Name: LAGOM pH Cure Foam Cleanser
Brand: LAGOM

What is this product?

LAGOM's pH Cure Foam Cleanser is a 120ml sulfate-free foam built around four mild surfactants: sodium cocoyl isethionate at position 3, lauramidopropyl betaine at 8, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate at 10 and potassium cocoyl glycinate at 11. Glycerin sits at position 2 and diglycerin at 4, which is a high humectant placement for a cleanser and is why the after-feel is soft rather than squeaky. Twenty-four items, with no sulfate, no denatured alcohol, no essential oil, no plant oil and no physical exfoliant. The name promises weak acidity and no pH figure appears on any surface held, which matters because the panel contains both a true soap, potassium cocoate at 14, and an acidifier, citric acid at 16; those are compatible only through a formulation the buyer cannot inspect. A declared fragrance sits at position 12, which is worth knowing for a cleanser whose copy names sensitive and acne-prone skin. The brand's named key ingredients, a mineral salt and a camel grass extract, sit at positions 17 and 22, while the surfactant block from 2 to 11 is what actually decides how it behaves. The panel is brand-published, taken from the key-ingredient block of the brand's own product page.

What makes it different?

Three things separate it from the weakly acidic foams beside it. First, the surfactant set is broad rather than token: four different mild surfactants across positions 3 to 11, an isethionate, a betaine, a taurate and a glycinate, where the conventional cost-driven build for this bracket is one mild surfactant carried by a sulfate. Second, the humectants are placed where they change the after-feel rather than where they pad the list, at positions 2 and 4. Third, and least flattering, the one number the name points at is the one number nobody publishes: there is no pH figure on any surface held, and the panel contains a true soap at position 14 alongside an acidifier at 16, which is exactly the configuration where a reader would want the figure. A declared fragrance at position 12 is the other thing to know before buying, given who the copy is addressed to.

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 3 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredientWorth 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: 코코넛애씨드, 글리세릴스테아레이트에스이, 포타슘코코에이트

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 5 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 3 of them look likely, though none are proven outright.

likely, not proven3

민감하고 트러블성 피부를 위한 약산성 클렌징폼
추천 타입 & 제형 여드름성 피부
주요 기능 건성피부ㅣ민감성 피부

partly backed2

약산성 수분 클렌징폼
핵심성분 히말라야 크리스탈 미네랄 솔트, 카멜그라스추출물, 식물유래계면활성제

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

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