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Bonajour Eggplant Daily BHA Toner

Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read

Read on 2026-09-25

What is this product?

Bonajour Eggplant Daily BHA Toner is a 205 ml wipe-off toner. Its 19 entry Korean statutory list prints salicylic acid seventh, which the brand states at 0.48 percent, with eggplant extract ninth and lupeol last. Ethanol is the fourth entry and one essential oil is listed; there is no fragrance entry and no colourant. The brand's sebum and pore figures are roughly five percent changes after four weeks with no institution, panel size or dates printed, and its zero irritation claims show no data. The lupeol and patent evidence concerns raw materials, and the pictured vegan registration ended in 2022. Suited to oily and combination skin wanting a low stated BHA dose by cotton pad; dry, reactive or alcohol-averse skin should go slowly, as the brand itself advises for very sensitive skin.

What makes it different?

A low stated BHA dose, 0.48 percent salicylic acid, in a thin wipe-off toner built around an eggplant extract and lupeol story. Unlike a plain hydrating toner it carries ethanol fourth and one essential oil, and its brand evidence is small four week sebum and pore changes without printed test details.

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 2 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Worth 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.

We could not place these in the list above: 유향나무오일, 살리실릭애씨드

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 27 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 2 of them hold up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

backed by evidence2

  • BHA toner that contains eggplant extract and lupeol
  • No colorants, no artificial fragrances.
    Korean original

    無색소 無인공향료

likely, not proven8

  • * Replaced with essential oils free from allergens.
    Korean original

    * 알러젠 물질이 없는 에센셜오일으로 대체되었습니다.

  • A low-irritation toner containing 'real eggplant' and BHA for daily use.
    Korean original

    매일 쓰는 BHA ‘진짜 가지’를 담은 저자극 토너

  • Contains an appropriate amount of salicylic acid that refines sebum and pores, reducing unnecessary skin irritation while helping with impurity and skin texture management.
    Korean original

    모공 속 피지와 모공을 정돈해주는 살리실산을 적정량 함유해 피부에 불필요한 자극은 줄이면서 노폐물 및 피부결관리에 도움을 줍니다.

  • Stickiness ZERO, refreshing water formula.
    Korean original

    끈적임 ZERO 산뜻한 워터 제형

  • It can be used without burden from combination skin to problem skin.
    Korean original

    수부지부터 문제성 피부까지 부담없이 사용할 수 있어요

  • Recycled plastic (PCR)
    Korean original

    재활용 플라스틱 (PCR)

  • The purple color of the eggplant toner is the color of the eggplant natural extract itself.
    Korean original

    가지 토너의 보랏빛은 가지 천연 추출물 자체의 색입니다.

  • Using a vegetable emulsifier so that the plant-derived ingredients in the eggplant toner can blend well together, but
    Korean original

    가지 토너 안의 식물성 성분들이 서로 잘 섞일 수 있도록 식물성 유화제를 사용하고 있는데

partly backed10

  • A low-irritation toner that contains eggplant extract with genuine lupeol to care for problem skin, and contains 0.48% BHA, making it suitable for daily use.
    Korean original

    진짜 루페올이 함유된 가지추출물을 담아 문제성 피부를 관리해주고, BHA 성분을 0.48% 함유하여 데일리용으로 사용할 수 있는 저자극 토너입니다.

  • Parabens, phenoxyethanol, synthetic colorants, allergy-inducing artificial fragrances, animal-derived raw materials, animal testing
    Korean original

    파라벤, 페녹시에탄올, 합성착색료, 알러지유발 인공향료, 동물성원료, 동물실험

  • 'Low-irritation skin texture refining toner' containing lupeol, the natural ingredient of eggplant.
    Korean original

    가지의 천연 성분 루페올을 담은 ‘저자극 피부결 정돈 토너’

  • A skin-texture refining toner that can be lightly wiped off after cleansing for skin care, it can manage leftover impurities and dead skin cells all at once, and does not cause irritation or burden to the skin even with daily use.
    Korean original

    세안 후 피부 정돈용으로 가볍게 닦아낼 수 있는 피부결 정돈 토너로, 피부에 남아있는 노폐물과 각질까지 한번에 관리가 가능하고, 매일 사용해도 피부에 자극이 가거나 부담이 되지 않습니다.

  • Contains eggplant extract that reduces sebum and calms irritated skin.
    Korean original

    피지는 줄이고 성난피부는 잠재우는 가지추출물 함유

  • Skin sebum secretion amount -5.71% improvement
    Korean original

    피부피지분비량 -5.71% 개선

  • Pore reduction -5.01% improvement
    Korean original

    모공 감소 -5.01% 개선

  • Contains 0.48% BHA salicylic acid with no worry of irritation even with daily use.
    Korean original

    매일 사용해도 자극 걱정없는 BHA 살리실릭애씨드 0.48% 함유

  • Weakly acidic balance for the skin barrier.
    Korean original

    피부 장벽을 위한 약산성 밸런스

  • With a pH5.5 similar to human skin, you can confirm the litmus paper turns red.
    Korean original

    사람의 피부와 비슷한 pH5.5로 리트머스지가 붉게 변하는 것을 확인할 수 있습니다.

overstated ad line1

  • A toner for combination skin that solves sebum · pore · milia concerns and even rough skin texture.
    Korean original

    피지 · 모공 · 좁쌀 고민 거칠어진 피부결까지 해결하는 수부지 토너

no evidence6

  • Naturally derived ingredient content 93%
    Korean original

    자연유래 성분 함량 93%

  • Lupeol, an effective ingredient of eggplant, dissolves sebum and helps soothe irritated skin.
    Korean original

    가지의 유효성분 루페올은 피지를 녹이고, 성난피부의 진정에 도움을 줍니다.

  • With a patented ingredient for troublesome skin, it calms angry skin.
    Korean original

    말썽 피부를 위한 특허 성분으로 성난 피부를 잠재우다

  • Skin adverse reaction reports 0%
    Korean original

    피부 이상 반응 보고 0%

  • All human application test subjects for the eggplant daily BHA toner showed 0% skin irritation response.
    Korean original

    가지 데일리 BHA 토너 인체적용시험자 전원 피부 자극 반응도 0%

  • Made only with healthy ingredients obtained from nature, it is a safe product officially certified vegan by the UK Society.
    Korean original

    자연에서 얻은 건강한 원료로만 만들어 영국 소사이어티 공식 비건 인증 받은 안전한 제품입니다.

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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