Where does this cream go in my routine?

As the last skincare step, morning and evening, over serum. Anything thinner than a cream goes on before it, and anything richer goes on after. If you are adding it to a routine you already like, give it a week on its own first, so what you see is the Bisabolol and not three changes at once.

What else is on the list besides Bisabolol?

Allantoin, Saccharomyces Ferment and Tocopherol. The order they are printed in on this cream's panel is the order on the box, so you can see where Bisabolol sits relative to them. Further down the same panel: Solanum Melongena (Eggplant) Fruit Extract, Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract and Salix Nigra (Willow) Bark Extract.

Bonajour

Eggplant BHA Water Cream 50ml

Name: Bonajour Eggplant BHA Water Cream 50ml
Brand: Bonajour
SKU: 4627101331
Price: 32.5 USD
Availability: InStock

Bonajour Eggplant BHA Water Cream is a 50ml cream whose ingredient list carries Bisabolol alongside Allantoin and Saccharomyces Ferment.

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$32.50

50 ml

$65.00 per 100 ml

Korean-market formula
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Korean barcode and batch code intact

Suited to: Dehydrated skinSensitive skinDull, uneven tone

Helps with: Shoppers looking for Bisabolol in a creamRoutines that want Bisabolol and Allantoin in one stepFilling the cream step with a Korean-market formula

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How it works

The Eggplant BHA Water Cream is a 50ml cream, used as the last skincare step, morning and evening, over serum. The active it is built around is Bisabolol, named twentieth on its own ingredient list. The same list carries Allantoin, Saccharomyces Ferment and Tocopherol, so the active is not the only thing on it worth naming. How much of the Bisabolol stays on the skin, and for how long, is decided by the cream format rather than by the list alone. Bonajour sells this Bisabolol cream in Korea, and this is that version.

Key benefits

Bisabolol, the active this cream is built around
Allantoin on the same list, an active
Saccharomyces Ferment on the same list, a ferment
Tocopherol on the same list, an antioxidant
Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract and Salix Nigra (Willow) Bark Extract further down the same list
Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract and Morus Alba Fruit Extract further down the same list

Key actives

1Solanum Melongena (Eggplant) Fruit Extractplant extract

Eggplant Fruit Extract carries nasunin, the antioxidant pigment in aubergine skin. It is used as an antioxidant plant extract. It is named first on this cream's list, alongside Bisabolol.

All products with Solanum Melongena (Eggplant) Fruit Extract

17Tocopherolantioxidant

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. The panel names it seventeenth on this cream's list, beside Bisabolol.

All products with Tocopherol

20Bisabololactive

Bisabolol is the main active fraction of chamomile oil, usually supplied from candeia wood. It is used for the look of redness in formulas for reactive skin, and it helps other ingredients absorb. On this cream's own ingredient list it is named twentieth.

All products with Bisabolol

29Allantoinactive

Allantoin is a comfrey-derived compound used to condition skin and soften the outer layer so it feels smoother. It is one of the standard additions to a formula built for easily irritated skin. The panel names it twenty-ninth on this cream's list, beside Bisabolol.

All products with Allantoin

33Saccharomyces Fermentferment

Saccharomyces Ferment is a brewer's yeast ferment. It supplies amino acids, sugars and B vitamins and is used as a conditioning, hydrating ferment. The panel names it thirty-third on this cream's list, beside Bisabolol.

All products with Saccharomyces Ferment

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Solanum Melongena (Eggplant) Fruit Extract plant extract: Eggplant Fruit Extract carries nasunin, the antioxidant pigment in aubergine skin. It is used as an antioxidant plant extract.
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.
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.
Cetyl Ethylhexanoate emollient: Cetyl Ethylhexanoate is a synthetic ester used as a dry-feeling emollient. It spreads easily, leaves a silky rather than oily finish, and helps disperse pigments and UV filters evenly.
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.
Arachidyl Alcohol fatty alcohol: Arachidyl Alcohol is a long-chain fatty alcohol used as a thickener and emollient, usually alongside behenyl alcohol.
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.
Triolein emollient: Triolein is three oleic acid chains on a glycerin backbone, the main triglyceride in olive and high oleic oils. It is used as a rich emollient with a slow, cushioned absorption.
Glyceryl Stearate emulsifier: Glyceryl Stearate is glycerin joined to stearic acid, and one of the most used emulsifiers in skincare. It holds oil and water together and thickens the result, and it softens skin at the same time.
Vegetable Oil emollient: Vegetable Oil is a collective declaration for a blend of plant oils. It names a class rather than a species, so the label does not say which plants.
Behenyl Alcohol fatty alcohol: Behenyl Alcohol is a long-chain fatty alcohol used to thicken and stabilise a cream. It gives a richer, more velvety body than cetyl alcohol.
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.

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Arachidyl Glucoside emulsifier: Arachidyl Glucoside is a sugar-derived co-emulsifier, usually supplied with arachidyl and behenyl alcohols as a plant-based cream base.
Carbomer thickener: Carbomer is a synthetic polymer that only gels once a base neutralises it, which is why arginine or tromethamine sits nearby on the list. It gives the clear, non-stringy gel texture a xanthan formula cannot reach.
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.
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.
Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract plant extract: Willow Bark Extract carries salicin, the plant compound salicylic acid is related to. The two are not interchangeable: willow bark is a mild clarifying extract, not a BHA exfoliant at the levels used in cosmetics.
Salix Nigra (Willow) Bark Extract plant extract: Black willow bark extract. Willow bark carries salicin and tannins, and it is the botanical route to a salicylate rather than a synthetic salicylic acid.
(-)-Alpha-Bisabolol active: Bisabolol is the main active fraction of chamomile oil, usually supplied from candeia wood. It is used for the look of redness in formulas for reactive skin, and it helps other ingredients absorb.
Caprylhydroxamic Acid preservative booster: A chelator that works by denying microbes the iron they need, which lets a formula hold at a skin-friendly pH with less conventional preservative.
Panthenol humectant: Panthenol is pro-vitamin B5: skin converts it to pantothenic acid. It is a humectant that holds water and leaves skin feeling soft and less tight, and it is one of the ingredients formulators reach for when a formula also contains something harsh.
Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract plant extract: Fig Fruit Extract carries fruit sugars, mild acids and a protein-digesting enzyme. It is used as a hydrating extract with a light smoothing effect.
Morus Alba Fruit Extract plant extract: White mulberry fruit extract. It carries anthocyanins and fruit acids and is used as a conditioning antioxidant extract, while the root bark of the same plant is used for tone.
Punica Granatum Fruit Extract plant extract: Pomegranate fruit extract, carrying ellagic acid and punicalagins. It is used as a plant antioxidant.
Ginkgo Biloba Nut Extract plant extract: Ginkgo nut extract, the eunhaeng eaten in Korea. It carries flavonoids and is used as a conditioning antioxidant extract.
Allantoin active: Allantoin is a comfrey-derived compound used to condition skin and soften the outer layer so it feels smoother. It is one of the standard additions to a formula built for easily irritated skin.
Sodium Hyaluronate humectant: Sodium Hyaluronate is the salt of hyaluronic acid, and it is what most products labelled hyaluronic actually contain. The salt dissolves more readily and the molecule is smaller, so it sits in the outer layer of skin rather than only on top of it.
Cryptomeria Japonica Leaf Extract plant extract: Cryptomeria Japonica is Japanese cedar. Its leaf extract is used as an aromatic antioxidant plant extract.
Nelumbo Nucifera Leaf Extract plant extract: Nelumbo Nucifera is the sacred lotus. Its leaf extract carries flavonoids and is used as a conditioning antioxidant extract.
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.

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

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on the list

1Solanum Melongena17Tocopherol20Bisabolol29Allantoin33Saccharomyces Ferment

1Solanum Melongena
17Tocopherol
20Bisabolol
29Allantoin
33Saccharomyces Ferment

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

How to use

Apply as the last step of a routine, warming a small amount between the fingers before pressing over face and neck.

Worth knowing

Patch test this cream on a small area and wait a day before using it more widely, especially with Bisabolol on the list.
Introduce this cream on its own for the first week, so anything your skin does is traceable to the Bisabolol rather than to three changes at once.

Complete the routine

This itemBonajour Eggplant BHA Water Cream 50ml$32.50
Prep after cleansing, before the treatment stepBonajour Propolis Energy Toner 205ml$35.00
Seal the routine in as the last stepBonajour Green Tea Water Bomb Cream 100ml$32.50

Total for 3 items$100.00

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Bonajour, Korean-market original

The Original Korean Formula cream from Bonajour, 50ml formulated with Bisabolol and Allantoin, shipped from California or direct from Korea.

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Korean-market stock with the original barcode and batch code intact, exactly as it left Korea.

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The Korean-market barcode, unaltered from the retail package.
The manufacturer’s batch code, exactly as the maker printed it.

정품Genuine article, Korean-market stock

What professionals say

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

Allantoin can tone down the dryness of the individual cells. It increases the water content of the skin, which means it helps to hydrate and moisturize.
Wilma Bergfeld, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic
People with dry, flaky skin are more likely to see a benefit from using vitamin E because it enhances moisturization.
Amy Kassouf, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic