still creasing? What to try with your primerCheck your primer’s application and drying directions, try thinner layers and adjust one step at a time. Powder-setting is not a rule for every formula.
Global Shelf · 4 min readWhy Korean skin culture still sets the tempoThe influence is no longer about ten-step routines. It is about texture, restraint and believable radiance
Skin Culture · 3 min readThe skincare foundation promise is growing upHybrid base products are becoming more serious, not just more dewy
Trend Report · 3 min readThe return of expensive-looking skinNot shiny. Not masked. Not over-perfected. The new luxury complexion is controlled, calm and believable
Global Shelf · 3 min readCushion foundations are quietly becoming relevant againThe format once felt trend-led. Now it looks useful: portable, sheer, controlled and better aligned with how people actually touch up
Skin Culture · 3 min readBarrier care is no longer the boring bitThe most sensible skincare category became the one beauty editors kept using
K-Beauty Note · 3 min readThe cushion base is back, but quieterThe new generation is less shiny, more flexible and far less desperate to impress
Skin Culture · 3 min readThe sunscreen test nobody puts on packagingDoes it sit under makeup at 3pm, or does it start a divorce?
Base Notes · 3 min readSerum foundation fatigue has arrivedA formula can be skincare-adjacent and still need to perform as makeup
Skin Culture · 3 min readGlass skin grew up and got a jobThe new glow is less wet-looking and much more believable
Skin Culture · 4 min readWhy Your Skincare Is Pilling Under Makeup — and How to Stop ItTiny flecks rolling off your face? Diagnose pilling in 60 seconds and learn layering, product and technique fixes for a smooth base.
Makeup · 4 min readWhy Your Mascara Transfers Onto Your Eyelids by Lunchtime — and How to Stop ItUnderstand why mascara smears onto your eyelids and learn small, technique-led fixes—clean lids, thin layers, curl and spot-fixes—that actually stop transfer.
Makeup · 4 min readWhy Your Concealer Creases Under the Eyes — and What Actually HelpsConcealer creases because of product bulk, skin movement and mismatch. Smart prep, less product and a simple test method make it stop.