Korean slang profile
클린뷰티
keullinbyuti
A beauty and consumer trend considering cosmetic ingredients together with environmental and ethical values.
A beauty and consumer trend considering cosmetic ingredients together with environmental and ethical values.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 클린 뷰티, Clean Beauty
- Earliest source found
- Jun 29, 2020
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
성분뿐 아니라 포장까지 살피는 클린뷰티 기준을 읽어봤어.
I read clean-beauty criteria that consider packaging as well as ingredients.
02Documented history
03Origin & word formation
A 2020 Yonhap News article introduces a retailer’s own criteria and the concept of clean beauty considering ingredients, the environment, and ethical consumption. A 2025 report on a cosmetics company also uses the expression. It does not mean identical criteria apply to all brands. Who first coined it could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were checked directly in the article. Who first named it and when it was first used need separate verification.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 올리브영, 환경 등 생각한 '클린뷰티' 기준 만든다 | 연합뉴스 (연합뉴스)Published Jun 29, 2020Original source checked Nov 12, 2026
- 화장품 업체 아로마티카, 코스닥 상장 절차 본격화 | 연합뉴스 (연합뉴스)Published Sep 30, 2025Original source checked Nov 12, 2026