Arencia
Arencia Green Tea + LHA Deep Pore Rice Cake Cleanser
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-16
What is this product?
A solid, hand-warmed rice-cake-textured facial cleansing paste from a Korean brand, built around a coconut-derived amino-acid surfactant base and carrying two forms of salicylic acid rather than being a plain foaming wash. It is one of three scent variants the brand sells as a set on a Korean drugstore retailer, though the scent variants differ from each other in printed size and naming on the brand's own site. A brand-commissioned short-window study backs claims about blackhead appearance, surface oil, and skin texture, and the brand cites strong cumulative sales volume as a separate popularity signal.
What makes it different?
A solid, malleable rice-cake-textured cleansing paste rather than a liquid or bar soap format, formulated with two salicylic-acid forms rather than as a plain surfactant wash.
What is in it?
The full ingredient list as the brand publishes it, in the printed order. Each name links to what we know about that ingredient.
This brand publishes its ingredient list in Korean only. Names below are the matching INCI names from the Korean Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary, except 4 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.
Key ingredient
- Glycerin
- Water
- Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
- 스위트아몬드씨드케이크
- Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Coconut Acid
- Sodium Isethionate
- Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate
- Glyceryl Stearate
- Xanthan Gum
- Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil
- 약모밀가루
- Dextrin
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Polyquaternium-67
- Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract
- Disodium EDTA
- Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Extract
- Allantoin
- Panthenol
- Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
- Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil
- Butylene Glycol
- Salicylic Acid
- Bakuchiol
- 아스파라거스추출물
- Oryza Sativa (Rice) Lees Extract
- 히솝추출물
- Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
- Vigna Radiata Seed Extract
Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.
We could not place these in the list above: 로즈마리잎오일, 살구씨오일, 살리실릭애씨드
Did the ad claims hold up?
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.
Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
partly backed3
- Human application test for blackhead improvement completed.
Korean original
블랙헤드 개선 인체적용시험완료
- Human application test for oil improvement completed.
Korean original
유분 개선 인체적용시험완료
- Human application test for skin texture improvement completed.
Korean original
피부결 개선 인체적용시험완료
no evidence1
- Chewy glutinous rice cake formulation that perfectly adsorbs impurities.
Korean original
노폐물을 완벽 흡착하는 쫀득한 찹쌀떡 포뮬레이션
says nothing1
- OLIVE YOUNG surpassed 500,000 units in sales within 1 year of launch.
Korean original
OLIVE YOUNG 출시한 지 1년만에 50만개 판매돌파
Each line is quoted as the brand published it, and each one was read on its own against the ingredient list and the documents the brand publishes.