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
9 article archive
Base Notes · 5 min read
Serum foundation fatigue has arrived
A formula can be skincare-adjacent and still need to perform as makeup.
Global Shelf · 5 min read
Cushion foundations are quietly becoming relevant again
The format once felt trend-led. Now it looks useful: portable, sheer, controlled and better aligned with how people actually touch up.
Global Shelf · 6 min read
Why Korean skin culture still sets the tempo
The influence is no longer about ten-step routines. It is about texture, restraint and believable radiance.
K-Beauty Note · 5 min read
The cushion base is back, but quieter
The new generation is less shiny, more flexible and far less desperate to impress.
Skin Culture · 5 min read
Barrier care is no longer the boring bit
The most sensible skincare category became the one beauty editors kept using.
Skin Culture · 6 min read
Glass skin grew up and got a job
The new glow is less wet-looking and much more believable.
Skin Culture · 6 min read
The skincare foundation promise is growing up
Hybrid base products are becoming more serious, not just more dewy.
Skin Culture · 5 min read
The sunscreen test nobody puts on packaging
Does it sit under makeup at 3pm, or does it start a divorce?
Trend Report · 6 min read
The return of expensive-looking skin
Not shiny. Not masked. Not over-perfected. The new luxury complexion is controlled, calm and believable.