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Rising Beauty Keyword on July 12th 2018 in Korea "KUNDAL SHAMPOO 쿤달 샴푸" ▲ KUNDAL Honey & Macadamia Nature Shampoo On July 11th, Kundal Shampoo was ranked #9 on entire Beauty/Cosmetics category. Top 10 keyword on Beauty/Cosmetics category on July 11th

Rising Beauty Keyword on July 11th 2018 in Korea "Nail Sticker 네일 스티커" ▲ Gelato Factory Nail Stickers On July 10th, various nail sticker keywords were ranked on top 10 keywords on the entire Beauty category #2: Dashing Diva Pedicure #7: Dashing Diva #11: Nail Sticker As turn into summer, more demands for affordable nail stickers that is easy to apply are rising.

Rising Beauty Keyword on July 10th 2018 in Korea "Clinique Cheek Pop 크리니크 치크팝" ▲ Clinique Cheek Pop Clinique Cheek Pop was ranked #1 on Color Makeup category and #26 on entire cosmetics section on NAVER with its sharp rise on July 9th.

Rising Beauty Keyword on July 9th 2018 in Korea "Casmara Rubber Mask 카스마라 고무팩" ▲ CASMARA Shine Stop Original Algae Peel Off Mask Casmara Rubber Mask was ranked on #8 on Mask/Pack category on NAVER on July 8th. The keyword started rising on July 7th dramatically.

Rising Beauty Keyword on July 6th 2018 in Korea "Mamonde Eoseongcho Blackhead Stick 마몽드 어성초 블랙헤드 스틱" ▲ Mamonde Pore Clean Blackhead Stick On July 5th, Mamonde Eoseongcho (Houttuynia cordata) Blackhead Stick was ranked #9 on cleansing category on NAVER. Clicks to the keyword had risen since June 30th dramatically.

Rising Beauty Keyword on July 5th, 2018 in Korea "Tattoo Sticker 타투 스티커" ▲ Tattoo sticker brand "TATTOO AGENT" Tattoo Sticker ranked #2 and #10 most searched keyword in Beauty Accessories category on July 4th 2018. Although getting more and more people get tattoo recently, because of its conservative culture in Korea, tattoo is such a "too much" activity among most of people in Korea. So those who do not want to get actual permanent tattoo try to find temporary alternative like tattoo stickers .

Rising Beauty Keyword on Jul 4th, 2018 in Korea "Swanicoco - Burger Cushion 스와니코코 버거쿠션" ▲ Swanicoco AC Free T Control Burger Cushion   Swanicoco's Burger Cushion was ranked #5 in base makeup category on NAVER, its click jumped starting Jun 29th.

Rising Beauty-related Keyword on Jul 3rd, 2018 in Korea "Centella Asiatica Extract 병풀추출물 (also called Tiger Grass 호랑이풀)" ▲ Centella Asiatica, also known as "Tiger Grass" Cosmetics/Beauty Keyword Ranks [Jun 29th - Jul 2nd] / Boxed keywords are Centella Asiatica Extract For 4 days between Jun 29th - Jul 2nd, Centella Asiatica Extract ranked the 1st keyword among cosmetics and beauty categories on NAVER, the biggest portal service in Korea . Also related keywords like "Where to buy Centella Asiatia Extract", "Centella Asiatica" were ranked top 10 as well.

#3 COSMECCA KOREA 코스메카 코리아 ▲ COSMECCA KOREA # Brief History of COSMECCA Korea " COSMECCA Korea Co. Ltd. 코스메카 코리아 ( website )" is the 3rd largest cosmetics manufacturer in Korea. The company was founded by current chairman & CEO Cho Im-Rae in 1999. He was born in 1953, studied Chemical Engineering at Sung Kyun Kwan University, and started his career at a leading Korean cosmetics company Peeres as a skin care researcher (The company Peeres later became Skinfood). He was the first research director of Kolmar Korea in 1992 and moved to Taewoong Cosmetics as a manufacturing director in 1993.

#2 COSMAX 코스맥스 ▲ COSMAX # Brief History of COSMAX ' COSMAX 코스맥스 ( company website )' is one of the biggest cosmetics manufacturers (OEM/ODM) in Korea and compete with Kolmar Korea for the biggest and leading Korean ODM title. Lee Kyung-Soo ( Bloomberg profile ), the founder/Chairman/CEO of COSMAX, graduated Seoul National University with a major pharmacy in 1970 and worked for several companies like Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co., Oricom (advertising agency) and then joined Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. just like the found of Kolmar Korea Yoon Dong-Han.

#1 KOLMAR KOREA 한국콜마 ▲ KOLMAR KOREA # Brief History of Kolmar Korea Korean cosmetics ODM business started in 1990 by ' Kolmar Korea 한국콜마(주) ' ( link to company website ), which is one of the biggest ODM companies in Korea. Kolmar Korea's founder Yoon Dong-Han ( Link to his biography ) got his first job as a banker at Nonghyup as this job offered him the best salary. He worked for the company for about 4 years and realized that this banking work was not meant for him as he wanted something dynamic job.

Have you heard of Kolmar Korea, Cosmax, or Cosmecca Korea? Do you know that the K-beauty brands such as Cosrx, Klair's, or even Missha actually do not produce any cosmetics?  Assume many people already know this fact but I like to address this manufacturing and sales of Korean cosmetics as this may give us quite different point of views how we select "reliable" Korean beauty products.