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P.CALM Holy Basil Green Capsule Pack-to-Foam Cleanser

Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read

Read on 2026-09-21

What is this product?

A soap-based pack-to-foam cleanser built on fatty-acid surfactants with charcoal powder at position 14 and a long tail of plant extracts including holy basil at 10ppm. The strong cleansing base suits oily or congested skin, but the headline numeric claims are not verifiable from the page.

What makes it different?

The formula is a true soap system: palmitic, stearic, lauric, myristic and arachidic acids sit at positions 3 through 7 with potassium hydroxide, alongside a milder amphoteric and amino-acid-based surfactant. Charcoal powder at position 14 and papain at the end of the list give a pore-clearing, lightly exfoliating angle. Holy basil leaf extract is the namesake active but sits at position 37 with a printed 10ppm concentration. The brand prints specific efficacy percentages on the page yet does not disclose the testing method, panel, or lab behind them.

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 4 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredient

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: 글라이콜다이스테아레이트, 글리세릴스테아레이트, 피이지-100스테아레이트, 라우릭애씨드, 미리스틱애씨드, 팔미틱애씨드, 스테아릭애씨드, 아라키딕애씨드

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 8 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. None of them hold up on their own. They are partly right at best.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

overstated ad line1

  • ✅Sebum-absorbing green capsule 20,000PPM
    Korean original

    ✅피지흡착 초록캡슐 20,000PPM

no evidence6

  • ✅ 98.67% improvement in waste inside pores
    Korean original

    ✅ 모공 속 노폐물 98.67% 개선

  • ✅ 92.07% cleansing power for waterproof sunscreen
    Korean original

    ✅ 워터프루프 자외선 차단제 92.07% 세정력

  • ✅ Sebum 61.22% & blackhead 30.81% improvement
    Korean original

    ✅ 피지 61.22% & 블랙헤드 30.81% 개선

  • ✅ Old dead skin cells 48.76% improvement
    Korean original

    ✅ 묵은 각질 48.76% 개선

  • ✅ Sensitive skin irritation test irritation 0.00
    Korean original

    ✅ 민감성 피부 자극 테스트 자극 0.00

  • ✅Holy Basil + pore patented ingredient COOLIF™ + pore patented ingredient Pore Laser™
    Korean original

    ✅홀리바질 + 모공 특허성분 COOLIF™ + 모공 특허성분 Pore Laser™

says nothing1

  • Pore Deep Clean Holy Basil Pack Cleanser🌿
    Korean original

    모공 대청소 홀리바질 팩클렌저🌿

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