What is Moistfull Collagen Cleansing Foam?

It is a daily foaming cleanser from ETUDE, made for skin that feels tight by the afternoon, whatever its oil level, and anyone whose routine leaves it thirsty. It goes first, as your cleansing step, before any leave-on product. The result you can judge yourself is whether your skin still feels comfortable hours after you finish your routine.

Where does Moistfull Collagen Cleansing Foam go in my routine?

It goes first, as your cleansing step, before any leave-on product. In practice: Lather a small amount in wet hands, massage over a wet face for about thirty seconds and rinse with lukewarm water. Applying it out of that order is the usual reason a step seems to do nothing.

Is Moistfull Collagen Cleansing Foam right for my skin type?

It is aimed at skin that feels tight by the afternoon, whatever its oil level, and anyone whose routine leaves it thirsty. The skin types we would put first are dry skin, dehydrated skin and normal skin. Dehydration and dryness are different problems, and oily skin can be dehydrated, which is why this suits more skin types than a rich cream would.

Do I need a cleansing oil before this in the evening?

If you wear makeup or a heavy sunscreen, yes. An oil dissolves what water cannot and the foam then clears what the oil leaves behind, which is the double cleanse in a sentence. On a bare face this is enough on its own, and adding an oil step every night when you do not need it is a common way to end up over cleansed.

Is this Moistfull Collagen Cleansing Foam the authentic Korean-market formula?

Yes. We stock the ETUDE Korean-market formula rather than a version reformulated for US shelves. The tube you open is the one sold on Korean shelves, with Korean-primary packaging and an intact barcode you can check yourself.

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Moistfull Collagen Cleansing Foam

Name: ETUDE Moistfull Collagen Cleansing Foam
Brand: ETUDE
SKU: Shopify-8809668018998
Price: 10.58 USD
Availability: InStock

ETUDE Moistfull Collagen Cleansing Foam is a daily foaming cleanser for skin that feels tight and dehydrated by midday, used as your cleansing step.

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Korean-market formula
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Korean barcode and batch code intact

Suited to: Dry skinDehydrated skinNormal skinCombination skin

Helps with: Everyday hydrationA plumper looking surfaceComfort after cleansing

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How it works

A foaming cleanser is a rinse-off step, so nothing about it stays on the skin and it is judged by how the face feels a minute after rinsing. Worked into a lather in wet hands, it lifts the day's oil and grime off the surface and takes it away with the rinse water. Hydration is water held in the top of the surface, and what you put over it decides whether it stays, which is why the order of layers matters as much as the layers. That is the difference from a cleansing oil, which dissolves makeup and sunscreen and is used before a foam rather than instead of it. The result you can judge yourself is whether your skin still feels comfortable hours after you finish your routine.

Key benefits

ETUDE Korean-market cleanser, full size
The first cleansing step in a routine, used morning and night on a wet face
Ships with its Korean barcode and batch code intact, not swapped for an export label

Inside the formula

65.23%

Hydrolyzed Collagen base, as declared

Ingredients declared

No fragrance

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Hydrolyzed Collagen (65.23%) protein: Hydrolyzed Collagen is collagen broken into fragments small enough to dissolve in water. It cannot become collagen in skin; what it does is hold water at the surface and leave a smooth, conditioned film.
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.
Cetearyl Alcohol fatty alcohol: Cetearyl Alcohol is a waxy solid, not the drying kind of alcohol. It is a blend of cetyl and stearyl alcohols used to thicken a cream and keep oil and water from separating, and it softens skin as it does so.
Squalane emollient: Squalane is the stable, saturated version of squalene, a lipid human skin already makes. It is a light emollient that absorbs quickly, does not oxidise, and is one of the few oils widely considered safe for blemish-prone skin. Most cosmetic squalane is now from sugarcane or olive rather than shark.
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.
Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate emulsifier: Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate is a sugar-derived emulsifier known for a light, non-soapy feel. It builds gel-creams that do not read as rich.
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter emollient: Shea Butter is the fat pressed from the shea nut, rich in oleic and stearic acids and unsaponifiable plant sterols. It is a heavy emollient and partial occlusive, which is why it sits in balms and night creams rather than in essences.
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.
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.
Di-C12-13 Alkyl Malate emollient: A malic acid ester with two medium chain alcohols. It is a light, tacky emollient often used to wet pigments and to hold colour in place.
Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate emollient: Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate is a light ester emollient that gives a dry, silky finish and disperses pigment evenly.
Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate thickener: Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate is a modified starch used to thicken and to take the sticky edge off a formula, leaving a powdery finish.

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Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer thickener: This is the thickener behind most gel-cream textures. It builds a soft, bouncy gel that collapses to a light fluid as it is rubbed in.
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.
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.
Tromethamine pH adjuster: Tromethamine neutralises acidic thickeners such as carbomer so they gel, and holds a formula near skin-friendly pH. It is used at a fraction of a percent.
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.
Glyceryl Caprylate emulsifier: Glyceryl Caprylate is a mild emulsifier that also makes a formula less hospitable to microbes, so it is often part of a preservative-free system.
Water/Aqua/Eau 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.
Stearic Acid fatty acid: Stearic Acid is a saturated fatty acid from plant fats, and one of the three lipid classes skin's own barrier is built from. In a formula it thickens, stabilises the emulsion and can be turned into a soap-style cleanser by adding a base.
Palmitic Acid fatty acid: Palmitic Acid is a saturated fatty acid present in skin's own lipids. It thickens a formula, stabilises the emulsion and softens skin.
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.
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.
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.
Sorbitan Isostearate emulsifier: Sorbitan Isostearate is a mild emulsifier that holds water into oil, the direction a cleansing balm or an oil-based cream needs.
Hydrolyzed Lupine Protein protein: Hydrolyzed Lupine Protein comes from the lupin bean, which is unusually protein rich. Hydrolysed, it dissolves and works as a conditioning, water-holding protein.
Myristic Acid fatty acid: Myristic Acid is a saturated fatty acid used to thicken and, with a base added, to build the foam in a soap-style cleanser.
Lauric Acid fatty acid: Lauric Acid is the coconut fatty acid that gives soap-style cleansers their dense foam. It is not well suited to blemish-prone skin at high levels.

How to use

Wet the face with lukewarm water, since a lather on dry skin drags rather than glides.
Work a small amount into a lather in your palms first, then massage it over the face for about thirty seconds.
Rinse thoroughly, especially along the jaw and hairline where cleanser gets left behind.
Do not use hot water or scrub at the skin, and do not wait for the face to dry before your next step.

Worth knowing

Patch test on a small area first if your skin reacts easily to new products.
Apply it on damp rather than dry skin, since a hydrating step has more to hold on to that way.

Complete the routine

This itemETUDE Moistfull Collagen Cleansing Foam$10.58
Prep after cleansing, before the treatment stepETUDE HOUSE Wonder Pore Freshner 500ml$32.50
Seal the routine in as the last stepETUDE Soonjung 2x Barrier Intensive Cream 60ml$22.50

Total for 3 items$65.58

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Your skin barrier is basically your outer layer of the skin.
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