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Beauty of Joseon Radiance Cleansing Balm Versus Quo Banana Cleansing Balm

Makeup Remover
Makeup Remover
Korean Brand South Korea
Canadian Brand Canada

Updated on December 19, 2023

Overview

What they are

These products are both cruelty-free and reef safe makeup removers. They have a total of 7 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain exfoliants

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for anti aging, dry skin, brightening skin and scar healing

Free From

They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, parabens, silicones or sulfates

What's Inside

They both contain oils

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Ingredient Info

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About this product

About this product

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

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Cetyl Ethylhexanoate is an emollient ester. It comes from cetearyl alcohol and 2-ethylhexanoic acid.

Cetyl Ethylhexanoate is an emollient that adds a velvety feel to skin without being greasy or oily. Emollients help trap moisture into your skin, keeping your skin soft and hydrated.

Emollient, Emulsifying

Peg-20 Glyceryl Triisostearate comes from Isostearic Acid and glycerin.

It is an emollient, emulsifier, and gentle cleanser. As an emollient, it helps trap moisture to keep skin soft and hydrated. Emulsifiers help prevent ingredients from separating.

This ingredient is common in oil-based products. This is because it helps oil-ingredients be easily washed away without leaving a residue.

Peg-20 Glyceryl Triisostearate may not be fungal-acne safe.

Learn more about PEG-20 Glyceryl Triisostearate
Abrasive, Emulsion Stabilising, Masking

Synthetic Wax is created from fossil fuels such as natural gas. It is used to enhance texture, adjust pH, and as an occlusive.

It may also be used as an abrasive ingredient to exfoliate the skin.

Synthetic Wax may not be fungal acne safe.

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Emulsifying

PEG-10 Isostearate isn't fungal acne safe.

Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.

A study from 2016 found glycerin to be more effective as a humectant than AHAs and hyaluronic acid.

As a humectant, it helps the skin stay hydrated by pulling moisture to your skin. The low molecular weight of glycerin allows it to pull moisture into the deeper layers of your skin.

Hydrated skin improves your skin barrier; Your skin barrier helps protect against irritants and bacteria.

Glycerin has also been found to have antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Due to these properties, glycerin is often used in wound and burn treatments.

In cosmetics, glycerin is usually derived from plants such as soybean or palm. However, it can also be sourced from animals, such as tallow or animal fat.

This ingredient is organic, colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.

Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.

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Skin Conditioning, Solvent

1,2-Hexanediol is a synthetic liquid and another multi-functional powerhouse.ย 

It is a:

  • Humectant, drawing moisture into the skin
  • Emollient, helping to soften skin
  • Solvent, dispersing and stabilizing formulas
  • Preservative booster, enhancing the antimicrobial activity of other preservativesย 
Skin Conditioning

Ethylhexylglycerin (we can't pronounce this either) is commonly used as a preservative and skin softener. It is derived from glyceryl.

You might see Ethylhexylglycerin often paired with other preservatives such as phenoxyethanol. Ethylhexylglycerin has been found to increase the effectiveness of these other preservatives.

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Beauty of Joseon Radiance Cleansing Balm 20 ingredients

4.6 /5
from 37 ratings
Works Well (25) No Scent (20) Great Value (17)
AshN.'s avatar

AshN.

1 year ago
Review

(Used in 2022) Best cleansing balm I've ever purchased! Most cleansing balms I've looked at usually contain some type of fragrance but this doesn't. The formulation is great as it easily melts on your face once applied. Even when I place some around my under eye and eyelid area there is no irritation or stinging. I would say this makes for a great budget buy as a little goes a long way. This is a Show more

#great value
#hydrating
#light
#no scent
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Butter

1 year ago
Review

โ‹†.เณƒเฟ”*:๏ฝฅ ๐ŸคŽ

๐Ÿฅฅ ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž: ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ฒ/๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐š๐œ๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐œ๐ณ๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž.

๐Ÿชด ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ:

ยทหš เผ˜โ‚Šยท อŸอŸอžอž๊’ฐโžณ ๐ˆ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐›๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š. ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ฌ๐จ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ. ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ (๐Ÿ“), ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐œ๐š๐ง'๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก.

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#great value
#hydrating
#no scent
#works well

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