HANYUL Hanyul Yuja Brightening Mask To Foam Cleanser

What is this product?

Hanyul Yuja Brightening Mask To Foam Cleanser is a 120 ml yuja jelly cleanser used either as a one to two minute wash-off pack on dry skin or as a daily lathering foam. Its 63 entry Korean list is built on a potassium soap base with silica, cellulose and yuja seed powder as particles, plus capryloyl salicylic acid, gluconolactone and citric acid, which the brand calls LHA, PHA and AHA. It also carries niacinamide, vitamin C forms, glutathione, ceramides and hyaluronic entries, and yuja peel oil at 5000 ppm with limonene and linalool; there is no fragrance entry. The brand's clinical figures come from one 30 woman study right after use, part of them self-scored. Suited to dull, rough or oily skin; sensitive skin and people stacking other exfoliants should take care.

What makes it different?

A dual-use jelly that works as a timed wash-off pack or a daily foam, combining a soap base and three particle ingredients with LHA, PHA and AHA class acids, and scented by yuja peel oil at 5000 ppm rather than an added fragrance entry.

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.

Key ingredientWorth a closer look

• Water
• Glycerin
• Myristic Acid
• Lauryl Hydroxysultaine
• Potassium Hydroxide
• Lauric Acid
• Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
• Sodium Chloride
• Silica
• Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
• Cellulose
• Trihydroxystearin
• 유자씨가루
• Palmitic Acid
• Stearic Acid
• Limonene
• Polyquaternium-7
• Citrus Junos Peel Oil
• Niacinamide
• Sodium Polyacrylate
• Sodium Metaphosphate
• Tocopherol
• Maltodextrin
• Linalool
• Citric Acid
• Gluconolactone
• Sodium Benzoate
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Mannitol
• Hydrogenated Lecithin
• Ascorbic Acid
• Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate
• Glutathione
• Cetearyl Alcohol
• Ammonium Glycyrrhizate
• Bioflavonoids
• Glycine Max (Soybean) Oil
• Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate
• Ceramide NP
• Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil
• Propanediol
• Beta-Carotene
• Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
• Sodium Hyaluronate
• Caffeine
• Zinc Gluconate
• Phytosphingosine
• 유자수
• Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Seed Extract
• Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
• Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
• Ceramide NS
• Butylene Glycol
• Hyaluronic Acid
• Cholesterol
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Ceramide AP
• Ceramide AS
• Canola Oil
• Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract
• Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate
• Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil
• Ceramide EOP

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: 유자껍질오일, 미리스틱애씨드, 라우릭애씨드, 팔미틱애씨드, 스테아릭애씨드, 폴리글리세릴-10올리에이트, 검정콩오일, 해바라기씨오일, 카놀라오일, 쌀겨오일

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 30 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.

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