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Skip-care 스킵케어

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Quick answer: The Korean counter-movement to the ten-step routine: fewer, better-chosen products with multiple functions. A response to the excess the export marketing created.

The Korean counter-movement to the ten-step routine: fewer, better-chosen products with multiple functions. A response to the excess the export marketing created.

🇰🇷 In Korean: 스킵케어 — this is the word you'll see on Korean packaging and on Olive Young shelves.

Every term in this glossary is used the way Korean brands and Korean dermatology-adjacent marketing actually use it — which is often narrower than the English equivalent implies.

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✍️ Written & reviewed by the KoreaPlus Editorial team — dermatologist-informed, cosmetic-science researched & source-cited. Last reviewed: 2026-08-10.

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