Name: beplain Mung Bean Cleansing Water
Brand: beplain

What is this product?

beplain's Mung Bean Cleansing Water is a gentle 400ml wipe cleanser for sensitive or blemish-prone skin, and beplain says outright that you do not have to rinse it off. One mild betaine surfactant does the cleaning, there is no fragrance among its 29 ingredients, and the brand states it is not a registered functional cosmetic.

What makes it different?

The interesting part is what it does without: no rinse and no second surfactant, just one mild betaine, which is why it suits skin that reacts to most cleansers. Do not buy it for the five ceramides and six hyaluronates on the list, though. Neither group comes with an amount and both sit far enough down the list to read as trace additions rather than a real hydration step.

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.

Key ingredient

Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 2 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.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

backed by evidence1

Soak a cotton pad well with the cleansing water, then wipe gently along the grain of the skin. For point makeup, leave the cotton pad on for about 5 to 10 seconds and then wipe gently. No separate water rinse is needed, but you may finish with lukewarm water.
Korean original
화장솜에 클렌징 워터를 충분히 적신 후, 피부 결을 따라 부드럽게 닦아냅니다. 포인트 메이크업은 화장솜을 5~10초 정도 올려 두었다가 부드럽게 닦아주세요. 별도의 물 세안은 필요없으나, 미온수로 마무리하셔도 좋습니다.

says nothing1

Pore confidence, mung bean
Korean original
모공자신감, 녹두

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.

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Korean cleansing waters: six labels, and what no rinse really costsSix Korean cleansing waters compared on the things that decide them, how mild the surfactant is, whether a rinse is optional, and which ones carry fragrance.