Where does this gel cleanser go in my routine?

As your first step, morning and evening, on skin wet with lukewarm water. Nothing goes under it: this gel cleanser is the step everything else in the routine lands on top of. 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 Allantoin and not three changes at once.

What else is on the list besides Allantoin?

Saccharomyces Ferment, Cryptomeria Japonica Leaf Extract and Nelumbo Nucifera Leaf Extract. The order they are printed in on this gel cleanser's panel is the order on the box, so you can see where Allantoin sits relative to them. Further down the same panel: Pinus Palustris Leaf Extract, Ulmus Davidiana Root Extract and Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Flower Extract.

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Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser (1.69 fl.oz / 50ml)

Name: COSRX Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser (1.69 fl.oz / 50ml)
Brand: COSRX
Price: 7.99 USD
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COSRX Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser is a 50ml gel cleanser with Allantoin, used as your first step, morning and evening, on skin wet with lukewarm water.

Reviewed by Nurcan Saglam, licensed dermo-cosmetic expert (Paris)

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$7.99

50ml

$15.98 per 100 ml

Korean-market formula
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Korean barcode and batch code intact

Suited to: Congested skinUneven textureDehydrated skinSensitive skin

Helps with: Shoppers looking for Allantoin in a gel cleanserRoutines that want Allantoin and Saccharomyces Ferment in one stepFilling the gel cleanser step with a Korean-market formula

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Key benefits

Allantoin, the active this gel cleanser is built around
Saccharomyces Ferment on the same list, a ferment
Cryptomeria Japonica Leaf Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera Leaf Extract and Pinus Palustris Leaf Extract on the same list, plant extracts
Ulmus Davidiana Root Extract and Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Flower Extract further down the same list
Pueraria Lobata Root Extract and Ethyl Hexanediol further down the same list
Allantoin named sixteenth on the manufacturer list printed on this page

Key actives

8Saccharomyces 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. It is named eighth on this gel cleanser's list, alongside Allantoin.

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9Cryptomeria Japonica Leaf Extractplant extract

Cryptomeria Japonica is Japanese cedar. Its leaf extract is used as an aromatic antioxidant plant extract. The panel names it ninth on this gel cleanser's list, beside Allantoin.

All products with Cryptomeria Japonica Leaf Extract

10Nelumbo Nucifera Leaf Extractplant extract

Nelumbo Nucifera is the sacred lotus. Its leaf extract carries flavonoids and is used as a conditioning antioxidant extract. The panel names it tenth on this gel cleanser's list, beside Allantoin.

All products with Nelumbo Nucifera Leaf Extract

11Pinus Palustris Leaf Extractplant extract

Pinus Palustris is longleaf pine. Its needle extract carries plant antioxidants and appears in Korean formulas alongside other conifer extracts. It is named eleventh on this gel cleanser's list, alongside Allantoin.

All products with Pinus Palustris Leaf Extract

16Allantoinactive

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. On this gel cleanser's own ingredient list it is named sixteenth.

All products with Allantoin

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

No fragrance

on the list

8Saccharomyces Ferment10Nelumbo Nucifera16Allantoin

8Saccharomyces Ferment
10Nelumbo Nucifera
16Allantoin

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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COSRX Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser (1.69 fl.oz / 50ml)

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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.
Cocamidopropyl Betaine surfactant: Cocamidopropyl Betaine is a coconut-derived secondary surfactant. Its job is to boost foam and soften the harshness of the main cleanser rather than to clean on its own.
Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate surfactant: Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate is a mild cleanser that makes a dense, creamy foam. It is one of the gentlest surfactants that still lathers properly.
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.
Polysorbate 20 emulsifier: Polysorbate 20 is a solubiliser: it dissolves small amounts of oil or fragrance into a watery formula so nothing separates or floats.
Styrax Japonicus Branch/Fruit/Leaf Extract plant extract: Japanese snowbell extract, taken from branch, fruit and leaf together. It is used as a conditioning 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.
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.
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.
Pinus Palustris Leaf Extract plant extract: Pinus Palustris is longleaf pine. Its needle extract carries plant antioxidants and appears in Korean formulas alongside other conifer extracts.
Ulmus Davidiana Root Extract plant extract: Ulmus Davidiana is Japanese elm, whose inner bark yields a naturally slippery mucilage. Korean formulas use the root extract for that cushioned feel and for the look of reactive skin.

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Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Flower Extract plant extract: Evening Primrose Flower Extract is used as a conditioning plant extract. The seed oil of the same plant is the better known part, and it is a different ingredient.
Pueraria Lobata Root Extract plant extract: Pueraria Lobata is kudzu. Its root extract carries isoflavones, plant compounds structurally similar to oestrogen, and Korean formulas use it for the look of thinning, less resilient skin.
Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil fragrance component: Tea Tree Leaf Oil is an essential oil from an Australian shrub, carrying terpinen-4-ol. Korean formulas use it in products aimed at blemish-prone skin; it is potent, aromatic, and one of the essential oils most likely to bother reactive skin.
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.
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.
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.
Betaine Salicylate exfoliant: Betaine Salicylate is a gentler salicylic derivative. Korean formulas use it at around 2 to 4 percent, which is roughly comparable to a low-strength salicylic acid, and it is easier on the skin barrier.
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.
Ethyl Hexanediol humectant: Ethyl Hexanediol is a glycol that hydrates and makes a formula less hospitable to microbes, the same double role 1,2-hexanediol plays.
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.
Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate chelator: A readily biodegradable chelator used in place of EDTA. It ties up trace metal ions in the water so they cannot spoil the formula.
Sodium Benzoate preservative: Sodium Benzoate is a mild preservative that works only in acidic formulas. It is usually paired with potassium sorbate, and the pair is the standard choice where a brand wants no phenoxyethanol.
Disodium EDTA chelator: EDTA is a chelator: it locks up trace metal ions from water and packaging that would otherwise turn a formula cloudy, off-colour or rancid. It does nothing to skin and appears at a fraction of a percent.

How it works

The Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser is a 50ml gel cleanser, used as your first step, morning and evening, on skin wet with lukewarm water. The active it is built around is Allantoin, named sixteenth on its own ingredient list. The same list carries Saccharomyces Ferment, Cryptomeria Japonica Leaf Extract and Nelumbo Nucifera Leaf Extract, so the active is not the only thing on it worth naming. How much of the Allantoin stays on the skin, and for how long, is decided by the gel cleanser format rather than by the list alone. COSRX sells this Allantoin gel cleanser in Korea, and this is that version.

How to use

Use the Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser as your first step, morning and evening, on skin wet with lukewarm water.
A coin-sized amount, worked between wet palms for twenty to thirty seconds, then massaged over the face in small circles.
Rinse and tone while skin is still damp. Everything after this lands on bare skin, so it decides what the rest of the routine is working with.
Twice a day, every day. Do not stretch the massage past a minute or finish with hot water; both leave the surface feeling tight rather than clean.

Worth knowing

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

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COSRX, Korean-market original

The Original Korean Formula gel cleanser from COSRX, 50ml formulated with Allantoin and Saccharomyces Ferment, shipped from California or direct from Korea.

Verify your unit when it arrives

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

COSRX verifies units itself. Find the verification page on cosrx.com and enter the batch number and expiration date printed on your unit. Read them off the package rather than from us, which is the point.

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

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What professionals say

What skin-care professionals say about skin care, 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
Pretty much every step of a Korean skin care routine is going to have some component of hydration.
Alok Vij, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic