Les Cosmétiques The Face Shop

With over 2300 stores in 29 countries, it’s about time Montréal had it’s own Korean boutique! The Face Shop is slowly replacing many Fruits & Passion stores across the country since they bought them out.
It’s a small shop with all kinds of cute, affordable beauty regimens in appealing packaging. Although it’s called The Face Shop, they do have a limited selection of products for the rest of your body such as shampoo, body wash, lotions, hand creams, nail polish etc — they even have men’s stuff.
I’m very happy that they sell facial foam cleansers, unlike regular face washes, these produce a thick lather that traps away dirt and oil and leave you feeling squeeky clean. They were developed for hot humid Asian climates and I always had a hard time finding them in this part of the world until now. I’ve been using their «Herb Day Cleasing Foam» in Acerola (cherry) scent for over a week now, I love the fragrance and texture although it’ll probably be a little too drying if you don’t wear moisturizer in winter months.
At 5 $ for a big 170ml tube, this is a steal!
For such a small store, I felt like they were overstaffed the day I went — I was approached 4 times in the span of 5 minutes, it can be a little overbearing when you just want to browse on your own.
Note– they are working on their North American website that will allow online orders, it’s supposed to launch this month.

Another Korean cosmetics shop, this one like the Korean version of Yves Rocher, only with this chain, the focus is strictly on the face. BB creams, sheet masks, lotions, potions, creams, anything you’d like to slap on your visage to prep or prime before you slap on your warpaint; or remove it. The staff are all very friendly and eager to serve, the place had a big grand opening last week and was a veritable madhouse. Didn’t purchase anything at the time, but will check it out further when the dust settles. Since I had a very good impression when I visited, found the prices to be very reasonable, the staff very personable, I’ll give it a 5.