Best K-Beauty Products From Top Korean Skin Care Brands

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Photo: Courtesy of Soko Glam.

Before the K-beauty craze officially landed stateside, in a time where skin care sourced from Seoul had yet to appear on Sephora shelves from South Dakota to San Juan, there was Soko Glam. Launched by Charlotte Cho in 2012, the online mecca of all things K-beauty was one of the first retailers to bring skin essences, snail serums, and ampoules to the Western masses. So it's fair to consider the site, and the experts behind it, an authority in the industry — and therefore the right people to handpick the most innovative K-beauty products of the year.

From zit-clearing acne patches to brightening essences, these 11 K-beauty skin-care products are the real deal. Shop them all here.

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