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Top South Korean stylists give New Yorkers K-beauty makeovers in Perfect Glow
The Straits Times
|November 20, 2025
Nearly every facet of Korean culture seems to have gone global, from K-pop to K-drama to K-food. Now, K-beauty is taking its turn in the spotlight.
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Perfect Glow takes it to the streets of Manhattan, where some of South Korea's most popular makeup artists showcase their craft to an international clientele.
Premiering on Prime Video on Nov 22, the show follows their journey as they open a popup beauty salon in New York City, offering makeovers to locals eager to experience K-beauty firsthand.
The elite lineup includes makeup artist and YouTuber Park Hye-min, who, better known by her global moniker Pony, operates a YouTube channel that currently has more than 5.8 million subscribers.
Joining her is fellow beauty creator LeoJ (Jeong Sang-gyu), whose YouTube beauty channel has a following of 1.4 million. Rounding out the group is celebrity hair designer Kim Hyo-sook, better known as Cha Hong, founder of Chahong Ardor, one of South Korea's most popular hair salon chains.
This story is from the November 20, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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