Hwahae Consumer Beauty Awards 2021 (mid-year)

02 Aug 2021

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Hwahae Consumer Beauty Awards 2021 (mid-year)

Hwahae, the most popular Korean beauty platform with over 10 million downloads (source), announced the winners of their renowned beauty awards for the first half of 2021.

(Update: Discover the final winners of the 2021 HwaHae Beauty Awards.)

What is Hwahae?

First launched in 2013, Hwahae quickly made its way into the Korean Beauty industry and attracted a cult following among consumers concerned about the safety of their beauty products.

The name HwaHae (‘화해’), comes from an abbreviated form of the Korean phrase ‘화장품을 해석하다’ (‘To analyse cosmetics’) True to this name, the app is designed to provide detailed information on the ingredients contained in cosmetics, while also allowing its users to leave unbiased reviews of the products they used.

The 2021 Hwahae Beauty Awards

Every year Hwahae hosts the Hwahae Beauty Awards to celebrate the most popular beauty products of the year. The event takes place twice a year (in June and November), and they’re based solely on reviews and ratings left by users of the platform.

For the first installment of their 2021 Beauty Awards, Hawhae collected and analysed 40,000 reviews left by users from November 2020 to April 2021 to identify the 43 most popular products of the past 6 months.

(Check out my coverage of the 2020 Hwahae Beauty Awards)

Best Skin / Toner:
🇰🇷 Suiskin – Green Sprout Vegan Toner

Best Lotion / Emulsion:
🇰🇷 Dr.G – Dermoisture Barrier.D Daily Lotion

Best Essence / Ampoule / Serum:
🇰🇷 Round Lab – Mugwort Calming Serum

Best Face Oil:
🇰🇷 Dr.Orga – 100 Pure Tamanu Lite Oil

Best Cream:
🇰🇷 Mediheal – Baobab Soothing Moisture Cream

Best Eye Care:
🇰🇷 AHC – Pure Rescue Real Eye Cream For Face

Best Mist:
🇰🇷 O!GETi – Vitamin C Glow Serum Mist

Best Gel:
🇰🇷 NewOrigin – Sooncho Quick Soothing Gel

Best Cleansing Foam:
🇰🇷 Unpa – Lacto Cica Mild Clear Cleanser

Best Cleansing Water:
🇰🇷 Rovectin – Clean Marine Micellar Deep Cleansing Water

Best Cleansing Oil:
🇰🇷 Stonebrick – Quick & Calming Blackhead Cleansing Oil

Best Cleansing Lotion / Cream:
🇰🇷 Dewytree – Hi Amino All Cleansing Milk

Best Cleansing Soap:
🇰🇷 Suiskin – Avobab Clean Soap

Best Cleansing Wipes:
🇰🇷 Round Lab – Birch Juice Moisturizing Cleanser Pad

Best Lip And Eye Remover:
🇰🇷 Aware – Clean Lip & Eye Remover

Best Scrub / Peeling:
🇰🇷 Cell Fusion C – Pore Tox Pad

Best Sheet Mask:
🇰🇷 JMSolution – ReLeaf Mild Acidic Wormwood Mask

Best Targeted Mask:
🇰🇷 All Natural – Houttuynia Cordata Cotton Toner Pad

Best Wash-Off Mask:
🇰🇷 Round Lab – 1025 Dokdo Mud Pack

Best Face Patch:
🇰🇷 Medifoam – Trouble Cure

Best Sunscreen:
🇰🇷 Illiyoon – Mild Easy-Wash Sun Cream SPF 50+/PA++++

Best Sunscreen Cushion / Compact:
🇰🇷 Age 20’s – Long Protection Essence Sun Pact

Best Makeup Base:
🇰🇷 Giverny – Milchak Tonedation SPF50+/PA+++

Best Foundation:
🇺🇸 Elizabeth Arden – Flawless Finish Skincaring Liquid Foundation [#130W]

Best Cushion Foundation:
🇰🇷 Surebase – Nudy Steady Cushion [#N1 Sincere Sara]

Best Powder / Compact:
🇰🇷 Innisfree – No-Sebum Mineral Powder

Best Tone-Up Cream:
🇰🇷 Espoir – Water Splash Sun Cream Fresh SPF50+/PA++++

Best Eyeshadow:
🇰🇷 Romand – Hanbok Edition Better Than Eyes Palette [#N02 Dry Violet]

Best Mascara / Fixer:
🇰🇷 Romand – Han All Fix Mascara [#L01 Long Black]

Best Eyelash Treatment:
🇰🇷 Vivelab – Vital Rich Essence

Best Lip Tint:
🇰🇷 Romand – Hanbok Edition See-Through Matte Tint [#10 Blush Purple]

Best Lip Care / Lip Balm:
🇰🇷 Torriden – Solid In Ceramide Lip Essence

Best Body Wash:
🇰🇷 Duft&Doft – Sophy Soapy Perfumed Body Wash

Best Body Lotion:
🇰🇷 Bellamonster – Derma Solution Moisture Body Lotion

Best Body Cream/ Gel:
🇺🇸 Cetaphil – Soothing Gel Cream

Best Feminine Wash:
🇰🇷 Illiyoon – Probiotics Skin Barrier pH-Balanced Feminine Wash

Best Shampoo:
🇰🇷 Dr.Orga – Kelp Triple Care Anti Hair Loss Shampoo

Best Hair Conditioner / Treatment / Mask:
🇰🇷 Nard – Sensitive Scalp Care Treatment

Best Hair Essence / Oil:
🇰🇷 Ryo – 9EX Hair Loss Care Expert Care Essence

Best Cleanser for Babies & Pregnant Women:
🇰🇷 NewOrigin – Sooncho Baby Top-To-Toe Wash

Best Lotion for Babies & Pregnant Women:
🇰🇷 Cicago – Vegan Family Lotion

Best Cream / Gel for Babies & Pregnant Women:
🇰🇷 Dr.Orga – Angelino Baby Calendula Soothing Gel

Best All-In-One For Men:
🇰🇷 Fleef – Cica-Aloe Calming All In One

Source: Hwahae App
Translation: © 2021 Odile Monod
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