K-beauty dupes

Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum vs COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence

Save £66.45 with the Korean alternative. Here’s how close it really is.

Cheaper, but different. A cheaper way to get a similar result, but the formula works differently.

The original

Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum

£89.00

50ml · £17.80 per 10ml
Boots and Harrods, RRP

  • Ferment (bifida ferment lysate)
  • Hyaluronic acid
  • Tripeptide-32 (a peptide)

The K-beauty alternative

COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence

£22.55

100ml · £1.70 per 10ml
delivered, from Jolse

What’s the same

Both are light, hydrating serum-essences that people use for bouncier, smoother-looking skin, and both have cult followings.

What’s different

The formulas are completely different. Advanced Night Repair is built on a ferment, hyaluronic acid and a peptide. The COSRX essence is 96% snail secretion filtrate, which hydrates and soothes. COSRX is not vegan.

Our take: You won’t get the same formula, but if you love Advanced Night Repair for its hydration and bounce, the COSRX essence gives a similar feel for about a quarter of the price. Prefer to avoid snail? See our vegan alternatives.

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Sources

  1. Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair 50ml at Harrods

Original prices are the recommended retail price at the shop named, checked 31 October 2026. They’re often discounted, and many UK beauty shops deliver free over £25. K-beauty prices include delivery for buying one item, checked 28 October 2026. Some links may earn us a commission, which never changes our verdicts. How we check