Sulwhasoo Clarifying Mask
Ingredients and claims, checked

Last checked September 13, 2026
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What is it like at a glance?
What is this product?
- What to expect
- It's made for a smoother skin texture and firmer skin.
- Key ingredients
- Polyvinyl Alcohol, Alcohol Denat., POLYGONATUM SIBIRICUM ROOT/RHIZOME POWDER
- When
- Morning and evening
A peel-off pack that you spread thin and let dry before lifting, in a 120 ml size. It contains Bentonite, an oil-absorbing ingredient.
Who is it for?
Less suited to
- Sensitive skin
What to watch for?
Watch-outs
- Contains fragrance
- Has fragrance allergens (Limonene, LINALOOL)
- Contains drying alcohol (Alcohol Denat.)
How do you use it?
- Where in your routine
- A once or twice weekly treatment applied over a hydrated face, left to dry for 20 to 30 minutes, then peeled off before the rest of the routine is reapplied. It replaces nothing in the daily routine and is added to it
- Pairs well with
- A plain soothing or barrier step immediately after peeling
- Don't combine with
- An acid exfoliant, a retinoid or a scrub in the same session
- Broken, freshly shaved or actively inflamed skin
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.
Key ingredientWorth a closer look
- WATER / AQUA / EAU
- POLYVINYL ALCOHOL
- ALCOHOL DENAT.
- GLYCERIN
- BUTYLENE GLYCOL
- POLYGONATUM SIBIRICUM ROOT/RHIZOME POWDER
- PEG-75
- 1,2-HEXANEDIOL
- PEG-60 HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL
- BENTONITE
- XANTHAN GUM
- AMMONIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE/VP COPOLYMER
- FRAGRANCE / PARFUM
- LIMONENE
- LONICERA JAPONICA (HONEYSUCKLE) FLOWER EXTRACT
- ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN
- PORTULACA OLERACEA EXTRACT
- PROPANEDIOL
- POLYGONATUM ODORATUM RHIZOME POWDER
- HONEY / MEL / MIEL
- DISODIUM EDTA
- LINALOOL
- NELUMBO NUCIFERA FLOWER EXTRACT
- POLYGONATUM OFFICINALE RHIZOME/ROOT EXTRACT
- REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA ROOT EXTRACT
- PAEONIA ALBIFLORA ROOT EXTRACT
- LILIUM CANDIDUM BULB EXTRACT
- PANAX GINSENG ROOT EXTRACT
- GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS (LICORICE) ROOT EXTRACT
- TOCOPHEROL
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
- Only partly backed:
- a smoother skin texture · firmer skin · a brighter skin tone
See each claim, checked (20)
Claims, checked
Clings tightly without gaps, a peel-off mask that comes off in one go
backed by evidenceOkyong pack HUT results: Survey subjects: 45 Korean women aged 35-49, Survey period: 2020.1.16-23 | Survey organization: ACORN
backed by evidenceOkyong pack / PEEL OFF / dead skin cell/impurity removal
backed by evidence#DeadSkinImpurityCare #HerbalPeelOffPack
plausible, not testedSkin benefits: purification, dead skin cell care
plausible, not testedThe elastic texture clings to the skin without gaps, and as it dries, it cleanly adsorbs impurities and old dead skin cells, infusing the skin with tension to care it into a smooth skin texture
plausible, not testedFeels like skin texture has become finer
partly backedFeels like skin has become cleaner
partly backedFeels like skin has become brighter
partly backedFeels like dead skin cells have been smoothed out
partly backedA unique, honey-like textured, peel-off mask that removes dead skin cells and impurities to deliver smoother and visibly clear skin.
partly backedSmooth skin texture with dead skin cells gone
overstatedClearer and smoother skin with ingredients specialized in antioxidants
overstatedSkin Type: All Skin Types
overstatedInfused with antioxidant-rich Solomon's Seal powder and Korean honeysuckle extract, this formula helps promote dead skin cell turnover and delivers smooth and visibly clear skin.
overstatedSulwhasoo's representative peel-off mask with cumulative sales of 13,400,000 units *
no supporting source foundContains Solomon's seal powder, which shows antioxidant effects as excellent as vitamin C, and honeysuckle flower extract, which helps facilitate skin turnover, making skin roughened by dead skin cells and impurities clear and radiant
no supporting source foundBenefits: Even Skin Tone Radiance Boosting
no supporting source foundExperience skin that has become one step more elastic and smooth
nothing specific to checkPurify & Improve Clarity
nothing specific to check
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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