beplain Mung Bean Weakly Acidic Cleansing Foam

What is this product?

Good daily wash for oily, dehydrated or rough-textured skin, in 80ml and 160ml, with no fragrance and no colourant on the list; bad one for inflamed acne, for skin that flares from rubbing, and for anyone reactive to ethanol, which is on the list at an undisclosed level.

What makes it different?

Two things separate it on the cleansing-foam shelf. The surfactants are three amino-acid types with no fatty acid and no hydroxide at any position on those 37 entries, which is the composition the weakly acidic name actually requires, in a category where most rivals are soap; beplain publishes no pH, so the name is structurally credible but unmeasured. And it puts ppm figures on both mung bean entries, which is rare, and which also exposes the gap between soft marketing words like 촉촉한 and 부드럽게 and a 37-ingredient formula that abrades your face at every 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.

Key ingredientWorth a closer look

• Glycerin
• Water
• Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate
• Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate
• Butylene Glycol
• Phaseolus Radiatus Seed Powder
• Lauryl Betaine
• Hydroxyacetophenone
• Vigna Radiata Seed Extract
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Sodium Chloride
• Alcohol
• Betaine
• Polyquaternium-39
• Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract
• Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract
• Dextrin
• Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Extract
• Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract
• Allantoin
• Phellodendron Amurense Bark Extract
• Aloe Barbadensis Flower Extract
• Solanum Melongena (Eggplant) Fruit Extract
• Sodium Benzoate
• Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract
• Corallina Officinalis Extract
• Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract
• Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract
• Tocopherol
• Hydrogenated Lecithin
• Centella Asiatica Extract
• Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract
• Ceramide NP
• Sodium Hyaluronate
• Camellia Sinensis Leaf Powder

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: Hydrogenated Lecithin

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 6 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them looks likely, though none are proven outright.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

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.

How we read these lines

What else is worth seeing?

Products we read alongside this one.

• S.NATURE Aqua Rice Mildly Acidic Cleansing FoamAnother product in the same category
• make p:rem Safe Me. Relief Moisture Cleansing FoamAnother product in the same category
• innisfree Volcanic BHA Pore Cleansing FoamThe stronger one of the two

Which articles cover it?

Articles on this site that write about this product.

• A Korean routine from one Olive Young trip: six steps, six productsSix products that build a complete Korean skincare routine from a single Olive Young run, with what each label confirms and what it leaves undisclosed.
• Weakly acidic cleansers: how to tell when the label earned itOnly one of these five Korean cleansers publishes an actual pH range. The ingredient list tells you the rest, and one of them is a soap in disguise.
• What to buy at Olive Young: ten products we read the label on firstTen Korean skincare products stocked at Olive Young, each one picked after reading the ingredient list and checking what the brand can actually back up.