Get your glow up
Korean beauty has revolutionized the beauty industry with its holistic approach to skin care. K-beauty brands tend to embody a skin-first philosophy, which prioritizes your skin’s natural beauty and health. Korean skin care and beauty products are known for their gentle yet highly effective ingredients and innovative formulas. From serums and essences to sheet masks and toners, here are some of the best Korean beauty products to try this year.
Shop this article: Peach & Lily Ginger Melt Oil Cleanser, The Face Shop Rice Water Bright Cleansing Foam and Innisfree Pore-Clearing Clay Mask.
Best Korean beauty products
Peach & Lily Ginger Melt Oil Cleanser
Your most stubborn makeup is no match for this oil cleanser. It cuts through waterproof formulas with ease and doesn’t leave your skin feeling dry or stripped. The formula uses botanical antioxidants, such as ginger root extract and pineapple ferment extract, to brighten and protect the skin against free radicals.
Laneige Water Sleeping Mask
With a cooling gel texture, this light overnight mask is just what your skin needs after a long day. It contains a slew of calming minerals suspended in mineral water to hydrate and plump the skin, lock in moisture and reduce inflammation. It works well for all skin types.
Cosrx Acne Pimple Master Patch
One of Cosrx’s bestselling products, these hydrocolloid acne patches are a savior for breakouts. They can be used as an overnight spot treatment to help shrink and heal active acne faster and prevent further infection. Each pack comes with 24 patches in various sizes.
Dr. Jart+ Cicapair Tiger Grass Color-Correcting Treatment SPF 30
This all-in-one treatment not only helps correct redness but also protects your skin from sun damage. It contains herbs, minerals, humectants, a probiotic ferment and tiger grass to moisturize, calm and soothe the skin. It’s ideal for sensitive skin and excellent for use as a primer.
Belif Moisturizing Eye Bomb
Like a tall glass of water for tired skin, this refreshing formula delivers an instant burst of hydration to the eye area. It also helps smooth out fine lines and boost skin elasticity, thanks to powerhouse ingredients, such as tiger grass, squalene, glycerin and ceramides.
The Face Shop Rice Water Bright Cleansing Foam
This gentle cleanser does more than just deeply cleanse your face. Thanks to rice water and ceramides, it also helps brighten your complexion and even out your skin tone. Plus, the creamy texture doesn’t irritate or dry, making it perfect for sensitive skin.
Innisfree Pore-Clearing Clay Mask
Formulated with volcanic clay from Korea’s Jeju Island, this mask is great for absorbing excess sebum. It effectively removes dead cells, blackheads and dirt to reveal soft, smooth and bright skin. It also works as a spot treatment to shrink angry spots without over-drying the skin.
Banila Co. Clean It Zero Cleansing Balm
This luxurious cleansing balm has a sorbet-like texture that deeply cleanses your skin and melts away every bit of makeup from your face. It is less messy than an oil cleanser and doesn’t leave an oily residue on the skin. It works for all skin types.
Missha Time Revolution Night Repair Probio Ampoule
A supercharged version of a serum, ampoules contain higher concentrations of active ingredients. This one includes 10 skin-strengthening probiotics and promises to improve the look of wrinkles and fine lines. It also helps boost your skin’s elasticity and smooth out its texture.
Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask
This award-winning lip sleeping mask uses a blend of butters, antioxidants and vitamin C to nourish and hydrate your lips. Its moisture-locking formula helps soften your lips while you snooze, so you wake up to smooth, supple lips. It comes in a bunch of flavors.
IPKN Big Apple Sun Cream SPF 50
Infused with herbal ingredients and apple water extract, this multitasking sunscreen offers soothing and color-correcting benefits while protecting your skin throughout the day with a sun protection factor of 50. It won’t clog your pores because it is oil-free and layers super nicely under makeup. It’s suitable for all skin types.
Peach & Lily Pure Peach Retinoic Eye Cream
This potent formula tackles concerns such as wrinkles, dark circles and loss of firmness in the skin around your eyes. It’s blended with bakuchiol (a natural, gentle alternative to retinol), vitamin E complex, beta-carotene, ginseng and green tea for an even complexion and a rejuvenated look.
Aestura Atobarrier365 Cream with Ceramide
This gentle cream hydrates your skin with ceramide and protects its moisture barrier. It provides long-lasting hydration with encapsulating beads that absorb into your skin.
Goodall Green Tangerine Vitamin C Serum
This vitamin C serum is formulated with green tangerine, an ingredient rich in antioxidants that has a brightening effect to minimize the appearance of acne hyperpigmentation and dark spots. Soothing ingredients, including tiger grass, protect the moisture barrier.
Round Lab Dokdo Toner
This facial toner removes dead skin cells while hydrating the skin. The panthenol, allantoin, and betaine in the formula soothe irritated skin. It has a watery texture that absorbs easily into the skin without leaving a sticky finish.
Sulwhasoo Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Cream
This antiaging cream is designed for mature skin. Concentrated ginseng targets fine lines and wrinkles, leaving skin smoother and firmer for a more youthful appearance.
I Dew Care Kitten My Balance On Skin Care Set
This Korean skin care set features kaolin, which targets excess oil and refines the skin, as well as heartleaf extract, which has a clarifying, calming effect on the skin. You start with the cleanser, follow with the clay mask, and finish with the serum. This set is conveniently travel-sized, so you can easily take it on the go.
Worth checking out
Repair and replenish dry and aging skin with Cosrx’s Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence. Skinfood’s Black Sugar Mask Wash-Off Exfoliator leaves your skin feeling refreshed and baby smooth. Enriched with tea-tree oil, the Mediheal Tea Tree Essential Blemish Control Sheet Mask helps soothe inflammation and active breakouts. Etude House’s Face Blur Primer instantly smooths the skin and creates a flawless base for your makeup. The Aloe Propolis Soothing Gel from Benton helps soothe irritated skin and fade acne scars.
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