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I usually get many free-samples by my K-beauty orders. I am very happy about it. So I can test some products and then decide is it worth to buy the whole package or not? And so I can save much money and nerves, if I didn’t like something or something doesn’t suit my skin type.
But what happens, if you are not able to understand what sort of stuff you got and to which brand it belongs? Something like this happened to me, when I got my K-beauty packages. Not every seller gives free-samples. So, I am very excited every time I get something. Most of the samples have some description in English, but there were some only in Korean. I was very confused, because I didn’t know what it can be.
But fortunately I tried to learn Korean many years ago (as a result of my passion for Korean cosmetics and K-doramas) and so I could read something and understand what it is for. And fortunately I didn’t even need Korean words, the knowledge of Korean alphabet was enough. It seems to be that Koreans use many English words for cosmetics, but write them with Korean letters. I know something like this from Russian and German.
Some facts about Korean alphabet
Korean alphabet or Hangeul ( 한글 ) was first created 1443 by Korean king Sejong the Great (or during his reign by his order). Bevor this, Koreans used chinese characters for writing. Because of the difficulty of the chinese writing system and the differnces between Korean and chinese languages many common people couldn’t read and write. To support more education amoung the nation was created the Korean alphabet we know.
Like I said, many samples have an English description, but for you guys, who will find yourselves in same situation like I was, I wanna give some help how to understand it. Unfortunately I threw many of them away after using, but there is one left I can show you. It is a sample of MISSHA – MISA Geum Sul Giyoun Eye Cream.
As I got it I asked myself 2 questions:
1. what is it?
2. which brand?
Like you can see it is everything in Korean.
Here some explanation. So, if you find on it these signs:
아이
this means Eye
크림
this means Cream
The other side of the sample
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