Best Beauty Products in Korea of 2018: What to Buy On Your Next Trip!

Top-Selling K-Beauty Products of 2018: What to Buy On Your Next Trip to Korea!

Get more bang for your buck when you shop from The Shilla Online Duty Free store!

A trip to Korea is never complete without great shopping and snazzy buys to bring back home. For the ladies, we know that it’s almost impossible to resist stepping into the endless array of K-Beauty stores to pick up the latest face masks, lipsticks, eyeshadow palettes, serums and more!

Worried about splurging too much when the year’s just begun? Get more bang for your buck when you shop from The Shilla Online Duty Free store! Make purchases online at special duty-free prices anytime between 60 days of your trip and up to three hours before leaving Korea. Go hassle-free as you pick your purchases up from The Shilla Duty Free airport stores before flying back home.

Read on for our list of some of the top-selling K-beauty products in 2018, that you can get at The Shilla Online Duty Free store today!

1. Laneige | Water Sleeping Mask (100ml)Laneige | Water Sleeping Mask (100ml)

A holy grail of many, it’s still not too late to try this cult K-beauty product. Make it a new year resolution to grant your skin the rest and rejuvenation it deserves every night. As two-time winner of Women’s Weekly Best Beauty Buys and CLEO Clear Skin Awards 2018, the Laneige Water Sleeping Mask promises you vibrant and dewy skin when you wake up in the morning!

Price on The Shilla Online Duty Free: USD$16.60 (U.P. USD$24)

2. Kiehl’s | Calendula Deep Cleansing Foaming Face Wash (200ml)

Kiehl’s | Calendula Deep Cleansing Foaming Face Wash (200ml)

Pamper your skin with Kiehl’s Calendula Deep Cleansing Foaming Face Wash! Infused with Calendula and Glycerin, this creamy gel formula deeply cleanses your skin and leaves it feeling instantly revitalised.

Say goodbye to dry patches and stripping and step into the new year with a fresh face!

Price on The Shilla Online Duty Free: USD$20 (U.P. USD$30)

3. Innisfree | Green Tea Seed Serum (80ml)

Innisfree | Green Tea Seed Serum (80ml)

Here comes the crowd favourite! Be sure to add this to your shopping cart as a gift for friends — the Innisfree Green Tea Seed Serum. Containing Jeju fresh green tea, this moisturising serum will give your friends a “taste” of Korea that will leave their faces fresh, dewy and happy this new year!

Price on The Shilla Online Duty Free: USD$12 (U.P. USD$20)

4. Nature Republic | Real Nature Mask Sheet (60 pieces)

Nature Republic | Real Nature Mask Sheet (60 pieces)

What’s a trip to Korea without stocking up on facial mask sheets? Invigorate your skin with the convenient and easy-to-use Nature Republic Real Nature Mask Sheet. It comes in a pack of 60 so there’s enough to go around for family and friends!

Price on The Shilla Online Duty Free: USD$12.40 (U.P. USD$22)

5. Cosrx | Acne Pimple Master Patch

Cosrx | Acne Pimple Master Patch

Tired of fighting off whiteheads and blackheads all year round? As 2019 begins, give the Cosrx Acne Pimple Master Patch a shot and these little pimple patches will help you to win the zit battle in no time!

Price on The Shilla Online Duty Free: USD$8.50 (U.P. USD$15)

 

6. Etude House Juice Bar / Play Color Eyes

Etude House Juice Bar / Play Color Eyes

It comes as no surprise that the Etude House Juice Bar / Play Color Eyes has received rave reviews since its launch. With a pretty mix of matte and shimmery shades and great pigmentation at an affordable price, this is a must-buy for every girl, young or old!

Grab yours today and gear up for the spring and summer season with these warm and flattering shades!

Price on The Shilla Online Duty Free: USD$12.40 (U.P. USD$18)

7. InnerB | InnerB Aqua Rich

InnerB Aqua Rich

Looking to improve your skin texture, tone and radiance? This year, you can achieve velvety softness and moisture in your skin with InnerB Aqua Rich supplements. Enriched with fish collagen and antibacterial properties, a religious dose of these supplements promise clearer skin and improved skin elasticity and moisture.

Price on The Shilla Online Duty Free: USD$38.20 (U.P. USD$76)

8. Shu Uemura | New Rouge Unlimited Supreme Matte Gangnam Orange

Shu Uemura | New Rouge Unlimited Supreme Matte Gangnam Orange

New year, new lips! Expand your lip palette with this lovely shade of “Gangnam Orange” from Shu Uemura. The new Rouge Unlimited Supreme Matte delivers an ultra-smooth matte finish and all-day comfort like you’ve never felt before.

Price on The Shilla Online Duty Free: USD$18.70 (U.P. USD$29)

9. Sulwhasoo | First Care Activating Serum EX (60ml)

Sulwhasoo | First Care Activating Serum EX (60ml)

The secret to beautiful skin? Achieving the perfect skin balance!

Formulated with JAUM Balancing Complex™, the Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum EX purports to restore balance to your skin. With proven results of healthier, firmer and smoother skin, this first-step serum and its upgraded formula promises to enhance the effectiveness of subsequent products in your skincare routine.  

Price on The Shilla Online Duty Free: USD$51.20 (U.P. USD$68)

[BONUS] Find Kapoor | Black/ Pingo Bag Set

Find Kapoor | Black/ Pingo Bag Set

Complete your 2019 look with this sleek and lightweight Find Kapoor Black/ Pingo Bag! Made from artificial leather, the Pingo Bag is the perfect size for you to keep your essentials as well as your makeup products for a touch-up on-the-go! Use it as a classic shoulder bag, or add a little edge with the studded hand strap around your wrist. A versatile bag for any occasion, you simply can’t go wrong with this!

Price on The Shilla Online Duty Free: USD$67.30 (U.P. USD$98)

How to order on The Shilla Online Duty Free store

How to order on The Shilla Online Duty Free store

Celebrate the new year cheer with the ultimate way to shop — on The Shilla Online Duty Free store! Enjoy membership discounts of up to 20% and Shilla Duty Free mileage discounts, on top of amazing duty free prices!

Start filling up your shopping cart 60 days prior to your Korea trip and up to three hours before departing from Korea after your holiday. From there, all you have to do is flash your passport at The Shilla Duty Free airport pick-up counter just before hopping on your home-bound flight. It’s that easy!

What are you waiting for? It’s time to plan for your 2019 Korea getaway and experience a whole new level of shopping convenience with The Shilla Online Duty Free store today!


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Chermaine Wong
Chermaine Wong

Chermaine Wong is a soon-to-be SMU graduate who likes to spend her free time dancing, doodling and compiling videos/vlogs of her travels. She’d love to travel the world a whole lot more in the months before real adulthood begins.

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