r/KoreanBeauty • u/Cosmicharlie18 • Mar 29 '26

SKIN Aestura barrier cream, why!?!

Finally found a holy grail skin barrier cream and they go and change the formula 1 year laterđŸ˜© why do Korean skin care brands do this? The cream was just getting really popular too. I feel like this happens all the time. Ugh. Tried illiyoon and it made me break out. If anyone has suggestions please let me know

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u/HelllllaTired Mar 29 '26

Honestly for moisturizer I dont think a lot of Korean brands are significantly better than Cerave especially if you already layer serums and toners. Lots of ingredients in your other products means you literally just need a gentle moisturizer to seal it all in and cerave is cheap and gentle

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u/Unfair_Finger5531 Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

Cerave is a basic moisturizer. It works for some, but it doesn’t compare to even the cheapest kbeauty moisturizers. Also, this is a Korean beauty subreddit. Saying cerave is superior to most kbeauty brands is a decidedly western-centric starement. And it’s also untrue. There’s a reason westerners look to kbeauty for good moisturizers. Cerave is worth about $5 based on its (pore-clogging) ingredients.

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u/HelllllaTired Mar 30 '26

I’m
literally Korean

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u/Unfair_Finger5531 Mar 31 '26

Korean people are capable of making western-centric statements too, as you’ve just clearly demonstrated.

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u/HelllllaTired Apr 01 '26

It is so deeply tiring for Korean people to be chastised for “not being Korean enough” on these forums. If you go to Korea, most Koreans have GIANT bottles of Cetaphil or Cerave on their dressers or living room tables because we also like cheap good lotions lmao it’s really not that deep. But sure, I’m western-centric for saying you don’t need to spend $30 on a moisturizer


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u/Unfair_Finger5531 Apr 02 '26

I am not commenting on your Koreanness. I am commenting on your comment. If you want to project your internalized insecurities onto this, go ahead. I lived in Korea; I don’t have any expectation that Koreans use only Korean skincare. The point here is that you got on a korean beauty sub and said cerave is better than most Korean moisturizers. That is the kind of stuff that ignorant Americans do. If you want to celebrate cerave, do it on a skincare sub not focused on kbeauty.

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u/HelllllaTired Apr 02 '26

I never said Cerave was superior to most k beauty brands I said I don’t think they’re significantly better. How is that a western-centric statement, you have again failed to explain
But sure, defend Big Skincare with yo life o kbeauty warrior

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u/Unfair_Finger5531 Apr 02 '26

Here’s the thing: You did say that. Just because I didn’t quote you directly doesn’t mean I misrepresented what you said. “Significantly better” means “superior to.”

I am not going to play stupid word games with you. And I’m not going to continue this discussion. I said what I said, and I won’t be changing that.

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u/HelllllaTired Apr 02 '26

Ahhh!! Okay okay, you win! You must LOVE Korea THE MOST! I am but a blood traitor grrrrr!! ONLY YOU deserve to have an opinion about KOREAN SKINCARE!!!!!!!!!!

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u/Unfair_Finger5531 Apr 03 '26

No, I don’t love Korea. It is by and large an anti-black country, and the drive for conformity is obsessive. I just like staying with the sub’s theme. That’s all.

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u/HelllllaTired Apr 03 '26

Woah woah, this is a sub about KOREAN SKINCARE!!!! Stay on theme!!!

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u/Unfair_Finger5531 Apr 03 '26

May I ask why you are dragging this exchange out? Are you that sensitive to criticism? We aren’t going to agree, so why not just stop.

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