Zino

I am a skincare addict of 20+years. Serums, retin-A’s, sunscreens, eye creams, face wash, Vitamin A, B, C & E… over the counter, fancy department store and pharmaceutical grade… I have tried them all probably once in my lifetime. Almost like Unilocaling, skin care is a full time passion of mine!
A bonus of living part-​time in Asia though is that I now have better access to the great skincare lines of Korea and Japan specifically that are not available to me in the United States. And thus, let me introduce the Zino brand.
Easily found in Mannings and other shops at a reasonabe low price for skincare, the Zino brand (from Korea) has one self standing shop in Hong Kong (ONLY ONE!) at Windsor House in Causeway Bay (across the street from the entrance of IKEA).
Kind of tucked around one of the curves on one of the shopping mall floors, the shop is small, but they sell all of the Zino products. Often at Mannings, they will not have the complete line. The complete line can be found at this one store. Also, unlike buying a bit blind at a retail store where you can only read info on the box (and 85% of the time, non of it is in English), you can talk to a Zino rep about the product. Zino is not considered a high end brand, so unlike the SK-​II, Dior, Sulwhasoo, etc. kiosk’s you see everywhere in Hong Kong, it is kind of unusual for this brand to have a store. Despite these facts though, Zino is an excellent brand.
I found out from the rep at this store (who spoke little English, but we figured it out with the help of my husband to interpret) that prices are the same at this Zino store and Mannings. If Mannings puts it on sale, they will put it on sale at this store too. So you would always get the best price.
Zino is not the most expensive, slickest marketed skin care line on the planet, but the products work. Life is short, I ‘ve done the research and Zino works for me. Skin care products do not need to be super expensive to work, it is a false understanding out there in the world. Lots of their product line has all the great stuff you want… snail, hyrolonic acid, Vitamins A, B, C or E, etc. The eyelashing enhancing serum is now something I cannot live without (in the US, you need a presciption for pharmaceutical grade stuff like this to grow your eyelashes longer and here in Hong Kong, anyone can buy it!) Also the Hydra Snail B5 serum is the real deal on hydration.
I liked discovering this shop because I felt like I was at the Zino temple and I also was able to ask more in depth question to someone who is paid to understand the brand extensively.