Lagom
Lagom Cellup Micro Cleansing Water
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read

Read on 2026-09-04
What is this product?
Lagom's Cellup Micro Cleansing Water is a 350ml no-rinse water that is much richer than most: two plant oils at positions six and seven, five surfactants, a front-loaded humectant block with urea and a seven-strong botanical run, which is why it takes off more than a lean micellar water does and why it leaves more behind. Fragrance is the final ingredient, so the trade-off is residue and scent. Lagom's own copy reads as instructions rather than boasting and even volunteers that rinsing afterwards is fine.
What makes it different?
Its claim posture is inverted compared with its shelf: of the three statements on the product page two are pure instruction, and the single performance line hedges itself in its own second half. The evidence is the weak axis. Read every performance statement here as reasoning from the printed ingredient list rather than as measurement.
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 1 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.
Key ingredientWorth a closer look
- Water
- Dipropylene Glycol
- Glycerin
- Pentylene Glycol
- Glycine Soja (Soybean) Seed Extract
- 아르간커널오일
- Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil
- Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
- Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment
- Saponaria Officinalis Leaf Extract
- Borago Officinalis Extract
- Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract
- Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower/Leaf Extract
- Heptasodium Hexacarboxymethyl Dipeptide-12
- Hyacinthus Orientalis (Hyacinth) Extract
- Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Water
- Salvia Sclarea (Clary) Extract
- Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Myristamine Oxide
- C12-14 Alketh-12
- Bis-Ethoxydiglycol Cyclohexane 1,4-Dicarboxylate
- Panthenol
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Allantoin
- Urea
- Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
- Decyl Glucoside
- Sodium Chloride
- Sodium Citrate
- Citric Acid
- Butylene Glycol
- Octanediol
- Tocopherol
- Maltodextrin
- Disodium EDTA
- 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: Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Did the ad claims hold up?
We checked 3 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 2 of them hold up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.
Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
backed by evidence2
- After dispensing enough of the product onto a cotton pad, gently wipe makeup away along the grain of the skin from the inside of the face outwards.
Korean original
화장솜에 내용물을 충분히 덜어낸 뒤 피부 결을 따라 얼굴 안쪽에서 바깥쪽으로 메이크업을 부드럽게 닦아 냅니다.
- When cleansing point makeup, press lightly for about 10 seconds to melt the makeup, then wipe gently.
Korean original
포인트 메이크업 클렌징 시 10초 정도 가볍게 눌러 메이크업을 녹여낸 다음 부드럽게 닦아냅니다.
partly backed1
- It is a no-wash type cleansing water that does not require a separate water rinse, but if needed you may finish with lukewarm water or do a light second cleanse.
Korean original
별도의 물 세안을 하지 않아도 되는 노워시 타입의 클렌징 워터이나, 필요시 미온수로 마무리하거나 가벼운 2차 세안을 해주셔도 좋습니다.
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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