Antimicrobial

What is Betaine Salicylate?

This ingredient is listed in CosIng, the European Commission’s public database of cosmetic ingredients. The function classes that database records for it are: Antimicrobial, Keratolytic.

A function class records the role an ingredient is put in a formula for. It is what the database files the ingredient under, not a finding of ours about what it does on skin.

Which products use it?

Of the 153 products whose labels we have read, one puts this one on the front.

Bring Green

Tea Tree Cica Soothing Toner

We checked 4 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them holds up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

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See the label check (4 lines)

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

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  • *Because it contains a large amount of tea tree, a white sediment may form, but there is nothing wrong with the quality, so it is fine to use.
    Korean original

    *티트리 성분 다량 함유로 하얀색 침전물이 생길 수 있으나, 품질에는 이상이 없으므로 사용하셔도 무방합니다.

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  • With triple tea tree and cica, it solves the troubles of angry skin.
    Korean original

    3중 티트리와 시카 함유로 성난 피부 고민을 해결해 줍니다.

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  • The AHA component tidies up dead skin cells and sebum.
    Korean original

    AHA 성분으로 각질과 피지를 정돈해 줘요.

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  • It is a reassuring product that has completed the TEST for suitability for use on acne-prone skin.
    Korean original

    여드름성 피부 사용 적합 TEST를 완료한 안심 제품입니다.