Korean skincare has been trending—and at the heart of beauty—for years, but 2025 seemed to support the category’s monumental rise in more ways than one. We saw new product categories reach our shores (think: toner pads) and fresh, innovative ingredients (PDRN), along with a renewed surge of TikTok chatter and an influx of in-store shopping videos at retailers like Olive Young.
So it makes sense that the next natural progression in the UK's K-beauty scene is a new category entirely: Korean bodycare. These products offer the body the same level of care and innovation that facial skincare has been enjoying for years. We’re talking glass skin all over, body barrier care, gentle-yet-impactful exfoliation and the skinification of bodycare via ingredients like PDRN, bamboo and PHAs. Here's what to know—and how to invest—in Korean bodycare in 2026.
