Timeless K-Beauty: 7 K-Beauty Skincare Products That You Can Rely on Year After Year

With fresh k-beauty skincare products hitting the scene every month, it’s hard to decide which ones to invest in and which ones to skip out on, but there are some that are always worth spending your hard-earned cash on. Ones that continue to live up to their hype again and again, no matter how many up-and-coming k-beauty skincare products try to steal their limelight. Here are 7 of the best k-beauty skincare products that deserve a permanent place in everyone’s skincare routine. Ps. You may be tempted to buy them all…

Best for Acne: SOME BY MI AHA-BHA-PHA 30 Days Miracle Cream (60g) – £22.00

Anyone dealing with acne-prone skin knows how little it takes to send your skin into pimples galore, and SOME BY MI AHA-BHA-PHA 30 Days Miracle Cream has won multiple awards, so you know it’s a safe bet. Lightweight and fast-absorbing, this intensely moisturising face cream won’t sit on the surface and clog pores. The trio of acids work together to exfoliate the skin, minimise pores, stimulate cell regeneration, and remove excess oils to reduce acne and lighten acne scars, while tea tree leaf oil and centella asiatica extract calm inflammation. 

Best for Anti-Ageing: PURITO Bakuchiol Timeless Bloom Revitalising Serum (30ml) - £26.00

We love retinol. We’re probably a tiny bit obsessed with it, but it’s not for everyone. Cue bakuchiol (pronounced buh-koo-chee-all, in case you were wondering): a skin-friendly alternative to retinol.PURITO Bakuchiol Timeless Bloom Revitalising Serum features 1% bakuchiol to stimulate collagen and elasticity production without the irritating side effects that can happen when using retinol. You’ll also find 5 different herbal extract to enhance youthful results by hydrating and nourishing the skin. 

Best for Blackheads: COSRX BHA Blackhead Power Liquid (100ml) - £25.00

If you’re dealing with blackheads and congested skin, you’ll want to reach for COSRX BHA Blackhead Power Liquid. The gentle chemical exfoliator contains blackhead-fighting ingredients, such as 4% BHA, to penetrate deep into the skin without irritation to clear clogged pores and remove dead skin cells. You’ll also find a generous dosage of willow bark water and niacinamide for hydration, anti-ageing, and hyperpigmentation. Ready to ditch your face scrub yet? 

Best All-Rounder: DR CEURACLE Vegan Kombucha Tea Essence (150ml) - £29.00 

The best k-beauty skincare product that works wonders across the board? That’ll be DR CEURACLE Vegan Kombucha Tea Essence, a hybrid toner and cream essence. Kombucha tea extract is naturally rich in antioxidants for free radical protection, as well as helping to prevent the signs of ageing, brighten the skin, purify pores, and even out skin tone. But you didn’t think that was all it could do, did you? The multitasking formula also features green tea leaf water, sunflower seed oil, and schisandra chinensis fruit extract that’ll leave your skin feeling hydrated, firmer, and depuffed. 

Best for Dark Circles: HEIMISH Bulgarian Rose Hydrogel Eye Patch (60 Pieces) - £18.00

Packed with nutrients, minerals, and vitamins, consider your peepers perked. Not only do HEIMISH Bulgarian Rose Hydrogel Eye Patches lighten dark circles and reduce puffiness with rose flower water, but they also increase hydration, improve uneven skin tone, and strengthen the skin’s barrier with niacinamide and centella asiatica extract. And if that didn’t quite convince you, they’re super fun to apply to the skin. 

Best for Brightening: AXIS-Y Dark Spot Correcting Glow Serum (50ml) - £19.00

Renew your radiance with AXIS-Y Dark Spot Correcting Glow Serum. Proven to brighten the skin by fading dark spots and hyperpigmentation, its main ingredients include 5% niacinamide and rice bran extract. For free radical protection against environmental stressors that can cause dullness and premature ageing, you’ll have squalene fighting your corner. You’ll wonder how you ever lived without it. 

Best for Barrier Repair: AXIS-Y Artichoke Intensive Skin Barrier Ampoule (30ml) - £22.00 

For when the skin’s barrier needs a little more lovin’, AXIS-Y Artichoke Intensive Skin Barrier Ampoule will smoother it with potent antioxidants and nutrients to restore its full health – we hope you weren’t too attached to your problem-causing skin barrier. To keep it under control, this barrier-repairing serum contains phytonutrients that block bacteria and external irritants from entering the skin.