Binding

What is Isopropyl Palmitate?

This ingredient is listed in CosIng, the European Commission’s public database of cosmetic ingredients. The function classes that database records for it are: Binding, Skin conditioning, emollient, Fragrance, Perfuming.

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 130 products whose labels we have read, 2 put this one on the front.

HANSKIN

Cleansing Oil & Blackhead [PHA]

We checked 8 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 2 of them hold up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

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See the label check (8 lines)

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

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  • 1. Dispense an appropriate amount onto a palm not wetted with water and spread it over the whole dry face along the grain of the skin. 2. Massage gently for about 30 seconds, then wet your hands with a little water and massage once more. 3. Wash clean with lukewarm water. *On opening, please remove the stopper fastened to the container pump before use.
    Korean original

    1. 물을 묻히지 않은 손바닥에 적당량을 덜어 마른 얼굴 전체에 피부 결을 따라 펴 발라줍니다. 2. 30초 정도 부드럽게 마사지한 후 손에 약간의 물을 묻혀 한번 더 마사지해 줍니다. 3. 미온수로 깨끗하게 세안해 줍니다. *개봉 시, 용기 펌프에 체결된 스토퍼 제거 후 사용해주세요.

  • *Because it is manufactured with a blend of plant derived oil ingredients, fine sediment may occur, but there is no problem with using the product, so please shake it before use
    Korean original

    *식물유래 오일 성분 배합으로 제조되어 미세 침전물이 발생할 수 있으나, 제품 사용에는 이상없으니 흔들어 사용해 주시기 바랍니다

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  • HANSKIN has launched three ‘Cleansing Oil & Blackhead’ products that remove makeup perfectly and at the same time also allow blackhead management.
    Korean original

    한스킨이 메이크업은 완벽히 지워주고 동시에 블랙헤드 관리도 가능한 ‘클렌징 오일&블랙헤드’ 3종을 출시했다.

  • This newly presented product is released with an oil formula optimised for each of the dry, oily and combination, and sensitive skin types, and consists of three products in total so that it can be chosen and used according to skin condition.
    Korean original

    새롭게 선보이는 이 제품은 건성, 지.복합성, 민감성 피부 타입 별 최적화된 오일 포뮬러로 각각 출시되어 피부 상태에 따라 선택해 쓸 수 있도록 총 3종으로 구성돼있다.

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  • As a product that makes everyday cleansing and blackhead care possible at the same time with this one product, it leaves the ingredients useful to the skin and cleanly manages makeup residue, impurities, old flakes and blackheads.
    Korean original

    이 제품 하나로 매일매일 클렌징과 블랙헤드 케어가 동시에 가능한 제품으로 피부에 유용한 성분은 남기고 메이크업 잔여물, 노폐물, 묵은 각질 그리고 블랙헤드는 말끔하게 관리해준다.

  • ‘Cleansing Oil & Blackhead PHA’ for sensitive skin cares for delicate and sensitive skin with low irritation, using a high viscosity oil that reduces the surface making direct contact with the skin.
    Korean original

    민감성 피부를 위한 ‘클렌징 오일&블랙헤드 PHA’는 피부와 직접적으로 닿는 면을 줄인 고점도 오일로 여리고 민감한 피부를 저자극으로 케어한다.

  • The PHA ingredient has a large molecular structure, so it absorbs slowly into the skin and softly melts away sebum and flakes on sensitive skin.
    Korean original

    PHA성분은 분자 구조가 커서 피부에 천천히 흡수되어 민감한 피부의 피지와 각질을 부드럽게 녹여준다.

  • All skin types
    Korean original

    모든 피부타입

SRB

SRB Rice Water Rice Bran Enzyme Cleanser

We checked 5 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. None of them hold up on their own. They are partly right at best.

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See the label check (5 lines)

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

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  • Product features: low irritation
    Korean original

    제품특징: 저자극

partly backed1
  • Product features: exfoliation management
    Korean original

    제품특징: 각질관리

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  • A powder-type cleanser gentle enough even for babies
    Korean original

    아가에게도 순한 가루타입 클렌저

  • Main product specification: all skin types
    Korean original

    제품 주요 사양: 모든 피부

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  • Product features: brightening
    Korean original

    제품특징: 브라이트닝