Sep 5

Sep 5 PRODUCT REVIEW: SIORIS TIME IS RUNNING OUT FACIAL OIL MIST - THE BEST NATURAL KOREAN SKINCARE

SIORIS | TIME IS RUNNING OUT FACIAL OIL MIST

For the last few weeks, I’ve had this marvelous little treat on hand from K-beauty purveyor Kōsame Beauty — and it’s been so soothing and refreshing.

The Sioris Time Is Running Out Facial Oil Mist has topped off my double cleanse at the end of every day, making me feel for about 3 seconds that I’m back at the Xandari spa in Costa Rica. But, I’m not. I’m in my Brooklyn bathroom!

If you’re unfamiliar with Sioris, it’s a range of clean, vegan, natural Korean skincare — with products made of seasonal ingredients sourced exclusively within Korea. The cruelty-free formulas revitalize dry, dehydrated skin with unique plant extracts harvested only when in season — when the botanicals are at their peak.

Hands down, my fave product in the collection is the Time Is Running Out Mist (yeah I love the kooky name!). It’s infused with a 78% concentration of a refreshing, nutrient-dense water extracted from a seasonal fruit called the Gwangyang Prunus Mume.

Huh? Yeah, I had no idea what that was either so I googled it. It’s similar to an apricot and referred to as Chinese plum or Japanese apricot.

The mume tree blooms in late winter and early spring and it’s flowers are popularized in the traditional painting and poetry of East Asia.

What is K-beauty?

From the Elle Beauty Team at Elle magazine:

Essentially a name to categorise the Korean influence upon our own skincare routines and the epic product imports from the country itself, K-Beauty is the secret to looking as luminous as is humanly possible.
While K-Beauty is no longer a new concept to us, its typically kitschy aesthetic kept it confined to teenage beauty cabinets for a few years. But now, Korean skincare has truly come of age, with the likes of Cult Beauty, Net-A-Porter and Selfridgesnow offering a selection of sophisticated Korean lines that will appeal to the skintellectual as well as the K-Beauty obsessive.
When K-Beauty shot into the mainstream, its fabled 10-step routine left people equally intrigued and exasperated. Traditionally, Korean women favour glowing 'glass' skin over layers of foundation, and a lengthy routine that focuses on clarifying, toning and layers of hydration allows them to achieve optimum luminosity.
To survive in this competitive market, Korean beauty brands have seriously raised their game, offering unrivalled efficacy to meet the savvy consumer’s stringent standards.

In the Time is Running Out mist, there’s also a blend of macadamia and jojoba seed oils as well as Vitamin E and brightening Licorice Root Extract. It has this really subtle, addictive citrus aroma that’s derived from Yuja, a common Asian citrus fruit that’s increasingly made its way into the West through both K-beauty and J-beauty.

I can’t get enough of this stuff and am excited to share more about Sioris soon.

Check the brand out — along with a treasure trove of K-beauty brands — at Kōsame Beauty.

After all, time is running out...

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