Korean Skincare Price in Bangladesh: What COSRX, Beauty of Joseon, Anua and SKIN1004 Actually Cost (August 2026)

Published 14 August 2026 · Prices checked 14 August 2026

Korean skincare in Bangladesh sells for roughly ৳750 to ৳1,900 per unit across the four most-searched brands. COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence (100ml) was listed between ৳1,450 and ৳1,900 on 14 August 2026; Anua’s Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner (250ml) at ৳1,599; Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun (50ml) at ৳1,399 on offer; SKIN1004 ampoules from ৳790. The gap between the cheapest and dearest listing of the same bottle — ৳450 — is bigger than any discount on it.

How these prices were collected

Every figure below is a listed retail price captured from a Bangladeshi seller’s own product or brand page on 14 August 2026, except where a different date is printed next to the number. No affiliate feeds, no aggregator estimates. Where a shop showed both a struck-through price and a selling price, the selling price is what we recorded, and the struck-through figure is treated as marketing until a brand RRP proves otherwise.

Sizes are stated because a price without millilitres is not a price.

The August 2026 K-beauty price index

Two mid-range readings sit inside the COSRX band: EasyDeal at ৳1,500 and OHSOGO at ৳1,599, both on 14 August 2026.

COSRX: a 31% spread on one bottle

The same 100ml Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence costs ৳1,450 at Glowmeko and ৳1,900 at Makeup Chari. That is ৳450, or 31% more for an identical SKU, on the same day. Four listings, four prices, and nothing on any of the pages explains the difference.

Brand-level pages are less useful than they look. Arogga’s COSRX page describes the brand’s range as roughly ৳250 to ৳3,000; Rokomari’s COSRX serum listing quotes ৳400 to ৳3,500. Ranges that wide tell you the shop stocks pimple patches and essences. They do not tell you what your bottle costs.

One caution on cleansers. A Bangladeshi price list published by kcarebd puts the COSRX Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser at ৳950–৳1,100; we recorded ৳1,500 for the same cleanser on shop.shajgoj.com on 11 August 2026. Before calling that a markup, check the millilitres — COSRX sells this cleanser in more than one size, and our August record did not capture which one was listed. Half the “overpriced” complaints in this category are size mismatches.

Beauty of Joseon: the sunscreen everyone quotes, rarely at the same number

Beauty Booth listed Relief Sun Aqua-Fresh (Rice + B5), 50ml, at ৳1,399 against a ৳1,700 list price on 14 August 2026. Its own brand page says Beauty of Joseon sunscreen in Bangladesh generally sits between ৳1,200 and ৳1,600 depending on seller — a range that brackets the offer price and undercuts the ৳1,700 figure printed above it.

At ৳1,399 for 50ml you are paying ৳28 per ml for sunscreen. Hold that number; it matters in the next section.

Shop.shajgoj.com maintains a live Beauty of Joseon brand page (checked 14 August 2026), but the listing did not render a price in our fetch, so the brand is confirmed as stocked and excluded from the price table. Availability is not a price.

Anua: ৳1,599, and an ৳1,800 that needs a source

Beauty Booth listed the Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner (250ml) at ৳1,599, marked down from ৳1,800 — an 11% cut, or ৳201, alongside a 4.5 rating from two reviews (checked 14 August 2026).

Two observations. First, ৳201 off is smaller than the ৳450 you can save on the COSRX essence simply by opening a second tab. Second, the ৳1,800 reference price is the shop’s own, not a published Korean RRP, so treat it as a display convention rather than a saving.

At ৳6.4 per ml, the 250ml Anua toner is still the cheapest thing per millilitre in this index. That part is real.

SKIN1004: cheapest to enter, worst value in minis

SKIN1004 has the lowest entry prices here — ৳790 for the 15ml Hyalu-Cica Water-Fit Sun Serum, ৳920 for the 30ml Tea-Trica Relief Ampoule, both at Belasea on 14 August 2026, each about ৳40–৳50 cheaper in the shop’s app. Rokomari’s SKIN1004 serum page quotes a ৳500–৳3,500 brand range; Makeup Chari lists the 30ml Tone Brightening Capsule Ampoule at ৳1,100.

Now run the per-ml maths. That ৳790 sun serum works out at ৳52.7 per ml — 88% more per millilitre than Beauty of Joseon’s 50ml sunscreen at ৳28. We would skip the 15ml at ৳790 unless you are patch-testing a new SPF; as a daily sunscreen it is the most expensive way to buy sun protection in this table. The same brand’s 125ml Ampoule Foam, at ৳10.8 per ml, is the best value per millilitre after the Anua toner.

The discount that usually isn’t one

Three patterns showed up repeatedly during this round of checks, and all three inflate the appearance of savings:

1. Seller-set reference prices. Struck-through figures like Beauty Booth’s ৳1,800 on the Anua toner, or the ৳1,150 → ৳900 pairs on koreanbeautyconbd.com, are set by the shop. Without a brand RRP they measure nothing.
2. App-only pricing. Belasea shows a web price and a lower app price on the same SKU — ৳790 versus ৳750, ৳1,400 versus ৳1,350. That is a real ৳40–৳50, but it is a channel nudge, not a sale.
3. Cross-shop spread beats on-page discounts. On the COSRX essence, comparing four shops was worth ৳450. The best advertised discount we saw on any single K-beauty page that day was worth ৳301.

Rule of thumb from this index: on a mainstream K-beauty SKU in Bangladesh, expect a 20–30% price spread between shops on any given day, and treat any advertised discount smaller than that as noise.

Why the same product carries three different prices

Import route explains most of it. K-beauty reaches Bangladesh through authorised distribution, parallel imports and personal-baggage stock, and each route carries a different landed cost. Shelf age matters too: bottles bought in at an older exchange rate get priced against an older cost base.

What price does not tell you is authenticity. A ৳1,900 listing is not automatically the genuine article and a ৳1,450 listing is not automatically suspect — at least one Bangladeshi price-list publisher (kcarebd) opens its COSRX page with a warning about counterfeit stock circulating locally, which is a batch-and-seller question, not a price question. Check batch codes and expiry dates on arrival regardless of what you paid.

Worth noting for anyone searching this query: the pages currently ranking for “korean skincare price in bangladesh” are almost entirely small dedicated importer storefronts — koreanbeautyconbd.com, koreaskincarebd.com, koreanshopbd.com, Beautysiaa — plus brand hub pages at BanglaShoppers and Ogerio. Most publish a range, not a dated per-SKU price. That is why this index exists.

FAQ

How much does Korean skincare cost in Bangladesh?

Most mainstream K-beauty SKUs sell for ৳750 to ৳1,900 per unit in Bangladesh as of August 2026. Toners and cleansers in large sizes (250ml+) are cheapest per millilitre, at ৳6–৳11 per ml; 15–30ml ampoules and mini sunscreens are the most expensive, at ৳30–৳53 per ml.

Which Korean skincare brand is cheapest in Bangladesh?

By entry price, SKIN1004 — ampoules and sun serums start around ৳790–৳920. By value per millilitre, Anua’s 250ml Heartleaf toner at ৳1,599 (৳6.4 per ml) is the cheapest item in our August 2026 index.

What is the COSRX snail mucin essence price in Bangladesh?

The 100ml Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence was listed at ৳1,450 (Glowmeko), ৳1,500 (EasyDeal), ৳1,599 (OHSOGO) and ৳1,900 (Makeup Chari) on 14 August 2026. Smaller 30ml bottles are sold separately, including on Rokomari — compare size before comparing price.

Is a cheaper listing more likely to be fake?

No. Price spread in Bangladesh tracks import route and stock age, not authenticity. Verify batch code, expiry date and packaging condition on delivery, whichever price you paid.

Are app-only prices worth using?

Only marginally. The app discounts recorded here were ৳40–৳50, roughly 3–5%. Checking a second retailer was worth ten times more on the COSRX essence.

Prices in this index were recorded from sellers’ own listings on 14 August 2026 unless a different date is shown. K-beauty pricing in Bangladesh moves with import cycles; this page is re-checked monthly. See how we track prices, our sunscreen price tracker, and the wider Korean skincare buying guide for Bangladesh.