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

Fixed-price variety store

DAISO다이소

Everything is priced from 500 to 5,000 won, including a beauty section that now runs to about 1,900 products.

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The entrance of a DAISO store on Namdaemun-ro, Seoul
Photo: Kirakirameister · CC BY-SA 3.0

Big Korean beauty houses make DAISO-only lines in small sizes, so this is where to try a brand cheaply or fill a bag with masks and minis.

The Myeongdong stores are vertical: take the lift to the top and walk down. Beauty is the best-selling section at the Myeongdong Station branch.

Worth the trip

The big ones.

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