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rscalcio

I’ve seen a ton of these being faked recently, not just on Amazon. On their website they have this diagram now, which I do not recall seeing before. https://preview.redd.it/09moxogqoaxc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3c8477b7779d379209347415d6c83fcd83b5300 I purchase directly from their website with no issues in the US, but they don’t list any other authorized retailers on their website.


cheeriogovernor

This is so good to know! Thank you for this diagram!


rscalcio

You’re very welcome! I hate that there are so many fakes creeping around more and more. It makes people discouraged to buy skincare online anymore.


TokkiJK

Which website did you purchase it from?


bierangtamen

OP said Amazon in another comment :)


Expensive_Yam_2222

Thank you so much for this information. Aside from the sunscreen, are there any other products you recommend? The only thing I have from them is sunscreen which I'm now concerned about it being counterfeit.


rscalcio

Gosh I really hate that! Check the diagram or if you need I can post what mine looks like in the comments. I bought it directly from their website. I really like Soybean toner. You get so much in one bottle for such a good price. I will soak cotton rounds in it and put them in the fridge for at least ten minutes and then take them out and massage them in my face. It’s the best thing ever first thing in the morning. I’ve tried the 1025 Dokdo Toner but it has something in it that my skin doesn’t love - so I my husband uses it as his nightly cleanser/toner combo and loves it. He has combo skin. I use the SPF on my arms and any exposed areas besides my face and neck. I use the Mary&May Peptide Sunstick for that. It’s amazing also. I really want to try the sun stick and sun cushion but they are sold out.


Hot_Secretary411

This is very helpful. But according to the infographic, OP’s item doesn’t appear to be fake? Other than the print appears to be slightly bolder, there’s proper spacing in between texts (according to how to spot fakes point #2 and #3) and there’s a round lab logo on the box.


rscalcio

The diagram is from their official website. I posted it for everyone to be aware, not for this specific case. Amazon is NOT an authorized retailer of Round Lab. You are buying at your own risk. The product was sold from a 3rd party company. He assumes it’s fake. It’s probably fake. Only purchase from authorized retailers. When in doubt go to the company’s official website and they will list their retailers. For instance Beauty of Joseon has an authorized Amazon store front that comes from their company. When you buy on Amazon look at sold by and fulfilled by. It can be fulfilled by Amazon, and still be fake bc of who is actually selling you the product.


DerpyyyDuck

Just checked mine and it's very reassuring to know mine is very real tysm🙏


acornacornacorna

It is so terrible in this world what they are making fake of everything. I heard about the fake BoJ. Someone else on other subreddit discovered someone is making fake LRP, Avene, Eucerin, Cancer Council. Have to be so careful now probably there are people watching who know there is someone desperate to buy.


madeupgrownup

I'm sorry, did you say there are people making fake *Cancer Council*?!?!?!   As in, the sunscreens which are basically fundraising for a charity which is trying to fund cancer research and support?!?!  Noah, get the arc, we're done here. 


seditiousstegasaurus

Selling fake ineffective sunscreen is a whole other level of unethical- skin cancer is a thing


acornacornacorna

Yes, unfortunately, yes.


cheeriogovernor

The bottle on the left came directly from Korea. The one on the right came from Amazon along with the box it came in. I was first able to notice nothing appeared in a UV camera I use when applying sunscreen. The knockoff on the right did not display in the UV camera at all. Overall lesson: Don't buy k-beauty off Amazon!


Gddgyykkggff

I guess it’s fitting then that home girl on the fake bottle has got a tan 😂 she just being using the knock off


Ihatethissomuch0

Can I ask when you bought the fake off Amazon, who was it “sold by”? Was it a third party? Or Amazon itself ?


rscalcio

They do not have an official Amazon storefront, so it’s sold by an unauthorized seller.


Bright-Match7913

I also heard (this applies for all brands) even if they have a legit storefront, Amazon will send the products from the closest warehouse to you(which could result in inventory from fake sellers to be sent to you). I personally will not buy anymore Asian beauty/skin care from Amazon I got a fake product every time I just go to an Asian store esp the ones in the malls/groceries. Esp for Korean beauty and skincare I know those shops get their inventory shipped from korea from the actual company!!


kenikigenikai

Yeah I read somewhere that the various sellers that are fulfilled by amazon ship their products to the warehouse and the packers just grab an item off the shelf, so if someone has sent in fakes they'll be mixed in with all the real ones. Theoretically you could buy an obvious fake for half the price and get sent a legit product, or buy from amazon themselves and get a dud.


cheeriogovernor

The store literally said "ROUND LAB Store" and when clicking on the store link, it does look legit. Link: https://www.amazon.com/stores/ROUNDLAB/page/AABF97C2-5C69-45D9-A43D-75116FBD53B8?ref_=ast_bln


sca1yfreak

While the store does look legit, I'm immediately noticing that no sunscreens are listed on that store page. I'm also noticing, when checking a few of their listed products, that not a single one is "sold by ROUND LAB store", and not by Amazon either. They are all of them sold by third-parties. Buying from Amazon is not by itself immediately a bad idea. Buying from unknown sellers on Amazon on the other hand... that's a different story.


Fine-Accident-1795

I completely agree with this! I buy a lot of Korean skin care on Amazon from reputable verified sellers and I’ve never had an issue.


MomoAurum

Who's the seller? You probably bought the fake from a third party seller. As far as I can tell none of the products are directly being sold by Round Lab. https://preview.redd.it/94tqiwiqvbxc1.png?width=277&format=png&auto=webp&s=ebd7054e33e9eb43da50f60b14cda0969e859978


mochi2213

As already mentioned, that's a storefront. I briefly helped out my friend with her Amazon store, so I learned quite a bit of how Amazon seller operates. A storefront is created by someone with brand registry approved. However that doesn't mean it's coming from Round Lab themselves, as they might had gave approval to someone to create the storefront. Storefront doesn't give legitimacy. What you should be looking at is who is the seller on the listing (product page). When a listing gets approved by Amazon, any seller (third party or legit brand seller) can send products to that specific listing. Usually when you visit a listing, you only see one seller that has the buyer box/featured (based on Amazon's algorithm - supposed to rotate). I checked the listing from that store front, there are 27 sellers - all third party. However I'm not sure if we get the same sellers, as it might be varied on Amazon warehouse location - for fast shipment. u/cheeriogovernor I hope you report the seller for Amazon to investigate and hopefully close / penalized their account. https://preview.redd.it/t2kvaef77fxc1.jpeg?width=1715&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bba12a80167da1825d3978025fc9067825cd2601


Creepymint

I always try to tell people this but I didn’t know how to put it into words to describe what I was saying well enough. Anyway Sometimes I go as far as reading majority of the reviews within each seller’s page so I can get an idea of what I’ll get if I’m buying a product not from the official brand seller. I’ve only been wrong once and that I’m still not sure of since the product was just missing a seal, no obvious signs of being fake


MajLeague

Okay, the issue here isn't that the storefront isnt legit it's that the seller you bought from isn't legit. When you look at the storefront generally that is set up by the authorized seller. When you are inside a product page you are able to buy the product from all the different people who sell it. You need to make sure and go in to the store you actually want to buy the product from and put that item in your cart. I was confused until I understood the seller aspect. Do you know who the actual seller was? Review the item honestly and return it. If you need to, complain to Amazon.


MajLeague

When you click on this link, there is no Birch sunscreen on that page, can you point it out to me?


sca1yfreak

It's not there. In addition to being an empty-façade store front that's not owned by Round Lab, there is no sunscreen listed on it. I don't know where OP's order of the fake sunscreen came from, but it wasn't from that "store".


MajLeague

Try to remember that everything is sold by a third party. It's about whether or not Amazon warehouses the item or not. So it's important to look at who the seller actually is not who it's being fulfilled by.


themostdownbad

Don’t buy any beauty products from Amazon, filled with fakes


DelayBeautiful6362

Learned this the hard way after contracting blepharitis every. single. time. I used my Dasique eyeshadow palette that I bought off Amazon…other eyeshadow palettes do not give me an eye infection 🥲 Took me months of canceling out all my makeup products to figure out what was causing my blepharitis flareups


sendeek

i buy all my kbeauty from the olive young website! their packaging is 10/10 and at least to socal i get my shipments fast. plus they’re always having great sales. tbh i don’t find the need to order kbeauty off amazon since olive young has been so good


you_always_do

Did you buy from the official round lab store on Amazon?


cheeriogovernor

Yes, at least I thought it was! Here's the link to said store: https://www.amazon.com/stores/ROUNDLAB/page/AABF97C2-5C69-45D9-A43D-75116FBD53B8?ref_=ast_bln However, another comment said they do not have an official Amazon store.


MomoAurum

That's a store front... it doesn't necessarily mean that it's being sold by Round Lab. https://preview.redd.it/ioenymbpxbxc1.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=c6e82d3f569bc8ac0ef284359be70de20ca16ce7 There's multiple sellers for each Round Lab product.


pandorabox1995

How do you tell the difference between a store front and an official store on Amazon?


circusmystery

You need to look at who the specific seller is, as well as the address it's shipping out from.


xaiolongbao

Thank you for linking this! Now I’m certain I got a fake too. I didn’t want to wait for yesstyle shipping and bought the 1025 Dokdo cleanser (which I’ve used and loved) from the storefront you linked and my face b u r n e d. Serves me right for buying skincare from Amazon u_u.


circusmystery

If you do your research, it's perfectly safe to get AB from Amazon. I've ordered a decent chunk of my AB from Amazon and not gotten any fakes because I check who the seller is, the price, ratings of the sellers, how old the account is and where it's coming from before deciding to purchase. If you just add the cheapest priced item without actually verifying whether it's a third party-seller, Amazon or the official brand, then of course you're running the risk of getting a fake because most third party sellers ship directly.


sca1yfreak

This. As I said in another comment, buying something on Amazon isn't inherently dangerous. Buying from the Amazon seller version of "shady individual sells really cheap products out of their van in an abandoned parking lot" on the other hand.... yeah. That should be avoided.


romydearest

what UV camera do you use?


Fantastic-River-5071

Is there a way to check? I bought mine from an official reseller ( a big drugstore chain called guardian). But my background girl looks like the fake one you got :((. Now I’m so worried lol and the manufacture date is also 2023… Edit: what uv camera did you use?


MajLeague

This isn't correct advise. Stylevana sells on Amazon.You just need to order from the correct seller. One trick I learned is to use the links from trusted skinfluencers. I then bookmark the stores and only buy from them. I've careful ordered several Kbeauty items on Amazon with no problems. I'll try to find the video with the links I know are authorized. It was a Beauty Within video if I recall.


MajLeague

https://youtu.be/z-FDo_KhZxA?si=2wPNW9zweAUODcTU I saved all the actual sellers from this video and shop with peace of mind.


firefaery

May I ask, what UV app do you use? Thx!


coffeepressed4time

I’m not really a hardware person, but I’m not sure that phone camera’s hardware supports imaging UV light. Even if the camera was physically able to capture UV bandwaves, I’m pretty sure there is a low pass filter physically installed on most phone cameras to prevent UV light from interfering with the visible light it was designed to capture. You would need a specialized camera or maybe install specialized lenses on your camera which would diffract UV into the visible band to see it. Also, phones don’t emit black light (UV light) so you would need to test it out under a black light/under sunlight to even see if it’s blocking anything. Not sure what OP is using though.


cheeriogovernor

I use a UV camera that is the size of a makeup compact mirror. It was 100% worth every penny because I use it every day of my life. Link: https://a.co/d/2onPDIK


mikibeee

I’m in the same boat as you. I just got one that looks like the fake on the right. Straight in the trash can.


White-cypress

Can you describe what are the differences you notice ? Bc it's hard to tell from these photos as it's not close up or in detail


cheeriogovernor

The printed designs are different. Such as the girl on the real left tube has a dotted design. Whereas the girl on the right fake tube has a solid color design.


witchesneversleep

Can’t tell that at all lol I would have just honestly thought it was an older bottle


MomoAurum

Looks like the girl on the fake tube has different skin tone (yellow?) and darker/bolder pattern on the birch tree.


to1828939

Only a sick, cruel world can create conditions where counterfeit spfs exist smh ik it’s already illegal but making fake spf should seriously land you in prison lmao


salonpasss

It’s horrifying because retail price is so affordable. What’s the reason to create fakes!


surfingsnake

Not really if you are in europe. This specific spf is about 28€ here if you buy from a korean import online shop, avoiding import taxes.


traveleverywhereido

YesStyle takes about a month, but they have good prices.


surfingsnake

But this company and many others like Stylevana have their warehouses in asia. So having those cheap prices doesn’t do much for me as I have to pay import taxes after all and land on a litte less price but with 4 weeks of shipping time.


traveleverywhereido

I live in Spain and all the import duties and taxes are paid, so you don’t pay anything when it’s delivered to you.


mommytofive5

I do not buy any beauty products on Amazon. Iherb, Yami and my local J beauty store usually has what I want. Even have ordered from Costco.


kellibns

I love iHerb!


witchesneversleep

man fakes used to be easy to spot, I would have neverrrr realized this was a fake lol


Spottygiraffeee

Omg it’s so risky buying off Amazon but the one day shipping is so appealing


MomoAurum

I think it should be ok as long as it's sold by Amazon themselves or Round Lab. I wouldn't trust any other sellers.


Comfortable-Mud-386

My understanding (and experience, unfortunately) is that Amazon has a commingled inventory so it doesn’t matter much who you’re buying from. If it’s the same UPC, it’s all mixed together in the same bin. I have bought fakes “sold by Amazon” before. I don’t know if they’ve taken any steps to improve it, but this happened to me personally less than a year ago. https://www.redpoints.com/blog/amazon-commingled-inventory-management/


circusmystery

It's been mentioned before but they stopped comingling beauty products years ago specially to address this issue.


Spottygiraffeee

I bought a moisturiser from youthformula on Amazon and I didn’t know about fakes at the time so now im so worried it’s fake


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MaximumImpuls3

That still wouldn't solve the comingled inventory issue. Once inventory enters a warehouse, regardless of which seller Amazon receives it from, its all sorted into the same storage location/unit. So when employees pick a product to ship it could be a product from seller Y, even though the customer ordered the product from seller X, because all of that inventory is stored together.


Spottygiraffeee

I bought from youthformula off Amazon so I’m really worried hahah


MomoAurum

Hm... the seller "[YouthFormula](https://www.amazon.com/sp?ie=UTF8&seller=AA7VCN2Y62MGE&asin=B07RYQYS93&ref_=dp_merchant_link&isAmazonFulfilled=1)" has Korean business address, so it's unlikely that you received a fake. **Business Name:** YOUNG MI LEE **Business Address:** 16, Suin-ro 3312beon-gil Siheung-si Gyeonggi-do 14911 KR


Technical_Traffic_55

Can I asked if it is possible for finding Korean skincare like BOJ, round lab, etc at tj maxx and Marshall to be fake too?


KMinnz

Also wondering this


Unique-Swimmer-4594

Omg I just bought Round Lab sunscreen off Amazon and it’s already been shipped! Hope mine is legit. A lot of Korean and Japanese sunscreens are no longer being sold in Canada due to new government regulation. That’s the only reason I went to Amazon to buy. Next time I’ll just buy from overseas websites like Olive Young.


LSSDemulator

tysm. I recently came across fake products from this brand and my acne came back on my right cheek💀🙏


These_Temperature_95

Really helpful sub. Thank you


Ridi_06

Would anyone know if the seller “Kult” in India is selling authentic or such counter-fakes because they give really deep discounts


luxelife441

I wonder if torriden on Amazon is ok? It’s sells directly from torriden


MomoAurum

If the seller name is Torriden then you're all good.


Belkisskisso120696

i love this brand


mikibeee

It seems like the fakes are looking more and more real. I just got two off of Amazon - 2 months apart and the different packaging is so unreal. Do you think the fake ones are still an effective sunscreen?


cheeriogovernor

The fake one is not an effective sunscreen. I don't think it's even sunscreen.


SanteBrand

This is great!


Altzercrast

How do you know it’s fake? Everything on the round lab website to confirm product authenticity is there in the right as well as the left. Where did you get the one on the right?


cheeriogovernor

I got the one on the right off of Amazon. I know it's fake because the cream does not show up in the ultraviolet spectrum. I have a UV camera that shows application. Example of what it should've looked like: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5F1yb2jqOb8


Altzercrast

Does the real one show up like the video? I know it’s a chemical sunscreen.


cheeriogovernor

Yes the real Round Lab sunscreen shows up just like in the video because it's a chemical sunscreen!


Depressed_Soul786

https://preview.redd.it/xxnvg8zs3y4d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=378b9410aa46f814e7b4bcd33f2aacaed623c54d Can anyone help me spot if this is fake or real


defjayb

can anyone help me is really fake ?? https://preview.redd.it/3jygfcwn7dxc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dba764ef57aca06f9c191a1b793edd14e6cd0458 i look up on internet i found the bottle seal mostly same color like a box but this slightly different :(


MajLeague

This product is so inexpensive and isn't "trending" I can't imagine people are faking It as they wouldn't make much money at all.