On October 22, 2026, Olive Young Korea’s overall sales ranking was led by MEDIHEAL’s Essential sheet masks, Paula’s Choice’s BHA exfoliant and Ma:nyo’s cleansing oil, with sheet masks, barrier creams and cleansers filling most of the top 20, most of them sold as bundles at roughly 20% to 50% off list. Twelve of the top 20 are sold by OLIVE YOUNG US as the same product (one of them, d’Alba’s spray serum, possibly in a different formula), usually as a single item at $17 to $40, with Biodance’s 16-sheet box at $62; two more brands are there but with a different product, and six (Paula’s Choice, Nivea, Dove, Canmake, Ma:nyo’s foam, Dongkook’s Madecacell cream) are not on the US store at all. For ten of the twelve, Korea’s per-unit price was about 35% to 70% of the US price; the cushion set was close to the US price, and one cream could not be compared by size. This page is re-read from the Korean site monthly.
How to read this list
- It is a daily ranking, read on one day
- Olive Young’s “today’s ranking” (오늘의 랭킹, o-neul-ui raeng-king) moves daily. The table below is the overall ranking as it stood at about 10:50 pm Korean time on October 22, 2026. We update it in the first week of each month.
- Korean prices are bundle prices
- Most listed items are promotional sets (기획, gi-hwek): two tubes, 10+1 masks, a bottle plus a travel size. The dollar figures use ₩1,350 to the dollar, the same rate as our Price Check. Compare per unit, not per listing.
- You cannot order from the Korean site abroad
- Olive Young Korea ships only within Korea and needs a Korean payment method. US readers use OLIVE YOUNG US; the Korean prices here tell you what is worth buying in Korea or asking a friend to bring back.
The top 20 in Korea and what the US store sells
Korean column: list price → online sale price as shown on the ranking page, with the dollar figure for the sale price. US column: OLIVE YOUNG US price on the same day (list → sale where there was a sale). “Per unit” divides each side by the number of sheets, tubes or bottles in the pack. “From” marks a listing with several options, where we took the lowest option price. On a phone, swipe the table sideways.
| # | Korea (Olive Young online, October 22) | Korean price | OLIVE YOUNG US | Per unit, Korea vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEDIHEAL Essential Mask, 10 sheets (7 types; a 10+1 option too) | ₩20,000 → from ₩10,000 ($7.40) | 10 sheets $22.00 → $20.99 | $0.74 vs $2.10 a sheet (35%) |
| 2 | Paula’s Choice 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant 118 ml + 30 ml | ₩39,000 → ₩28,470 ($21.10) | Not sold (US brand; buy from the brand in the US) | — |
| 3 | Ma:nyo Pure Cleansing Oil 200 ml × 2 (+25 ml, +foam) | ₩37,000 → ₩22,200 ($16.40) | 200 ml $20.00 → $17.00 | $8.20 vs $17.00 a bottle (48%) |
| 4 | Anua Daily Care sheet mask, 5 sheets (+1 or +2 bonus; 8 types) | ₩20,000 → from ₩9,500 ($7.00) | Not this line; Anua’s 70 Collagen masks, 4 sheets, $22.00 → $21.00 | about $1.10 vs $5.25 a sheet, different masks |
| 5 | Biodance Bio-Collagen Real Deep Mask, 16 sheets (3 types) | ₩80,000 → from ₩54,900 ($40.70) | 16 sheets $62.00 | $2.54 vs $3.88 a sheet (66%) |
| 6 | Illiyoon Ceramide Ato Concentrate Cream 150 ml × 2 | ₩25,000 → from ₩17,900 ($13.30) | Concentrate Cream (two sizes) from $24.99 → $21.24 | $6.63 per 150 ml tube in Korea; US price per size not confirmed |
| 7 | AESTURA Atobarrier365 Cream 80 ml (+toner 25 ml, +foam) | ₩33,000 → from ₩25,900 ($19.20) | 80 ml $32.00 → $28.49 | 67% |
| 8 | Nivea Lip Care Moisture, 1+1 | ₩7,500 → from ₩7,120 ($5.30) | Not sold | — |
| 9 | d’Alba Purple Tone-up Sunscreen 50 ml × 2 | ₩51,000 → ₩35,700 ($26.40) | Vegan Tone-up Sunscreen 50 ml $28.00 → $21.50 | $13.20 vs $21.50 a tube (61%) |
| 10 | AESTURA Atobarrier365 Hydro Soothing Cream 80 ml (+10 ml, +foam) | ₩33,000 → ₩25,900 ($19.20) | 80 ml $32.00 → $28.49 | 67% |
| 11 | Ma:nyo Pure Cleansing Foam 160 ml × 2 (+oil 25 ml) | ₩17,500 → ₩10,600 ($7.90) | Not sold (only the oil) | — |
| 12 | MEDIHEAL Derma Toner Pad 100 + 100 (7 types) | ₩39,900 → from ₩28,900 ($21.40) | Toner Pad 100 + 100 Duo $48.00 → $39.99 | 54% |
| 13 | Dove Body Scrub 298 g (6 scents) | ₩17,900 → from ₩10,800 ($8.00) | Not sold | — |
| 14 | Biodance Bio-Collagen Real Deep Mask 7+1 (5 types) | ₩35,000 → from ₩28,200 ($20.90) | 4 sheets $19.00 | $2.61 vs $4.75 a sheet (55%) |
| 15 | Wellage Real Hyaluronic Blue 100 Ampoule 100 ml (+2 one-day kits) | ₩30,000 → ₩19,900 ($14.70) | 100 ml $21.00; with one-day kit $23.00 | 64% to 70% |
| 16 | d’Alba First Spray Serum (2026 peptide version) 100 ml × 2 | ₩59,800 → ₩35,900 ($26.60) | White Truffle First Spray Serum 100 ml $26.00 | $13.30 vs $26.00 a bottle (51%); the US page lists the standard White Truffle version, Korea’s is the 2026 peptide edition, and the formula may differ |
| 17 | Holika Holika My Fave Mood Eye Palette | ₩28,000 → from ₩21,400 ($15.90) | Palette not sold; single My Fave Piece shadows $6.80 → $5.44 | different product |
| 18 | Canmake Creamy Touch Liner (13 colours) | ₩13,000 → from ₩9,100 ($6.70) | Not sold (Japanese brand) | — |
| 19 | Jung Saem Mool Essential Skin Nuder Cushion, limited set | ₩48,000 → from ₩39,360 ($29.20) | 14 g $32.00 | 91%, but the Korean set includes extras |
| 20 | Dongkook Madecacell Barrier MD Cream (마데카셀 베리어 MD 크림) 70 g × 2 | ₩78,000 → ₩39,700 ($29.40) | Not sold | — |
Further down the list on the same day: Beplain’s mung bean cleansing foam (#23, ₩18,600 for 160 ml plus a 40 ml extra, against $17.10 for 160 ml in the US, about 81% before counting the extra), Anua’s PDRN serum with a refill (#32, ₩27,500; our Anua review covers the US prices), and medicube’s pad refill set (#68; see the Zero Pore Pad guide). Nine of the top 30 were not Korean brands, or were a collaboration with one: Paula’s Choice, Nivea, Dove, Canmake, Euthymol (유시몰), Uriage (with rom&nd), La Roche-Posay, Bioderma and Kiehl’s.
What the ranking tells you
Three things stand out, and they change what is worth buying where.
Masks are where Korea is cheapest
MEDIHEAL’s Essential mask was $0.74 a sheet in Korea against $2.10 in the US, and Biodance’s collagen mask $2.54 against $3.88. If you are in Korea, MEDIHEAL’s sheet masks are the clearest saving in the whole ranking, and Biodance’s packs save about a third to nearly half; both are light to carry home. Our Biodance review explains the 4-hour versus overnight question.
Creams and pads: about half to two-thirds of the US price
AESTURA’s two Atobarrier creams, MEDIHEAL’s toner pad set and Wellage’s ampoule all landed between 54% and 70% of the US price, and the Korean listing usually adds a travel size. For a $28 cream that is a $9 difference: worth it in person, not worth paying duty and shipping for.
Koreans buy foreign brands at Olive Young too
Paula’s Choice, Nivea, Dove and Canmake sat in the top 20 with the same bundle and monthly-pick tags as the Korean brands. We did not price them in the US for this list; these four are easy to find in the US, so suitcase space is better spent on masks and Korean creams.
Reading the tags: 올영픽, 슈브데, 1+1
Every entry on the ranking carries small tags that explain the discount. They matter because the same product can be full price next week.
- 올영픽 (ol-young-pik, Olive Young Pick): the month’s featured products, labelled with the month, as in 10월 올영픽 for October. On this list Ma:nyo’s oil (40% off) and the Madecacell cream (49% off) carried it.
- 슈브데 (syu-beu-de, Super Brand Day): a one-brand event, often with a large pack at an event price, like Biodance’s 16-sheet box on this list.
- 1+1 (won-peul-leo-seu-won, one plus one), 2입 (ee-ip, two-pack), +증정 (jeung-jeong, free gift): the listing price covers the whole bundle. Divide before you compare.
- 세일 (se-il, sale), 쿠폰 (ku-pon, coupon), 오늘드림 (o-neul-deu-rim, same-day delivery in Korea): on sale, coupon-eligible, or deliverable the same day in Korea. Coupons can take the price lower than the figure shown; our guide to Olive Young sales, coupons and exclusions shows how they stack.
Why the Korean app and the US store never match. They are separate storefronts with different stock, pack sizes and promotions, and the US store’s own “BEST” and “HOT DEAL” tags follow US demand, not the Korean ranking. An order from the US store is a domestic US order with no customs risk; the duty rules in our Black Friday guide apply to parcels shipped from Korea.
If you are buying in the US
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Start with the twelve products the US store carries as the same item; the links in the table go to those pages, and orders of $35 or more ship free. For Biodance, Amazon US also lists the mask through the brand’s own Amazon store (paid link); prices there move daily. For the six products the US store does not carry, brands sold widely in the US (Paula’s Choice, Nivea, Dove) are easier to buy at home than in Korea, Canmake sells through Japanese beauty retailers, and the Madecacell cream and Ma:nyo foam are the only ones worth a note to a friend travelling to Korea.
Use the Korean column as a benchmark, not a target: if a US sale brings a cream within a few dollars of the Korean bundle, buy it in the US. The big US sale events are the moment to check; our K-beauty Black Friday guide tracks the dates and the duty rules on parcels from Korea.
More K-beauty shopping guides and reviews are on our Beauty hub.
Useful Korean phrases
For the bundle question at the shelf. Pronunciations are approximate.
Sources and update date
Updated October 22, 2026. The Korean ranking and prices were read from Olive Young Korea’s ranking page at about 10:50 pm Korean time on that date; the US prices from OLIVE YOUNG US product pages the same evening. Both change daily. Dollar figures use ₩1,350 to the dollar. Next scheduled update: first week of November 2026.
View sources and photo credits
- Olive Young Korea: Ranking (랭킹), overall, read October 22, 2026 (Korean).
- OLIVE YOUNG US: product pages linked in the table, read October 22, 2026.
- Koriway: K-Beauty Price Check for the exchange rate and method.
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