The K-Beauty Celebrity Cosmetics Line Landscape: Understanding The Current State Of Celebrity Founded Makeup Brands In Korea

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Thereโ€™s no doubt that a new K-Beauty product is always trending, especially when a K-Celeb is the face of said product. In recent news, weโ€™ve seen big names like SEVENTEENโ€™s WonWoo named as the new model of Korean beauty brands like The Face Shop, ZEROBASEONE becoming the new faces of COLORGRAM, and RIIZE becoming the new models of ETUDE, and many more.

There is an abundance of K-Beauty brands with K-Celebs as the face/model/ambassador of the brand - and fans are dedicated to buying these products to support their favorite K-Pop idol or Korean actor. The Olive Young top product ranking (of Apr. 25, 2024) is a great example of this. Out of the 8 products shown, 4 of them have K-Celebs (namely MONSTA X's HyungWon, Go YounJung, 2AM's Jo Kwon, and ZEROBASEONE's Kim JiWoong) as the face of the product, which can increase the odds of consumers buying the product.

The K-Beauty Celebrity Cosmetics Line Landscape: Understanding The Current State Of Celebrity Founded Makeup Brands In Korea

Olive Young Screenshot (25/04/2024)

If you've ever wondered why brands opt to add celebrities to their marketing campaigns, a look at the following data from 2021 by LaunchMetrics proves the impact that Korean celebrities (namely BLACKPINK's Jennie and JiSoo, and BIGBANG's G-Dragon) have had on international luxury brands for fashion and cosmetics (which has only grown stronger since then).

The K-Beauty Celebrity Cosmetics Line Landscape: Understanding The Current State Of Celebrity Founded Makeup Brands In Korea

LaunchMetrics

If that is the impact that K-Celebs can have on international brands, then it goes without saying that they would have a similar impact on local K-Beauty brands, too.

However, recently fans have been raising the question wondering why K-Celebrities (especially veterans and big names) don't venture into creating the