What to buy, where, and how to get it home — then find it again.

Where the ingredients live

Serums & essences세럼 · 에센스

Small bottles with long names. Essences sit between toner and serum; ampoules are the concentrated end of the shelf.

A boxed set of green-tea skincare bottles and jars
Photo: Teemeah · CC BY-SA 3.0

This is where Korean labels lean hardest on ingredient names: snail mucin, rice, ginseng, propolis, niacinamide, centella.

Sizes are small, so check whether the box on display is a 30 mL bottle or a set with a mini.

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