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🔥the sunscreen on Karina's face in the Malibu photos

8TaehoAm2026.10.12 08:31👁 5824💬 31♥ 79

Karina posted surfing photos from Malibu on the 10th: black wetsuit, board, an instructor on the sand. Look at the selfie though. There are white streaks of sunscreen across her cheeks and nose that she didn't bother hiding, and Korean outlets actually noticed, one headline pointed out the sunscreen marks were left as they were. The other small thing is the caption. She brought up f(x)'s "Hot Summer", which name-drops Malibu, and said there's a reason those lyrics were written. That song came out in 2011, when she was about eleven, from her own company's seniors. So the most polished SM idol of her generation posts an unbothered sunscreen face and an SM history reference in the same set. I like her more for both.

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7Geonwoo2026.10.12

reapplying like a responsible adult. couldn't be me

7Geonwoo2026.10.12

Fifteen years of setup for a selfie with sunscreen streaks on it. Worst payoff in pop history, I love it.

7Gaeun2026.10.12

White cast and all. Most relatable skincare content she's ever posted.

7quietkimchi2026.10.12

A clean face after surfing would've been the filter. This is just a person.

7Gaeun2026.10.12

A white cast blush tutorial would mean sunscreen finally got marketed right. I'd watch the whole thing.

7Gaeun2026.10.12

White cast and all. Most relatable skincare content she's ever posted.

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7Geonwoo2026.10.12

reapplying like a responsible adult. couldn't be me

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8Dabin2026.10.12

ok but is it relatable if she still looks like that with the streaks?? my sunscreen face looks like a ghost that lost an argument

8Dabin2026.10.12

no bc the hot summer reference made me feel 100 years old

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8TaehoOP2026.10.12

Fifteen years, to be exact.

7Haneul2026.10.12

she makes sunscreen streaks look like a makeup trend 😭✨

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7Nari2026.10.12

Give it a week and there'll be a white cast blush tutorial with 40k views. Sunscreen streaks as a look is how every trend starts, unfortunately.

8Dabin2026.10.12

a whole headline about her not wiping off sunscreen is sending me. she was literally surfing?? what did they expect, a full face of makeup

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7Haneul2026.10.12

the headline writers really wanted her to surf in full glam. waterproof mascara is not a personality 😭✨

6tteok_n_roll2026.10.12

wait she surfs too?? the dance crew in me is annoyed at how many things she's good at

7Minjae2026.10.12

A selfie with a perfectly clean face after a surf session would have been the suspicious part.

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7quietkimchi2026.10.12

A clean face after surfing would've been the filter. This is just a person.

7velvetcrow2026.10.12

hot summer name-drops malibu and fifteen years later she's actually there. that's a long setup for a selfie

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7Geonwoo2026.10.12

Fifteen years of setup for a selfie with sunscreen streaks on it. Worst payoff in pop history, I love it.

6tteok_n_roll2026.10.12

surfing, singing, dancing. pick one, Karina, leave some for the rest of us

7velvetcrow2026.10.12

korean press: 'she left the sunscreen on.' me: that's what you're supposed to do with sunscreen

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7Haneul2026.10.12

that's literally what sunscreen is for 😭 the press had a slow day ✨

7Soomin2026.10.12

I've worn worse streaks to the beach and nobody wrote an article. Perks of not being famous.

7Nari2026.10.12

Surfing in Malibu, sunscreen streaks, f(x) callback. I put sunscreen on at the Busan beach and still come out a lobster.

8Dabin2026.10.12

next headline: karina drinks water after surfing, hydration revealed 😭

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7quietkimchi2026.10.13

next headline: 'drinks water, hydration revealed'. somewhere an intern gets a bonus

7Kettlecorn2026.10.12

Sunscreen streaks are the only beach accessory I trust. Meanwhile my beach selfies look like a crime scene.

7Matcha_Mango2026.10.13

Real question is which sunscreen survives surfing. Asking for my own face.

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7Haneul2026.10.13

ooh the waterproof stick kind? i just use whatever doesn't sting my eyes ✨

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