How often should I reapply?

Through the day as needed and again before bed is typical, especially after washing your hands, which strips moisture each time. If your skin reacts in a way that feels off, stop use and give your skin a few days to settle before trying it again.

It is formulated to absorb rather than sit on the surface, though a very generous amount can feel heavier until it fully sinks in. If your skin reacts in a way that feels off, stop use and give your skin a few days to settle before trying it again.

Is it safe to use before handling food?

Wait for full absorption before food prep, the way you would with any hand cream, rather than applying immediately before eating or cooking. If your skin reacts in a way that feels off, stop use and give your skin a few days to settle before trying it again.

Can I use it on other dry areas?

Yes, many people also use hand cream on elbows or cuticles, since the same rich texture works on other rough patches. If your skin reacts in a way that feels off, stop use and give your skin a few days to settle before trying it again.

TONYMOLY

Banana Hand Milk 45ml

Name: TONYMOLY Banana Hand Milk 45ml
Brand: TONYMOLY
SKU: 9969679261
Price: 15.0 USD
Availability: InStock

TONYMOLY Banana Hand Milk 45ml is a Korean-market hand cream, formulated as a hand step used any time of day.

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$15.00

45 ml

$33.33 per 100 ml

Korean-market formula
Ships from California or direct from Korea
Korean barcode and batch code intact

Suited to: Any skin typeDry handsCombination skin

Helps with: Hands dried out from frequent washingOn-the-go hand careFitting one more step into an existing routine

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How it works

This 45ml hand cream, part of the Banana line from TONYMOLY is built as an on the go step, used any time hands feel dry through the day, in a cushioned cream texture built for fast absorption on the hands. Shea butter is the emollient base of this formula, chosen for a rich, cushioned texture that sits on the skin surface without feeling greasy for most users. It sits early on the ingredient list, at position 3 of 27. Butylene glycol is a common cosmetic humectant and solvent that helps the rest of the formula spread evenly and feel less tacky on skin. It sits early on the ingredient list, at position 6 of 27. Banana fruit extract is the signature botanical of this line, included alongside the emollient base for its share of the formula's sensory identity. It sits early on the ingredient list, at position 9 of 27.

Key benefits

What it is: a 45ml hand cream from TONYMOLY, from the Banana line, used as an on the go step, used any time hands feel dry through the day.
Formulated with Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Butylene Glycol, Musa Sapientum (Banana) Fruit Extract, named directly from the manufacturer's ingredient list.
Original Korean Formula: the version sold on Korean shelves, not a US reformulation.
Sourced for the Korean market, with the packaging and barcode left intact.

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

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Fragrance on the list

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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.
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.
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.
Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate emollient: Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate is a light ester emollient that gives a dry, silky finish and disperses pigment evenly.
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil emollient: Coconut Oil is high in lauric acid, which makes it a rich emollient and partial occlusive. It is well known to be poorly suited to blemish-prone skin.
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.
Macadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil emollient: Macadamia Seed Oil is unusually high in palmitoleic acid, a fatty acid that human sebum also contains, which is why it absorbs faster than most nut oils. It is a cushioning emollient for dry skin.
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.
Musa Sapientum (Banana) Fruit Extract plant extract: Banana fruit extract, carrying sugars, starch and potassium. It hydrates and leaves a soft, cushioned feel.
Urea humectant: Urea is one of the substances skin makes to hold its own water, part of the natural moisturising factor. At low levels it hydrates; at high levels it also softens hard, thickened skin.
Pentylene Glycol humectant: Pentylene Glycol hydrates and, like the other longer-chain glycols, makes a formula less hospitable to microbes so the preservative system can be lighter. It also improves how evenly a product spreads.
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.

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Cetearyl Glucoside emulsifier: Cetearyl Glucoside is a sugar-derived emulsifier used to hold oil and water together in creams with a light finish.
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.
Fragrance(Parfum) 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.
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.
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.
Milk Protein Extract protein: Milk Protein Extract supplies milk proteins and the lactose alongside them. It is used as a conditioning, water-holding ingredient.
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.
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.
Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant: Tocopheryl Acetate is a stable vitamin E ester that skin converts to tocopherol. It is used as an antioxidant and a light emollient and holds up better than plain vitamin E in a formula.
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.

How to use

Apply to clean, dry hands through the day and before bed rather than only when hands already feel tight. Massage in fully, including between the fingers and over the knuckles.

Worth knowing

Wait for full absorption before handling papers or fabric, since a heavier hand cream can leave a temporary residue.
Introduce any new product gradually rather than adding several new steps to a routine at once, so any reaction is easy to trace back to the right cause.

Complete the routine

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A 45ml hand cream from the Banana line, for an on the go hand step, stocked in the Original Korean Formula.

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