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Beauty Between Meals

I write about beauty products I’ve tried and food I’ve eaten in Korea. · Writes about: Beauty products · Food & snacks · Fashion · Books & stationery · Kids & baby · Home & living

ProductGrowtheverFood & snacks

Arginine pre-workout sachet for early weekend tennis: GrowthOn Vital

GrowthOn Vital (Growthever) is a pre-workout sports nutrition sachet with arginine and ornithine. A husband in his mid-30s who plays tennis for 2 hours at dawn every weekend mixed one GrowthOn Vital sachet into 200ml of water before each session, felt a difference in his energy from the very start, and now asks for it himself. GrowthOn Vital suits recreational athletes who want a pre-workout routine without fructose or caffeine.

Written Apr 26, 2026Product provided
ProductRobeoteu D. kapeulran jeoBooks & stationery

REIT primer on Korea's project REITs: Working with Project REITs

Working with Project REITs (『프로젝트리츠로 일하는 법』) is a Korean real estate investment book on the project REIT policy introduced in Korea in November 2025, written by working industry professionals. The blogger, part of a dual-income household with spare savings and a new interest in REIT stocks, found Working with Project REITs practitioner-level and heavy going in places, but accurate on how project REITs are structured and on Korea's first case, the Dongtan healthcare REIT. A recommended read for individual investors who want to understand REITs properly rather than superficially.

Written Apr 25, 2026Product provided
ProductRadiusKids & baby

Toddler toothbrush for a 44-month-old who hated brushing: Radius Toots

Radius Toots is a toddler toothbrush for ages 18 months to 7 years from Radius, a US oral-care brand, with about 3,600 soft bristles. After a parent brushed a 44-month-old's teeth with Radius Toots, the child, who used to complain that brushing hurt, grew curious about the new brush and started enjoying brushing time. With dense bristles and a wide head, Radius Toots is easy for a parent to brush with and easy for a child to hold alone.

Written Apr 28, 2026Product provided
ProductSandeulsandeulHome & living

Thin organic pads for atopic skin: Sandeulsandeul Pure Cotton Cover

Sandeulsandeul (Sandeulsandeul) is a Korean sanitary pad brand whose Pure Cotton Cover pads are made with unbleached organic cotton. A writer with atopic skin received Sandeulsandeul pads from the brand and tried the Pure Cotton Cover medium and the Wearable Overnight medium, finding both thinner and lighter than other brands' pads, with less bulk when going out and a comfortable feel. For anyone with sensitive skin looking for organic pads, Sandeulsandeul is a safe, easy pick.

Written Apr 28, 2026Product provided
Product흑미담Food & snacks

Parents' Day black goat extract with no gamey smell: 흑미담

흑미담 Black Goat Extract (흑미담 흑염소 진액) is a pouch-type health tonic made by slow-simmering domestic female black goats, with 90% black goat extract, from 흑미담 in Namyangju, Korea. The writer had worried about the gamey smell of black goat but found 흑미담 Black Goat Extract clean and rich with no off-odor, and the writer's husband, who travels for work every week, takes one pouch a day. A mild, family-tested pick that the writer has already reserved as a Parents' Day gift.

Written May 7, 2026Product provided
ProductHandongFood & snacks

Deer antler calcium jelly kids ask for first: Handong Kids Teunteun

Handong Kids Teunteun (Handong 키즈튼튼) Deer Antler Calcium Stick is a yogurt-flavored jelly stick supplement for growing children, made with calcium, zinc and deer antler extract. The blogger's picky-eater child, Yeolmu, tore open the Handong Kids Teunteun sticks before Mom could, and the easy-cut single packs made one stick a day simple to give before daycare. For parents whose kids refuse supplements because of the taste, Handong Kids Teunteun Deer Antler Calcium Stick is a good choice for keeping up a daily routine.

Written Jun 9, 2026Product provided
ProductSeongsuyeong jeoBooks & stationery

Stock investing book for H2 volatility: Post-War Investment Strategy

Post-War Investment Strategy (포스트-워 투자전략) is a new June investing book in which nine investment experts each explain the current stock market and how to respond in the second half of the year from their own field. The reviewer, who invests directly in KOSPI and KOSDAQ stocks and went through losses and a recovery during the war-driven volatility, strongly agreed with the book's advice to use volatility to invest in structural growth stocks and with its outlook on transformers and physical AI. Post-War Investment Strategy is worth reading for individual investors who want the direction experts actually propose, not textbook answers.

Written Jun 16, 2026Product provided