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Korean beauty is no stranger to needle-moving skin care thanks to innovations like the 10-step regimen, which delivers skin as fine as china, or a potent vitamin C serum that has racked up a 10,000-person (and counting!) waitlist. The latest export from the East Asian country to be making waves? Cosrx’s blackhead-removing balls, which are actually cocoons spun by silkworms. Fitting perfectly atop fingertips, the ivory-hued pods are meant to be soaked in warm water until they’re soft enough to be massaged, in small circular motions, over dry skin—an exfoliating process that whisks away dead skin cells and excess sebum.
At only $5 for a bundle, it would be easy to dismiss them as a gimmick. But according to Soko Glam’s Charlotte Cho, the 100 percent natural balls do, in fact, deliver: “They’re super, super gentle, so they’re especially great for people with sensitive skin or rosacea,” she says. In other words, it’s high time to chuck those aggressive pore strips in the trash once and for all. K-beauty for the win, yet again.
Cosrx Blackhead Silk Finger Balls, $5 for 12, wishtrend.com