Straight from Seoul, these are the best Korean skincare products worth the hype

If there weren’t enough skincare products to follow in the United States market, beauty buyers are all about Korea for snagging their lotions and potions.The best Korean skincare routine will look different for everyone, but I pulled the best Korean skincare products — divided by category — for you to quickly glimmer at the standout formulas for you to try.Not only did I find the products, but I traveled to South Korea a few weeks ago to spend hours in the R&D beauty labs, swatching and slathering on a roster of *really good* glass-skin formulations and picking up the exclusive intel.If I wasn’t already immersed in the world of K-beauty — I am now deeply absorbed.

Serious Korean skincare users (aka, me) will reason that it’s not a product class — it’s a lifestyle.That glass skin-producing, snail mucin-y formulation model seems to be working, and with 4 years of slathering everything from Anua to COSRX onto my face, I’ll be the first to tell you that it’s not going anywhere anytime soon.“Korean skincare has the latest skincare ingredient technologies, like fermented ingredients to help the skin with better absorption,” Ginger King, cosmetic chemist and beauty industry expert, told Post Wanted.

“They have the exosomes, the latest trend in skin healing. In addition to hydration (the key in K-beauty), the translucency of skin, bounciness of skin and healing of skin are major in the product focus.”The crux of Korean skincare is culture.Namely, the Korean culture of a multi-step, self-care skincare routine.

Its benefits span far and wide, too, as it’s ” a comprehensive approach,” King told us, with a focus on hydration, reducing pores and creating a virtually spotless look for a forever-young appearance. Glass skin is also a prominent factor driving more and more beauty users to the world of Korean skincare.The look is hydrated, pore-less, smooth, and glowy.

“Yes, Asian [skincare] goes for the translucent look, almost seeing t...