The issue is discussed extensively in this forum.

Here is an overview of the issue: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/us-sunscreen-fda-ingredients-uv-protection-rcna150307

You can search through the forum for details of what companies are still selling Korean formulations.

Soon we'll all be making online friends with people in South Korea and paying them to ship us sunscreens LOL.

I currently have 2 orders from yesstyle stuck on “usps hasn’t received your package yet” for 2 weeks and I’m wondering if this has anything to do with it? One of them has 2 different sunscreens from skin1004 so idk anymore 🥲

Sokoglam. They import and then ship from within the US. Unless it’s during a huge sale, I get packages within a week

Yes- try Jolse or Olive Young in Korea. No tariffs on them yet-as far as I can tell. (Just got an Olive Young order.) Also Yamibuy is based in the US, has a large selection and ships fast. They are also currently having a big sale on Asian beauty items. Just make sure you choose “fulfilled by Yami” so you know the goods are shipped from within the US.

StyleKorean! Ordered and received within the same week to the US from South Korea. They use DHL which is insanely fast.

StyleKorean is my go to for k-beauty for popular products and Olive Young if you wanted more choice and variety of brands. StyleKorean has better pricing than OY and they have their birthday deals going on at the moment where some products are $1 with additional discounts added on their good pricing. Both ship within 2-4 days and order usually arrives in 2-3 days. Just keep it below $800 to avoid duty.

olive young is my go to - so far no customs/tariffs on those yet. i ordered a pretty big batch last tuesday and it got delivered today (less than a week). definitely faster than it used to be too! i used to wait 2-3 weeks for an olive young package

Copied from the where to buy wiki:

• Jolse

• Korea Depart

• RoseRoseShop

• Sweet Corea

• Tester Korea

• YesStyle

Shipping for those might take too long (I'm not sure about the rest, but jolse usually runs me 2 weeks or so), but Amazon and eBay may have faster shipping. r/AsianBeauty has extensive resources on their sidebar regarding sellers, including a guide on online sellers and a list of physical stores.

If you're looking for physical stores, I'd check to see if there's an H Mart or other Korean supermarket near where your friend is going. Quite a few stores like Target, CVS, and Ulta offer K-Beauty products as well.

Sokoglam is also a good place to buy from.

Try yesstyle!

What city are they visiting?

Tj maxx, burlington, and Marshall’s all have a ton of Korean skincare

Have you tried inside H Mart? There is a skin care store near the registers. And VT cosmetics. Or try Zion Market

The face shop in the Hmart square(not in the Hmart building), shops in Hmart carries cosmetic stuffs too.

I’ve shopped at the Tony Moly store. I don’t remember them being English formulated?

If you are looking for sunscreen though, TESO is where you need to go. They were still cheap when I was there last month so I’d advise to just stock up on a couple.

Edit: I’m sure you’ve used them but if not the Nivea water essence is my fav followed up by Biore UV.

Teso has some Japanese products.

I haven’t found many in-person shops around here, but I’ve ordered from Seoul Beauty Club online a few times and haven’t had any issues with shipping. Good option if you’re mainly after authentic Korean sunscreens.

Ordering from an Asian beauty retailer sourced in Asia will give you the original Asian formulation so it’s reliable to order from Yesstyle, Stylevana, or OliveYoung

I live in the US and got mine from TikTok. IHerb sells Beauty of Joseon sunscreen SPF 40 and I absolutely love it. I have sensitive, combination and acne prone skin and it doesn’t irritate me, I highly recommend.

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Soko Glam, Peach & Lily, Wishtrend, StyleKorean, Ohlolly

oo35mm.com, glowie co, and ohlolly all ship very fast. I always order from oo35mm when I'm running super low and can't wait for long shipping. My last order from there took 5 days from order placement to delivery and they have great customer service!

If u need it within a week, search for local (online) stores as that will be faster than international shipping.

Another option is Olive Young. It depends on where u live, because I saw people mentioning that they got their order within a week. For me, it took 2-3 weeks.

Look at iHerb!

If you're in the US, Peach & Lily or Soko Glam. Your local Ulta or beauty store may also carry some brands.

Don't use Stylevana if you expect to speak to a live person or track your package in real-time. Also, don't expect to be able to successfully return any products; you have to first get approval from a Stylevana agent none of whom respond to texts or emails.

If you want the lowest price & don't care about lack of customer service, then use Stylevana or Yesstyle. I used to be able to get real K-beauty sunscreens online, but I've heard that the tariff uncertainty has restricted shipments of sunscreens where the filters havent yet been approved by the FDA. . So check before you buy is the motto for today's K-beauty sunscreen.

Good advice

If you see these filters listed on the back of the box:

Avobenzone Homosalate Octisalate

Then you are buying the US version of your favorite Korean sunscreen

I have seen these versions @Target!

I found out about YamiBuy from the Asian Beauty sub and got a couple of orders from them already. I’m in SoCal and they delivered the next day which was awesome.

I ordered from Jolse, but StyleKorean and Olive Young also ship from Korea.

Use Korean retailers like Olive Young. I don’t think Korean sunscreens can be sold without the USA-compliant reformulations—I wouldn’t trust that Amazon has the Korean versions.

as a canadian, buying from anywhere but the US is always so much easier. I find the US postal service to be a nightmare

olive young, yesstyle, stylevanna…. The options are endless. i never get kbeauty from amazon, ever since i heard horror stories of people getting fakes

stylevanna’s a good shout too! only thing is it takes several weeks to arrive. bear in mind i’m based in the UK

Writing from Greece (EU country) I can confirm that Stylevana Europe is legit regarding every aspect of the purchase. Up to now, I did not have to pay any extra charges (customs charges for example) upon arrival as long as the final cost of the products along with the shipping does not exceed 150 euros.

The only minus I noticed today is that their SPF prices have risen quite a lot (I had noted down prices like 11 or 12 euros for specific SPFs and today I saw them cost 16 and 17 euros. The same SPFs).

I use Mikaela beauty, PinknBlossom and Sukoshimart

There is a pinned thread at the top of the sub about this with a list of retailers… Anyway I’ve purchased from best skin within and skin.to and had really good experiences. Would recommend and would shop from both again

Try Mikaela-beauty!

I buy it online from Jolse. 2-3 weeks shipping time and free shipping above $30USD ($3.99USD shipping fee if below). Their customer service has been pretty good in my experience.

Edit: apparently it's been changed to free shipping above $50USD or $5.99USD shipping fee if below (ty for letting me know, colbriee). It's unfortunately not hard to get carried away and add 50 bucks worth of items to your cart.

Stylevana is my go to for K-beauty.