Turkish cosmetics: features and best brands

Turkish cosmetics are well known to Russian customers for their mass market products - these mascaras, powders, nail polishes, blush are quite actively distributed in retail chains. In the country itself, decorative make-up products are not so popular. Here, more attention is paid to protecting the skin from the sun, cleansing and moisturizing. That is why, when deciding which cosmetics to bring from Turkey, guests of the country often face the problem of choice.

There are quite a few popular Turkish brands that are simply not sold outside the country. These are products developed for local consumption. Bioscha, Thalia, Dalan d'Olive, Rosense, the reviews of which sound very enthusiastic. No less popular is the brand of products for bath, bath and shower Harem'soffering everything you need for cleansing and home spa treatments. So, going to Turkey, you should tune in to pleasant discoveries, and first of all pay attention to local brands that are still little known in Russia.

Turkish cosmetics has its own distinctive features that are characteristic of it. In a country with a hot climate, where the average annual temperature approaches +30 degrees, oily and heavy textures of funds are not in demand. All creams here are as light as possible and are quickly absorbed. The basis for cosmetics is taken mostly natural - olive or rose oil. Rose petal tonic is also actively used as a substitute for thermal water or make-up remover.

Aloe vera gels are also popular in Turkey. With their help, they protect the skin from sunburn, relieve inflammation and intensively moisturize dry skin. All these products do not clog pores and help to provide gentle care without provoking inflammation.

Among the products that Turkish brands specialize in are:

• anti-aging cosmetics with sun protection;
• renewing and regenerating products with Retin-A and vitamin E;
• natural essential oils;
• products based on natural thermal clay, volcanic ash, algae;
• soap made from natural olive oil and laurel;
• eye creams and night care with vitamins;
• CC creams to combat pigmentation and uneven skin tone.

Turkish cosmetics are quite diverse. It sells a natural range of products - high-quality, with traditional ingredients, care, pharmaceutical and decorative, hair and nail products. The entire line of products from European manufacturers is also presented in Turkey. Local brands Unice, Bioscha, Harem's, Thalia, Dalan d'Olive, Rosense, Otaci, Myros practically do not compete with each other. and prefer to work in their market segments, offering products based on olive or rose oil, local clay and other interesting ingredients.

A popular brand of decorative, caring, pharmaceutical cosmetics. Several companies that manufacture products in Turkey are united under this name. Among the most popular tools are - everything for eye makeup: from eyeshadows and concealers to mascara. Rose water and oils for face care performed by a multi-brand brand are also in demand.

Unice is one of the youngest cosmetic companies in Turkey. It appeared only in 2016, combining Sera Cosmetics, Langsteiner Pharmaceutical, Flormar, BFF, Akten, Healthy Pharm Cosmetics, Fon Cosmetics. Turkish manufacturers in this concern adhere to uniform quality standards. All products are certified, do not contain parabens, chemical dyes. Ingredients and finished cosmetics are not tested on animals.

Among the products under the Unice brand, make-up bases, concealers, and tonal serums are especially popular. Produces the brand and the latest blur-creams with the effect of instagram filters. A very popular care line based on calendula oil, a series with a tea tree, cucumber and mint. For men, Neolifeskin products for skin care during and after shave are of interest. As a souvenir, consider buying a lip balm packaged in the form of French pastries.

The Turkish brand Bioscha is owned by Aycha Cosmetics & Spa, headquartered in Antalya. The company has existed since 2002, specializing in the creation of products for the spa industry, baths, saunas. Among the most popular products are Pembe Maske for face and body (deep cleansing of the skin and fight against cellulite), Bioscha Body Mask for the body. In addition, the company produces high-quality soaps based on natural herbal extracts, massage creams with chocolate and extracts of lavender, melon, apricot, aloe vera, mango.

Natural cosmetics under the Thalia brand have been produced by the family company Akten Kosmetics since 2006. The brand's headquarters are located in Istanbul. Among the distinctive features of the new brand is a combination of an innovative approach and environmentally friendly plant extracts. Among the brand's products, you can find liquid and solid soaps in original packaging and in a form reminiscent of French macaroons. The brand also has special series for cleansing with turmeric, charcoal.

The manufacturer of natural cosmetics Dalan has been known in the Turkish market since 1940. The brand specializes in the manufacture of natural, organic products. His most popular series, Dalan d'Olive, contains natural olive oil. TOIn addition, there are Diana Fruits Flower, Family, Beauty lines with different components in their composition - from sea minerals to flower and fruit extracts. Today the company produces over 400 varieties of soaps for face and body care.

Turkish brand from Isparta specialized in the manufacture of products based on rose oil. The company produces deodorants for men and women, creams, body lotions. For face care, cleansing foams, milk, tonics, face gels, peels and intensive recovery products are used. The Rejuvilox series for the skin around the eyes is produced separately.

Popular Turkish brand of cosmetics with formula based on herbs and natural oils. The composition contains no parabens, preservatives, dyes, and other harmful substances. Caring cosmetics contain argan oil, which softens the skin. Sulfur soap is very popular for combating acne, which gently and gently has an antibacterial effect on inflamed areas. Otaci Rose Water has a lower concentration than Rosense and is suitable for replacing micellar products.

A Turkish company specializing in the production of souvenirs, including soap-making products according to a traditional recipe. The brand produces sets of solid soaps in bright colors. These are natural products based on olive oil, original soap with beads and massage effect. All these products have original design packaging and are well suited for purchasing as a gift.

The main specialization of the brand is natural care cosmetics and hair products. Produced by Harot Cosmetics Co. Ltd., the production is based in the city of Taurus. The brand is more than 25 years old, it produces its products, taking into account both traditional recipes and the latest achievements in the field of cosmetology.

Among the most famous products of the brand are the following.

• Body care products. This category includes lotions and cleansing gels, intimate hygiene products, creams and massage oils. There is a separate category of products for hands and body. But the most interesting is a special series - Foot & Heel cream for heels and feet, sunburn oil, after-sun aloe gel, lip care complex.
• Products for Turkish bath, massage and spa. The most popular and well-known Harem's products are special accessories for visiting the Turkish hammam, serums, massage creams based on rose and olive oil, horse chestnut extract, juniper, anti-cellulite formulations. The most popular spa masks for wrapping based on algae, coffee peels, massage products based on sea salt, honey, chocolate, volcanic clay.
• Hair care. Here are formulations for men to help maintain the beauty and shine of beards and mustaches. Highly effective shampoos based on vegetable oils - black garlic, avocado and bamboo, rose, olive, argan, as well as with the addition of gold, clay, cactus extract.
• Skin care products. In this category there are face cleansers, caring creams, clay masks, eyelid gels. Of particular interest is the professional line of face and neckline creams with blue anemone, pearls, snail mucin extract, argan oil.
• Natural soap without parabens. As a base, he used oils of argan, avocado, coconut, olive, shea, kefir, lemon (gives a whitening effect), misa amber, donkey milk. There are anti-cellulite special sorts of soaps with a scrub effect, which give results, like after a Turkish hammam, with ground coffee, with sulfur, clay and moss. Among the products flavored with natural oils can be noted options based on black grapes, cinnamon and cloves, with ginger and vanilla, jasmine, turmeric, pomegranate and saffron, lavender.

It is one of the largest cosmetic brands in Turkey, specializing in decorative cosmetics but not forgetting about skin care. The company was founded in Italy, in Milan, but since 1970 changed its location and moved to Istanbul. Today cosmetics under this brand are sold in 110 countries, the company has 40,000 distributors around the world. The retail sales network has been developing since 2008.

In the Flormar assortment you can find skin care products - body sprays, moisturizers, gels and lotions, eye and face creams, and makeup removers. But the most popular products still belong to the category of decorative cosmetics.

For face make-up, bases are offered, for example, Illuminating Primer Make-Up Base with shine effect, baked Baked Powder, Wet & Dry Compact Powder for wet and dry application. The real hit of the market is the CC cream that evens the skin tone. For a blush, choose the Satin Matte Blush On palette.

A fashionable matte lipstick is available for lip makeup Silk Matte Liquid Lipstick... Eyeliners are also of interest - they are liquid and in the form of pencils. Popular mascara Precious curl mascara... The quality of the brand's products is consistent with the European level.

When choosing popular cosmetics, you should adhere to certain rules. For example, do not go shopping in Side - this city is considered a tourist Mecca and prices for souvenirs and products there are 2-3 times higher. For caring products, you should go to pharmacy chains and cosmetic stores. The open trays of bazaars do not have the necessary conditions for storing creams that quickly deteriorate in the heat. In addition, official outlets must check the origin of products, and the risk of buying a fake is completely absent here.

When choosing natural soap and other products in the markets, you should pay attention to outlets where the local population makes purchases. You should not be shy and refuse to bargain - here this practice is in the order of things. When visiting Istanbul, it is better to go to the market in Eminonu, where there is a huge selection of natural oils, spices and sweets.

Turkish cosmetics, judging by the reviews of tourists and those who live in the country permanently, are of high quality and natural composition. Falsification is punished at the state level, but it is still better to refrain from the desire to purchase an "nameless" product on the local market. Otherwise, instead of luxurious home-made olive soap, you can get a kind of household analogue, completely unsuitable for cosmetic procedures. In Turkey, the main sales of cosmetics are concentrated in pharmacy chains and large Watson stores or the like.

One of the leaders, according to customer reviews, is Harem's. Her face masks, shampoos, balms and other products are highly rated and inexpensive. Among the firms producing decorative cosmetics, Golden Rose deserves special attention. - a budget brand with products of very decent quality.

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