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Korean-American Brands Lean Back Into K-Beauty

TikTok’s K-beauty obsession has inspired brands like Glow Recipe, Then I Met You and Peach & Lily to embrace their Korean beauty origins as international retailers renew their interest in the category.
Glow Recipe's K-beauty-inspired Watermelon Glow Jelly Sheet Mask in packaging shaped like a watermelon slice.
Glow Recipe's K-beauty-inspired Watermelon Glow Jelly Sheet Mask was relaunched for its 10th anniversary celebration. (Glow Recipe)

One October weekend, over 4,000 attendees queued for hours outside the skincare brand Glow Recipe’s 10th anniversary pop-up in Los Angeles. Styled after a Korean night market, once inside, attendees could grab Korean snacks, samples of a newly relaunched Watermelon Glow Jelly Sheet Mask and sweatshirts, hats and keychains evoking Blackpink merch. Printed onto merchandise and displayed in neon on a backdrop of paper lanterns, the words “Glow Recipe” were, for the first time, transliterated into Korean script.

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Further Reading

How TikTok Brought Back K-Beauty

While the K-beauty craze of the 2010s has waned in recent years, brands and retailers are seeing renewed interest in South Korean beauty.

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Liz Flora
Liz Flora

Liz Flora is a Beauty Correspondent at Business of Fashion. She is based in Los Angeles and covers beauty and wellness.

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