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HwaHae Beauty Awards 2025
HwaHae, the most popular Korean beauty platform with over 13 million downloads, announced the winners of the 2025 HwaHae Beauty Awards.
HwaHae Beauty Awards 2025
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 May and November), and winners are determined based solely on reviews and ratings left by users of the platform.
On 21 November 2025, HwaHae announced the winners of the 2025 HwaHae Beauty Awards. As a platform built around fairness and transparency, HwaHae followed a meticulous selection process to filter out untrustworthy reviews and spam comments to ensure the authenticity of the data collected. In particular, for the 2025 edition of the awards, HwaHae analysed over 660,000 reviews left by users from 1 November 2024 and 31 October 2025.
Both users and beauty companies place great value on the outcome of the HwaHae Beauty Awards, as they offer an accurate and authentic reflection of the opinions of Korean beauty consumers.
See also: What is HwaHae?
HwaHae Beauty Awards 2025 Winners

BEST FACE OIL

First place:
Gyeol Haus – Skin Barrier Jojoba Oil
(SHOP)

Second place:
Gyeol Haus – Extreme Calming Tea Tree Oil
(SHOP)

Third place:
essenHERB – Tea Tree 100 Oil
(SHOP)


best peel-off mask

First place:
Medi-Peel – Red Lacto Collagen Wrapping Mask
(SHOP)

Third place:
ChoRIN – Modelling Pack Powder & Ampoule
(SHOP)
best patches

Second place:
Filflo – Quick Calming Spot Patch
(SHOP)

Third place:
NEER°G – Acnic Spot Patch
(SHOP)

BEST sunscreen stick

First place:
LABCLE – Air Fence Sun Stick SPF50+/PA++++
(SHOP)

Second place:
NEER°G – Air Touch Sun Stick SPF50+/PA++++
(SHOP)

Third place:
Lizk – Air Fit Cool Sun SPF50+/PA++++
(SHOP)
BEST SUNSCREEN CUSHION / compact

First place:
Elroel – PangPang Tone-Up Sun Cushion SPF50+/PA++++
(SHOP)

Second place:
Elroel – PangPang Big Sun Cushion S9 SPF50+/PA++++
(SHOP)

Third place:
Shingmulnara – White Rice Bright Tone Up Sun Cushion SPF50+/PA++++ [#02 Peach]
(SHOP)

BEST MAKE-UP PRIMER

First place:
Bonamedusa – Orange Skin Delete
(SHOP)

Second place:
Bonamedusa – Orange Skin Delete Soft Green
(SHOP)

Third place:
Yunjac – Skin Perfecting Protective Base Prep
(SHOP)



BEST BODY WASH

First place:
Mongdies – Our Skin Body Wash
(SHOP)

Second place:
Mastina – White Mastic Blemish Body Wash
(SHOP)

Third place:
S.Nature – Aqua Cica Booster Body Wash
(SHOP)
BEST FOOT CARE
BEST DEODORANT
![Crystal – Mineral Deodorant Roll-On [#Unscented]](https://themonodist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Crystal-–-Mineral-Deodorant-Roll-On-Unscented-300x300.jpg)
First place:
Crystal – Mineral Deodorant Roll-On [#Unscented]
(SHOP)
best body care pads

BEST SHAMPOO

First place:
Tomiwolf – Black Bamboo Shampoo
(SHOP)

Second place:
Vivelab – Revi Solution Anti Hair Loss Scalp Shampoo
(SHOP)

Third place:
Deepeer – Premium Perfume Repair Shampoo
(SHOP)
best conditioner

First place:
Thinkco – TC-7 Professional Keratin Conditioner
(SHOP)

Second place:
Dr.Orga – Damage & Color Care Alpine Rose Conditioner
(SHOP)


best skincare tools

First place:
Ilso – Pore Cleansing Master
(SHOP)
best hair tools

First place:
Tomiwolf – Deep Cleansing Scalp Brush
(SHOP)

best cream / gel

First place:
BlessU – Ato-Z Cera Skin Barrier Cream
(SHOP)

Second place:
La’brie – Centella Cream Balm
(SHOP)

Third place:
Atopalm – Panthenol Cream
(SHOP)
best oil

First place:
Suyamu – Organic Bedtime Dual Oil & Lotion
(SHOP)

Second place:
Atopalm – Baby Nourishing Oil
(SHOP)
best lip care / lip balm
best skincare products (various)
best sun cream / lotion

First place:
Goongbe – Waterful Sun Lotion Mild SPF50+/PA++++
(SHOP)

Second place:
UIQ – Biome Remedy™ Mild Sun Cream SPF50+/PA++++
(SHOP)

Third place:
Atopalm – Zinc Mild Up Sun Cream SPF50+/PA++++
(SHOP)
best sunscreen stick
best sunscreen cushion

First place:
Baronsie – Ectoin Sun Cushion SPF50+/PA++++
(SHOP)
best shampoo

First place:
Pure Somme – Baby & Kids Pure Shampoo & Bath
(SHOP)

Second place:
La’brie – Top-To-Toe Wash
(SHOP)

Third place:
Monage – All In One Cleanser
(SHOP)

best all-in-one product

First place:
Torriden – Balanceful For Men All In One
(SHOP)

Second place:
ULOS – Skin Lotion
(SHOP)

Third place:
Essanté – All In One Mist
(SHOP)
best make-up (various)
best body cleanser

First place:
Steel Man – Power All-in-One Body Wash
(SHOP)

Second place:
SVasol – Inner Balancing Foaming Wash
(SHOP)
best care product
Looking for the previous editions of the HwaHae Beauty Awards?
Source: Hwahae App, Hwahae Blog
Translation: © 2025 Odile Monod. You may not reproduce the above translation for commercial purposes without the express written consent of the translator.
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