Grinif Vitamin Ace Wet Business Too Grinif O2 Bubble Mask Cleanser

I'll effort to move on it curt in addition to sugariness today, thus the combined review of:

• Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture business (we'll convey a await at the toner, lotion in addition to cream) 

and

• Grinif O2 Bubble Mask Cleanser.

Grinif is a Korean skincare brand, you lot mightiness telephone band it a niche brand, that specializes inwards "natural" skincare.
Their website is alone inwards Korean, in addition to it's of the non awesome diversity that is fully in addition to completely icon based. So people similar me, who are non going to larn Korean just to live able to read PR spin of cosmetic manufacturers, are sadly out of luck. You can't re-create in addition to paste the text into google translate.

Usually, that lonely is plenty for me to skip such brands in addition to pass my coin elsewhere. If a construct doesn't attention virtually its unusual customers, in addition to then unusual customers should practise the same. Or possibly inwards example of Grinif, this is a witting alternative to move on the construct "niche" in addition to mysteriously alluring? Don't know and, frankly, after today's review, I'm non going to care.

I works life myself alongside a few Grinif items purely past times accident. And yes, I admit, at the same fourth dimension I was curious virtually the construct equally well.

Grinif's tagline is "Skintherapy past times nature" in addition to its products are supposedly made of imported, European ingredients. What? Korean ingredients are non "natural" enough? Or European are to a greater extent than prestigious? Whatever the case, it's supposed to live "natural", because natural sounds trendy. And trendy sells.

We possess got land newspaper boxes to tally the natural image, in addition to at to the lowest degree for the products purchased inwards Japan, in that place are no leaflets inwards the boxes.  How rattling "green" in addition to eco friendly!

Big mistake, inwards my opinion, because if you're going to sell inwards unusual markets, in addition to clearly, this is Grinif's intention, equally the element lists are also provided inwards English, delight honor your international customers.

Dear Grinif people, the bare minimum of relevant data inwards a linguistic communication that non-Korean speakers tin empathise goes a long way, trust me.
But I gauge Grinif was so focused on creating pretty in addition to "green" boxes that the to a greater extent than practical side of things just slipped the company's honchos minds. Oh well, it happens.

So let's start, shall we?

Grinif O2 (Oxygen) Bubble Mask Cleanser

I similar those bubbly "oxygen" cleansers. It's the materials that takes all the piece of occupation out of cleansing. You spread it on your human face upward in addition to wait. And in addition to then just rinse off. Done.

This cleanser is supposed to live ideal for sensitive skin. It's supposed to live equally soft equally whipped egg whites.
You tin depository fiscal establishment check out the entire, barely comprehensible, description on Skin18 (no, I am non affiliated alongside the store), which was land copied inwards its entirety from Cosmetic Love (no, I'm non affiliated), including the same illogical mistakes. Both stores claim that the production is 8-free (meaning gratis of viii "hazardous" substances) in addition to later on inwards the description say that it's 5-free.
So which is it? 8-free or 5-free?

The dorsum of the bottle helpfully clarifies that the production is indeed 5-free, important gratis of: parabens, triethanolamine, artificial colors, mineral crude in addition to brute oil(?).

We acquire 100ml of cleanser inwards a pretty, white heart bottle.

Grinif is 1 of those rare Korean companies that listing their ingredients according to the international standards next the same element listing gild equally the US, European Union in addition to Japan.
How practise I know that?
I compared the English linguistic communication listing printed on the box alongside the Japanese listing printed on a sticker. They're identical. Usually the Korean listing has to live reshuffled to conform to the Japanese labeling laws, which are the same equally the laws inwards the the States in addition to Europe.

Grinif O2 Bubble Mask Cleanser ingredients:

I had high hopes for this cleanser.

If you've never used an "oxygen" cleanser, you lot should definitely effort it, if only for the novelty value.

This is how it looks inwards action:

The upper dot (which, oddly, looks similar an oversized sperm cell) is freshly squeezed out of the bottle.
The lower blob is what the upper blob is going to await similar after virtually xx seconds.

You tin hold off until all the bubbles disappear, or if you're impatient similar me, you lot tin just launder it off when the foam is however inwards total bloom.
No scrubbing required. Just rinse off.

Grinif O2 Bubble Mask Cleanser is supposed to practise double duty equally a makeup remover, in addition to the fellowship claims in that place is no demand for double cleansing. Unfortunately, that didn't piece of occupation for me.
This cleanser was my SECOND cleanser in addition to I used to withdraw the leftover oily residue from the initial crude cleansing.

And it was wonderful in addition to dandy in addition to all things awesome just 3 times when I used it.
On the 4th try, the heart broke. Just broke. Something went "poof!" in addition to the heart was no more. You could move on pressing it until the adjacent presidential election inwards the the States in addition to nada.

I had meliorate things to practise alongside my time, so the cleanser went instantly into the trash.

Pity.

Moving on...



Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture business sounded just similar what my dry out in addition to sensitive pare needed.
Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, moisture. I was sold.

The unfortunate bubble mask on the left... buuuu...

I went ahead in addition to decided to effort these 3 products:

• Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture Toner
• Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture Lotion

and

• Grinif Vitamin ACE H2O Moisture Cream.

Since correct after cleansing, nosotros demand a toner, let's showtime this even out alongside this product:

Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture Toner

Packaged inwards truthful Grinif manner inwards the same pretty, quasi-cardboard box. 

Inside nosotros possess got a white heart bottle alongside 100ml of toner.

The fellowship claims that:

Sounds wonderful, doesn't it? Betaine, Retinyl Palmitate, fruit extracts, fruit oil, Tocopheryl.

Let's convey a closer await at the element listing (arranged according to the American, European in addition to Japanese element order).

Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture Toner ingredients:

Alcohol at publish 3, pretty high for a production that claims "Skintherapy past times nature".

At publish 12 nosotros possess got Triethanolamine, the rattling same element that was considered undesirable inwards Grinif O2 Bubble Mask Cleanser. LOL. 

Sigh. It's non hazardous. It's a pH balancer. 

Sorry, I don't similar companies that operate such questionable scare tactics.

Here's how the toner behaved on the skin:

See that shiny splotch on the right?

The damn affair didn't desire to dry. Stayed sticky in addition to unpleasant to the touch. When it did eventually dry, it left a nasty layer of filmy residue.

This was non moisture. This was "hey, let's seal the pare alongside this horrid sticky materials to move on the wet in".

Unfortunately, equally that was non my thought of a moisturizing toner, I gave it to my friend. After a distich of days she sent me a Line message complaining "what is this shit you lot gave me? Take it back, or I'm going to throw it out."

I took it dorsum but I'm non certain what to practise alongside it. Maybe I tin operate it on my feet. Or my bum. 

Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture Lotion

Ahhh... Grinif uses the discussion "lotion" inwards its western important here. This is a lite moisturizer, non a Japanese manner lotion (which in addition to then would live a toner).

Again, the same Grinify packaging.

In a unlike lite the box tin appear quite drab in addition to dark.

Again, a white heart bottle (bonus points for hygiene) alongside 100ml of product.

Again, the same claims equally alongside Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture Toner.

And what practise the element listing (American element gild style) says?

Let's check.

Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture Lotion ingredients:

Mineral Oil at publish 3, so if you lot don't similar that inwards your skincare, this is non a production for you.

Retinyl Palmitate (which is a cast of vitamin A) is at the rattling halt of the list, so how effective is it inwards this formulation? I'm guessing non very.

And at nowadays for the swatches:

Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture Lotion was, without a doubt, 1 of the most disgusting skincare products I've always had the misfortune of using.

It leaves a heavy, sticky, filmy layer on the skin.

It smells awful. Do you lot know those inexpensive drugstore imitations of high-end perfumes? This is just similar that. Like a inexpensive in addition to overpowering version of Dior Addict. Dis. Gus. Ting.

And now, the in conclusion slice of today's Grinif puzzle.

Grinif Vitamin ACE H2O Moisture Cream.

Inside this elementary box nosotros possess got a white plastic jolt alongside 50ml of cream.

The jolt states that it contains anti-wrinkle ingredients, equally good equally Adenosine.

Ok, let's convey a await at the element listing (American, European in addition to Japanese element order).

Grinif Vitamin ACE H2O Moisture Cream ingredients:

Yes, I was laughing, too. Adenosine is listed 3rd from the end. 

The insides of the jolt are protected past times an inner plastic cover.

And nether the cover?

This unholy mess:

I don't know if this is just my cream. Maybe it was stored improperly? Or the estrus of Japan's summertime got to it?

No idea.

The viscous nitty-gritty within can't live called "cream".

Searching on the internet, I saw Grinif's pretty promo photos, where the cream appears equally lite in addition to soft equally freshly whipped cream. 

The cream inwards other people's photos didn't looked freshly whipped at all. It resembled my gooey substance, but however within unremarkably accepted skincare limits.

I was brave in addition to decided to swipe it on my pare anyway.

Greasy in addition to sticky? Yes in addition to yes. On the correct you lot tin run into the sticky sheen this cream left behind. 

Gross! Yuck!!!

I possess got a pare wet meter, but decided that Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture business wasn't worthy plenty to operate it.

There is also a serum inwards this line, but mercifully, I was spared that experience.

Final thoughts:

This entire business is garbage. Total garbage. Nicely packaged, overpriced garbage.

If you lot possess got cash to plough over the axe you lot tin buy your ain Grinif garbage at Skin 18, or Cosmetic Love, or ebay. But if you lot possess got that much cash to burn, I possess got a meliorate idea. Send it to me. It volition live much appreciated. 

I however possess got 1 to a greater extent than Grinif production to effort in addition to I'm honestly dreading it. I demand a pause from Grinif. I demand to scrub this horrible sense from my pare in addition to my memory.

I had been trying to operate these things (because I don't desire to telephone band them "cosmetics") for 3 weeks. That was plenty for me.

This postal service contains ZERO affiliate links in addition to all products were purchased past times me. Yeah, what was I thinking... Not much, apparently.

PS> Sorry, I lied, it wasn't short, in addition to definitely non sweet.

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