Cleaner Beauty Choice™

SeoulKleen is the K-beauty brand that caters to the conscious consumer. Our mission is simple: to provide you with beauty products that are not only effective but also free of over 1000 harmful ingredients. We call this your Cleaner Beauty Choice™. We are leading the movement of clean beauty, where nature and science seamlessly intertwine.

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"DIRTY" INGREDIENTS WE DO NOT USE

  • Beeswax
  • Carmine
  • Diethanolamine
  • Fragrance
  • Methylisothiazolinone (MIT)
  • Mineral Oil
  • Lanolin
  • Parabens
  • Petroleum
  • Phenoxyethanol – under 1% ok
  • Phthalates
  • Polyethylene Glycol (PEG)
  • Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS)
  • Sodium laureth sulfate (SLES)
  • Sulfates
  • Talc
  • Triclosan
  • Triclocarban
  • Formaldehydes
  • Formaldehyde-releasing agents
  • Retinyl palmitate
  • Oxybenzone
  • Coal tar
  • Hydroquinone
  • Undisclosed synthetic fragrances (allowable at concentrations below 1% of total formula
  • Acrylates (ethyl acrylate, ethyl methacrylate, methyl methacrylate, butyl methacrylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate)
  • Aluminum salts
  • Animal oils/musks/fats
  • Benzophenone + related compounds
  • Butoxyethanol
  • Carbon black
  • Lead/lead acetate
  • Methyl cellosolve + methoxyethanol
  • Methylchloroisothiazolinone & methylisothiazolinoneMercury+mercury compounds (thimerisol)
  • Insoluble plastic microbeads (rinse-off products only)
  • Resorcinol
  • Toluene
  • BHA/BHT: BHT threshold is 0.1%
  • Ethanolamines DEA/TEA/MEA/ETA
  • Nanoparticles – as defined by EU
  • Petrolatum & parrafin – all USP grade is ok
  • Polyacrylamide & acrylamide
  • Styrene (bromostyrene, deastyrene/acrylates/dvbcopolymer, sodium styrene/divinylbenzenecopolymer, styrene oxide, styrene
  • Silicones – limited to D4, D5 and D6
  • EDTA
  • Octinoxate

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