# Olive Young skincare

Page: https://lovi.care/skincare/brands/olive-young

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[Olive](https://lovi.care/skincare/ingredients/olive) Young is a Korean skincare brand founded in 1999 and owned by CJ Group.

[en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Young_(company)) [koreajoongangdaily.com](https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/business/when-the-child-outgrows-the-parent-how-olive-youngs-rise-complicates-cjs-succession-plan/12531852) [corp.oliveyoung.com](https://corp.oliveyoung.com/en/about/history)

Olive Young is widely loved for its curated selections, nourishing [serums](https://lovi.care/skincare/ingredients/serum), and botanical formulas. Its products suit sensitive, dry, and combination skin best due to their gentle and balancing properties. For targeted care, the standout products include the Care Plus Spot Patch for acne-prone skin. These well-crafted options work harmoniously to support a calm, healthy complexion.

This page covers some of the most popular Olive Young products; for the whole Olive Young range, with a fit score for every product, [use the Lovi app](https://app.pora.ai/vqqJ/j1xj2b6o?af_sub2=brand&af_sub3=selection_note&af_sub4=pgde23cd2504).

### [Olive](https://lovi.care/skincare/ingredients/olive) Young [serums](https://lovi.care/skincare/ingredients/serum) and treatments

#### Serums and treatments

- [Care Plus Spot Patch](https://lovi.care/skincare/p/olive-young/care-plus-spot-patch/for/oily-acne-prone-skin) — Average fit

## Questions and answers

### Is Olive Young worth it?

[Olive](https://lovi.care/skincare/ingredients/olive) Young is worth it because Lovi rates the brand-focused routines Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin. The Olive Young products on this page list no fragrance in their ingredients.

### What are Olive Young's best products?

Olive Young offers the Care Plus Spot Patch, which Lovi rates Average across all skin types.

### Does Olive Young cause breakouts?

Olive Young is unlikely to cause breakouts, and Lovi rates acne-prone skin fit as Superior for the Olive Young-focused routine. Every product on this page also lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

### Is Olive Young fragrance-free?

Yes, every one of the Olive Young products on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

### What are the key ingredients in Olive Young products?

Olive Young features Care Plus Spot Patch, which uses polyurethane film to help protect and heal blemishes. Every product from Olive Young on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

[Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 2013](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23337646/)

### How do I build a Olive Young skincare routine?

To build an Olive Young skincare routine, start by applying the Care Plus Spot Patch [serum](https://lovi.care/skincare/ingredients/serum) to clean skin. Lovi rates the Olive Young-focused routine Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin.

### What are good alternatives to Olive Young?

Good alternatives to Olive Young with pages on Lovi include SKIN1004, Anua, Medicube, Beauty of Joseon, COSRX, and Dr. Althea. These similar brands offer alternative routines that Lovi rates Superior or High for various skin types.

### Olive Young vs SKIN1004: which is better?

Olive Young rates Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin, whereas SKIN1004 rates High for oily, combination, and acne-prone skin. Therefore, Olive Young is the better-rated choice across most skin types.

### Who owns Olive Young, and where is it from?

Olive Young is a Korean brand founded in 1999, owned by CJ Group.

[en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Young_(company)) [koreajoongangdaily.com](https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/business/when-the-child-outgrows-the-parent-how-olive-youngs-rise-complicates-cjs-succession-plan/12531852) [corp.oliveyoung.com](https://corp.oliveyoung.com/en/about/history)

### Is Olive Young cruelty-free?

PETA, Leaping Bunny, and Cruelty Free International, the registries Lovi checks, do not list Olive Young as cruelty-free.

## Research behind Olive Young's key ingredients

- [Alginate dressing and polyurethane film versus paraffin gauze in the treatment of split-thickness skin graft donor sites: a randomized controlled pilot study](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23337646/) Polyurethane film · Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 2013

## Similar brands

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## Popular brands

- Canadian skincare: [The Ordinary](https://lovi.care/skincare/brands/the-ordinary)
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## About the Lovi Fit

Lovi: Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes.

Lovi rates every product from its full ingredient list with brand-independent rules its dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update. Levels from best to worst: Superior, High, Average, Low, Caution, Warning.

Behind these ratings: Nadia Kapleva, MS (Co-founder, Medical Director); Alexey Shagraev, PhD (Co-founder, CEO and CTO); Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc (Medical Board); Aishani Shah, MD (Medical Board); Asya Zubkova, MS (Medical Board); Hanna Kurets, MD (Medical Board, Medical Advisor); Elina Nazarenko, MD (Medical Board); Victoria Derkova, MS (Medical Board).

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