Skin Food


Skin Food is a South Korean skincare and cosmetics manufacturer and retailer, headquartered in Seoul.

Company

Its headquarters is located in the DaeRyung Scecho Tower in Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu.
It has approximately 350 stores in Korea and has stores in 16 different countries globally, located in shopping districts, hypermarkets, shopping malls and residential areas.
In August 2012, as part of Lotte Department Store's expansion programme into China, Skin Food was featured in a replica of Myeong-dong in its new store in Tianjin, along with Missha and The Face Shop.
Skin Food has seen increase in sales from foreign visitors and have opened outlets outside South Korea such as Taiwan, Philippines, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong in Asia and many others in Europe and the Americas. Korean actors and actresses such as Shin Won-ho, Lee Jong-suk, Kang Tae-oh, Yim Si-wan, Ryu Jun-yeol, Sung Yu-ri, Lee Min-jung, Ha Yeon-soo, Kim You-jung, Shin Eun-soo and Brazilian singer Stephanie Garden were featured in Skin Food Korea commercials.

Products

Skinfood's best-selling products
In August 2012, Hong Kong Consumer Council announced that two of Skin Food's nail products contained benzene, which is a known carcinogen for leukemia. The company denied using benzene in their products.