:CJ Olive Young published its own analysis of the September Olive Young Sale on September 6, 2026.
The seven-day sale ran from August 30 to September 5.
The standout numbers are not face creams: hair pack searches rose 68%, hand packs 69%, and sebum-absorbing packs grew about five times year over year.
This is the Olive Young sale best sellers home spa picture — packs for hair, hands, scalp and body rather than face-only skincare — and the numbers below show what to look for before the next round in December 2026.
Contents
- Olive Young sale best sellers home spa: what the numbers cover
- Home spa packs: hair +68%, sebum packs about 5x
- Sanrio and Hello Kitty collabs in day-one searches
- What this means for overseas K-beauty shoppers
- When the next sale round lands
Olive Young sale best sellers home spa: what the numbers cover
The September round ran for seven days, August 30 through September 5.
The search and purchase lifts come from CJ Olive Young’s own published data on the sale, not third-party estimates, as reported on September 6.
Olive Young runs this sale quarterly — March, June, September and December — and it is one of the main discount events tied to foreign tourists’ K-beauty shopping in Seoul.
That matters for trip planning: a sale week is when discounts and stock turnover are largest, so timing a shopping day inside a sale window changes what is worth picking up.
| Hair packs | +68% searches |
|---|---|
| Hand packs | +69% searches |
| Sebum-absorbing packs | ~5x year over year |
| Heat (warming) packs | More than 2x year over year |
Home spa packs: hair +68%, sebum packs about 5x
Hair pack searches rose 68% during the sale period, and hand packs were right behind at 69% — a one-percentage-point gap between the two.
Sebum-absorbing packs grew about five times compared with the same period a year earlier, which works out to roughly a 400% increase over the prior-year baseline.
Heat packs, the warming type, more than doubled.
CJ Olive Young reads this growth as a ‘home spa’ trend: packs that go beyond the face to hair, hands, scalp and skin.
For a shopping list, the practical takeaway is that the fastest-moving categories right now are hair packs, hand packs, sebum-absorbing packs and warming packs — the items Korean shoppers were searching and buying during the sale.
Sanrio and Hello Kitty collabs in day-one searches
Sanrio and Hello Kitty collaborations ranked among the top three popular search terms on the first day of the sale.
Character tie-ins drive day-one traffic in Korean beauty retail, and items tied to a collaboration tend to sell out faster than regular stock.
Which specific character SKUs were behind those searches was not broken out in the published data.
If a collab item is on the list, earlier in the sale window is the safer time to look.
What this means for overseas K-beauty shoppers
Olive Young Global, the English storefront at global.oliveyoung.com, lists products with brands and USD prices, and its live Best Sellers ranking is publicly viewable without login.
The home-spa pack categories sit across the Hair, Bath & Body, and Face Masks sections there, so the trending categories above can be checked against the current ranking before buying.
Review counts on top items run from the thousands up to around ten thousand, which is a quick way to judge a product before it goes in the cart.
Whether the specific hair, hand, sebum-absorbing and heat pack items driving the September lifts are available through global shipping was not verified, so checking the listing before counting on delivery is the safer route.
For a Seoul trip, the quarterly schedule is the anchor: plan shopping days inside a sale week and check store stock shortly before visiting, since inventory data is not guaranteed to be real-time.
When the next sale round lands
Olive Young holds the sale quarterly in March, June, September and December.
The next round is expected in December 2026, roughly three months after the September round ended.
Exact December dates had not been announced as of this writing.
Items that sell out during a sale round do not always restock the same quarter, so deciding early in the window matters more than deciding early in the year.
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Sources
- mk.co.kr
- Store search / product search / inventory endpoints exist; i (github.com)
- Olive Young Global exposes ranking/search/category data in E (apify.com)
How to use the quarterly schedule
- Check the live Best Sellers ranking on Olive Young Global before a trip to see what is actually selling.
- Compare the USD listing price against a Seoul store price if both buying routes are open.
- Restock decisions land around the December 2026 round.
FAQ
Q. What does the 5x sebum-absorbing pack number mean?
Purchases and searches in that category grew about five times compared with the same period a year earlier — roughly a 400% increase over the prior-year baseline. The published data is category-level only, so specific brands behind the lift were not named.
Q. Are the trending pack items available through Olive Young Global shipping?
Olive Young Global carries Hair, Bath & Body and Face Masks categories in English with USD prices, but shipping availability for the specific trending pack items was not verified in this review. Check the product listing before ordering.
Q. When is the next Olive Young Sale?
The sale runs quarterly — March, June, September and December. The next round is expected in December 2026; exact dates had not been announced as of this writing.
Next check: the December 2026 sale dates, once announced.
Cover photo: Small container activated charcoal mask — CC0 1.0
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