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From eyeliners to cleansers, from foundations to moisturisers, and from concealers to anti-ageing serums, beauty is big business. See which brands get the most facetime in Asia-Pacific in this special report
Oct 20, 2021 08:31:00 PM | Article | Matthew Miller Share - 
We put stuff on our faces to enhance our appearance before going out into the world. Later, we use other stuff to remove the first stuff from our faces, for the sake of cleanliness. Then we put still other stuff—sometimes pretty expensive stuff—on our faces in the belief that we can promote long-term glow and maybe even reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles (as the fine print says).
But whose stuff are we putting on and taking off (and putting on)? The beauty business in APAC generates more than US$160 billion in annual revenue. What brands do consumers in APAC choose most when they're buying concoctions to make them look their best? That's what we're here to find out.
The following facts about Asia's favourite skincare and cosmetics brands are derived from the 2021 edition of Campaign Asia-Pacific's exclusive Asia's Top 1000 Brands research, done in partnership with Nielsen IQ. The region's most comprehensive research on consumer brand perception, Asia's Top 1000 Brands asks consumers in 14 Asia-Pacific markets to name the brands they consider the best in 15 major product and service categories. From this, we compile the overall Asia's Top 1000 Brands ranking, a list of the top 100 brands in each market, and a variety of features and category-based reports like this one.
Without further ado...
ASIA'S TOP 10 SKINCARE BRANDS
| Brand | 2021 | 2020 | Change |
| L'Oreal | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| SK-II | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Dove | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Nivea | 4 | 1 | -3 |
| Estee Lauder | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Chanel | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| Shiseido | 7 | 4 | -3 |
| Lancome | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| Olay | 9 | 8 | -1 |
| Johnson's | 10 | 12 | 2 |
ASIA'S TOP 10 COSMETICS BRANDS
| Brand | 2021 | 2020 | Change |
| L'Oreal | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SK-II | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Shiseido | 3 | 2 | -1 |
| Maybelline | 4 | 3 | -1 |
| Estee Lauder | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Lancome | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Chanel | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Olay | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| MAC | 9 | 8 | -1 |
| Kiehl's | 10 | 15 | 5 |
IT'S TIME TO FACE FACTS
Pore over these additional dollops of information about Asia's favourite skincare and cosmetics brands, across the region and in specific markets.
SKINCARE
Regional No. 1 brand L'Oreal is No. 1 in only one market:
Regional No. 2 brand SK-II is No. 1 in five markets:
How to explain the above two facts:
Other No. 1s:
No. 2 in specific markets:
Top 10 in only one market:
Brands 11-20 across the region (alphabetical order):
COSMETICS
Specific markets where L'Oreal is No. 1:
Other No. 1s:
No. 2 in specific markets:
Top 10 in only one market:
Brands 11-20 across the region (alphabetical order):
Beauty, eh?
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