5 Unique Korean Beauty Skin Care Ingredients You Need to Try in 2017

The ingredient: Korean brands have been working hard to provide the most natural skin care they can — that is, without adding artificial colors and fragrances. Sometimes this means leaving the extracts in their natural states in the formulation process, no matter how unconventional it may be.

Shop it: A good example is the Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream ($25), which uses guaiazulene, a plant-based ingredient extracted from chamomile. Guaiazulene gives the formula its blue coloring, which may look artificial but is actually its natural state, and is an effective treatment to soothe and calm extremely irritated, sensitive skin.