Things We Learnt in Seoul

What to know…
Beauty practices are unusual in South Korea – ‘snail slime’ facemasks are popular and tiny faces are considered more attractive, so facial massages work by pummeling the face to make it smaller. In the Gangnam area of Seoul, plastic surgeries jostle for high street space with clothes and electronics stores, and, according to the New Yorker, it has been estimated that between one third…