December Week 4 K-beauty Makeup Launches

Hi all, these are the final new K-beauty makeup releases of the year 2015!

Most are freshly announced, or only available on their official Korean websites. These products can be purchased through using a buying service like the one provided by Avecko.com. One of the first stores with international shipping to carry new releases is Tester Korea. At times, new releases will start popping up in their store within a couple of days, so make sure to check them out!

Quickly before getting started, the VDL Pantone Collection that was announced last week is already available for sale here, and the first swatches of the Too Cool For School Triceratops (an Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette lookalike) have emerged here. I'm immediately regretting not putting this in a recent Avecko order.

New Lippies at Apieu

A'pieu has two new lip products out. The first at top, is the Apieu Glass Gel Lip. This tinted lip gel line has 5 shades: RD01 Blushing Jelly, RD02 Raspberry Classic, PK01 Acai Bowl, CR01 Peach Cream, CR02 S'more. They retail for 5800 KRW/4g. each at Apieu Korea. 

The second set of lippies is the A'pieu Lip Fluid line. There are two kinds, Lip Enamel Fluids with a glossy finish, and Lip Cotton Fluids with an almost matte finish. While these lipsticks are not new, they've added a few shades to each lineup. The two new Lip Enamel Fluids are OR02 Orange Pudding, and PK02 Rose Drop. The two new Lip Cotton Fluids are CR02 Knit Coral, and PK03 Rose Cloud. These retail for 3800 KRW / 5.5g.

Laneige Two-Tone Lip Bar 'Dupe' by Shiseido

Shiseido (a Japanese brand) has introduced a limited edition two-tone lipstick (actually in November) in certain geographies. Like the Laneige Two-Tone Lip Bars, each half of the lipstick bullet is in a complimentary shade, to make getting the perfect gradation lip easy. These lipsticks are available at GS SHOP for 36000 KRW each if interested. View the official swatches of all 6 shades here.

Coming in 2016 Etude House Big Cover Concealers

Etude House is releasing cushion concealers called the Etude House Big Cover Cushion Concealers SPF30 / PA++. They are much like the Maybelline Age Rewind Concealers as they come with a cushion applicator on one side, and a knob at the other side to twist/click to dispense the product. There are 5 shades in all - an illuminator to highlight, a mint to correct redness, vanilla, beige, and peach/pink to correct dullness and shadows. The first swatches are available here and you can see Etude House's video of the product here.

New at TheSAEM

Going from top left corner clockwise:

Two new shades of Eco Soul Kiss Button Lips, in Rose Edition, and Matte Rose Edition have been released. 9000 KRW/2g.

The Saem Lip and Eye Makeup Palette is an all-in-one makeup palette that has 2 eyeshadow quads and 4 lipstick shades in one compact. 25000 KRW / 5.5gx2 shadows 1.4gx4 lips

6 new Saemmul Essential Tint Balms - There are regular balms and tinted balms in shades RD01 Essential Rose, PK01 Essential Berry, OR01 Essential Strawberry, PK01 Essential Flower Leaf, CR01 Essential Coral, WH01 Essential Dewy. 5500 KRW / 4g.

Eco Soul Pencil and Powder Dual Brows - These are dual-ended products with an eyebrow pencil on one end and an eyebrow powder on the other. They come in 01 black 02 brown-black 03 charcoal. 7000 KRW / .3g pencil and .5g powder.
Eco Soul Triple Dome Shadows -  These eyeshadow triples come in a fun domed shape. The shades are BR01 Versatility Brown CR01 Forever Coral OR01 Witty Orange PK01 Icing on the Cake Pink Red BL01 Mutual Blue. 10000 KRW / 6.5g

IPKN Pencil Liners

IPKN announced a new limited edition set of creamy gel eyeliners. The Twinkle Eyes Holiday Edition liners retail for 16000 KRW / .4g. The shade are 06 Chocolate Brown, 07 Cafe Mocha, 08 Velvet Burgundy, 09 Rose Gold, and 10 Merry Red. They will become available at IPKN Korea once launched.

Coming Soon Aritaum Volume Lip Oil Tints in 2016

These new oil lip tints by Aritaum come in 5 shades - 1 Fireplace 2 Cocktail Rose 3 Bounce Pink 4 Cotton Blossom Orange Passion and will retail for 9000 KRW/4.5g. See the first swatches here.

New at Nature Republic

Nature Republic has a few new base products out. 

Botanical Green Tea Dual Concealer in 01 Light Beige and 02 Natural Beige are 8720 KRW / 4.4g & 3.4ml. This product has two types of concealer, both containing Jeju Island green tea extract and minerals. 

The Cell Boosting BB Cream SPF 30 PA++ comes in 01 Light Beige and 02 Natural Beige. This bb cream contains edelweiss, acetyl hexapeptides and 5 kinds of mushrooms to provide brightening and wrinkle care in addition to sun protection and coverage. It is 19120 KRW / 32g

Botanical Green Tea Pore BB SPF 50+ PA+++  in 01 Light Beige and 02 Natural Beige is 9520 KRW / 35g.

All are available at Nature Republic Korea (which sadly doesn't allow direct linking of products).

Peripera Wholly Deep Ink Brow

The Peripera Wholly Deep Ink Brow comes in two shades, Deep Brown and Soft Brown. They stain your brows like a tattoo. 6300 KRW at Club Clio Korea.

Innisfree x Paul Frank 'Happy Monkey' Collection

Innisfree is collaborating with Paul Frank to release some adorable nail polishes, nail stickers, and hand creams! The Happy Monkey collection will be available on January 1st 2016 at Innisfree Korea. For the launch, customers who purchase at least 30,000 KRW of stuff will receive a Paul Frank pouch, those who spend over 50,000 KRW will get an Paul Frank eco-bag.

The Face Shop Collagen Ampoule Lipsticks

These new lipsticks by The Face Shop come in 15 different colors. 18,900 KRW / 3.5g.

They are: 01 Bride Pink 02 Merry Pink 03 Pink Nouveau 04 Rhythm Pink 05 Blessing Pink 06 Pink Bella 07 Full Pink 08 Gel Sing COral 09 Mandarin Garden 10 Orange Blast 11India Red 12 Signature Red 13 Brown Killer 14 Moroccan Rosa 15 Bloody Red

If anyone has any questions about any of these products or want to know more about ingredients.... please shoot me a note or tweet me @unsightlygimp. If you have a tip or news byte to share with me I'd also appreciate it! Do you have your eye on anything? I like the new lip products by A'pieu and Shiseido.

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