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Green Barley Mild Peeling Gel 120ml
innisfree's Green Barley Mild Peeling Gel is a 120ml peeling gel, built for flaking or rough surface skin.
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$16.67 per 100 ml
- Korean-market formula
- Ships from California or direct from Korea
- Korean barcode and batch code intact
- Suited to
- normalcombinationoily
- Helps with
- flaking or rough surface skina weekly exfoliating stepsmoother texture before the rest of the routine
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How it works
Green Barley Mild Peeling Gel is a peeling gel, a physical exfoliating step used once or twice a week rather than daily. The gel rolls small particles off the skin's surface as it is massaged in, lifting flaking, dry skin cells along with it. It is a treatment step layered into the cleansing part of a routine, not a daily cleanser. Because it works by friction rather than an acid, the after-feel is a smoother surface rather than any deeper change to the skin. Rinsed off after the massage, it is followed by the rest of a normal routine, starting with toner.
Key benefits
- What it is: a 120ml peeling gel from innisfree, for an occasional exfoliating step.
- On the ingredient list: Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Allantoin, confirmed on this product's own manufacturer list rather than assumed from the category.
- Fits into the routine: massaged over cleansed skin and rinsed, a couple of times a week rather than daily.
- Original Korean Formula: the version sold on Korean shelves, not a US reformulation.
Inside the formula
Inside the formula
How often do I use Green Barley Mild Peeling Gel?
Once or twice a week is the usual frequency for a physical peeling gel. Using it more often than that can leave skin feeling raw rather than smoother. 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.
Do I use it on wet or dry skin?
Dry or slightly damp skin works best; a fully wet face can stop the gel from rolling into the small particles that do the exfoliating. 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.
Where does it go in a routine?
As part of the cleansing step, before toner, on the days you use it. It replaces neither your regular cleanser nor a chemical exfoliant. 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.
Can I use it with other exfoliating treatments?
Space a physical exfoliant like this one out from any other exfoliating step in your routine, using them on different days rather than layering both on the same night. 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 safe for sensitive skin?
A physical exfoliant can feel like too much for very reactive skin; patch test on a small area first and start with once a week. 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.
Not on the ingredient list below: fragrance or parfum, essential oils, silicones, parabens, sulfate surfactants, mineral oil or petrolatum and added color.
Full INCI (24): Water, Cellulose, Butylene Glycol, Dipropylene Glycol, Alcohol Denat, Glycerin, Betaine, Saccharomyces/Barley Seed Ferment Filtrate (9,175 Ppm), Mannan, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Tromethamine, PPG-13-Decyltetradeceth-24, Allantoin, Niacinamide, Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract, Glyceryl Caprylate, Gluconolactone, Propanediol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Metaphosphate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Hyaluronic Acid, Tocopherol
Ingredient list read from incidecoder.com on 10 September 2026.
23 of 24 explained
- 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.
- Cellulose absorbent
- Cellulose is plant fibre. In a formula it thickens, absorbs oil and, in a sheet mask, is often the fabric itself.
- 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.
- 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.
- Alcohol Denat solvent
- Alcohol Denat. is ethanol with a bitter additive that makes it undrinkable, which is a tax rule rather than a formulation choice. It behaves like alcohol: a fast-evaporating solvent that gives a weightless finish and can feel drying at higher levels.
- 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.
- Betaine humectant
- Betaine is a sugar-beet-derived humectant that cells use to hold water. In a formula it hydrates and takes the edge off cleansers and acids, which is why it often appears alongside them.
- Saccharomyces/Barley Seed Ferment Filtrate (9,175 Ppm) ferment
- Barley fermented with brewing yeast and strained clear. Fermentation breaks the grain starch and protein into sugars, peptides and B vitamins that hold water.
- Microcrystalline Cellulose absorbent
- Microcrystalline Cellulose is purified cellulose ground fine. It thickens, holds powders in suspension and gives a soft, matte feel.
- 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.
- 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.
- PPG-13-Decyltetradeceth-24 emulsifier
- PPG-13-Decyltetradeceth-24 is a solubiliser used to hold oils and fragrance in a clear water-based formula.
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- 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.
- Niacinamide active
- Niacinamide is vitamin B3, and it is the most studied active in Korean formulation. It is used at roughly 2 to 5 percent for the look of uneven tone and visible pores, and it is water soluble, stable and comfortable beside almost every other active, which is why it turns up in so many lists.
- 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.
- 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.
- Gluconolactone exfoliant
- Gluconolactone is a PHA, the gentlest exfoliant class. Its molecule is too large to penetrate quickly, so it smooths the surface without the sting of an AHA, and it is a humectant at the same time.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sodium Metaphosphate chelator
- A phosphate salt that ties up metal ions in water. It also stops the calcium and magnesium in hard water from flattening a cleanser foam.
- 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.
- Hyaluronic Acid humectant
- Hyaluronic Acid is a sugar chain the body already makes, and one gram of it can hold several litres of water. In a formula it is a humectant that pulls water to the surface of skin and holds it in a film, which is what makes skin look plumper while it is there.
- 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.
- Market
- Korean market, the version sold in Korea
- EAN (barcode)
- 8809843699479
- Made in
- Republic of Korea
- Volume
- 120 ml
- Category
- Exfoliator
- Actives
- Allantoin, Hyaluronic Acid, Niacinamide
- Ships from
- California or Korea
Orders ship from California or direct from Korea with tracked delivery to your door, and both routes carry the same Korean-market release. Shipping is free on orders of $100 or more. Returns are accepted for 30 days, by mail.
We split shipments free, so one out-of-stock item never holds up the rest of your order.
Where this unit came from
- 1Seoul
Bought as Korean-market stock - 2Barcode
Listed against the Korean barcode on its box - 3California or Korea
Ships to you from either, as the same Korean-market release
We stock the version of a formula that is sold in Korea, not the release a brand prepares for another market under the same name. The barcode in the specification above is the Korean-market one and it is printed on the box you receive.
Every unit keeps its original barcode and batch code intact, so the unit in your hands can be checked against the brand’s own records.
Every order ships from California or direct from Korea, and returns run for 30 days.
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How to use
- Apply it to dry or slightly damp skin, avoiding the eye area, and massage in small circles until you feel the gel roll into fine particles. Rinse fully with water, then follow with the rest of your routine; use it once or twice a week rather than daily.
Worth knowing
- Use it once or twice a week rather than daily, since over-exfoliating can leave skin feeling raw.
- Avoid the eye area and any broken or irritated skin while massaging it in.
Complete the routine
- This iteminnisfree Green Barley Mild Peeling Gel 120ml$20.00
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- The treatment step of this routineinnisfree My Hair Recipe Strength Tonic Essence 100ml$15.00
Total for 3 items$52.50
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Green Barley Mild Peeling Gel 120ml from innisfree: a toner in the Original Korean Formula, not the US-shelf version.
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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.
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Your skin barrier is basically your outer layer of the skin.
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