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Milk Touch: Twenty shades, One Cushion

Meet Milk Touch, a rising K-beauty Brand founded by korean influencer Hong Yeong-gi (@kisy0729). A brand that strives to combine gentle skincare with makeup designed for anyone with any skin shades. Content: All-Day Skin Fit Milky Glow Cushion Tone-On Shadow Palette Spread Fit Blur Tint Jelly Fit Tinted Glow Tint Green Hyaluron Moisture Cream  All-Day Skin Fit Milky Glow Cushion (16 Shades) The ‘glass skin’ cushion foundation, a vegan cushion designed to combine skincare and makeup effortless. It aims to deliver radiant, hydrated and even-toned skin in one easy step.  ✔ Brightening features – Enriched with 60% nourishing essence with ingredients like glutathione, cica complex and niacinamide. The cushion helps reduce dark spots and pigmentation while providing buildable coverage to flawlessly conceal blemishes.✔ Long lastin foundation – Micro-filler mesh refines textures thinly for a dense but uniform application which can last up to 48 hours without caking or creasing.With 16 versatile shades spanning cool, neutral, and warm tones, finding your perfect match has never been easier. Why not add this to your makeup collction? All-Day Skin Fit Milky Glow Cushion 15N Fair Ivory Tone-On Shadow Palette (3 Variants) The Milk Touch Tone-On Shadow Palette offers nine eyeshadow shades in wearable neutrals and soft colours, perfect for effortless daily makeup. With matte, shimmer, glitter, and pearl finishes, its silky formula blends seamlessly with minimal fallout and long-lasting colour payoff.  ✔ Multi-texture Finish - Combines matte, shimmer, glitter and matte pearl formulas for dimensional layering. ✔ Minimal fallout - Designed for Clean, controoled applications. Right now there are 3 variants of the Tone-On Shadow pallette: Today Cereal Bowl: light pink-brown palette with brown hues and little pink flora.  One More Pink Spoon: Soft mauve pallette with milky berry tones. My favorite Authumn: Muted tone shadow pallet with a cozy autumn mood The three warm, cool, and muted tone variations, makes it perfect for subtle contouring or layering up for a more defined eye look. Tone-On Shadow Palette - #03 My Favorite Autumn Spread Fit Blur Tint (8 Shades) The Milk Touch Spread Fit Blur Tint is a lightweight, velvet-matte lip tint with a hydrating, cloud-like texture.  ✔ Velvety Matte Texture: An airy, weightless texture that spreads evenly for a smooth, comfortable finish.✔ Moisture-Rich Comfort: Hydrating ingredients that moisturizes real peach-blur lip with no inner drynessAvailable in eight peach-inspired shades, it blurs lip lines and leaves lips looking smooth, soft, and plump for both everyday wear and bold looks.Spread Fit Blur Tint #1 Custard Peach Jelly Fit Tinted Glow Tint The Milk Touch Jelly Fit Tinted Glow Tint is a hydrating lip tint that delivers a translucent, glassy shine with a juicy pop of colour. Enriched with 42% moisture essence, real fruit extracts, and squalane, this buildable formula keeps lips smooth, soft, and nourished all day. ✔ Hydration and glow! – With 42% moisture essense and their reset glow formula, your lips stays hydrated and shiny even after fading or rubbing. ✔ Non-sticky Texture – Lightweight and smooth texture for a comfortable feel. The reset glow technology plus its the lightweight, non-sticky texture, makes this product perfect for everyday lip makeup. Available in nine shades for both warm and cool undertones.Jelly Fit Tinted Glow Tint #2 Peach on Top Hedera Helix Green Hyaluron Moisture Cream The Milk Touch Hedera Helix Green Hyaluron 6Sec Moisture Cream is a lightweight gel-cream that delivers instant cooling relief and deep hydration for sensitive or acne-prone skin. Enriched with Hedera Helix extract, green hyaluron, centella, and panthenol, it calms redness, restores moisture, and absorbs quickly with a fresh, non-greasy finish ✔ Instant Cooling Relief – Cools the skin by up to 6 degree within 6 seconds. ✔ Calming and reduces redness – Utilizing centella asiatica to calm irritation and reduce red spots. ✔ Deep Moisture repair- Clinically shown to be able to boost outer and inner hydration by 106-185%. Perfect for under makeup.With its calming and hydrating properties, this cream is perfect for daily use and pairs beautifully with Milk Touch’s other makeup products.Hedera Helix Green Hyaluron 6 sec Moisture Cream 50ml If wanting to do makeup whilst also keeping skincare benefits is your goal. Then Milk touch is your new go-to skin brand! Down to give Milk Touch a try? You can grab it at La Cosmetique, available both online and in-store! 

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Easy and Cozy Autumn Makeup with Colorgram🍁

As autumn settles in, it’s the perfect time to refresh your makeup routine with softer, warmer tones that match the cozy vibes of the season. K-beauty brands like Colorgram offer a great selection of cool Korean beauty products that make it easy to achieve a fresh, effortless fall look. If you’re looking for good Korean makeup products, this collection is perfect for updating your routine. Perfect Fall Lips: Soft, Warm Shades When it comes to fall makeup, the right lip colour can really set the tone. For that perfect autumn lip, blurry tints and velvet textures are a great choice, offering a soft, diffused look that blends beautifully with the season’s warm, earthy tones. Korean makeup brands are known for their high-quality formulas, and Colorgram’s Nudy Blur Tint and Tintin Dory Blur Jam give a smooth, velvety finish that’s perfect for fall.  If you’re looking for a bit of shine, be sure to check out our newly expanded range of glossy lip tints, including the Glasting Melting Balm, which provides a hydrating, radiant glow. These recommended Korean beauty products offer a fresh, natural finish while keeping your lips soft and moisturised. Natural Glow: Get a Healthy, Fresh Flush No fall look is complete without a touch of blush to bring some warmth and life to your face. This season, we’re all about a natural, healthy flush that gives the skin a glowing, fresh look without being too heavy. Korean cosmetic brands specialise in effortless beauty, and the Tintin Dory Duo Blusher is a great example. The cream blush gives a dewy, fresh finish, while the powder blush adds a long-lasting, matte effect. Mixing both textures lets you create the perfect, balanced flush of colour—just right for the autumn season. Defined Eyes: Soft, Subtle Contours For your eyes this fall, think soft definition—nothing too heavy. Instead of using contour powder, the sketch pencil is perfect for adding subtle definition anywhere you want—eyes, nose, or lips. Its range of shades lets you create soft shadows for depth or highlight areas for a natural lift. The warm brown base is great for subtle contouring, while the white base brightens key spots, like the inner corners of your eyes or the bridge of your nose, giving you a soft, sculpted glow. This autumn, Colorgram makes it easy to refresh your look with cool Korean beauty products that bring warmth and radiance. As a trusted Korean store, we offer good Korean makeup from top K-beauty brands. Explore our collection in-store or conveniently purchase makeup online from our online beauty shop. With beauty retailers Australia you can trust, shopping for high-quality online beauty products from your favourite beauty brand has never been easier.

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9 Best Setting Powder to Buy in 2024

  Looking for the best setting powder to lock in your makeup or for a quick touch-up to keep oiliness away all day? Keep reading to explore our pick of k-beauty best setting powders. Choosing the right setting powder can be confusing with so many options: loose vs. pressed, translucent vs. tinted, and setting vs. baking. With different formulas and naming conventions, you might find yourself asking: “Why do I need a setting powder?” and “What’s the difference between pressed and loose powder?”   This article will answer those questions and recommend the best selling Korean setting powders listed in ascending price to fit your budget. Let’s dive in! Content: What does a Setting Powder do? (Loose vs. Pressed) Best Loose Setting Powders Best Pressed Setting Powders Best On-the-Go Setting Powders   What does a Setting Powder do? Setting Powder is the final step in your makeup routine, acting as an oil absorber to deliver a smooth, mattifying effect. It helps blur imperfections and set your base makeup in place, preventing smudging and creasing throughout the day. 💡Pro Tip: If you have dryer skin, one type of powder is enough. For oilier skin, you may consider combining both type of powders.  How to use Loose vs. Pressed Setting Powder: Loose Setting Powder Pressed Setting Powder Loose powder is perfect for setting your makeup with finely-milled particles that provide a glamorous finish. It's ideal if you prefer to “bake” your makeup by leaving the powder on top of concealer for a few minutes, locking your look for an all-day wear as the last step of your makeup routine. Loose powders are best for makeup LOCK, providing long-lasting coverage. Pressed powders are also used as the final step in your routine but especially ideal for quick touch-ups throughout the day. Unlike loose powder, pressed powder are more densely packed, hence are less messy to apply and more convenient to carry, but can feel heavier on skin at times. Pressed powder provide makeup BLUR, smoothing out your skin and keeping oil under control throughout the day.   Best Loose Setting Powder 1. Peripera - Oil Capture Priming Powder (8g): $14 This affordable transparent fixing powder comes with excellent oil-absorbing effect even in small amount. 2. Farmstay - Cica Farm Sebum-Free powder (5g): $22 This product consists of Centella Asiatica and other plant extracts from nature to improve skin health upon application. 3. Too Cool For School - Artclass By Rodin Finish Setting Powder (10g): $29 This vegan formula and EWG Green Graded features alpine willow extract and crambe abyssinica seed oil to keep skin hydrated.   Best Pressed Setting Powder 1. Peripera - Oil Capture Setting Pact (9g): $16 A vegan setting powder that only contain simple and necessary ingredients. It even comes with a heart-shaped puff! 2. Too Cool For School - Artclass By Rodin Finish Setting Pact (4g): $25 This translucent oil-free micro-powder is formulated with clean EWG green ingredients only to minimize irritation on the skin (Olive Young No.1). Although comes in a small volume of 4g, this product does not come with a puff, therefore makes it inconvenient for on-the-go uses. 3. Clio - Stay Perfect Finish Pact (8g): $36 A transparent powder that can correct skin imperfections and pores with a natural finish.   Best On-the-go Setting Powder 1. Heimish - Moringa Cermide Pressed Setting Powder (5g): $18 The formula is enriched with ceramide and moringa oil to nourish your skin. It comes in a sleek rectangular packaging, good holding friction for outdoor application. 2. Banila Co - Prime Primer Finish Powder Mini (5g): $20 The formula contains macadamia seed oil, peppermint extract and matricaria flower extract to soothe the skin during outdoor application without looking cakey. 3. Missha - Airy Pot Pressed Powder (5g): $36 This powder comes in 3 tinted shades to tailor to different skin tones: Translucent, Mint (neutralise redness), and Pink (brighten dullness).   So, your pick? Whether you choose loose powder for a glam finish or pressed powder for quick touch-ups, the right setting powder can elevate your makeup routine. Explore La Cosmetique’s product range to find your perfect powder match and keep your makeup looking flawless all day!

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The Viral Korean Lip Tint and Gloss

Wow! I haven't seen a new lip tint sell out so fast in a while. But this year, COLORGRAM's Fruity Glass Tint and Fruity Glass Gloss really rocked the K-beauty world once and for all. With its adorable packaging and huge colour range, this lip product has truly been the global hot topic of all the best Korean lip tints right now! If you've been up to date with the K-Pop industry as well, you would have noticed that plump, luscious lips have seemingly been the makeup trend on numerous K-Pop idols. Well, thanks to COLORGRAM, it has become so easy to recreate these glassy lip looks with just one swipe! The COLORGRAM Fruity Glass Tint is a mixture of lip tint and lip glow, ideal for those who adore glossy finishes! Featuring a variety of clear and high-chroma shades that offer a non-sticky and long-lasting formula, this lip tint leaves your lips looking voluminous and juicy as if you have just bitten into a fruit...giving you a heightened glow over time. The Fruity Glass Gloss consists of a high-clear and high-shine formula that provides your lips with a dewy look as if you've just applied honey to your lips! If you need extra shine, you can easily layer the product to your lips to build the intensity of the glow. Due to its high-clear gloss, it's the perfect lip gloss to apply on top of other lip tints or lipsticks to add a glassy touch! Not only that, but the colourful packaging of both lip products are seriously to die for. They are also conveniently compact in size, allowing you to carry it comfortably for touch-ups wherever you go. When I visited Korea in early January, I noticed that these particular lip tints from COLORGRAM had already been sold out in a few locations. So when I found out La Cosmetique had them in stock, I knew I had to run to the nearest store and grab one for myself! And I think a lot of you were thinking the exact same thing...because tell me why every single shade was gone in a matter of weeks! To witness its virality even in Australia was shocking, but I guess that just proves how good Korean lip tints truly are. Well, I'm now writing this blog with extra exciting news, because we've just gotten a bunch of popular colours of the Fruity Glass Tint and Fruity Glass Lip Gloss back in stock, both online and in-store! For all the lip tint girlies, you need at least one of these in your collection. I promise you there is a perfect shade for every special occasion, season, and aesthetic. Let's check them out below! Fruity Glass Tint [NEW] #1004 Pink Gloss A subtle pink, clear gloss with glitter particles. #00 Pearl Gloss A clear-based gloss with sparkling, pink glitters. #01 Flashing Apricot An apricot orange shade, suitable for warm undertones. #03 Soda Cool Peach A cool, peach pink colour that creates a refreshing, cool mood. #05 Sweet Persimmon A bright, coral beige shade that livens your lips, best for warm undertones. #07 Shy Guava A sweet, soft pink colour that resembles guava juice, great for cool undertones. #08 Lovely Raspberry A raspberry red shade, suitable for both warm and cool undertones.   Fruity Glass Gloss #01 Grape Black A deep, enigmatic black sapphire shade and muted plum colour, adding a touch of mystery to your look. #02 Chewy Tangerine An energising pop of vibrant tangerine, offering a rich red hue infused with a gentle orange tint. Want more? Discover other COLORGRAM products at La Cosmetique!

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Best Hydrating Glossy Korean Lip Tint: Dew Glow Tint

With all the craze over Korean lip tints and stains, it's hard to miss the new launch of Banila Co's Dew Glow Tint! This product was produced in collaboration with famous Korean beauty YouTuber Urishop, who is known best for her plump, glassy lips! Being a glossy lip girl myself, finding a lip tint with a non-sticky, long-lasting finish is probably one of the best feelings. Well, the Dew Glow Tint does just that, but even better. It features a Water Holding Technology that sufficiently fills lips with a dewy hydrating moisture that lasts without any discomfort. With mild plumping ingredients that are safe for even beginners to use, it leaves your lips looking luscious, shiny, and irresistibly cute! It also comes with a super helpful, water drop-shaped applicator that emphasises the gloss and leaves you with more voluminous lips. This lightweight tint is available in 8 stunning shades that can perfectly match your own personal colour. To be honest, I wish someone had told me sooner that I needed to find the right shade for my skin tone! I didn't know how important it was until I finally tried a lip shade that instantly brightened up my complexion! Not even kidding, I started getting so many compliments on how nice my lips were and also how radiant my skin looked! So this is your sign to select the best shade for your undertone, because a subtle difference could entirely change your look for the better. Visit our 'How to use Colour Analysis to Choose Your Makeup Colour' page to find out more on how you can find your personal colour and undertone at home. Let's check out all the Dew Glow Tint colours below! If you have a warm undertone, try: CR01 Rosy Pillow A warm rose shade perfect for daily wear, offering a subtle, beautiful blend of rose and coral tones. CR02 Pleasure A fresh and youthful coral tone that delivers a warm, summery touch to your look. CR03 Shine Apricot Urishop's pick! A vibrant coral shade, reminiscent of freshly squeezed fruits, that leave your lips bright and full of liveliness!   If you have a cool undertone, try: PK01 Pink Guava Urishop's pick! A lively cool pink that adds a refreshing soda-like pop, illuminating your complexion with a bright and fresh glow. PK02 Sherbet Berry A clear and cool berry pink hue that enhances and highlights your skin tone, providing a vibrant and clean appearance. PK03 Rabbit Chou Urishop's pick! An intense bright pink that boosts saturation, instantly providing a lively and radiant shine. Now this one is particularly recommended for those who are looking for a tint that resembles a bunny's tongue! It will give you a lively pink finish that also suits the 'balletcore' aesthetic. PP01 Haze Mauve A cool, mauve pink ideal for a calming mood that looks stunning even on a bare face.   If you want a shade that suits both undertones, try: RD01 Love Me A truly versatile rose red that combines warm and cool undertones, effortlessly adding a radiant glow to any complexion. By the way, don't forget that you can adjust the vibrancy to your liking by layering the product on your lips! All colours share a fruity floral scent suitable for everyday wear. Use a heart-shaped motion to apply, and then press your lips together to spread the gloss and achieve a glassy look. Here's a swatch video made by the iconic Urishop! Timestamps: 0:00 PK03 Rabbit Chou 0:20 PK01 Pink Guava 0:42 PP01 Haze Mauve 1:02 PK02 Sherbet Berry 1:27 CR01 Rosy Pillow 1:53 RD01 Love Me 2:16 CR03 Shine Apricot 2:43 CR02 Pleasure Want more? Buy authentic Banila Co products at La Cosmetique!

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