GOODAL

GOODAL, sometimes written Goodal, is a Korean skincare brand. It belongs to the company Clio, which also groups CLIO and Peripera, two makeup brands you can find at Ma Petite Coree too. In the Korean beauty press, GOODAL is best known for its Green Tangerine Vita C range, vitamin C care in lemon-yellow packaging. The name is printed in lowercase on the bottles, in a simple, uncluttered style.

The selection goes beyond vitamin C. There is also Houttuynia care made to soothe, a Vegan Rice Milk range, peony products, a retinol ampoule and SPF50+ sunscreens. If you want a Korean brand that covers the whole routine from cleanser to sunscreen, GOODAL is worth a look.

The Green Tangerine Vita C range brings together vitamin C care: the Green Tangerine Vita C Blemish Care Serum Alpha, the Green Tangerine Vita C E TXA Serum, the Green Tangerine Vita C Niacinamide 10 Blemish Ampoule, ampoules such as the Green Tangerine Vita C15 Dark Spot Ampoule and the Green Tangerine Vita C27 Dark Spot Ampoule, plus cleansers, pads and eye patches. According to the label on the Green Tangerine Vita C E TXA Serum, it contains tranexamic acid and niacinamide.

The Houttuynia range, also called Heartleaf on the packaging, is the soothing one: hyaluronic acid, zinc, PDRN, oil and foam cleansers, creams, masks, patches and sunscreens. The Vegan Rice Milk range, whose name points to rice milk, includes a toner, a cleanser, a cream and a sunscreen. Finally, Peony Peptide, Black Carrot Vita A and Fig Acid are smaller lines: peony and peptides, retinol, fig acid. These ranges are groupings by product name, made by us.

Want to soothe sensitive skin? Start with the Houttuynia range and the sensitive skin collection. Looking for more radiance, or have blemish-prone skin? Look at the Green Tangerine Vita C products with niacinamide, and the blemish-prone skin collection. Want something more targeted for skin that is ageing? There is the Peony Peptide Wrinkle Ampoule, the Black Carrot Vita A Retinol Firming Ampoule and the mature skin collection.

These are cosmetic guidelines, not medical advice. Always test a new product on a small area, introduce retinol gradually and wear sunscreen in the morning when you use vitamin C care. For the order of application, keep the usual logic: cleanse, tone, apply a serum or ampoule, then a cream, and sunscreen in the morning. Always follow the directions on the packaging.

If you like the brand's world, discover the CLIO and Peripera pages from the same group, or close skincare brands like Some By Me, Torriden and Beplain.

GOODAL is easy to read: each range is built around one ingredient or plant, and most ranges have their own colour. Mostly yellow for Green Tangerine Vita C (the E TXA Serum is pink), green and blue for Houttuynia, beige for Vegan Rice Milk, pink for Peony Peptide. On the photos you can tell at once which range a product belongs to, which helps you build a coherent routine.

GOODAL also offers plenty of sunscreens within one range, as serums, creams, a stick and a tinted BB, plus sets with several tubes. That is handy if you want one for home and another for your bag. The product names stay in English and say the essentials: Hyaluron for hyaluronic acid, PDRN, Niacinamide, Blemish Care, Soothing.

To start with vitamin C, look at the Green Tangerine Vita C Blemish Care Serum Alpha, the Green Tangerine Vita C E TXA Serum and the Green Tangerine Vita C Niacinamide 10 Blemish Ampoule. For soothing serums and ampoules, there are the Houttuynia Hyaluron Soothing Ampoule and the Houttuynia Zinc Hyaluron Red Soothing Serum. For cleansing, you have the Houttuynia Cleansing Duo Set, the Green Tangerine Vita C Toning Serum Cleanser and the Green Tangerine Vita C Toning Cleansing Oil. To hydrate, the Vegan Rice Milk Moisturizing Toner, the Houttuynia PDRN Hyaluron Cream and the Houttuynia Hyaluron Soothing Cream are easy picks.

For masks and patches: the Green Tangerine Vita C Moisture Eye Patch Alpha, the Fig Acid Peptide Skin Booster Peeling Pad, the Houttuynia Hyaluron Soothing Jelly Mask and the Houttuynia PDRN Collagen Melting Patch. For the morning, sunscreens are plentiful: the Houttuynia Hyaluron Sun Serum, the Houttuynia Calming Moisture Sun Cream, the Houttuynia Soothing Quick Sliding Sun Stick or the Houttuynia Blemish Cover Sun BB Duo Set Neutral Beige. If you like mists, try the Peony Essence Mist Large or the Green Tangerine Vita C Blemish Care Serum Mist.