Etude
Etude Soon Jung pH 5.5 Foam Cleanser
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-21
What is this product?
A mild, fragrance-free low-pH-positioned foam cleanser built on gentle amino acid based surfactants with panthenol and madecassoside near the end, suited to sensitive or easily dried skin.
What makes it different?
The cleansing base relies on sodium cocoyl isethionate, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate, decyl glucoside and potassium cocoyl glycinate rather than harsher sulfate surfactants. It contains no fragrance, no essential oils and no drying alcohol. Soothing and hydrating actives such as panthenol and madecassoside sit in the later half of the ingredient list. Citric acid suggests an acid-adjusted formula, though the actual pH is not settled by the ingredient list.
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
- Water
- Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
- Glycerin
- Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate
- Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
- Decyl Glucoside
- Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate
- Cetearyl Alcohol
- Glyceryl Stearate
- Sorbitan Olivate
- Glycol Distearate
- Potassium Cocoate
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Citric Acid
- Polyquaternium-67
- Glyceryl Caprylate
- Disodium EDTA
- Sodium Acetate
- Sodium Chloride
- Panthenol
- Pentylene Glycol
- Madecassoside
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: Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Glycol Distearate