BANILACO Clean It Zero Cleansing Balm Original
Ingredients and claims, checked

Last checked September 4, 2026
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What is it like at a glance?
What is this product?
It's a cleansing balm.
- When
- Evening
Who is it for?
Less suited to
- Sensitive skin
- People avoiding fragrance
- Skin prone to fungal acne
What to watch for?
Watch-outs
- Contains fragrance
- If you get fungal acne: Ethylhexyl Stearate, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil
How do you use it?
- Where in your routine
- First cleanse, rinse-off, worked into dry skin on dry hands and then emulsified with water, before a second water-based cleanser
- Pairs well with
- A low-irritation second cleanser used immediately after rinsing this balm off
- A leave-on humectant or barrier step applied after the second cleanse
- Don't combine with
- A leave-on AHA or BHA exfoliant applied straight after this balm without an intervening water-based wash
- A physical scrub used in the same wash session
What is in it?
The full ingredient list as the brand publishes it, in the printed order. Tap a name to read 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.
Worth a closer look
- Cetyl Ethylhexanoate
- Ethylhexyl Stearate
- PEG-20 Glyceryl Triisostearate
- PEG-10 Isostearate
- Synthetic Wax
- Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Butylene Glycol
- Water
- Malpighia Glabra (Acerola) Fruit Extract
- Fragrance
- Lithospermum Erythrorhizon Root Extract
- Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil
- Onsen-Sui
- Punica Granatum Fruit Extract
- Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract
- Lactobacillus Ferment
- Ascorbic Acid
Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.
Our research flagged these as worth a closer look, but we could not find them by name in the list above: Olive Oil
Claims
See each claim, checked (6)
Claims, checked
The cleansing balm bestseller, an even softer and cleaner cleanse
overstatedIt cleanly removes everything from waterproof makeup to impurities inside pores and ultrafine dust.
overstatedCleansing balm / Skin type: all skin / Product features: pore care / moisture supply
overstatedCleansing balm / all skin / Additional ingredient functions: skin protection, astringent soothing, skin moisturising / Cleansing function: pore management
overstatedUnisex / Cleansing balm / Skin type: all skin / Jar type / Product features: low irritation, pore care / moisture supply / use with dry hands
overstatedFrom cleansing to makeup, Banila Co, the house of radiant complexion
nothing specific to check
We quote each claim exactly as the brand published it, then check it against the ingredient list and the brand's own documents.
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