Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask EX in 2026: Still the Default Berry Jar — and Who It’s For

 30-SECOND VERDICT

- Why it’s still in the conversation: This is a renewal of a long-running overnight lip mask, not a 2026 launch. The classic SKU is Berry, 20 g. Glowpick mid-year BEST lip mask 1st in 2025 and again in 2026 (The Monodist recaps, announced 21 May 2026 for the 2026 list). Allure Readers’ Choice lists Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask as a repeat lip-balm winner in 2025 and 2026 (US name, no “EX”). Olive Young Awards 2024 gave it Pick in lip care, not 1st. Live Glowpick on 16–17 August 2026: 4.51 / 2,269 reviews, 립마스크 #2, overall lip care #8, badge “글로우픽 어워드 11회 수상.”
- Best for: Chronically chapped or winter-dry lips if you will use it overnight (Marie Louise, Mylène, Svetlana on Little Wonderland). Tint or matte-lip users who want a night reset (지똥글이; TanteTanja). People who want a scented Berry jar.
- Think twice if: You avoid fragrance (Yara, Noelle; Berry INCI includes fragrance). Coconut-sensitive lips: Serena on Little Wonderland says the EX formula irritates after she used 10+ pre-EX jars. You want a cheap occlusive and nothing more (Glowpick snippets; Lou, Martina, Stephanie). You need the US listing to say “EX.” It does not.
- Named sources mention: + overnight softening and less chapping; moisture some say lasts into the next day; a little product goes far. − stickiness, fragrance or taste, price vs drugstore balm, “just a fancy occlusive.” ± dead-skin results; whether EX’s coconut oil is a problem; day use vs night only.
- KCI evidence: Medium–high on identity, price, and live Glowpick rank. Medium on 2025–2026 award titles (affiliate recaps). Medium on wear (Glowpick AI plus named shoppers plus one Korean blog). Not a full review corpus. Not “users repeatedly.”


WHAT IT IS


LANEIGE Lip Sleeping Mask EX (Amorepacific) is an overnight lip mask in a 20 g jar. On Korean, international, Amoreshop, and Laneige PH pages, the default / first option is Berry. Other scents are variants, not the hero. The US official page sells Lip Sleeping Mask, shade Berry (Original), $24 / 20 g, with no “EX” in the opened title.

Glowpick: “본 제품은 립 슬리핑 마스크에서 리뉴얼된 제품입니다.” Pamper.My (Laneige Malaysia 28th-anniversary coverage; promotions dated September 2022) calls it an upgraded version and names coconut oil as the added lock-in. Official EX pages date the Dermapro clinical block 15–26 November 2021. This is not a 2026 discovery.

It is not a face sleeping mask. Glowpick’s “best sleeping mask” is a face category. Laneige’s face win there is Bouncy & Firm Sleeping Mask (2025 2nd), not this jar.

Observed list prices: 22,000원 / 20 g on Glowpick (Amoreshop also showed 28% → 15,840원 on 17 August 2026); $24 US; RM89.00 Malaysia; ₱1,129.00 Philippines. Mini / GWP sizes exist (Amoreshop 3 g Berry; PH 8 g Berry). Those are not the classic SKU.

Brand job (international official): nourishing overnight mask with Berry Fruit Complex, Vitamin C, and coconut oil; “GOODNIGHT, CHAPPED LIPS”; gently exfoliates and softens while you sleep. Korean official: softens overnight flaking and leaves lips smoother. How to use: overnight; Allure quotes the brand on wiping excess in the morning as needed. Brand packaging note: the inner cover is being phased out to cut plastic; “product itself remains the same.”

Berry is not unscented. International Berry INCI includes aromatics; Korean 전성분 lists 향료. Brand free-from lines on INT / MY / KR: paraben-free, gluten-free. Brand precautions: stop if redness, swelling, itching, or irritation; do not use on injured, eczematous, or dermatitic skin.

Do not merge the two brand clinicals. They are different studies.

| Study | What the brand page says |
| --- | --- |
| KR / INT / MY (Dermapro; 32 women, 25–35; 15–26 Nov 2021) | Dead skin −40.4% after 8 hours, −63.2% after 1 week. Moisture +135.0% immediately, +63.5% after 8 hours’ sleep. MY page prefixes 96% on a hydration self-assessment line. |
| US official (33 subjects) | “12-HR Hydration” after 1 use. “94% less flaky lips” and “100% agree lips feel smoother and look healthier” after 2 weeks of use plus 1 week off. |

Those are brand claims, not independent lab confirmation. The US Circana line (“#1 Lip Treatment Brand Four Years in a Row in the US,” January 2022–December 2025) is brand-level, not this SKU.

| When | What opened sources show |
| --- | --- |
| 15–26 Nov 2021 | Dermapro clinical block on official EX pages |
| Sept 2022 | Pamper.My: EX as the upgrade; coconut oil added; Berry already a flavour |
| Jul 2023–Jun 2024 | Olive Young Awards 2024: Pick in lip care (Bioderma 1st) |
| 2025 mid-year | Glowpick BEST lip mask 1st (The Monodist) |
| 2025 + 2026 | Allure Readers’ Choice lip balm, US name, repeat winner |
| 21 May 2026 | Glowpick 2026 mid-year BEST lip mask 1st (The Monodist; 257,101 reviews, 1 Nov 2025–30 Apr 2026) |
| 16–17 Aug 2026 | Glowpick live: 4.51 / 2,269; 립마스크 #2; lip-care #8 |

Hello Blossom on Glowpick is discontinued (4.00 / 6 reviews). Do not use it as the hero rating.


STRENGTHS (ATTRIBUTED)


Overnight softening and less chapping after a few nights: Marie Louise (Little Wonderland; combination, 25–34; chose Berry; three nights as a sleeping mask: “the flakes have disappeared. My lips are no longer chapped”). Mylène (normal, 18–24): Berry for a year, almost every night, “plump and moist lips, which last throughout the day.” Svetlana (dry, 45–54): “Berry remains my favorite”; one 20 g jar lasted more than a year. Glowpick’s on-page AI review summary (a platform summary, not a single user) says many reviews mention softer flakes, moisture, and longer-lasting hydration.

A little product goes far (Svetlana; Yara). Spatula / jar hygiene when a spatula is in the box (Svetlana; 지똥글이). Berry scent as a reason to like this shade (Svetlana; Marie Louise; IR: “berry version… smells incredible”).

지똥글이 (Tistory, 내돈내산): bought an Olive Young set, 20 g plus 3 g mini. Title says Berry; the body is Grapefruit + Gummy Bear. Use those notes as EX jar experience, not a Berry-only wear test. Texture: thick, melts with warmth, coats like a film. Morning: flakes tidier, lips smoother. Also used a thin layer by day under matte lip. Recommends frequent tint or matte users with flaking, seasonal dryness, and people who find regular balm not enough.

These are named shoppers, one Korean blog, and a platform summary. They are not a panel.


DRAWBACKS (ATTRIBUTED)


Fragrance and taste. Yara (dry, 25–34) deducts a star and wants unscented. Noelle dislikes the smell and taste (“a bit too fake and sweet”). Official Berry INCI includes fragrance.

Stickiness and weight. Elisa: slightly sticky. Stephanie: “very sticky.” 지똥글이: some will find the texture heavy. Glowpick AI also allows that the effect is not dramatic.

Not uniquely better than a cheap occlusive for every shopper. Glowpick snippets: “바세린이 더,, 효과 좋았던 것 같아요”; “립밤 바르고 자는 게 더 효과 있었던 거 같아요.” Lou, Martina, and Stephanie make the same comparison. Lou would not rebuy vs cheaper balms. Martina: “does the same job as any balm from drugstore”; “overhype.”

EX coconut-oil change. Serena (sensitive, 25–34) on Little Wonderland: “If yours says ‘EX’ on it, you have the new version… They added coconut oil to the formula so it now irritates my lips… I used up at least 10 of them in the past years.” Official EX copy adds coconut oil (INT, MY, Pamper.My).

Dead-skin results are mixed. Glowpick AI and several Little Wonderland reviewers report flakes softening. Stephanie says it does not get rid of dead skin and you still need a scrub. Jessica: has not yet helped dry flakes.

Over-use. Marijn: too much made lips drier; would not recommend daily use in that review. Marie Louise says it is not meant as an all-day balm.

Jar and price. 지똥글이: inconvenient without a spatula. Lou, Chrisy, Yara, Petra: steep vs drugstore balm (US $24 / KR 22,000원 list).

Names do not match. US “Lip Sleeping Mask” + “Berry (Original)” vs KR / INT “EX.” Easy to mix original and EX in secondary copy.


MIXED OPINIONS


2026 is retention, not a breakout. Glowpick mid-year lip-mask 1st in 2025 and 2026 comes from The Monodist (affiliate). The official Glowpick 2026 awards page was not used for that table. Olive Young 2024 is a purchase-record Pick, with Bioderma, Torriden, and Y.N.M. above it. Allure 2025 and 2026 are reader-voted, US name, repeat champion. Live Glowpick still has it at lip-mask #2 and overall lip-care #8, which fits an incumbent, not a rookie.

Amoreshop showed 4.9 / 16,935 reviews on the 20 g EX listing. That is a count only. Review text was not used.

Scent splits the room. Some keep buying Berry for the smell. Others want unscented. Day use is also split: some use a thin layer by day; Marie Louise says follow the overnight instructions.

Korean official-site “사용 후기” blurbs were not used. Several clearly describe other products.


ALTERNATIVES


Same Glowpick mid-year lip-mask podium: 2026 2nd Tocobo Vita Glazed Lip Mask, 3rd Etude Ginger Sugar Overnight Lip Mask. 2025 2nd Tocobo again; 3rd Tree Hut Overnight Lip Mask [#Strawberry].

Olive Young Awards 2024 lip care (sales, not reviews), above Laneige’s Pick: Bioderma Atoderm Lip Stick, Torriden Solid In Ceramide Lip Essence, Y.N.M. Rainblow Honey Lip Balm.

On Glowpick’s overall lip-care TOP20 on 16 August 2026, Etude Ginger Sugar Overnight Lip Mask is #6 and Tocobo Vita Glazed is #14, with Laneige EX at #8. No head-to-head lab comparison was opened. This is not a winner-takes-all ranking.

If you want an unscented occlusive, or you reacted to EX coconut oil, this jar is the wrong job.


SOURCES & METHODOLOGY


Official brand
- LANEIGE Lip Sleeping Mask (international) — https://int.laneige.com/products/lip-sleeping-mask
- LANEIGE 립 슬리핑 마스크 EX (Korea) — https://laneige.com/product/립-슬리핑-마스크-ex/55/
- LANEIGE Lip Sleeping Mask (US) — https://us.laneige.com/products/lip-sleeping-mask
- LANEIGE Lip Sleeping Mask EX (Malaysia) — https://my.laneige.com/lip-sleeping-mask-ex.html
- LANEIGE Lip Sleeping Mask Berry (Philippines) — https://ph.laneige.com/products/lip-sleeping-mask-berry-miniature

Retailer data
- Amoreshop 립 슬리핑 마스크 EX 20g — https://www.amoremall.com/kr/ko/product/detail?onlineProdSn=20978&onlineProdCode=111970000474
- Olive Young Global listing — https://global.oliveyoung.com/product/detail?prdtNo=GA210811541 (title only)
- Little Wonderland Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask — https://www.littlewonderland.nl/en/laneige-lip-sleeping-mask.html (EU shop; original and EX mixed)

Independent editorial
- The Monodist, Glowpick Beauty Awards 2026 mid-year — https://themonodist.com/glowpick-beauty-awards-2026-mid-year/ (affiliate)
- The Monodist, Glowpick Beauty Awards 2025 mid-year — https://themonodist.com/glowpick-beauty-awards-2025-mid-year/ (affiliate)
- The Monodist, Olive Young Awards 2024 — https://themonodist.com/olive-young-awards-2024/ (affiliate; source line “CJ Olive Young”)
- Pamper.My, Laneige 28th anniversary — https://www.pamper.my/news/beauty/laneige-celebrates-its-28th-anniversary-with-new-launches-and-exciting-deals/
- Allure 2026 Readers’ Choice — https://www.allure.com/story/2026-readers-choice-winner-product-reviews
- Allure 2025 Readers’ Choice skin-care winners — https://www.allure.com/story/readers-choice-skin-care-winners-2025
- 지똥글이, Tistory EX jar diary — https://jieun880320.tistory.com/110 (내돈내산; not a Berry-only wear test)

Review platform
- Glowpick 립 슬리핑 마스크 EX — https://glowpick.co.kr/product/144347
- Glowpick lip-care TOP20 — https://www.glowpick.com/categories/19 (updated 16 August 2026)

Trend source
- Glowpick mid-year lip-mask ranks via The Monodist; Olive Young 2024 Pick via The Monodist; Allure Readers’ Choice 2025 and 2026. Unverified social-unit claims were not used.

KCI used only the opened sources. Award titles for 2025–2026 Glowpick lip mask come from The Monodist, not from the official awards table. Brand clinical percentages and Allure winner copy were not rewritten as user reviews. Korean official-site reviews were not used.

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