GONGJINHYANG SOO 'SOO YEON FOAM CLEANSER' Hydrating Foam Cleanser 180ml

Not on the ingredient list below: denatured or SD alcohol, essential oils, silicones, parabens, sulfate surfactants, mineral oil or petrolatum and added color.

Full INCI (36): Water, Sorbitol, Myristic Acid, Lauryl Hydroxysultaine, Lauric Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Sodium Laureth-6 Carboxylate, Sodium Chloride, Fragrance, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Panthenol, Butylene Glycol, Disodium EDTA, Polyquaternium-67, 1,2-Hexanediol, Allantoin, Ferulic Acid, Nelumbo Nucifera Leaf Extract, Nelumbium Speciosum Flower Extract, PEG-Crosspolymer, Acetyl Glucosamine, Asparagus Cochinchinensis Root Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera Germ Extract, Arginine, Cornus Officinalis Fruit Extract, Angelica Gigas Root Extract, Thymus Vulgaris (thyme) Extract, Glutamic Acid, Glycoproteins, Ganoderma Lucidum (mushroom) Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Benzyl Benzoate, Linalool, Hexyl Cinnamal, Citronellol

Ingredient list read from thewhoo.com on 13 September 2026.

32 of 36 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.

Sorbitol humectant

Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a humectant. It hydrates like glycerin with a smoother, less sticky finish, and it adds a little body to watery textures.

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.

Lauryl Hydroxysultaine surfactant

Lauryl Hydroxysultaine is a mild secondary surfactant that keeps foaming even in hard water and at low pH.

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.

Potassium Hydroxide pH adjuster

Potassium Hydroxide is a strong base used in traces to raise a formula to its target pH. In a soap-style cleanser it also converts fatty acids into the surfactant that does the cleansing.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Market

Korean market, the version sold in Korea

EAN (barcode)

8801051242515

Made in

Republic of Korea

Volume

180 ml

Category

Cleanser

Actives

Allantoin, Panthenol

Ships from

California or Korea

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