Hera's Snow Waltz Holiday Collection and Iope's Gel Mask Drop Now

Amorepacific is closing out 2026 with two launches worth knowing about — one for your vanity shelf, one for your skin barrier.

Hera Snow Waltz Holiday Collection

Hera's 2026 holiday limited edition takes its concept from the "Snowflake Waltz" scene in Act 1 of The Nutcracker — a snowy winter forest and a dreamlike stage atmosphere. The packaging leans hard into that: the hero piece is the Snow Waltz Cushion Case, designed to look like snowflakes settling on a surface. It fits both the Black Cushion Foundation refill and the Reflection Skin Glow Cushion Foundation refill, so you pick the finish you want and just swap it in.

The Midnight Ensemble Palette is the color story of the collection — 10 shades built around the concepts of falling snow, a winter night, and a forest. The shade range pulls navy, ivory, and pink into the mix. Alongside it: the Sensual Nude Gloss in pink gold pearl and blue pearl, plus the Reflection Liquid Blush in pink. Hera is also putting out a full holiday makeup look guide using the collection, which is useful if you want to see how the pieces actually work together.

The collection went live on Kakao on October 26. From November 2, it rolls out to the Naver Brand Store and major department stores nationwide — online and offline. International rollout to Japan, China, and Thailand follows sequentially.

Iope XMD Clinical Recovery Serum Gel Mask

Iope's new drop is a different kind of launch entirely — no holiday packaging, just a hydrogel sheet mask built around clinical-grade skin recovery. The concept is borrowed from dermatology clinic hydration and elasticity treatments. The formula contains PDRN (the key ingredient in Iope's XMD Serum line), panthenol, and ceramide for barrier support.

The structural detail that makes this one interesting: Iope calls it "Thermo-Wrapping Dual Layer" — a hydrogel layer containing PDRN plus a special film layer on top, creating a double structure designed to push active ingredients deeper into the skin. The brand's own clinical testing reported a single-use improvement of 37.5% in deep hydration, 34.8% in elasticity, and 92.9% in radiance. Those numbers come from the brand's own in-use testing, so take them as directional rather than independent — but the ingredient lineup (PDRN, ceramide, panthenol) is a solid stack for a winter barrier mask.

The Iope gel mask launched at Olive Young on October 26, with wider availability on Naver and Amoremall from November 2.

If you're stocking up before the cold really hits, the Iope mask is the practical pick — the kind of thing you'd reach for after a long flight or a dry-air week. The Hera collection is the one you buy because the packaging is genuinely beautiful and you want the palette on your desk through December.