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COSRX vs Sand & Sky

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COSRX and Sand & Sky are skincare brands that offer targeted formulas and purifying masks, with the former known for serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and masks featuring hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and niacinamide, and the latter beloved for its botanical-rich treatments. Both brands suit oily and acne-prone skin best, while Sand & Sky also works well for combination skin. The brands differ primarily in their core offerings and ingredient philosophies, as the Korean line relies on scientifically backed hydrators and brighteners, whereas its Australian counterpart focuses on gentle clay-based clarification.

COSRX is a Korean skincare brand founded in 2013 and owned by Amorepacific Group since 2024.

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This page compares some of the most popular COSRX and Sand & Sky products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular COSRX vs Sand & Sky products

Questions and answers

COSRX or Sand & Sky: which is better?

COSRX offers a much larger and more versatile product selection across multiple skin types compared to Sand and Sky, which features only a single mask product on this page. COSRX products on this page frequently achieve High or Superior Lovi fit levels for dry, sensitive, and acne-prone skin.

What is the difference between COSRX and Sand & Sky?

COSRX offers a wide range of products that feature a high Lovi fit for oily and acne-prone skin, whereas Sand & Sky offers only one product on this page, which has a high Lovi fit for acne-prone, oily acne-prone, combination, and oily skin.

Which is more affordable, COSRX or Sand & Sky?

Sand & Sky is not comparable to COSRX on affordability because the products on this page do not provide pricing information.

Which causes fewer breakouts, COSRX or Sand & Sky?

COSRX offers multiple products with superior or high Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin, whereas the products on this page for Sand & Sky feature only a high fit level for acne-prone skin.

Which brand has been around longer, COSRX or Sand & Sky?

COSRX has been around longer, having been founded in South Korea in 2013, whereas Sand & Sky was founded in 2017.

How many products from COSRX contain fragrance compared to Sand & Sky?

COSRX has 37 products out of 38 on the page that list no fragrance, with only the Vitamin E Vitalizing Sunscreen containing it, whereas Sand & Sky has 1 out of 1 product on this page containing fragrance.

Which skin types do COSRX's brand-focused routines fit best?

According to Lovi, COSRX's brand-focused routines fit oily acne-prone skin, oily skin, and acne-prone skin best.

Research behind their key ingredients

Behind this comparison

Lovi compares products by their fit scores, calculated from the full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our 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.

  • Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Co-founder, Medical Director

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer

  • Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Co-founder, CEO and CTO

    PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex

  • Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Medical Board

    Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine

  • Aishani Shah, MD

    Aishani Shah, MD

    Medical Board

    Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD

  • Asya Zubkova, MS

    Asya Zubkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member

  • Hanna Kurets, MD

    Hanna Kurets, MD

    Medical Board, Medical Advisor

    Dermatology MD

  • Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Medical Board

    Dermatology and diagnostic consultant

  • Victoria Derkova, MS

    Victoria Derkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist

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