Metro Most Beautiful Korean Actresses: Song Hye-Kyo And Her Beauty Secrets

To maintain her youthful glow, she doesn’t just rely on skincare products—she makes sure she thinks positively, too!

Renee Nuevo

September 18, 2020, 10:07 PM

Every so often, there emerges a Korean actress whose popularity and charm reaches and affects even those who generally aren’t into K-entertainment. The stunning Song Hye-Kyo, known for her roles in Descendants in the Sun and Full House, is one of those actresses.

This 38-year old is a mainstay in the entertainment industry, from her first television appearance in First Love in 1996, as one of the students being tutored by Lee Hyo-kyung. Since then, she’s appeared in even more popular K-dramas, like Autumn in My Heart, That Winter the Wind Blows, and Encounter. She’s also ranked 7th and 6th Forbes’ Korea Power Celebrity list, in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

Despite her huge success, however, she’s maintained a relatively low profile throughout her career, but that doesn’t mean she hasn’t shared her secrets to maintaining her radiant and healthy skin! She perfectly embodies the trends in K-beauty, as evidenced by her perfect, dewy complexion!

Scroll through the gallery below to find out what she values most when it comes to skincare and beauty:

Metro Most Beautiful Korean Actresses: Song Hye-Kyo

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Hye-kyo has endorsed several beauty brands, from Laneige to Sulwhasoo. “I stick to the basics,” she says of her skincare routine. “I’ll start with the Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Water and then move on to the essence and cream and then use a mask as my final step.”

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Like a lot of the other actresses on this list, Hye-kyo’s secret to maintaining her beautiful skin goes beyond just skincare. “Besides taking care of my appearance, I also try to exercise more,” she reveals in an interview with SCMP Style. “I do a lot of yoga as well as aerobic exercises. When I have time, I like to run along the Han river. I priortize exercise now. I feel like my skin condition improves when I exercise and sweat.”

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She’s not one to say no to a little bit of pampering, because she hopes to maintain her youthful look as she ages. “Like other women, I get facials done on my days off,” Hye-kyo shares. “They say our faces change with age, which I’m also experiencing bit by bit, so I try to take care of my skin to avoid as much change as possible.”

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The actress believes that true beauty comes from balance: “Beauty exists in the form of harmony and balance. Beauty comes from within, from the person you are.”

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Aside from working on her appearance physically, she also makes sure to keep her thoughts healthy and positive. “I smile a lot and think in a positive way,” she says. “The inner feelings reflect on my face and becomes my image.”

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It’s not enough to just do your skincare routine when your skin isn’t feeling so loved. In an interview with Buro, she said: “To be completely honest, it’s very hard to keep my skincare routine when I’m busy with a tight shooting schedule. But when I do have more time and not much work to do, I definitely keep to these steps because I truly believe that the K-beauty routine really matters in how healthy your skin is.”

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