Issue 01 · August 2026 · For the next 8–12 weeks

Keep your proven heroes and stop buying sunscreen breadth — three findings could have killed this call, and none did.

Move every incremental August dollar onto the exact mask, lip, PDRN-serum and barrier SKUs that already carry US marketplace proof — at SKU level, never at category level.

US K-Beauty Buyer Report, Issue 1, August 2026

In this issue

  • This month's verdict
  • The order board, by name
  • The proof under each call

From this issue

  • August 2026 — The verdict

    The verdict

  • August 2026 — The proof

    The proof

  • August 2026 — The order board

    The order board

These calls were graded in September