Brand Comparison

Papa Recipe vs Mediheal

A head-to-head comparison of two popular K-beauty brands. Which one is right for your skin?

Our Pick

Mediheal

Higher editor rating (9 vs 8.6)

Papa Recipe Mediheal

Rating8.6/109/10

Price RangeBudget ($)Budget ($)

Founded20142009

OriginSeoul, South KoreaSeoul, South Korea

Products310

Best ForDry, normal, Mature, Sensitiveall skin types, Acne-Prone, Sensitive, dehydrated

PhilosophyThe K-beauty family brand that turned a single honey mask into a global category — warm, unpretentious, and genuinely well-formulated.Clinical-grade sheet masks and targeted treatment pads, bringing dermatology-backed ingredients to daily skincare at mass-market prices.

Papa Recipe

Papa Recipe is the quiet Korean family-run brand behind the Bombee Honey Mask Pack — the sheet mask your friend brought back from Seoul in 2016 that made you reconsider what a sheet mask could be. The lineup leans on manuka honey, propolis, and royal jelly; the packaging is unfussy; the masks genuinely work. Not the flashiest brand on the shelf, but the one your Korean aunt actually uses.

Pros

✓ Bombee Honey Mask is a genuine category-definer
✓ honey + propolis + royal jelly stack is real
✓ accessible K-beauty pricing
✓ family-run, no conglomerate polish

Cons

✗ catalog is narrower than the big K-beauty houses
✗ some products lean simple rather than innovative
✗ distribution outside Asia is patchy

Mediheal

Mediheal is the top-selling skincare brand at Olive Young for two years running — beating more than 3,000 brands. Their sheet masks created the modern sheet mask category, and their Madecassoside Blemish Pad saw 820% year-over-year growth. If you only add one new sheet mask brand to your routine, make it this one.

Pros