This is your match if
- You're shiny by midday, especially across the T-zone
- Your skin feels tight right after washing, then oily an hour later
- Pores look larger around your nose and cheeks
- Rich creams feel heavy, so you skip moisturizer altogether
Maybe not, if
- Your skin feels tight all day, not just after washing — try the Dry Skin Routine Set
- Breakouts are your main concern — try the Blemish Routine Set
Why stripping your skin backfires
Strong cleansers pull off more than oil. They take the barrier down with it, and skin comes back tight, red and rough — still shiny by noon. This routine cleans without stripping, then puts back lightweight hydration, so the shine goes down without your skin paying for it.
- Clear Mung Bean Pore Grinding Cleansing Balm, Green Tea & Enzyme Milky Foaming Wash
- Refine Refresh ABC Daily Toner, The Niacinamide 15 Serum
- Hydrate, lightly Poremizing Light Gel Cream, Hyalu-Cica Sun Serum in the morning
The Quick Clay Stick Mask is there for the days your T-zone needs more — swipe it where you're oiliest, not over your whole face.
Your routine
Morning
Foaming Wash → ABC Toner → Niacinamide 15 → Gel Cream → Sun Serum
Night
Cleansing Balm → Foaming Wash → ABC Toner → Niacinamide 15 → Gel Cream
Weekly
Clay Stick Mask on your T-zone, 1–2 times a week, after cleansing.
Start the ABC Toner every other night. Once your skin is used to it, move to nightly.
What's doing the work
- Niacinamide — the oil balancer
- Takes down shine while keeping skin calm and comfortable, and refines the look of pores
- Niacinamide 15 Serum (15%), Gel Cream
- AHA + BHA + Vitamin C
- Clears away buildup so pores look smaller and skin smoother
- Refresh ABC Daily Toner
- Centella + green tea
- Calms and cools, so cleaning doesn't mean irritation
- Gel Cream, Clay Stick Mask, Foaming Wash
Not an oil remover. An oil balancer.
Most oil-control products work one way: take the oil off. They do it by drying your skin out, so you end up trading shine for tightness, flaking and redness — and by afternoon the shine is back anyway.
Niacinamide (vitamin B3) is different because it doesn't only do one job. Think of everything oily skin deals with:
- Shine — helps skin look less oily through the day
- Visible pores — refines how large they look
- Redness and irritation — calms it down instead of adding to it
- Marks left by old breakouts — helps them fade
- A worn-down barrier — helps rebuild it, so your skin holds water instead of feeling tight
That last one is the reason it belongs in an oily routine. Most oil-control ingredients take something away. Niacinamide gives something back while it works, which is why it doesn't leave your skin dry. That's what balancing means here — less shine, and skin that still feels comfortable.
You get it twice a day in this set: 15% in the serum, and again in the gel cream.
One more thing: the ABC Toner uses AHA and BHA, so wear the Sun Serum every morning.
$107 7 full-size products, a $153 value