Is this a first or second cleanser?

Clean It Zero Calming Gel Cleanser 200ml is the second, water-based half of a Korean double cleanse. Pair it with an oil or balm cleanser at night to remove sunscreen and makeup first, then follow with this to clear what the oil step leaves behind. In the morning it can be used on its own.

Will this cleanser dry out my skin?

It is formulated with a calming gel surfactant base rather than a harsh sulfate, so most skin types can use it twice daily without the tight, stripped feeling a stronger foaming cleanser can leave. Anyone with a very dry or compromised barrier should still watch how their own skin responds and scale back to once daily if needed.

How much product should I use per wash?

A dime to quarter-sized amount is enough to lather across the whole face. Using more does not clean any better, it just uses up the 200ml bottle faster, so start small and add a touch more only if it does not work up a full lather on the first pass.

Can I use this if I have oily or acne-prone skin?

Yes, Clean It Zero Calming Gel Cleanser 200ml is formulated to clear excess oil and residue from the day without over-drying, which is exactly the balance oily and breakout-prone skin needs from a daily cleanser rather than a harsh, stripping wash.

How do I confirm this bottle is the Korean-market formula?

Match the batch code and Korean-language label text on your bottle against Banila Co's own packaging. This listing is the authentic Korean-market Clean It Zero line, not a US-reformulated substitute.

BANILA CO

Clean It Zero Calming Gel Cleanser 200ml

Name: BANILA CO Clean It Zero Calming Gel Cleanser 200ml
Brand: BANILA CO
SKU: 11688230502
Price: 32.5 USD
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Clean It Zero Calming Gel Cleanser 200ml is a BANILA CO rinse-off calming gel cleanser (200ml), the second-cleanse step Korean routines pair with an oil or balm first cleanse.

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200 ml

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Suited to: normalcombinationoilydry

Helps with: daily cleansingdouble cleanse second stepresidue removal

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Key benefits

Runs on a calming gel surfactant base rather than a harsh sulfate system
Clears water-based residue and sweat that an oil cleanser leaves behind
Lathers into a foam or gel that rinses completely clean
Built as the second step of a Korean double cleanse
Suited to morning and night use without over-stripping the barrier

Key actives

10Butylene Glycol

Butylene Glycol sits early on the ingredient list of this product's own manufacturer ingredient list. It is a lightweight humectant solvent that carries the formula's other ingredients and keeps the texture from feeling heavy, which is what that listed position actually supports rather than a guessed-at dose.

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17Centella Asiatica (Cica)

Centella Asiatica (Cica) sits in the middle of the list of this product's own manufacturer ingredient list. It is the calming botanical Korean formulas lean on for compromised or reactive-feeling skin, carried here alongside its named actives madecassoside and asiaticoside, which is what that listed position actually supports rather than a guessed-at dose.

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20Tocopherol (Vitamin E)

Tocopherol (Vitamin E) sits in the middle of the list of this product's own manufacturer ingredient list. It is the formula's antioxidant, included to help protect its other ingredients and support overall skin-feel, which is what that listed position actually supports rather than a guessed-at dose.

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21Ectoin

Ectoin sits in the middle of the list of this product's own manufacturer ingredient list. It is a biotech-derived moisture and stress-defense ingredient increasingly used in Korean formulas to help skin cope with environmental exposure, which is what that listed position actually supports rather than a guessed-at dose.

All products with Ectoin

Amino-Acid Surfactant Base

Amino-Acid Surfactant Base sits early on the ingredient list of this product's own manufacturer ingredient list. It is the mild, coconut-derived cleansing base this formula runs on instead of a harsher sulfate system, which is what that listed position actually supports rather than a guessed-at dose.

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Ingredients declared

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Fragrance on the list

10Butylene Glycol17Centella Asiatica20Tocopherol

10Butylene Glycol
17Centella Asiatica
20Tocopherol

Where each key active sits on the declared ingredient list, by entry number. Position is proportion: the further forward, the larger its share.

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Water solvent: Water is the base almost every serum, toner and cream is built on. It dissolves the water-loving ingredients and sets how light the finished texture feels. On an INCI list it is usually first, which only means it is the largest single ingredient by weight.
Glycerin humectant: Glycerin is the most used humectant in skincare. It draws water into the outer layer of skin and holds it there, and it is one of the very few ingredients whose hydrating effect is settled science rather than marketing. Higher amounts feel tacky, which is why it is usually blended.
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate surfactant: Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate is a very mild coconut-derived surfactant used in cleansers for reactive skin and around the eyes.
Sodium Cocoyl Alaninate surfactant: An amino-acid surfactant made from coconut fatty acids and alanine. It foams less aggressively than a sulfate and rinses without the tight feeling.
Sodium Chloride thickener: Sodium Chloride is salt. In a cleanser it thickens the liquid; in a mask or essence it balances the mineral content of the water phase. It has no active role.
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer thickener: This is a carbomer relative with fatty side chains, so it thickens and stabilises an emulsion at the same time. It gives a light gel-cream body rather than a heavy one.
Lauryl Hydroxysultaine surfactant: Lauryl Hydroxysultaine is a mild secondary surfactant that keeps foaming even in hard water and at low pH.
1,2-Hexanediol humectant: 1,2-Hexanediol is a glycol used for two reasons: it holds water like glycerin, and it makes a formula harder for microbes to live in, so less traditional preservative is needed. Korean formulas use it heavily for that second reason.
Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate surfactant: Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate is a mild coconut-derived surfactant known for a rich, creamy lather that rinses without tightness.
Butylene Glycol humectant: Butylene Glycol is a small glycol that does two jobs at once: it holds water in the top layer of skin and it dissolves plant extracts and actives that plain water cannot. It also thins a formula, which is why watery Korean essences lean on it.
Caprylyl Glycol preservative booster: Caprylyl Glycol is a glycol that conditions skin and, more importantly, strengthens a preservative system so less of the traditional preservative is needed. It appears in most modern formulas built without parabens.
Citric Acid pH adjuster: Citric Acid is used in tiny amounts to bring a formula to the pH its actives need, not as an exfoliant at that level. It is an AHA, so at much higher concentrations it can also exfoliate.

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Ethylhexylglycerin preservative booster: Ethylhexylglycerin softens skin and boosts a preservative system, which is why it is nearly always sitting beside phenoxyethanol or 1,2-hexanediol. It also cuts down the odour bacteria produce, so it turns up in deodorising products.
C12-14 Alketh-12 emulsifier: C12-14 Alketh-12 is a solubiliser used to keep oils and fragrance dissolved in a water-based formula.
Fragrance fragrance: Fragrance, or Parfum, is a single declaration standing for a whole scent blend, which can be dozens of materials. Regulators allow it as a trade secret, so a list showing only this word does not say what the scent is made of. It is the most common trigger named by people with reactive skin.
Coco-Glucoside surfactant: Coco-Glucoside is a mild sugar-derived surfactant used in gentle cleansers, usually with a second surfactant to build foam.
Centella Asiatica Extract plant extract: Centella Asiatica is the plant behind the whole cica category, sold as gotu kola or Madagascar centella. Its extract is the anchor of Korean formulas built for easily reddened skin, and its work is done by four triterpenes: asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic acid and madecassic acid.
Decyl Glucoside surfactant: Decyl Glucoside is a sugar and coconut-derived surfactant, one of the mildest cleansers available. It produces a soft, low foam and rinses without stripping.
Sodium Phytate chelator: Sodium Phytate is a rice-derived chelator used in place of EDTA. It ties up trace metals so the formula stays stable and its colour and scent hold.
Tocopherol antioxidant: Tocopherol is vitamin E. It is an oil-soluble antioxidant that protects the oils in a formula from going rancid and works on skin as an emollient, and it is regularly paired with vitamin C because each keeps the other going for longer.
Ectoin humectant: Ectoin is a small molecule that microbes in salt flats and hot springs make to survive extreme conditions. In skincare it holds water tightly around itself, which is why it appears in formulas aimed at reactive, easily dehydrated skin.
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is the light fraction of coconut oil, with the heavy parts removed. It is the workhorse emollient of modern formulas: it softens skin, dissolves oil-soluble actives and absorbs without the greasy weight of a whole plant oil.
Propanediol humectant: Propanediol is a plant-derived glycol used in place of propylene glycol. It hydrates, carries actives into solution, and gives a lighter, less sticky slip than glycerin at the same strength.
Hydrogenated Lecithin emulsifier: Hydrogenated Lecithin is lecithin with its unsaturated bonds filled in, which makes it far more stable. It emulsifies and is the standard shell for the liposomes that carry actives into the outer layer of skin.
Glycine amino acid: Glycine is the smallest amino acid and one of the free amino acids skin holds to keep water in the outer layer. In a formula it is a humectant and a mild buffer.
Serine amino acid: Serine is one of the most abundant free amino acids in the outer layer of skin, where it helps hold water. Added to a formula it is a humectant.
Glutamic Acid amino acid: Glutamic Acid is an amino acid used as a humectant and a mild pH adjuster. It is one of the components of skin's natural moisturising factor.
Ceramide NP barrier lipid: Ceramide NP is the most used cosmetic ceramide, the same class of lipid that makes up roughly half the mortar between cells in the outer layer of skin. Added to a cream it slots into that structure, which is why ceramide formulas feel less leaky rather than merely greasy.
Aspartic Acid amino acid: Aspartic Acid is an amino acid used as a humectant and buffer, usually within a wider amino acid blend.
Leucine amino acid: Leucine is an essential amino acid used as a humectant, part of the amino acid block many Korean essences carry.
Alanine amino acid: Alanine is a free amino acid skin uses as part of its own moisture-holding system. In a formula it hydrates and conditions.
Lysine amino acid: Lysine is an essential amino acid used as a conditioning humectant in an amino acid complex.
Arginine amino acid: Arginine is an amino acid that does two jobs here: it holds water in the outer layer of skin, and it neutralises acidic gelling agents, which is why it often stands in for a synthetic pH adjuster.
Tyrosine amino acid: Tyrosine is an amino acid used as a conditioning humectant in amino acid complexes.
Phenylalanine amino acid: Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid used in skincare as a conditioning humectant.
Proline amino acid: Proline is an amino acid abundant in collagen and one of skin's own humectants. Added to a formula it holds water in the outer layer.
Threonine amino acid: Threonine is an essential amino acid used in skincare as a humectant, normally as part of an amino acid complex rather than alone.
Valine amino acid: Valine is an essential amino acid used as a humectant alongside the rest of an amino acid block.
Isoleucine amino acid: Isoleucine is an essential amino acid used as a conditioning humectant within an amino acid complex.
Histidine amino acid: Histidine is an amino acid used as a humectant and a buffer, part of skin's own free amino acid pool.
Cysteine amino acid: Cysteine is a sulphur-bearing amino acid used as a humectant and antioxidant. It is one of the three building blocks of glutathione.
Methionine amino acid: Methionine is a sulphur-bearing essential amino acid used as a humectant and mild antioxidant.
Saccharomyces Ferment ferment: Saccharomyces Ferment is a brewer's yeast ferment. It supplies amino acids, sugars and B vitamins and is used as a conditioning, hydrating ferment.
Asiatic Acid active: Asiatic Acid is the third of centella's four triterpenes and the aglycone form, meaning it has no attached sugar. It is oil soluble, so it turns up in cica creams and balms more than in watery layers.
Asiaticoside active: Asiaticoside is one of the four active triterpenes isolated from centella and the most studied of them. Korean formulas name it separately when they want to show which fraction of the plant they standardised.
Madecassic Acid active: Madecassic Acid is the fourth centella triterpene. A list that names all four is telling you the extract was standardised rather than simply pressed, which is the difference between a cica claim and a cica formula.
Madecassoside active: Madecassoside is the centella triterpene most associated with the look of redness, and the one brands lead with in cica products. It is water soluble and stable, so it appears in essences as readily as in creams.
Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate emulsifier: Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate is an amino-acid-derived emulsifier. It holds oil and water together and is mild enough for formulas built for reactive skin.

How it works

A foam or gel cleanser's job is to finish what an oil cleanser starts: it clears the water-based residue, sweat and leftover surfactant film an oil balm alone does not lift. Clean It Zero Calming Gel Cleanser 200ml is built with a calming gel surfactant base rather than a harsh sulfate, so it foams or gels into a lather that lifts residue without stripping the skin barrier bare. Rinsing with lukewarm water carries the lather, and everything suspended in it, down the drain. Used as the second half of a double cleanse, it leaves skin clean and ready for toner rather than tight and squeaky.

How to use

Dispense a small amount into damp hands and work into a lather, or apply directly to a wet face. Massage over the whole face for thirty seconds, focusing on the T-zone, then rinse thoroughly with lukewarm water. Use morning and night as the water-based half of your cleanse.

Worth knowing

Avoid direct contact with the eyes when massaging the lather in
Rinse thoroughly to avoid a filmy residue on the skin

Complete the routine

This itemBANILA CO Clean It Zero Calming Gel Cleanser 200ml$32.50
An as-needed step, in place of the prep layerBANILA CO Overnight Soothing Cica Sleep Mask 100ml$37.50
The treatment step of this routineBANILA CO Eyelash Treatment Serum 6.5g$22.50

Total for 3 items$92.50

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What professionals say

What skin-care professionals say about the key actives in this formula, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.

Centella can make your skin appear more hydrated, plumper and healthier.
Samantha Stein, PA-CDermatology physician assistant, Cleveland Clinic
People with dry, flaky skin are more likely to see a benefit from using vitamin E because it enhances moisturization.
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