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Beauty products from Korean brands, tested at home by the writers — with prices as written and where to buy.
HEEDA Jirisan Moist Cleansing Balm is a 100ml makeup-removing balm from the Korean brand HEEDA, tested once by a writer with dry, sensitive, atopic-prone skin. On contact with skin the balm turns into an oil and then a milk texture, and it was priced at 19,800 won at the time of writing. After rinsing, the writer's face felt moisturized and firmer rather than tight.
HEEDA Jirisan Moisturizing Charcoal Cleansing Balm is a Korean makeup balm remover used here on dehydrated oily skin to take off makeup and daily buildup. The HEEDA balm spread smoothly and left skin feeling hydrated even after rinsing, and the areas prone to blackheads looked clearer. A solid pick if cleansing balms usually leave your skin tight.
HEEDA Jirisan Moisture Charcoal Cleansing Balm is a vegan cleansing balm made with 10,000ppm Korean oak charcoal from Jirisan. A writer with combination, dehydrated skin used the HEEDA balm to remove makeup and sebum, noting how the solid balm melted at body temperature and how the small spatula stores in a groove in the lid. After rinsing, her skin felt soft and moisturized rather than tight.
HEEDA Jirisan Moist Charcoal Cleansing Balm is a charcoal cleansing balm for makeup removal, and I tried it all over my face as someone with dehydrated oily skin. After the first use, finished with just a water rinse and no foam cleanser, the sides of my nose looked cleaner. The balm spread smoothly with no gritty grains, which was the most convincing part of a first try.
HEEDA Jirisan Moist Charcoal Cleansing Balm is a charcoal cleansing balm I tried as someone with dry skin. The balm felt dense at first but melted smoothly as I rolled it over my face, and after rinsing I felt little tightness and no slippery residue. I also checked how the HEEDA balm removed point makeup and whether it stung my eyes.
HEEDA Jirisan Moist Charcoal Cleansing Balm is a black balm-type makeup remover listing 10,000ppm charcoal powder. A writer with dehydrated-oily skin and ongoing blackhead and sebum concerns on the nose liked how smoothly the HEEDA balm melted over makeup and how little tightness was left after washing, though she did not run a separate test on color makeup. Verdict: a gentle cleansing balm that does not strip dehydrated-oily skin.
HEEDA Jirisan Moist Charcoal Cleansing Balm is a black charcoal cleansing balm the writer used to take off a full face of makeup. The balm melted into an oil and then a milky texture with body heat, and rinsing with lukewarm water left no visible residue. The writer found skin felt less dry than usual even before applying toner.
HEEDA Jirisan Moisture Charcoal Cleansing Balm is a makeup-removing cleansing balm that the writer, who has combination-oily skin, used through the Korean summer for sebum and makeup cleansing. Tint, eyeliner and mascara swatched on the arm broke down smoothly with only a small amount of the HEEDA balm, though some tint stayed put after rinsing with water. For the writer, the balm handled summer makeup easily but still needed a second cleanse to finish the job.
HEEDA Jirisan Moisture Charcoal Cleansing Balm is a Korean cleansing balm in a 100ml jar, priced at 19,800 won and found by searching 'HEEDA cleansing balm' on Coupang. The writer and her husband, both with combination, oily-prone skin, used the HEEDA balm to remove summer makeup and liked how softly it melted, the clean feeling after rinsing, and the light, cool scent. A comfortable everyday pick for combination skin in hot weather.
HEEDA Jirisan Moist Charcoal Cleansing Balm is a charcoal cleansing balm the writer bought for ₩19,800 and used through the summer on oily-combination skin bothered by sebum and blackheads. After about 30 seconds of rolling and a lukewarm-water rinse, the HEEDA balm left little residue or slipperiness on the skin. The writer's verdict: less tightness after cleansing than she expected from a charcoal balm.
HEEDA Jirisan Moist Charcoal Cleansing Balm is a cleansing balm for makeup removal, scooped out with a spatula and spread over a made-up face. You then wet your hands to emulsify the balm, roll it for about 30 seconds and rinse it off several times. The black container and charcoal-dark balm are what stand out most about HEEDA's cleansing balm.
HEEDA Jirisan Moisture Charcoal Cleansing Balm is a 100ml makeup balm remover the writer used at home to take off makeup and sunscreen. The writer rolled the balm over the skin for about 30 seconds, rinsed with water, then followed with a foam cleanser, and found the built-in spatula and the softly melting texture easy to handle. Little tightness after rinsing made HEEDA Jirisan a comfortable everyday cleansing balm.
