ARENCIA Rice Mucin Cleanser 120g

Product Description

If foaming cleansers usually leave your face feeling squeaky and tight, this one takes a different approach. ARENCIA Canada shoppers know the brand for its solid, squishy cleansing bars, and the Rice Mucin Cleanser is the rice version, a 120 g block with a texture closer to a rice cake than a soap.

Glycerin is the first ingredient, ahead of water, which is unusual for a cleanser and part of the reason it feels less stripping than a standard foam. Rice powder gives a very mild polish as you massage, and rice extract, rice bran extract and snail secretion filtrate sit further down the list. The lather is fine and creamy rather than squeaky, and the bar rinses away without a film.

It works for normal, dry, combination and sensitive-feeling skin, and for anyone who prefers a bar to a tube. If you wear heavy makeup or waterproof sunscreen, you will still want an oil or balm as a first cleanse.

Features

●        Dense, mochi-like solid bar rather than a tube or pump

●        Glycerin sits first on the ingredient list, ahead of water

●        Rice powder at 10,000 ppm gives a very mild polish as you massage

●        Amino-acid-derived cleansing agents rather than sulfates

●        Fine, creamy lather that rinses off cleanly

●        Can also be left on briefly as a cleansing pack

Concerns

●        Skin that feels tight and squeaky after cleansing

●        Rough-feeling texture across the nose and chin

●        Wanting a cleanser that works as a light makeup remover too

●        Reducing plastic packaging in the bathroom

Suitable For

●        Normal, dry, combination and sensitive-feeling skin

●        Daily morning and evening use

●        Anyone moving away from sulfate cleansers

●        People who prefer solid formats over bottles

Made In

●        South Korea

●        Leaves skin feeling clean and fresh rather than tight, thanks to the glycerin-led base

●        Rice powder gives a gentle polish without the scratch of a physical scrub

●        Works as a daily wash, a light makeup remover and a short cleansing pack

●        A solid bar means far less plastic than a bottled cleanser

●        120 g lasts a long time compared with a tube of the same price

●        Rinses fully with lukewarm water, so nothing is left sitting on the skin

1.     Wet your face and hands with lukewarm water.

2.     Rub the bar between wet hands, or apply a small amount directly, to build a fine lather.

3.     Massage the lather over the face in gentle circles, avoiding the eye area.

4.     Rinse thoroughly with lukewarm water.

5.     Follow with your toner and the rest of your routine.

6.     Use morning and evening, and store the bar somewhere it can dry between uses.

Key Ingredients

Oryza Sativa (Rice) Powder (10,000 ppm): Gives the bar its very mild polishing feel during massage.

Glycerin: Listed first, ahead of water, and the reason the formula feels less stripping than a standard foam.

Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate and Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate: Mild cleansing agents used in place of sulfates.

Snail Secretion Filtrate (1ppm): A conditioning ingredient included in the rice mucin formula.

Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Extract: A plant extract in the lower half of the ingredient list.

Ingredient Claims

●        Sulfate-Free

●        Fragrance-Free

●        Contains snail secretion filtrate, so it is not vegan

Full Ingredients List

Glycerin, Water, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate, Coconut Acid, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Powder (10,000 ppm), Sodium Isethionate, Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate, Glyceryl Stearate, Sodium Chloride, Xanthan Gum, Polyquaternium-67, Propanediol, Coptis Japonica Root Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Butylene Glycol, Disodium EDTA, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Extract, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract, Snail Secretion Filtrate (1ppm), Dextrin, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract (10ppm)

ARENCIA is a South Korean skincare brand known for solid, hand-kneaded cleansing bars with a distinctive squishy texture. The brand's approach is to keep formulas mild and single-ingredient led, with rice, matcha and herbal lines, and to use less packaging by working in solid formats. Its cleansers are made in Korea and aimed at people with sensitive-feeling skin who want something gentler than a foaming tube. ARENCIA skincare is available in Canada at C&C Canada.

●        ARENCIA Rice Mucin Cleanser

●        120g

●        1 bar