These days, people mix with olive young products + korean pharmacy items

Each brand has a main product, and if you like that one, you tend to try more from the brand. But just because their signature product is good doesn’t always mean the others are too. In my case, my friend said Cosrx products were good, so I tried their cream, but it really didn’t work for me. On the other hand, I had no expectations for Mary&May’s mask pack, but I ended up loving it and even bought their toner. As for Roundlab, I loved the sunscreen, but the toner wasn’t that great.

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how about CNP?

Ive been to Korea couple of times and use Korean skincare since 8+ years. It’s not really about the brands its about the actual product. You can enjoy one product from a brand but dislike everything else.

Anua 2% BHA Toner is good for exfoliating once or twice a week. Anua 10+ Azelaic Acid is a good active to add to help clear up your acne. You can use it daily as tolerated. For hydration, I prefer COSRX Full Fit Propolis Toner over SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Asiatica Ampoule Facial Serum. SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Poremizing Fresh Ampoule also have a better formula but I never tried it. I don’t know what you like or don’t like about your foaming cleanser and moisturizer so I don’t have any better recommendations for that.

Theres no one best, we’ll all have our own personal favourites. For me (F, 40, Caucasian, Oily combination) I love S.Nature, Needly and Ma:nyo. I love anything hydrating and moisturising and stay away from over hyped, trends from TikToks because influencers are paid to say they love something. Sheet mask wise the Abib heartleaf gummy masks will always be a winner.

I recommend óngredients skin barrier and calming lotion as a moisturiser/lotion. It’s lightweight and calming, so it might be a good option for hotter weather.

Instar : Reusoul.official you need to see them brand its vegan a new brand which is really good for Acne Thats Microbiome Gel cleanser

I have been using the Medicube Products. Has anyone else tried these products from Medicube and if so, what do you think?

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Check out OliveYoung best sellers to see what’s popular in Korea

For glass skin look at Medicube triple collagen cream. Medicube overnight mask.

I’m a big fan of Sulwhasoo but they’re expensive. Cheaper in South Korea. I have oily skin and their gentle foaming cleanser works well for me. Most people like their first care activating serum and their ginseng cream. If you do get this though go to their flagship store in Bukchon. You get treated to snacks and tea if you purchase from them there.

Aestura Atobarrier is a good one and is one of top Olive Young ranking in Korea. Great for hydration and redness and to build skin barrier

Also Eucerin is another local favourite. They have this eye cream that is pretty moisturising and great for aging skin - fine lines etc

Korea is literally skincare heaven! You should grab the beauty of joseon revive eye serum, Missha time revolution ampoule and abib sheet masks for hydration. Olive Young usually has the best deals, so check there if possible and have a good trip!!

My Go To for this is Hwahae Korean Beauty App. 'Hwahae - analysing cosmetics' is a beauty app from Korea (and in Korean language, yeah that's the catch). It mostly showcases the ratings of skincare/makeup products.

'The app became an immediate hit and it’s recently been reported that over 80% of Korean women in their 20s and 30s are HwaHae users' source online webpage.

As far as I've experienced, this is the platform where we can get to know what products are actually loved in Korea. To an extent the Korean products/companies that are a hit internationally don't always make it to the list top rated products in Korea and such ratings can be viewed in this app. Hope this helps.

round lab birch moisturizing sunscreen

torriden dive in low molecule hyaluronic serum

ma:nyo pure cleansing oil

mediheal madecassoside blemish pad etc.

try looking at olive young website on their best sellers.

An easy way to see what's trending in Korea is to look at the Olive Young rankings on the Korean site: https://m.oliveyoung.co.kr/m/main/getBestList.do if you use google chrome it will automatically translate web pages into English.

These product rankings are totally different from the global site so it's really interesting to browse through it.

Some of the most popular brands right now are Torriden, Round Lab, Be Plain, Aestura, and Real Barrier.

bring green, keenoniks (particularly the cleansing toner pads), d'Alba, cellfusionc (the sunscreen is a staple amongst cheongdam salons)

sometimes i translate the word 'skincare' into korean and search it up on youtube. or watch videos of people visiting salons in korea and see what products they use.

Going on the Olive young site and looking at the bestsellers will probably give you an idea of what brands/ products are popular

Purito

Skin1004

One thing

Beauty of joseon

Cosrx

Isntree

Iunik

Pyunkang yul

Dear klairs

Soon jung

I would use anything Pyunkang yul makes. Really non irritating, well done skincare basics.

Benton - solid ingredients, solid price, solid quality

Hands down Cosrx snail mucin essence! It's like a huge glass of water for your face, so soothing and hydrating.

• Cosrx (snail essence, BHA liquid, pimple patch)
• Isntree (HA toner, HA toner plus, moisturizers)
• Illiyoon (ceramide cream, Probiotics essence)

Some By Mi has a good retinol serum (gentle) and a retinol eye cream. I haven’t tried their sunscreens yet.

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Sunscreen: skin1004 hyalu cica, Purito wonder releaf centella daily sun, round lab birch juice, isntree, APLB glutathione niacinamide sunscreen (great for acne prone oily skin), Haruharu wonder black rice airyfit sunscreen (the chemical one)

Retinol: SCINIC - Ksecret Seoul 1988 retinal for beginners, Cicanoid Retinal Cream for novice users

Eye cream: depends on the type of dark circle

The only things from BOJ I’ve tried are the relief sunscreen which I love and the retinal eye cream which hasn’t done anything.

From COSRX, I personally love the snail mucin 97 power essence but I have combo skin so it might be a lot for oily folks. I did not like their vitamin e sunscreen it’s super greasy. I love the 6 peptide booster

Check the “best” page on oliveyoung

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

Beauty of Joseon sunscreen!

Probioderma lifting moisturiser! It has probiotics, prebiotics, ceramides and anti-aging peptides. It’s THICCC, a little goes a long way.

Beauty of Joseon isn’t actually that much cheaper in Seoul, I think Olive Young doesn’t mark it down because it’s so popular with tourists. I can get it for the same price or even cheaper in my home country (Singapore) 👀, or if StyleKorea, YesStyle etc are doing sales, it might be cheaper to buy there. The trick with Olive Young is there’s always stuff on offer/sale/bundle deals - that’s what you wanna hone in on.

I recommend checking out the r/AsianBeauty for recommendations if you don't get many responses here!

Korean living in korea here. My entire routine is from aesthetician and not readily available unless you can order from naver, so idk if that is gonna be helpful but for a brand that’s easy to find, uiq is my favorite. Their stuff is really simple, probiotic based, and their cream mist is my personal favorite. And another brand i like is abib. I like their sheet masks and you can find them in any oliveyoung (korean sephora).