Turkish cosmetics: features and best brands

Turkish cosmetics are well known to Russian customers for goods in the mass market segment - these mascaras, powders, nail polishes, blush are quite actively distributed in retail chains. In the country itself, decorative makeup 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.

Among the popular Turkish brands there are quite a lot of those that are simply not for sale outside the country. These are products developed for local consumption. Bioscha, Thalia, Dalan d'Olive, Rosense, reviews of which sound very enthusiastic. No less popular is the brand of bath, bath and shower products 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, which 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, greasy and heavy textures are not in demand. All creams are as light as possible and quickly absorbed. The basis for cosmetics is taken predominantly natural - olive or rose oil. A tonic based on rose petals is also actively used as a substitute for thermal water or makeup 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 funds do not clog pores, help provide gentle care without provoking inflammation.

Among the funds on which Turkish brands specialize, one can note:

• 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;
• creams for eyes and night care with vitamins;
• CC creams to combat pigmentation and uneven tone.

Turkish cosmetics are quite diverse. It sells a natural range of products - high-quality, with traditional ingredients, care products, pharmacy and decorative products for hair and nails. Represented in Turkey and the entire line of European manufacturers. 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 components.

A popular brand of decorative, caring, pharmacy cosmetics. Under this name several companies manufacturing products in Turkey are united at once. Among the most popular tools are Everything for eye makeup: from eye shadow and concealer to mascara. Also, rose water and multi-brand oils for face care are 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, does not contain parabens, chemical dyes. Ingredients and finished cosmetics are not tested on animals.

Among products under the Unice brand, makeup bases, concealers, and tonal serums are especially popular. Produces a brand and the latest blur creams with the effect of instagram filters. Very popular is a calendula oil based care line, a series with tea tree, cucumber and mint. For men, Neolifeskin products for skin care during and after shaving are of interest. As a souvenir, you should consider buying a lip balm in a package in the form of French cakes.

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

Natural cosmetics under the Thalia brand has been produced by the family-owned company Akten Kosmetics since 2006. The brand is headquartered in Istanbul. Among the distinguishing features of the new brand is a combination of an innovative approach and environmentally friendly plant extracts. Among the products of the brand, you can find liquid and solid soap in the original packaging and in a form reminiscent of French macaroons. The brand also has special purification series 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 various components in the composition - from marine minerals to extracts of flowers, fruits. Today the company produces more than 400 varieties of soaps for face and body care.

Turkish brand from Isparta specializing 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 restoration products are used. The Rejuvilox series for the skin around the eyes is separately available.

Popular turkish brand of cosmetics with formula based on herbs and natural oils. The composition does not contain parabens, preservatives, dyes, or other harmful substances. Nursing cosmetics contains argan oil, which softens the skin. Sulfuric soap for combating acne is very popular, gently and gently exerting an antibacterial effect on inflamed areas. Otaci rose water has a lower concentration than Rosense and is suitable for micellar replacement.

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

The main specialization of the brand is natural cosmetics and hair products. Manufactured by Harot Cosmetics Co. Ltd., a production 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 brand products are the following.

• Body care products. This category includes lotions and cleansing gels, products for intimate hygiene, creams and oils for massage. There is a separate category of products for hands and body. But the special series is of most interest - Foot & Heel cream for heels and feet, suntan oil, aloe vera gel after tanning, and a complex for lip care.
• 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 compounds. The most popular spa masks for seaweed wraps, coffee peels, massage products based on sea salt, honey, chocolate, volcanic clay.
• Hair care. Here are the compositions for men, ensuring the maintenance of the beauty and shine of the beard and mustache. Highly effective shampoos based on vegetable oils - black garlic, avocado and bamboo, roses, olives, 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-based masks, eye gels. Of particular interest is the professional line of face and neck creams with blue anemone, pearls, snail mucin extract, argan oil.
• Soap on a natural basis 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 special anti-cellulite soaps with a scrub effect, which give the result, like after a Turkish hammam, with ground coffee, with sulfur, clay and moss. Among products flavored with natural oils, one can note options based on black grapes, cinnamon and cloves, with ginger and vanilla, jasmine, turmeric, pomegranate and saffron, lavender.

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

Flormar offers skin care products - body sprays, moisturizers, gels and lotions, eye and face creams, as well as makeup remover. But the most popular products still belong to the category of decorative cosmetics.

For face makeup, bases are offered, for example, Illuminating Primer Make-Up Base with shining effect, baked Baked Powder, Wet & Dry Compact Powder for wet and dry application. A true bestseller is CC-cream, evening skin tone. To create a blush, you can choose a matte palette of funds with a satin effect Satin Matte Blush On.

For lip makeup, fashionable matte lipstick is offered Silk Matte Liquid Lipstick. Of interest are eyeliners - they are liquid and in the form of pencils. Mascara is popular Precious Curl Mascara. The quality of the brand's products is fully 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 the prices in it for souvenirs and products are 2-3 times higher. For care products should go to pharmacy chains and cosmetic stores. On the open bazaar trays, the necessary conditions were not created for storing creams that quickly deteriorate in the heat. In addition, official sales outlets must check the origin of the product, and there is no risk of buying counterfeit products.

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

Turkish cosmetics, judging by the reviews of tourists and those who live in the country constantly, is 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 “nameless” goods on the local market. Otherwise, instead of a luxurious home-made olive soap, you can get a certain analogue of the household, completely unsuitable for cosmetic procedures. In Turkey, the main sales of cosmetics are concentrated in pharmacy chains and large stores of Watson or the like.

One of the leaders, according to customer reviews, was the company Harem's. Her face masks, shampoos, balms and other products are given the highest ratings, while they are quite inexpensive. Among the firms producing decorative cosmetics, Golden Rose deserves special attention - A budget brand with products of very decent quality.

Reviews of Turkish cosmetics see below.