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A Glass After Makeup

I write about bars I visit in Seoul and beauty items I try along the way. · Writes about: Hair & beauty salons · Bars · Restaurants · Shopping

PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Apgujeong steakhouse birthday lunch, sirloin medium to well-done: Rabo

Rabo Steakhouse Cheongdam is a steak restaurant in a Cheongdam alley in Gangnam, Seoul, within walking distance of Apgujeongnodeo Station Exit 3. For a birthday, the writer booked the lunch course for 2 and enjoyed bread, the Rabo daily appetizer, Caesar salad and burrata, a 200g sirloin steak, and a dessert with free lettering. Rabo Steakhouse Cheongdam is a good place to celebrate a birthday comfortably, with garden views and a calm atmosphere instead of formal fine dining.

Written Apr 22, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Gangnam hair salon: Premier damaged-hair clinic over Recovery, Anew

Anew Hair Cheongdam Main Branch is a hair salon on Seolleung-ro 127-gil in Gangnam, Seoul, near Gangnam-gu Office Station. The writer came for the Recovery course (₩298,000) to fix dry hair that snagged when combed. After a consultation, the salon matched her hair's condition to the Premier clinic instead, using Milbon products while she lay on a massage chair for under an hour. The Premier clinic at Anew Hair is not a one-visit reset, but the softness and easier combing right afterward clearly beat home care alone.

Written Jun 16, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeocho, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Gangnam Station brow salon: toning down a 2-year-old tattoo, Minjei

Minjei Makeup Eyebrow Grooming, Gangnam Seocho Branch is an eyebrow grooming and brow consulting salon on Hyoryeong-ro in Seocho, Seoul, near Gangnam Station. The writer, whose brows looked too dark because much of an eyebrow tattoo done 2 years earlier was still visible, had a brow consultation, knife-and-scissors grooming and a brow makeup lesson at Minjei Makeup. The tattoo limited how much the brow shape could change, but Minjei Makeup pinpointed exactly where to take away and where to fill in, and the writer left satisfied.

Written Jun 17, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Seolleung beef restaurant: 800g galbi platter and cold somyeon at Uno

Uno Seolleung is a hanwoo (Korean beef) restaurant on Teheran-ro 70-gil in Gangnam, Seoul, about a 5-minute walk from Seolleung Station Exit 1. Two people ordered the 800g Uno galbi platter (80,000 won) and two bowls of cold somyeon (thin wheat noodles, 10,000 won each), working through diced kkotsal, LA galbi, beef tongue and marinated beef rib meat, and Uno added complimentary seonji haejangguk (ox blood hangover soup) and a large patbingsu (shaved ice with sweet red beans). The 800g platter at Uno Seolleung is generous for two, and the meal ended with both diners full.

Written Jul 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Cheongdam hair salon 7-day inner treatment for frizzy dry hair: Beorn

Beorn Hair Cheongdam is a hair salon in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam, Seoul, on the 2nd floor of 710 Seolleung-ro near Exit 3-1 of Gangnam-gu Office Station. The writer had an inner treatment at Beorn Hair Cheongdam for dry, damaged hair that used to turn frizzy again after one or two washes, even after other clinic treatments, and the strands still felt filled in from the inside 7 days later. Verdict: the Beorn Hair Cheongdam inner treatment suits anyone with dry hair who wants step-by-step explanations and home-care advice.

Written Jul 13, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulShopping

Seongsu glasses shop re-exam and face-shape frames: Ilsaeng Optical

Ilsaeng Optical Seongsu is an eyeglasses shop on basement level 1 (B1) of the Rawrow Worldwide Seoul building near Seongsu Station in Seongsu-dong, Seoul. The visitor arrived with an ophthalmologist's prescription. The owner of Ilsaeng Optical Seongsu still re-examined the visitor's eyes, explained the visitor's nearsightedness and astigmatism and why lights glare at night, and recommended frame shapes and colors to suit the visitor's face shape and skin tone. Verdict: Ilsaeng Optical Seongsu's one-on-one consultation suits anyone who rarely wears glasses and feels lost choosing frames.

Written Aug 8, 2026Sponsored
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