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Bonajour Eggplant BHA Water Cream

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Product photo of Bonajour Eggplant BHA Water Cream

Last checked October 2, 2026

Mid-range for creams

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What is it like at a glance?

What the ingredients do

Hydration and moisture seal lead, with 3 of 34 ingredients each.

Hydration
3
Moisture seal
3
Skin protection
2
Softening
1

By skin type

  • SensitiveNeutral

Piboo’s rating from user reports.

Worth knowing

  • Pregnancy: check first
  • Contains drying alcohol
  • Has a fungal-acne trigger
  • On pore-clogging lists

What is this product?

What to expect
It's made for less shine and better hydration.
When
Morning and evening

A water cream made with eggplant extract. It leaves a dewy, hydrated feel after you apply it. It comes in a 50 ml size.

Who is it for?

Less suited to

  • Sensitive skin

What's good, and what to watch for?

Good points

  • Contains Salix Nigra (Willow) Bark Extract 0.13%, Eggplant Fruit Extract 0.11%

Watch-outs

  • Pregnancy: check first (Salix Nigra (Willow) Bark Extract, Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract)
  • Contains drying alcohol
  • If you clog easily: Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Hydrogenated Rapeseed Oil
  • If you get fungal acne: Glyceryl Stearate SE, Glyceryl Dioleate

How do you use it?

Pairs well with
A hydrating toner before the cream
Don't combine with
Another exfoliating acid or a retinoid in the same 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, except 5 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredientWorth a closer look

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

What the claims add up to

Only partly backed:
less shine · better hydration
Don't count on:
calmer skin
Tests passed:
hypoallergenic · skin irritation
See each claim, checked (35)

Claims, checked

  • Eggplant extract(HD) PH - SPEC certificate of the origin of Eggplant extractplausible, not tested
  • If your skin's oil-water balance is broken? Clogs pores, causes milia·blackheads, interferes with skincare absorption, rough skin texture, dull and dark skin toneplausible, not tested
  • With a moist but fresh moisture base, it refines skin texture while filling moisture.plausible, not tested
  • Main ingredients ✓ Lupeol ✓ BHA ✓Dexpanthenolpartly backed
  • Containing eggplant extract that contains real Lupeol, it helps with troubled skin care andpartly backed
  • Natural BHA ingredient cares for sebum and skin texture without irritation, smoothing the skin texturepartly backed
  • Without parabens, phenoxyethanol, synthetic colorants, allergy-causing artificial fragrance, animal-derived ingredients, animal testingpartly backed
  • A ‘low-irritation daily skin texture care cream’ containing Lupeol, a natural ingredient of eggplantpartly backed
  • Contains eggplant extract that reduces sebum and calms angry skinpartly backed
  • Refer to the research results of the Department of Dermatology at Seoul National University Hospital (apply 2% Lupeol twice a day for 4 weeks)partly backed
  • European official VEGAN certified cruelty-free productpartly backed
  • First Brand Award won for 5 consecutive years (2018-2022 Natural Cosmetics category)partly backed
  • With a patented ingredient for troublesome skin, it calms angry skinpartly backed
  • Raises skin moisture to maintain skin balancepartly backed
  • Skin moisture loss improvement Moisture loss reduction -6.51% improvement 7.84 7.33 before use after 4 weeks of usepartly backed
  • With pH5.5 similar to human skin, you can confirm that litmus paper turns red.partly backed
  • Skin adverse reaction report 0% Eggplant BHA Moisture Cream human application test subjects 33 all skin irritation reaction level 0% Eggplant BHA Moisture Cream human application test report excerptpartly backed
  • Instead of plastic vinyl material cushioning, we use 100% recyclable eco-friendly paper cushioning (FSC certified) to safely protect the product and think of the environment.partly backed
  • Yes, it is possible. It is a product that has completed a low-irritation test, and you may use it every morning and evening.partly backed
  • Eggplant BHA Moisture Cream contains a small amount of black willow bark extract ingredient (including natural salicylic acid ingredient), not a large amount of salicylic acid or AHA ingredient, so when used with vitamin products it does not cause a major problem.partly backed
  • Hypoallergenic dead skin & dryness care creamoverstated
  • A dehydrated oily skin cream that solves concerns of sebum · pores · milia and even rough skin textureoverstated
  • Contains natural BHA ingredient (black willow tree extract) with no worry of irritation even with daily useoverstated
  • Lupeol, the active ingredient of eggplant, dissolves sebum and helps soothe angry skin.overstated
  • Good-ingredient vegan cream, made only with healthy ingredients obtained from nature, is a safe product officially vegan-certified by the UK society.overstated
  • Naturally derived ingredient content 92%no supporting source found
  • Recently, the ingredient called “Lupeol” contained in eggplant drew attention, but looking at eggplant cosmetics actually sold, we could not find the word Lupeol.no supporting source found
  • So we decided to make real eggplant cosmetics containing Lupeol, the key ingredient of eggplant, and developed an eggplant line containing highly concentrated eggplant fruit extract.no supporting source found
  • We blended an appropriate amount of salicylic acid so that it does not irritate or burden the skin even with daily use, increasing the product's safety.no supporting source found
  • 58% Sebum 64% Inflammationno supporting source found
  • Smoothly removes skin texture and improves the circulation of the turnover cycle, helping transition to a new skin layer.no supporting source found
  • Stickiness ZERO Fresh finish From dehydrated oily skin to troubled skin, you can use it without burdenno supporting source found
  • Together with experts who have studied only nature-oriented cosmetics for a long time, going through numerous test processes averaging 550 days or more, andno supporting source found
  • Even for the same raw material, we use only the highest grade natural raw materials, andno supporting source found
  • Through the highest-level manufacturing facilities in the country, we keep the stubbornness of strictly manufacturing ourselves and researching.no supporting source found

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