Astringent

What is Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Water?

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

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, one puts this one on the front.

COSRX

Salicylic Acid Daily Gentle Cleanser

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.

1backed1likely1partly backed1overstated

See the label check (4 lines)

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

backed by evidence1
  • Functional cosmetic status: not applicable
    Korean original

    기능성 화장품 여부 해당없음

likely, not proven1
  • For use on oily and combination skin
    Korean original

    지복합성 피부 사용

partly backed1
  • Salicylic Acid Daily Gentle Cleanser
    Korean original

    살리실산 데일리 젠틀 클렌저

overstated ad line1
  • Salicylic Acid Daily Gentle Cleanser
    Korean original

    살리실산 데일리 젠틀 클렌저