27 Budget-Friendly Korean Skincare Products To Refresh Your Routine This Year

1. The popular Cosrx Snail Mucin Power Essence, enriched with 96.3% snail secretion, offering a lightweight and hydrating solution suitable for all skin types. This serum delivers a radiant glow and visibly smooth skin after just a few applications — it's no surprise that it boasts over 57,000 5-star reviews!

2. The Saem Hydrating Eye Stick, an ideal solution for dry skin. Infused with Icelandic glacier water, this eye treatment provides your skin with the hydration it craves on those days when you’ve hit the snooze button too many times.

3. The Beauty of Joseon Eye Serum, perfect for banishing tired under-eye bags. Formulated with ginseng, retinol, and niacinamide, it helps smooth wrinkles, improve skin elasticity, and enhance skin brightness, giving you a radiant, glowing complexion.

4. The Elizavecca Carbonated Clay Mask, designed to lift away all the unwanted sebum from your skin without stripping it of its natural oils. Reviewers rave that after using this mask, their skin feels incredibly clean and irresistibly soft — you’ll find yourself touching it constantly!

5. The Anua Heartleaf Pore-Clearing Cleansing Oil effectively draws out excess sebum from your pores while also removing makeup residue and blackheads, leaving your skin visibly clearer and smoother. Reviewers of all skin types, including those with acne-prone skin, swear by it — and it doesn't cause breakouts!

6. Their Deep Cleansing Foam dives deep into your pores, gently lifting away impurities and removing dead skin cells. The key ingredient, heartleaf extract, works wonders by calming, reducing inflammation, and leaving your skin feeling soothed and pampered long after you rinse it off.

7. The Mixsoon Bean Essence hydrates and exfoliates your skin at the same time. 🤯 This thick (but non-sticky) essence is packed with natural ingredients like fermented bean, barley, and pomegranate, which work to remove dead skin cells and revitalize your skin tone.

8. The SeoulCeuticals toner mist is crafted with 98% naturally sourced ingredients such as refreshing cucumber, antioxidant-loaded green tea, soothing tamarind, calming aloe, and revitalizing marine minerals, delivering a perfect dose of radiance. This dynamic mist not only hydrates and firms your skin but also targets blemishes, helping to prevent unwanted breakouts.

9. The Cosrx mild gel cleanser is a light and gentle formula designed for daily use, leaving your skin feeling fresh and clean. This pH-balanced cleanser helps maintain your skin’s natural balance, avoiding problems like dryness, excess oil, or breakouts. It also features BHA (a gentle exfoliant that unclogs pores) and tea tree oil (known for its antibacterial properties to combat blemishes).

10. If your skin is as sensitive as a toddler during nap time, try The Face Shop's facial foaming cleanser. A small amount of this product creates a rich, creamy lather that gently cleanses your skin without causing irritation or dryness. It’s also infused with rice water, which is known for brightening your complexion.

11. The Laneige water sleeping mask is so deeply moisturizing that one reviewer calls it a "hydration volcano". Its impressive formula includes squalane and a probiotic-derived complex, meaning it delivers intense hydration without feeling greasy or heavy.

12. From Laneige, a glowy lip balm that tints and hydrates your lips at the same time. It provides a stunning high-shine finish, and unlike other balms, its texture is silky smooth, lightweight, and *not* sticky.

13. The Torriden hyaluronic acid serum features a special formula that absorbs rapidly and penetrates deeply into your skin, providing a substantial boost of moisture. Despite its hydrating power, its watery texture keeps it lightweight, helping to maintain essential hydration and keeping your skin smooth and plump without any greasy residue.

14. A strawberry milk body lotion infused with nourishing milk protein and natural ingredients for rich, lasting hydration. This strawberry-scented lotion not only smells amazing but also transforms dry, dull skin, leaving it glowing and beautifully soft.

15. The Mizon snail repair cream is designed to reduce the appearance of fine lines and dark spots. It’s enriched with raspberry extract, AHA, and mugwort extract to help smooth and rejuvenate your skin, leaving it feeling refreshed and revitalized.

16. For those in need of extra hydration during the dry winter months, a bottle of I'm From goami rice toner is the perfect solution. This toner not only provides a beautiful illuminating effect but also strengthens your skin’s moisture barrier for lasting protection.

17. Introducing the Beauty of Joseon serum, the ultimate secret to achieving glass-like skin. This honey-textured serum combines propolis and niacinamide to regulate sebum production, minimize pore size, and even out skin tone for a flawless complexion.

18. Here’s a bottle of Glow Recipe watermelon glow niacinamide dew drops, a hydrating formula packed with vitamin E, moisture-rich hyaluronic acid, and calming moringa oil to deliver an instant, radiant glow to your skin.

19. This adorable little Tonymoly octopus-shaped blackhead remover works wonders on your nose and chin by clearing out built-up impurities throughout the day and gently exfoliating your pores, leaving your skin feeling smoother and looking cleaner.

20. Alternatively, try the Cosrx blackhead remover liquid with 4% BHA, perfect for waving goodbye to traditional pore strips and welcoming a smoother complexion. This potent formula transforms into a foamy bubble that dives deep into your pores, cleansing them of dirt and impurities.

21. Many users rave about the Some by Mi Miracle toner for its ability to help combat acne-prone skin. This toner features tea tree and AHA/BHA to gently exfoliate and improve skin texture.

22. A pack of well-loved Cosrx pimple patches that work wonders overnight. While they can’t fix your student loans or awkward first dates, they do wonders for pimples! These patches not only conceal your breakouts but also draw out impurities, leaving your skin clearer and more refreshed.

An Etude 2x Barrier Intensive Cream designed to strengthen your skin's protective barrier, helping it to lock in moisture and defend against external irritants. Infused with hydrating shea butter, it leaves the skin feeling smooth and deeply moisturized. Users particularly love its rich, creamy texture and how quickly it absorbs.

The all-in-one Kahi Wrinkle Bounce Hydrating Multi-Balm targets dry patches on the face and body, providing a burst of hydration and a firming effect. Formulated with collagen and a natural fermented oil from Jeju Island, it offers a 48-hour moisture boost and lifts the skin for a more youthful appearance.

A soothing cream from Dear, Klairs, enriched with chamomile oil extract, quickly hydrates the skin and alleviates redness. Ideal for use after laser treatments, excessive sun exposure, or shaving, this cream works wonders to calm irritated skin.

A lightweight sunscreen stick with SPF 50 that’s TSA-friendly, as it’s not a liquid. It’s packed with peptides, cooling cucumber, and calming Centella extract to nourish and protect your skin without leaving any sticky residue or white cast. Users love how easily it re-applies over makeup!

Lastly, a set of peptide patches that look like simple stickers but do so much more: They block 98% of UV rays from reaching your sensitive under-eye area, thanks to their UPF 50+ rating. Packed with hydrating and brightening peptides, they give your skin an added boost. These ultra-thin and nearly invisible patches are also water- and sweat-resistant, so you can wear them all day without worrying about them slipping.