ROUND LAB

Round Lab is a Korean skincare brand. Its Korean website describes it as a brand that makes products to improve skin using fresh, honest ingredients, and gives its motto as "BETTER SKIN, BETTER ROUND". The company that runs the brand is Seorin Company, according to the footer of that website and the Korean business press.

On Ma Petite Coree, the Round Lab selection focuses on three things: cleansing, hydration and sun protection. The packaging is simple, in white with blue or green, with small drawings of islets, birch trees or pines that make each line easy to recognize.

Here are the Round Lab lines you can find at Ma Petite Coree.

• 1025 Dokdo: cleansing and light hydration, with the 1025 Dokdo Cleanser, the 1025 Dokdo Bubble Foam, the 1025 Dokdo Cleansing Oil, the 1025 Dokdo Cleansing Balm and the 1025 Dokdo Peeling Gel.
• Birch Juice: the birch sap line, with the Birch Juice Moisturizing Toner, the Birch Juice Moisturizing Cream and several sunscreens.
• Pine Calming Cica: the pine and cica line, with the Pine Calming Cica Ampoule, the Pine Calming Cica Pads and the Pine Calming Cica Cream Plus.
• Vita Niacin: niacinamide and vitamin care, with the Vita Niacin Glow Capsule Cream and the Vita Niacin Spot Serum.
• Dongbaek Deep Collagen: the camellia and collagen line, with the Dongbaek Deep Collagen PDRN Milky Toner.
• Baby Mild: a gentle line with bear packaging, including the Baby Mild Sun Cream.
• Yakkong Panthenol: a panthenol line, with the Yakkong Panthenol Cleanser.

For combination or shiny skin, start with a foaming cleanser such as the 1025 Dokdo Bubble Foam, then a light moisturizer. For dry skin, the Birch Juice line and its jar cream bring more comfort. For sensitive skin or redness, look at the Pine Calming Cica line, built around cica and pine, with the Pine Calming Cica Cream Plus or the Pine Calming Cica Pads.

If your concern is dull skin or dark spots, the Vita Niacin line brings together niacinamide care, and several product names mention dark spots. The Dongbaek Deep Collagen line, with collagen and PDRN according to its product names, suits routines focused on firmness. For sun care, pick the texture you enjoy wearing: cream, stick or cushion. Cosmetic advice, not medical advice.

Round Lab also offers a few scalp and hair products, such as the Pine Soothing Cica Scalp Ampoule, and men's care in the Dokdo, Birch Juice and Pine Calming Cica lines.

Browse the cleansers, makeup removers, sunscreens and moisturizers to compare the lines, or the sensitive skin care if you want a gentler pick.

Each Round Lab line is built around a natural setting or an ingredient: the Dokdo islets, birch, pine, vitamin and niacinamide, camellia. You can tell quickly what each line is for. Within one line you usually find a cleanser, a hydrating step and sometimes a sunscreen, so you can build a routine without mixing ten different brands.

The other strong point is sun care. Ma Petite Coree carries many Round Lab sunscreens: creams, sticks, cushions, tone-up and mineral versions, most of them with SPF 50+ PA++++ shown on the packaging. If you like to stay with one brand from cleanser to morning sunscreen, Round Lab makes that easy.

Among the Round Lab products that have sold the most in recent months, cleansing leads: the 1025 Dokdo Cleanser, the 1025 Dokdo Bubble Foam and the 1025 Dokdo Cleansing Oil. For hydration, the Birch Juice Moisturizing Cream in a jar and the Birch Juice Moisturizing Sunscreen in a tube have also been ordered. The 1025 Dokdo Sun Cream rounds out the selection if you want to stay in the Dokdo line all the way to sun care.

If you are just starting, the easiest path is a cleanser, then a cream and a sunscreen from the same line. You can also read our article on Round Lab to get to know the Dokdo and Birch Juice lines.