Is Apple Seed Cleansing Cream enough on its own?

For light everyday wear it can be, but after a full face of makeup or sunscreen, following it with a water-based cleanser gives a more thorough clean. That holds true whichever size or variant of this product you buy, so the same placement in a routine and the same answer apply across the line.

Either works; massaging it into dry skin first tends to break down makeup a little more effectively before adding water. That holds true whichever size or variant of this product you buy, so the same placement in a routine and the same answer apply across the line.

Rinse with warm water or wipe it away with a damp cloth, then continue with toner while skin is still slightly damp. That holds true whichever size or variant of this product you buy, so the same placement in a routine and the same answer apply across the line.

Is it good for sensitive skin?

A cream cleanser is generally gentler than a foaming one, which is why it is often reached for by skin that finds foam drying, though individual tolerance still varies. That holds true whichever size or variant of this product you buy, so the same placement in a routine and the same answer apply across the line.

Mainly night, to remove the day's makeup and sunscreen; a lighter cleanse is usually enough in the morning. That holds true whichever size or variant of this product you buy, so the same placement in a routine and the same answer apply across the line.

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Apple Seed Cleansing Cream 150ml

Name: innisfree Apple Seed Cleansing Cream 150ml
Brand: innisfree
SKU: 8424402348
Price: 15.0 USD
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innisfree's Apple Seed Cleansing Cream is a 150ml cleansing cream, built for a gentler first cleanse than foam alone.

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$15.00

150 ml

$10.00 per 100 ml

Korean-market formula
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Korean barcode and batch code intact

Suited to: drynormalsensitive

Helps with: a gentler first cleanse than foam alonemelting away makeup and buildupskin that finds foaming cleansers drying

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How it works

Apple Seed Cleansing Cream is a cleansing cream, a balm-like texture that melts on contact with warm skin. It works closer to a cleansing balm than a foaming cleanser, breaking down makeup and sunscreen before it is rinsed away. Because it stays richer than a foaming cleanser, it is often chosen for skin that finds foam drying. It is typically the first step of a cleanse, on dry skin, before a lighter second cleanser or a warm-water rinse. Massaged in and then rinsed or wiped away, it leaves the skin ready for toner rather than feeling stripped.

Key benefits

What it is: a 150ml cream cleanser from innisfree, for the cleansing step.
On the ingredient list: Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Butylene Glycol, confirmed on this product's own manufacturer list rather than assumed from the category.
Fits into the routine: cleanses with a cushioned, non-stripping feel suited to normal to dry skin.
Original Korean Formula: the version sold on Korean shelves, not a US reformulation.

Inside the formula

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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.
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.
Dipropylene Glycol humectant: Dipropylene Glycol is a glycol used as a solvent and a light humectant. Its main job is keeping the rest of the formula dissolved and the texture fluid rather than adding hydration of its own.
Isopropyl Palmitate emollient: One of the oldest cosmetic emollient esters. It softens skin and thins a formula, and it is more occlusive than the very light modern esters.
Glycereth-26 humectant: Glycereth-26 is a modified glycerin that hydrates with far less stickiness than glycerin itself. It is a common way to load water into a formula that has to stay light.
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.
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.
Pyrus Malus (Apple) Seed Oil(99.5Ppm) emollient: Apple seed oil, pressed from the pips. It is a light oil high in linoleic acid.
Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract plant extract: Apple fruit extract, carrying malic acid, sugars and polyphenols. It is used as a conditioning extract with a mild acid character.
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract plant extract: Camellia Sinensis is the tea plant. Green tea leaf extract carries catechins, among the most studied plant antioxidants, and is used for the look of redness and oily shine.
Camellia Japonica Leaf Extract plant extract: The leaf extract of the Korean camellia, the same plant as the seed oil pressed on Jeju. It is used as a conditioning antioxidant extract.
Opuntia Coccinellifera Fruit Extract plant extract: Prickly pear fruit extract. The fruit carries betalain pigments and water-holding sugars, and it colours a formula pink.

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Citrus Unshiu Peel Extract plant extract: The peel extract of the satsuma mandarin, the gyul grown on Jeju. It carries flavonoids and aromatic oils and is used as a conditioning antioxidant extract.
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.
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.
Sorbitan Stearate emulsifier: Sorbitan Stearate is a mild emulsifier and thickener used to hold oil and water together in creams.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Polysorbate 60 emulsifier: Polysorbate 60 is a water-loving emulsifier used with a fatty co-emulsifier to build stable lotions and creams.
PEG-100 Stearate emulsifier: PEG-100 Stearate is a water-loving emulsifier almost always paired with glyceryl stearate. Together they form the standard cream base of the last fifty years.
Phenoxyethanol preservative: Phenoxyethanol is the most widely used cosmetic preservative outside the paraben family. It keeps a water-containing formula from growing bacteria and mould, and is capped at one percent in most markets, so it always sits low on a list.
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.

How to use

Massage a small amount into dry or slightly damp skin to break down makeup and daily buildup, then rinse with warm water or remove with a damp cloth. Follow with a water-based cleanser if a full face of makeup was worn, then toner.

Worth knowing

Rinse or wipe it away fully rather than leaving a residue behind.
Follow with a second cleanser if heavier makeup was worn, rather than using it as the only step.

Complete the routine

This iteminnisfree Apple Seed Cleansing Cream 150ml$15.00
From the same Korean-market lineinnisfree My Hair Recipe Strength Shampoo 330ml$17.50
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Total for 3 items$47.50

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Apple Seed Cleansing Cream 150ml from innisfree: a cream cleanser in the Original Korean Formula, not the US-shelf version.

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Your skin barrier is basically your outer layer of the skin.
Melissa Piliang, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic
Pretty much every step of a Korean skin care routine is going to have some component of hydration.
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