麻豆约拍

Skin creams made in South Korea boast of ingredients like snail secretions and bee venom. The unusual recipes have helped the country's beauty industry to become the fourth largest skincare market in the world. And now the giant Unilever wants to share in that success. Its just purchased a majority stake in face cream manufacturer Carver Korea for $2.7 billion. The 麻豆约拍's Susannah Streeter asked beauty expert Katherine Spowart, who writes the blog "A skinful of Seoul," why K-Beauty now has global appeal. (Picture: Jung Yeon-Je/ AFP)