- “Reduces excessive oil without irritating skin, loved by my mother who has combination to oily skin”
- “Reducing excessive oil reduces acne probability by 50%”18:19–18:24
- Source: Best Korean cleanser for dry, oily, and combination acne-prone skin - Sep 14, 2025
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- “I can totally see that if you have large pores or you have oily acne-prone skin, this is going to be a really attractive product for you”8:24–8:26
- “Kaolin is your clay. It's very absorbent of oil. Plus, they put in glycerin, which I love because glycerin is your humectant. So, putting the two together is beautiful because you don't want to overly dry the skin with a clay wash. So, that's genius”7:55–8:01
- “The two surfactants that I don't like is your myristic acid and lauric acid”8:17–8:19
- “The BHA is your salicylic acid. However, I would say that this is less than 1% which is not ideal if you're creating a face wash that is for oily acne-prone skin”
- “The other big disaster is they put in fragrance”10:12–10:15
- “Unfortunately, this is another hard no product”
- Source: Best & Worst Cleansers for Oily Acne Prone Skin - Apr 28, 2026
- “It's a volcanic BHA pore cleansing foam and I can totally see that if you have large pores or you have oily acne prone skin this is going to be a really attractive product for you”6:38–6:43
- “It's very thick and heavy on the skin”
- “They've put in kin so kin is your clay it's very absorbent of oil plus I put in glycerin which I love”
- “Putting the two together is beautiful because you don't want to overly dry the skin with a clay mask or a clay wash so that's genius”
- “The two surfectants that I don't like is your Mystic acid and lauric acid so as we discussed these are comedogenic ingredients”
- “The spants you choose clog pores it just doesn't make any sense”6:09–6:12
- “The one good thing they have put in here is actually the be B so BHA is your salicylic acid it's a fat soluble acid however I would say that this is less than 1% which is not ideal”6:25–6:29
- “The other big disaster is they put in fragrance”6:45–6:45
- Source: Innisfree best and worst products - Mar 9, 2025
- “I used to love it back in the day”
- “This green tea face wash was one of my staple during the monsoon time or sticky summer time”
- “The older formulation of this one used to clean skin really well”
- “They have tried to make it more into like a hydrating gentle cleanser and the process of doing so they have messed up the formula”
- “If you have normal skin, dry skin, damage, dehydrated skin you will still find it little dry”
- “If you have combination skin, oily skin and acne prone skin it might irritate your skin and cause pore clogging”
- “When I used it, I suddenly started noticing some tiny acne on my face”
- “Soon as I stopped using it all those tiny acne that I was getting they were like gone”
- Source: Hydrating facial cleanser review for dry and damaged skin - Nov 9, 2025
- “It is quite nice and smooth”1:27–1:27
- “It's very thick so is going to be hydrating to the skin”1:30–1:33
- “The claim is it's a creamy cleansing foam with green tea that hydrates the skin while getting rid of dirt, so I can tell that that is actually spot on. They're not making false claims”1:33–1:37
- “It's got glycerin next, which is excellent”1:52–1:54
- “We've got myristic acid, which is three out of five on the comedogenic scale”2:07–2:12
- “Next ingredient here is lauric acid, which is four out of five on the comedogenic scale. Again, this is not good if you have oily acne-prone skin”2:39–2:41
- “They also added fragrance, which is such a disaster and really unnecessary”2:51–2:54
- “For skin of color, this is a disaster”3:04–3:04
- Source: Innisfree best and worst products - Mar 9, 2025
- “It's a little bit like glow recipes ni camide serum kind of pink and is more of a gel cleanser”7:23–7:27
- “The ingredients list is water and then glycerin which is fine”7:40–7:43
- “They've gone for the sodium cocoyl isethionate which is fine actually it's probably one of the best surfactants that they've got in here”7:44–7:47
- “There's actually nothing special in here either there's no actives that's going to help you with anything no brightening no anti-aging”7:50–7:53
- “With this it's a bit of a non-event”7:57–7:57
- “They then added fragrance so fragrance as you know can lead to contact dermatitis”7:59–8:04
- “For me again this is one to avoid”8:12–8:12
- Source: Innisfree best and worst products - Mar 9, 2025
Brand note
Innisfree is a K-beauty staple that leans into green tea for hydration and soothing, with a focus on lightweight, barrier-friendly textures. The Green Tea Ceramide Milk Barrier Essence is the clearest anchor — a milky toner that creators consistently describe as hydrating without being heavy, suitable for most skin types including oily and sensitive. The No-Sebum Mineral Powder also gets strong mentions for its mattifying, blurring finish, though some note the oil control doesn't last all day for very oily skin.
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