GOONGBE GOONGBE Fresh Sun Stick Mild

What is this product?

A zinc oxide based mild sun stick with plant extracts and hyaluronic acid hydration, fragrance free claims aside it does contain fragrance, so very sensitive users should check the full list first.

What makes it different?

The formula relies on a single inorganic filter, Zinc Oxide, sitting second in the list, rather than a mix of organic filters. A spread of plant extracts including camellia seed oil, mulberry leaf, and centella appears from position 18 onward, alongside panthenol and two forms of hyaluronate in the later half. The stick also carries a ferment derived ingredient and several ester emollients, which gives it a smooth slip but adds watch items for fungal acne sensitive users.

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 5 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredientWorth a closer look

• Octyldodecanol
• Zinc Oxide
• Coco-Caprylate/Caprate
• Butyloctyl Salicylate
• 다이부틸라우로일글루타마이드
• Acrylates Copolymer
• 다이부틸에틸헥사노일글루타마이드
• Polyhydroxystearic Acid
• Butylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate
• C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
• Isopropyl Palmitate
• 폴리페닐실세스퀴옥세인
• Silica
• Silica Silylate
• Vinyl Dimethicone
• Triethoxycaprylylsilane
• Camellia Japonica Seed Oil
• Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment
• Morus Alba Leaf Extract
• Prunus Mume Fruit Extract
• 복사나무잎추출물
• Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract
• 회화나무뿌리추출물
• Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil
• Centella Asiatica Extract
• Sodium Hyaluronate
• Dextrin Palmitate
• Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer
• Water
• Panthenol
• Glycerin
• Pentylene Glycol
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Acetyl Glucosamine
• Hydroxyacetophenone
• Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
• Caprylyl Glycol
• Fragrance

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: 코코-카프릴레이트/카프레이트, 부틸옥틸살리실레이트, 카프릴릭/카프릭트라이글리세라이드, 아이소프로필팔미테이트, 마카다미아씨오일, 동백나무씨오일

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 3 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.

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