YesStyle’s Skin Care Bestsellers 2021

Wondering what’s hot at YesStyle? Here are the bestselling skin care items at YesStyle in 2021 based on global sales volume from December 16, 2020 to December 15, 2021. Items no longer available on the site have been excluded. Results are compared to last year’s bestsellers from December 16, 2019 to December 15, 2020.

We’ll announce the bestsellers for makeup tomorrow. Stay tuned!

Oil Cleanser

heimish’s All Cleam Balm overtook BANILA CO’s Clean It Zero Cleansing Balm to become king of all oil-based cleansers this year. Though cleansing balms claimed the top two spots, most of the top ten are cleansing oils.

1. heimish – All Clean Balm
2. BANILA CO – Clean It Zero Cleansing Balm Original
3. iUNIK – Calendula Complete Cleansing Oil
4. THE FACE SHOP – Rice Water Bright Light Cleansing Oil
5. Rohto Mentholatum – Hada Labo Gokujyun Oil Cleansing
6. Dear, Klairs – Gentle Black Deep Cleansing Oil
7. PURITO – From Green Cleansing Oil
8. I’m from – Fig Cleansing Balm
9. Dear, Klairs – Gentle Black Fresh Cleansing Oil
10. KUMANO COSME – Pharmaact Deep Cleansing Oil

 Face Wash

This year’s bestsellers feature two new additions: B.LAB’s Matcha Hydrating Foam Cleansing, which launched in the beginning of the year, and ROVECTIN’s Skin Essentials Conditioning Cleanser launched in 2018. SOME BY MI products continue to be a favorite in this category, securing four positions in the top ten.

1. COSRX – Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser
2. SOME BY MI – Bye Bye Blackhead 30 Days Miracle Green Tea Tox Bubble Cleanser
3. SOME BY MI – Pure Vitamin C V10 Cleansing Bar
4. COSRX – Salicylic Acid Daily Gentle Cleanser
5. Pyunkang Yul – Low pH Pore Deep Cleansing Foam
6. B.LAB – Matcha Hydrating Foam Cleanser
7. SOME BY MI – AHA, BHA, PHA 30 Days Miracle Cleansing Bar
8. Shiseido – Senka Perfect Whip Face Wash
9. ROVECTIN – Skin Essentials Conditioning Cleanser
10. SOME BY MI – AHA, BHA, PHA 30 Days Miracle Acne Clear Foam

Exfoliator

COSRX is the biggest winner in this category, earning four spots in the top ten. Meanwhile, RiRe’s blackhead removers continue to be popular.

1. COSRX – BHA Blackhead Power Liquid
2. Secret Key – Lemon Sparkling Peeling Gel
3. HOLIKA HOLIKA – Pig Clear Black Head 3-Step Kit
4. RiRe – All Kill Blackhead Remover Stick
5. RiRe – Style Black Head Brush Cleanser
6. COSRX – AHA 7 Whitehead Power Liquid
7. COSRX – One Step Original Clear Pad
8. Pyunkang Yul – Peeling Gel
9. NEOGEN – Dermalogy Bio-Peel Gauze Peeling Wine (Original Version)
10. COSRX – Two In One Poreless Power Liquid

Toner

This list stays mostly the same as last year’s. Clean beauty is gaining steam, as seen in the unscented version of Dear, Klairs’s Supple Preparation Facial Toner and COSRX’s Centella Water Alcohol-Free Toner making the top ten.

1. SOME BY MI – AHA, BHA, PHA 30 Days Miracle Toner
2. I’m from – Rice Toner
3. Pyunkang Yul – Essence Toner
4. COSRX – AHA/BHA Clarifying Treatment Toner
5. Isntree – Green Tea Fresh Toner
6. Haruharu WONDER – Black Rice Hyaluronic Toner
7. Dear, Klairs – Supple Preparation Facial Toner (Unscented)
8. COSRX – Full Fit Propolis Synergy Toner
9. COSRX – Centella Water Alcohol-Free Toner
10. Rohto Mentholatum – Hada Labo Gokujyun Premium Lotion 2020 Edition

Acne Treatment

COSRX is the obvious winner, taking first and second place with its pimple patches. SOME BY MI’s spot cream and spot serum are the only two non-patch entries in this category.

1. COSRX – Acne Pimple Master Patch
2. COSRX – Clear Fit Master Patch
3. SOME BY MI – 30 Days Miracle Clear Spot Patch
4. COSRX – AC Collection Acne Patch
5. PURITO – All Care Recovery Cica-Aid
6. SOME BY MI – AHA, BHA, PHA 14 Days Super Miracle Spot All Kill Cream
7. SOME BY MI – Yuja Niacin 30 Days Blemish Care Serum
8. Pyunkang Yul – Acne Spot Patch Super Thin
9. Elizavecca – Witch Piggy Hell Pore Blemish Spot Patch
10. VT – Cica Spot Patch

Serum

Snail filtrate, centella and propolis appear to be the most popular ingredients for face serums. Beauty of Joseon’s Repair Serum, now renamed Revive Serum, continues to rank fourth.

1. COSRX – Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
2. SOME BY MI – AHA, BHA, PHA 30 Days Miracle Serum
3. Beauty of Joseon – Revive Serum
4. PURITO – Centella Green Level Buffet Serum
5. iUNIK – Propolis Vitamin Synergy Serum
6. Beauty of Joseon – Glow Serum
7. iUNIK – Tea Tree Relief Serum
8. PURITO – Centella Unscented Serum
9. Benton – Snail Bee High Content Essence
10. iUNIK – Black Snail Restore Serum

Moisturizer

Similar to serums, moisturizers with soothing or barrier-strengthening properties attract the most customers. Two new entries join the top ten this year, namely ROVECTIN’s Clean Lotus Water Cream and ETUDE’s Soong Jung 2x Barrier Intensive Cream.

1. iUNIK – Centella Calming Gel Cream
2. SOME BY MI – AHA, BHA, PHA 30 Days Miracle Cream
3. Dear, Klairs – Midnight Blue Calming Cream LARGE
4. PURITO – Deep Sea Pure Water Cream
5. COSRX – Advanced Snail 92 All In One Cream
6. MIZON – All In One Snail Repair Cream
7. ROVECTIN – Clean Lotus Water Cream
8. ETUDE – Soong Jung 2x Barrier Intensive Cream
9. iUNIK – Beta-Glucan Daily Moisture Cream
10. COSRX – Centella Blemish Cream

Eye Care

Customers seem to be more into eye creams than eye patches. MIZON is the go-to brand for eye care. Fermented ingredients that enable easier absorption are popular in this category, such as Benton’s Fermentation Eye Cream, which contains galacytomyces ferment filtrate and bifida ferment lysate, and Pyunkang Yul’s Black Tea Time Reverse Eye Cream containing black tea ferment.

1. MIZON – Snail Repair Eye Cream
2. MILKYDRESS – Wrinkle & Whitening Eye Cream
3. PURITO – Centella Green Level Eye Cream
4. ETUDE – Collagen Eye Patch
5. MIZON – Snail Repair Intensive Gold Eye Gel Patch
6. JAYJUN – Green Tea Eye Gel Patch
7. Benton – Fermentation Eye Cream
8. Pyunkang Yul – Black Tea Time Reverse Eye Cream
9. COSRX – Advanced Snail Peptide Eye Cream
10. MIZON – Collagen Power Firming Eye Cream

Face & Lip Mask

Mask packs or sheet masks? The answer appears to be the former, as eight out of the top ten in this category are mask packs. The only two sheet masks that made it to the top ten are THE FACE SHOP’s Real Nature Face Mask (Aloe) and Mediheal’s N.M.F Aquaring Ampoule Mask EX.

1. LANEIGE – Lip Sleeping Mask
2. THE FACE SHOP – Real Nature Face Mask (Aloe)
3. COSRX – Ultimate Nourishing Rice Overnight Spa Mask
4. I’m from – Honey Mask
5. Mediheal – N.M.F Aquaring Ampoule Mask EX
6. I’m from – Mugwort Mask
7. KLAVUU – Nourishing Care Lip Sleeping Pack
8. LANEIGE – Water Sleeping Mask
9. Dear, Klairs – Freshly Juiced Vitamin E Mask
10. PURITO – Dermide Cica Barrier Sleeping Pack

Sunscreen

Across all types of sunscreens, sun gels and sun essences seem to have the most traction. Despite this, the bestselling sunscreen is still COSRX’s Aloe Soothing Sun Cream.

1. COSRX – Aloe Soothing Sun Cream
2. Canmake – Mermaid Skin Gel UV SPF 50+ PA++++ (Clear)
3. MISSHA – All-Around Safe Block Essence Sun SPF45 PA+++
4. Kao – Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence SPF 50+ PA++++ 2019 Edition
5. Isntree – Hyaluronic Acid Watery Sun Gel
6. MISSHA – All Around Safe Block Essence Sun Milk SPF50+ PA+++
7. ISEHAN – Kiss Me Sunkiller Perfect Water Essence SPF 50+ PA++++
8. MISSHA – All Around Safe Block Aqua Sun Gel SPF50+ PA++++
9. Kao ­– Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Gel SPF 50+ PA++++ 2019 Edition
10. OMI – Verdio UV Moisture Essence SPF 50+ PA++++