I have ordered so far from Roseroseshop, Jolse, Beautynetkorea and Bbcosmetic. I like testing new stores and since customs are so strict here, I only do smaller orders. I've had very good experiences, everything has been well-packaged, nothing as been expired or broken and all the orders have been correct. Almost every order came with a bunch of samples too. I would say that buying the extra tracking number is not necessary but it does give me some peace of mind.
I'm not too fussed about the amount of samples or shipping time quite honestly and I would recommend all of these stores. I just check the best prices and availability. Some stores offer brands that others don't. I'm also open to ordering from other places if I see something interesting.
Roseroseshop
Roseroseshop's prices are a bit lower than elsewhere because they still charge a shipping cost that's calculated in the end. With some products they come cheaper than other stores, so I always do comparisons. They also have quite a big selection of brands and products.
RRS has been the slowest of all stores to ship (except my first order from Jolse), but shipping itself has taken the same time. The packages were marked as a gift and value as 20 USD for both orders I made. RRS takes 4 days to ship and the packages arrived in 10 days, they both had a tracking number. I bought the tracking for my first order and second order had "free shipping" items which meant that you buy the tracking, but you don't pay for the actual shipping cost by weight. The tracking costs ₩2,800.
The products were individually wrapped in bubblewrap. I got quite many samples, maybe 5 both times. They were also put in a plastic seal bag so that they weren't moving around. The first time when I ordered sunscreens, I got 2 sunscreen samples and second time snail cream, I got cream samples and one of them was snail. Coincidence?
Jolse
I have made couple of orders from Jolse so far. They have quite a nice selection of products as well, yet I feel like RRS's is bigger. The shipping is included in the price of the products. The prices keep fluctuating a bit (quite honestly that's applicable to all Korean skincare stores).
The first order I made was shipped after 8 days. It then took 9 days to reach me. For that order I also bought the tracking number for 2.50 USD extra. The next orders took 2 days to ship without tracking number. I don't know if getting it actually made it slower to ship or they just didn't have the products in stock or were backlogged. If I remember right, it took about 9 days for other orders to come too. Shipping from Korea is fast!
I think I got about 4-5 samples with every order and twice the usual Jolse blotting papers (haven't tried them yet!). The products were individually bubblewrapped. The value of the packages were marked as 5 USD and as a gift every time.
Beautynetkorea
They have some things for really good prices and it seems their selection is a bit limited. They do have the most popular and talked about things however! So many things are annoyingly showing up as sold out when you actually browse around.
The orders were shipped the very same day or two days later. One package came in 7 days! Others about 10 days. They were marked as gifts and value as 10 USD. Everything was nicely packaged but not individually. In one package they had thrown some bubblewrap sheet on top of the product boxes and that's it but it doesn't matter because nothing was able to move around and products weren't fragile.
I have ordered only once from Bbcosmetic and it was because some deals they have are just so good that it made me impulse buy... I do not regret! Shipping is also included in the product prices but you can buy the tracking number for 2.80 USD.
I think the package was marked as a gift and the value as 20 USD. It was shipped after 2 days and reached me in 10 days. I got 3 samples and I assume everything was well-packaged as nothing was broken but I just don't remember how.
Bbcosmetic
I have ordered only once from Bbcosmetic and it was because some deals they have are just so good that it made me impulse buy... I do not regret! Shipping is also included in the product prices but you can buy the tracking number for 2.80 USD.
I think the package was marked as a gift and the value as 20 USD. It was shipped after 2 days and reached me in 10 days. I got 3 samples and I assume everything was well-packaged as nothing was broken but I just don't remember how.
