Althea Korea has been on a roll with introducing their own brand of products. In time for the online store’s third anniversary is the release of Althea’s collaboration with Get It Beauty, the top beauty show in Korea. The Althea x Get It Beauty Real Fresh Skin Detoxer comes in Rose for daytime refining and Green Tea for night-time purifying.

Althea Korea Real Fresh Skin Detoxers in Rose and Green Tea

Roses have been incorporated in beauty routines for maybe 1,000 years. The Rose Detoxer contains real rose petal pieces and rose water to gently balance skin’s pH levels. This doesn’t use just regular roses, but specifically the May rose from Grasse in the French Riviera, which Conde Nast Traveler writes blooms for only as few as three weeks every year. It’s five times more potent than the regular rose for skin nourishing properties. I like the rose scent, which is noticeable but not irritating. 

For your night-time routine, you need something to soothe your skin from the day’s stress and prep it for sleep, when your body, including your skin, does its self-repair. The Green Tea Detoxer contains baby green tea leaves from a Jeju plantation to cleanse and relieve tired skin. Green tea contains five times more vitamin C than lemons, for antioxidants and brightening the skin.

The instructions are to apply a sufficient layer (not too thin, not too thick), and leave on for 10 seconds as a mask pack. Then simply wash off as you would your regular cleanser. Personally, I leave it on while I proceed with the rest of my shower. From the first use of the detoxers I noticed that my foundation looked better all day and my skin looks healthier, plumper, and more dewy. Obsessed! These are definitely staying in my skin care routine and I am going to repurchase once I run out.

Despite these natural and potent ingredients, Althea Korea makes the Fresh Skin Detoxers affordable so that we don’t have to stress over affording our skin care. Even better, you can currently get both products on a buy one, get one free offer for just P1,100 until stocks last.

A version of this post first appeared on print in Sun.Star Cebu on August 3, 2018.