hi! i almost exclusively use korean makeup and skin care, and since they’re pretty intertwined i will give the list of absolute favorites.

background: i have sensitive/dry skin, redness. also have psoriasis and these products never caused me any damage, in fact made my skin feel/look a lot better.

skin care:

1. TOCOBO calamine pore control cleansing oil – extremely gentle, takes off any makeup with ease, really does clean up pores!

2. ANUA heartleaf quercetinol pore deep cleansing foam – extremely gentle foam, i use it after the oil :) doesn’t dry out the skin, have been my daily favorite!

3. Papa Recipe Blemish Enzyme Powder Cleanser – this one is not for daily use, since it’s (even though it’s one of the most gentle ones) exfoliater. i use it 2-3 times a week. doesn’t dry out the skin!

4. Dr.Althea 147 Barrier Cream – MY LOVE, MY HOLLY GRAIL. i use it daily, sometimes nightly. skin after this cream is just mwah!

5. TOCOBO Vita Glazed Lip Mask/ TOCOBO Lemon Sugar Scrub Lip Mask – i use them nightly, since my lips are very dry. they are way better than laneige! i swear by them, i can go to sleep with cracked lips and wake up with juicy and plump ones. WITCHCRAFT in the bottle.

other skin care products like toners, essences, serums and cremes should be right for your skin type, so i’m not going to list them here. if you want you can message me privately and i can give my recommendations!

make up:

1. Dasique Correcting Sun Base (i use the green one) – it’s a tinted primer, i use green for my red skin! does awesome job of prepping skin for later steps, makes you have that natural glow! also has SPF 50+ which is awesome!!!

2. Haxley Secret of Sahara Priming Essence Radiance Layer – another one of my favorite primers, if i want to go without foundation it’s my go too. has a pretty strong scent (which i absolutely love)

3. fwee Cushion Glass Natural – one of my favorite cushion foundations ever. doesn’t oxidize on skin, looks extremely natural, glowy, dewy. moisturizing too!

4. TIRTIR Mask Fit All-Cover Cushion – this one is another favorite! don’t believe the matte part, at least on me it’s not matte at all, more of natural finish. skin looks FLAWLESS. has better coverage than fwee, stays on long.

5. UNLEASHIA Bye Bye My Blemish Concealer – the best concealer i’ve ever worn. will cover up anything and everything, doesn’t crease, stays on, looks great. no complaints at all.

6. FEEV Hyper-Fit Color Serum – a very natural looking liquid blush! the smallest bottle will last you forever, very pigmented. doesn’t dissolve the foundation, at least didn’t with the products listed above :)

7. fwee Lip&Cheek Blurry Pudding Pot – it’s definitely worth the hype it got. i use it daily, especially when i’m lazy. you can put it on cheeks, lips, eyes and have a good makeup look in less than 10 minutes. take a look at their lip glosses too! really do look like glass on your lips.

8. BRAYE Thin Glow Tint – can’t even count how many compliments i get with this one! lips look shiny even an hour after i put it on, feels like witchcraft. doesn’t leave stains/smudge.

here you go! feel free to ask any questions and please excuse me if i’ve made any mistakes, english is not my first language :) hope i could help you!

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I just started using beauty of Joseon skin care and I love it! Been using for about a month now

My local store sells etude house, cosrx, isntree, innisfree, dr jart, iunik, klavuu, pyunkang yul, purito, missha, benton, a’pieu, and neogen :)

I’ve always wondered which Korean cosmetic brands were popular brands to native Koreans. OP - what are some of your fave brands?

In all the local Korean markets I shop at, there is usually a Face Shop, Nature Republic, Aritaum, TonyMoly, etc and I usually buy Innisfree, EtudeHouse, Son&Park, SkinFood, and 3CE online.

Any of the bigger/more mainstream brands, such as Laneige, Dr.Jart, Innisfree, Banila, Tonymoly, Sulwahsoo... Non-natives aren’t likely to recognize many of the smaller/indie brands, simply due to their lack of availability overseas.

The ones I think are popular (based on what my Korean and korean american friends recommend, and also youtube and also things I use) are: peripera, iope, laneige, ohui, etude house, innisfree).

What brands are considered popular in korea?? Also have you heard of the brand rarekind?? Is that popular there? A Korean youtuber I follow really likes it and I'm super curious, but it's so hard finding it 8n the US

I like Mary and May and Purito. But I guess it really depends on what your standards are for “clean” products as everyone seems to have a different set of ingredients they avoid

Mixsoon has some good products! Love their bean essence.

I haven’t seen any good ones tbh just skincare!

They don't have an expansive line but Laka is a clean line. Other ones I know off the top of my head are Freshian, Sunnicorn, Orjena, Femmue (a luxe line focused on floral extract based skincare and makeup), Unleashia (their glitter products are made with biodegradable glitter!). In Korea a lot of "clean" lines call themselves Vegan as that is how they market over there.

I absolutely love JKosmmune (recently changed to Kosmetic Immunity I believe). They’re a Korean brand that’s all about beta-glucan . All of their products are fragrance-free, simple, and effective. I personally love their shampoo: it helped soothe my super dry scalp and is so hydrating that I don’t use conditioner anymore. Super huge bottle and beautiful minimalistic packaging. I have also ordered their serum after using a few samples and will review it ASAP!

My friend is currently working for rom&nd so she recommends me some lips from the brand and they're far beyond my expectation.

Melixr and Urang are HG brands for me but quite small and obscure. Have only found them in one shop in Seoul

I'm not sure if these are considered "little" but I enjoyed using products from Isntree and Sidmool. Before those two, I used to use Manyo Factory!

Their rose petal lipsticks are quite nice

I am totally obsessed with their Grain Ferment Cleansing Sherbet. It’s a truly VOLUPTUOUS cleansing balm, somehow cushiony...beautiful ingredients. Every time I use it (2x a day) I feel like I’m doing something so special and fancy

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So far, jungsaemmool!!!! I have posted everywhere about their masterclass cushion lol. I also have the color correcting concealer palette and the mool cream and love them all. I did not like the lip-pression tho.

Romand has been good for me in terms of lips- i really like the glasting water tint.

Rom&nd’s blush is my current obsession. I love Hera’s black cushion. Peripera’s tint is my all time favorite tint. And Clio’s water proof pencil liner is my holy grail eyeliner.

Romand better than cheek blush is the absolute shit. I’ve tried other AB ones (Etude, peripera) and they’re just not the same. Romand provides the most beautifully even, non-patchy, blurring effect. My ride or die.

As for romand lip tints, they’re good but my unpopular opinion is that they’re overrated lmao. Especially when other brands have equally as good if not better tints. Peripera ink mood glossy tint is king imo for gloss + comfort on the lips. Amuse dew tint is also a great watery tint with decent staining power.

I’m a big fan of matte/velvet tints: Etude fixing tint has great pigment, blurring, and staying power but is a tad drying. Peripera Ink the Velvet is non-drying and lightweight, I like it better than its older sister, Ink Velvet, which is drier and heavier on my lips. Amuse dew velvet is another watery tint that is really lightweight (also a tad drying).

I’ve tried only one AB concealer: the Saem Cover tip concealer. It’s SO good, it’s comparable to my expensive non-AB concealers if not better: med-high coverage, scentless, so easy to blend, long-lasting, and it has spf!! And it’s cheap as fuck lol. Only problem is the ass shade range, but that’s unfortunately endemic to AB.

I don’t use cushions a lot but I have two: Clio The New Founwear and the Peripera Mood Fit. Both have semi-matte finishes. The Clio is super popular in Korea, but my hot take is that I like the peripera better lmfao. From what I’ve read online this specific Clio cushion is lighter than it should be. I can confirm because despite both being my standard shade (No. 21) the peripera fits my skin tone, whereas the Clio one is at least one shade to light. I’ve also tried the glowy version of the Clio cushion (the pink Kill Cover Mesh Glow) and it fits my skin tone fine. And performance wise I like the peripera better, it’s a bit easier to blend.

And for mascaras, I will choose a random AB mascara over the most high end Western ones any day. I have small eyes, so it’s imperative that my mascara have small wands. SMALL WAND ENERGY IN THIS HOUSEHOLD, always. Heroine make is well-loved here, and while I do like them I’ve been impressed by Korean mascaras lately. The Romand Han fix’s wand is significantly smaller than Heroine’s, so that’s been my go-to lately.

This is making me realize I buy way too much fucking makeup lol

For lip tints, amuse has a really good lip tint

3ce ❤️ their eyeshadow palettes, blushers, blur water tints, highlighter… so good

Eh, as with most asian beauty brands, it won't be great for anyone with darker than medium skin tones. I am fair and it works well for me - The pink/peach shades I have to tone down with the yellow as its too dark for me.

Check the “best” page on oliveyoung

Go to HWAHAE & Glowpick, you can search via categories and ranking

2020 Domestic Cosmetics Brand Preference Top 12 in South Korea

1. Hera - Amore Pacific Brand
2. Sulwhasoo - Amore Pacific Brand
3. Innisfree - Amore Pacific Brand
4. Thefaceshop - LG corporation
5. IOPE - Amore Pacific Brand
6. Skinfood - Skinfood
7. Mamonde - Amore Pacific Brand
8. Tonymoly - Tae Sung
9. Laneige - Amore Pacific Brand
10. Nature Republic - Nature Republic
11. MIssha - Able C&C
12. Etude House - Amore Pacific Brand

A lot of amorepacific brands are really popular (like listed below). Also have heard my friends in korea rave about Make Prem and Dr. Jart!

I hope you can read simple Korean. There is a cosmetic product rank page on "naver". I cannot add the url because I'm new reddit user. The page you can check the most searched, and the most sold items.

This is a good question. Thanks for asking this!

in terms of makeup, roadshop brands include names like etude house, romand, innisfree, peripera, missha, lilybyred, coringco, memebox, eglips, tonymoly, with clio veering towards midrange, 3CE, dasique, laneige, hince, jung saemmool, with dear dahlia veering towards high end, hera, sulwhasoo, history of whoo. most korean brands are usually roadshop brands. in korea, korean roadshop and western mid-to-high end makeup is usually quite popular.