What to buy when traveling to South Korea?

1. First of all, it has to be cosmetics: as we all know, it is the holy land of Korean plastic surgery, where handsome boys and beauties are everywhere.

In South Korea, women attach great importance to their skin and figure, which has promoted the prosperity of the Korean cosmetics market. There are many cosmetics brands here, and each brand has many different types of products, and each product has many sets. Therefore, the cosmetics here not only have a wide variety, but are also cheap,

So if you go You must buy cosmetics in Korea and try to buy local brands. The author doesn't know much about cosmetics, so I can only briefly talk about how I felt about it.

First of all, compared with international famous brands, the cosmetics here are more affordable. Products of the same quality are much cheaper here than in China. For example, the Laneige Sleeping Mask, which sells for around 120 RMB in China, only costs around 70 RMB here.

Secondly, buying brands suitable for mothers in duty-free shops, such as OHUI, Sulwhasoo, Chanjin, etc., is much cheaper than in shopping malls.

Thirdly, if you want to buy cosmetics from brands such as Laneige, Thefaceshop, skinfood, Ellie, innisfree, and missa, there are many Myeongdong specialty stores on the streets. If the cosmetics you buy meet the standards (about 30,000 won or more) ) is tax-free.

Fourthly, those who want to buy cosmetics in bulk should be careful. First check the things you want to buy online and remember the brand in English. Products with good reputations will be available here. Only by being willing to buy your own flagship products can you improve shopping efficiency. .

Finally, most of the international brand cosmetics in the Capital Airport duty-free shop are very cheap, but they are more troublesome to carry, so it is better to buy them when you come back.

2. Local products:

Korean ginseng, the Korean ginseng store near the hotel is much cheaper than the one in the Lotte Duty Free Shop, and it is also cheaper in the duty free shop at the airport; here The fruit chocolates are very popular, especially the orange and cactus flavors. The author bought a bag of 300 grams at the Lotte Duty Free Shop for $9. The seaweed, yuzu tea and Korean handicrafts at Namdaemun Market are of high quality and low price. , well worth a visit;

Korea’s chili sauce and kimchi are very famous, and it is recommended that everyone try them.

3. Clothing:

Korea has always been at the forefront of international clothing trends. Nowadays, Hanbok is unique around the world.

Perhaps it is because of the appreciation of the RMB that there are many clothes priced at RMB 30 or 50 in Myeongdong here, and the styles are fashionable. The styles of Korean clothes here are much more fashionable than those in China.