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Skintific Purifying Barrier Ice Cream Cleansing Balm Versus Beauty of Joseon Radiance Cleansing Balm

Makeup Remover
Makeup Remover
Chinese Brand China
Korean Brand South Korea

Updated on September 07, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both vegan, 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, scar healing and dark spots

Free From

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

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Ingredient Info

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About this product

About this product

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Key Ingredients

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Key Ingredients

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Ingredients Side-by-side

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Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

Masking, Skin Conditioning

This ingredient is an emollient, solvent, and texture enhancer. It is considered a skin-softener by helping the skin prevent moisture loss.

It helps thicken a product's formula and makes it easier to spread by dissolving clumping compounds.

Caprylic Triglyceride is made by combining glycerin with coconut oil, forming a clear liquid.

While there is an assumption Caprylic Triglyceride can clog pores due to it being derived from coconut oil, there is no research supporting this.

Learn more about Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
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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Humectant, Masking, Skin Conditioning

Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:

  • It is a solvent, meaning that it helps to dissolve other ingredients. This also enhances the absorption of the product into one's skin.
  • It is a humectant, which means that it helps attract moisture into the skin.
  • It helps improve product application.
  • It has mild preservative properties.

Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.

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

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.

Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Water. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.

So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.

You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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When to use

22 Routines
18% use in am
82% use in pm
86% use every day
966 Routines
11% use in am
89% use in pm
89% use every day
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Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

Skintific Purifying Barrier Ice Cream Cleansing Balm 22 ingredients

4.5 /5
from 2 ratings
Great Value (2) Works Well (2) Hydrating (1)
nursyahirah's avatar

Nur Syahirah

8 months ago
Review

My first cleansing balm which really cleanse my pore thoroughly and all of my white heads will appear on my finger tips once im done rubbing it on my skin. It has a milky finish as soon as itโ€™s in contact with water. Really love this product. ๐Ÿคฉ

It does have a nice scent of smell, ice cream
I suppose. But it did not bother me much, just love how my skin is after i double cleanse it.

#great value
#hydrating
#light
#light scent
gabrie11e's avatar

gabrielle ๐Ÿฅ

29 days ago
Review

This is a good cleansing balm! This does a great job of removing my makeup, though I need to use a bit more to remove waterproof mascara. It has a sweet fragrance, which was concerning to me since I have really sensitive skin, but thankfully, this didn't break me out. It's a bit on the smaller side, but given the price, I feel like it's alright.

The jar comes with a removable spatula built into Show more

#great value
#strong scent
#works well

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

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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