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Celimax Dual Barrier Purifying Cleansing Balm

Ingredients and claims, checked

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Last checked September 4, 2026

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What is it like at a glance?

What the ingredients do

Softening leads, with 4 of 22 ingredients. It also contains Polyethylene.

Softening
4
Hydration
3
Moisture seal
2
Exfoliation
1

By skin type

  • DryGood fit
  • OilyUse with care
  • CombinationNeutral
  • SensitiveGood fit

Piboo’s rating from user reports.

Worth knowing

  • Has a fungal-acne trigger
  • On pore-clogging lists

Made for

What is this product?

What to expect
It's made for better hydration.
Key ingredients
Ceramide, Cholesterol, Tocopherol
When
Evening

A cleansing balm in a grinder container that takes refill cartridges. It also contains panthenol. It's made with ceramides and comes in a 50 ml size.

Who is it for?

Good for

  • Sensitive skin
  • Heavy makeup wearers who want an oil cleanse

What's good, and what to watch for?

Good points

  • Ceramide replenishes the skin barrier

Watch-outs

  • If you clog easily: Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Polyethylene
  • If you get fungal acne: Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Glyceryl Stearate

How do you use it?

Where in your routine
First-cleanse balm, massaged onto dry skin over makeup or sunscreen, then emulsified with water and rinsed before a second cleanser
Pairs well with
  • A second, water-based cleanser immediately after rinsing
  • A leave-on ceramide or barrier moisturizer used later in the same routine
Don't combine with
Relying on this balm alone as the only cleanse of the day

What is in it?

The full ingredient list as the brand publishes it, in the printed order. Tap a name to read 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.

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.

What the claims add up to

You can expect:
better hydration
Don't count on:
less visible pores
Tests passed:
non-comedogenic
See each claim, checked (8)

Claims, checked

  • Formulated without 23 harmful ingredientsbacked by evidence
  • Contains the moisturising ingredient ceramidebacked by evidence
  • 95% purity 5-ceramideplausible, not tested
  • Balm → oil → milk, a 3-stage textureplausible, not tested
  • A new concept cleansing balm for sensitive skinpartly backed
  • Non-comedogenic test completedpartly backed
  • Waterproof deep cleansingoverstated
  • Specialised in blackhead & whitehead improvementoverstated

We quote each claim exactly as the brand published it, then check it against the ingredient list and the brand's own documents.

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