Cleansing
What is Sodium 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: Cleansing, Surfactant, emulsifying, Surfactant, cleansing, Viscosity controlling.
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.
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Mugwort Calming Powder Wash
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.
- If you use Mugwort Powder Wash at the deep cleansing step about 1 to 2 times a week, unnecessary flake care is possible along with sebum removal.
Korean original
쑥 파우더 워시는 주1~2회 정도 딥 클렌징 단계에 사용해주시면 피지 제거와 더불어 불필요한 각질 케어가 가능합니다.
- #EnzymePowder #FlakesScrubbedAway
Korean original
#효소파우더 #각질쑥싹
- In the case of Mugwort Powder Wash, it is formulated weakly acidic so it can be used gently, but its cleansing power may be somewhat insufficient to remove all makeup products.
Korean original
쑥 파우더 워시의 경우 약산성으로 처방되어 순하게 사용이 가능하나 메이크업 제품을 모두 지우기에는 세정력이 다소 부족할 수 있습니다.
- Mugwort Powder Wash contains papain enzyme and is a weakly acidic cleansing product effective at removing unnecessary flakes and impurities, and it is a product you may use every day.
Korean original
쑥 파우더 워시는 파파인 효소가 함유되어 불필요한 각질과 노폐물을 제거하는 데 효과적인 약산성 클렌징 제품으로 매일 사용하셔도 무방한 제품입니다.
- Papain enzyme is contained about 3 times higher than in an ordinary powder wash, so you can feel a smooth skin texture with just one use, and you may also lather it on areas that need flake care, leave it on for 30 seconds and use it as a foam pack.
Korean original
파파인 효소가 일반 파우더 워시대비 3배가량 높게 함유되어 한번에 사용 만으로도 매끄러운 피부결을 느끼실 수 있으며 각질관리가 필요한 부위에 거품을 내어 30초간 올려놓고 거품팩으로 활용하셔도 좋습니다.