Korean beauty products are good enough to succeed globally. Most of them never get the chance.
I built this to fix that. Not to promote products. Not to make introductions faster. To make sure that when a deal is worth making — the foundation holds.
Independent by design.
Most services in this space get paid to say yes.
We get paid to find out what's true.
Stillmark Accord documents standards-based review records for products entering global markets.
Quietly, consistently, and with accountability.
Why Stillmark Accord
I built this because the same patterns kept appearing —
brands in markets they didn’t choose,
buyers holding products that didn’t hold up,
and no one documenting what went wrong before it happened.
Stillmark Accord exists to change that.
Not loudly. Not with guarantees.
Quietly, consistently, and with accountability.
Privacy by default
Independence
We don't accept paid promotion, endorsements, or affiliate influence.
We disclose conflicts of interest.
We publish standards before any review begins — and document the evidence behind every record.
If we can't remain independent, we decline the work.
That's not a policy. That's the point.
Client reports are delivered privately and never published as named cases.
No brand names. No product identifiers. No traceable links.
Public pages contain sample records only — to show structure and process, nothing more.
Your report is yours.
Founder / Lead
Led by RIO Kim
Independent evaluator. Standards-led. Risk-first.
National credentials in Korean aesthetics and cosmetics compliance. Educated in the UK, Based in Korea. We understand both sides of the table.
How this shapes the work
Selected for a government-supported OEM product development program — graduated with distinction.
Prototype development was completed through OEM coordination and iterative sample work. That process is where Stillmark Accord's standards-led, risk-first discipline was built — not in theory, but in practice.
Selected Credentials & Experience
National Licensed Esthetician (Korea)
National Certified Custom-made Cosmetics Preparation Manager (Korea)
Qualified Responsible Cosmetics Sales Manager under Korea's cosmetics regulations
Trade practice training — Korea International Trade Association (KITA), grounded in real-world trade operations and field cases
KOSME "Born Global" Seller Training Program (K-Beauty) — working with participants from multiple countries, with direct exposure to cross-cultural communication gaps and market expectation mismatches
・European market research — retail shelf observation and direct conversation with local trade contacts ・First-hand witness of a European buyer visit to Korea that fell through — not because of the product, but because the system wasn't ready.
That moment is why Stillmark Accord exists.