I'll endeavor to locomote along it brusque too sweetness today, therefore the combined review of:
- Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture trouble (we'll bring a await at the toner, lotion too cream)
and
- Grinif O2 Bubble Mask Cleanser.
Grinif is a Korean skincare brand, you lot mightiness telephone telephone it a niche brand, that specializes inward "natural" skincare.
Their website is alone inward Korean, too it's of the non awesome diverseness that is fully too 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 too paste the text into google translate.
Usually, that lonely is plenty for me to skip such brands too pass my coin elsewhere. If a build doesn't attention nigh its unusual customers, too so unusual customers should practise the same. Or possibly inward representative of Grinif, this is a witting pick to locomote along the build "niche" too mysteriously alluring? Don't know and, frankly, after today's review, I'm non going to care.
I constitute myself amongst a few Grinif items purely past times accident. And yes, I admit, at the same fourth dimension I was curious nigh the build every bit well.
Grinif's tagline is "Skintherapy past times nature" too 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 guide maintain acre newspaper boxes to jibe the natural image, too at to the lowest degree for the products purchased inward Japan, in that place are no leaflets inward the boxes. How really "green" too eco friendly!
Big mistake, inward my opinion, because if you're going to sell inward unusual markets, too clearly, this is Grinif's intention, every bit the cistron lists are also provided inward English, delight abide by your international customers.
Dear Grinif people, the bare minimum of relevant data inward a linguistic communication that non-Korean speakers tin sympathise goes a long way, trust me.
But I approximate Grinif was so focused on creating pretty too "green" boxes that the to a greater extent than practical side of things only 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 function out of cleansing. You spread it on your confront too wait. And too so only rinse off. Done.
This cleanser is supposed to live ideal for sensitive skin. It's supposed to live every bit soft every bit whipped egg whites.
You tin banking concern check out the entire, barely comprehensible, description on Skin18 (no, I am non affiliated amongst the store), which was acre copied inward 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 eight "hazardous" substances) too afterwards inward 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, pregnant gratis of: parabens, triethanolamine, artificial colors, mineral crude oil too brute oil(?).
We acquire 100ml of cleanser inward a pretty, white heart bottle.
Grinif is i of those rare Korean companies that listing their ingredients according to the international standards next the same cistron listing society every bit the US, European Union too Japan.
How practise I know that?
I compared the English linguistic communication listing printed on the box amongst 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 every bit the laws inward the USA too 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 endeavor it, if only for the novelty value.
This is how it looks inward 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 nigh twenty 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 withal inward total bloom.
No scrubbing required. Just rinse off.
Grinif O2 Bubble Mask Cleanser is supposed to practise double duty every bit a makeup remover, too the companionship claims in that place is no demand for double cleansing. Unfortunately, that didn't function for me.
This cleanser was my SECOND cleanser too I used to take away the leftover oily residue from the initial crude oil cleansing.
And it was wonderful too corking too all things awesome just 3 times when I used it.
On the 4th try, the heart broke. Just broke. Something went "poof!" too the heart was no more. You could locomote along pressing it until the adjacent presidential election inward the USA too nada.
I had ameliorate things to practise amongst my time, so the cleanser went direct into the trash.
Pity.
Moving on...
Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture trouble sounded just similar what my dry out too sensitive peel needed.
Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, moisture. I was sold.
The unfortunate bubble mask on the left... buuuu...
I went ahead too decided to endeavor 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 commencement this flush amongst this product:
Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture Toner
Packaged inward truthful Grinif means inward the same pretty, quasi-cardboard box.
Inside nosotros guide maintain a white heart bottle amongst 100ml of toner.
The companionship claims that:
Sounds wonderful, doesn't it? Betaine, Retinyl Palmitate, fruit extracts, fruit oil, Tocopheryl.
Let's bring a closer await at the cistron listing (arranged according to the American, European too Japanese cistron order).
Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture Toner ingredients:
Alcohol at release 3, pretty high for a production that claims "Skintherapy past times nature".
At release 12 nosotros guide maintain Triethanolamine, the really same cistron that was considered undesirable inward Grinif O2 Bubble Mask Cleanser. LOL.
Sigh. It's non hazardous. It's a pH balancer.
Sorry, I don't similar companies that role 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 too 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 peel amongst this horrid sticky materials to locomote along the wet in".
Unfortunately, every bit that was non my thought of a moisturizing toner, I gave it to my friend. After a twain 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 amongst it. Maybe I tin role it on my feet. Or my bum.
Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture Lotion
Ahhh... Grinif uses the give-and-take "lotion" inward its western pregnant here. This is a lite moisturizer, non a Japanese means lotion (which too so would live a toner).
Again, the same Grinify packaging.
In a dissimilar lite the box tin appear quite drab too dark.
Again, a white heart bottle (bonus points for hygiene) amongst 100ml of product.
Again, the same claims every bit amongst Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture Toner.
And what practise the cistron listing (American cistron society style) says?
Let's check.
Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture Lotion ingredients:
Mineral Oil at release 3, so if you lot don't similar that inward your skincare, this is non a production for you.
Retinyl Palmitate (which is a shape of vitamin A) is at the really goal of the list, so how effective is it inward this formulation? I'm guessing non very.
And directly for the swatches:
Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture Lotion was, without a doubt, i of the most disgusting skincare products I've e'er 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 too 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 uncomplicated box nosotros guide maintain a white plastic appal amongst 50ml of cream.
The appal states that it contains anti-wrinkle ingredients, every bit good every bit Adenosine.
Ok, let's bring a await at the cistron listing (American, European too Japanese cistron order).
Grinif Vitamin ACE H2O Moisture Cream ingredients:
Yes, I was laughing, too. Adenosine is listed 3rd from the end.
The insides of the appal 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 oestrus of Japan's summertime got to it?
No idea.
The sticky center within can't live called "cream".
Searching on the internet, I saw Grinif's pretty promo photos, where the cream appears every bit lite too soft every bit freshly whipped cream.
The cream inward other people's photos didn't looked freshly whipped at all. It resembled my gooey substance, but withal within normally accepted skincare limits.
I was brave too decided to swipe it on my peel anyway.
Greasy too sticky? Yes too yes. On the correct you lot tin encounter the sticky sheen this cream left behind.
Gross! Yuck!!!
I guide maintain a peel wet meter, but decided that Grinif Vitamin ACE Moisture trouble wasn't worthy plenty to role it.
There is also a serum inward this line, but mercifully, I was spared that experience.
Final thoughts:
This entire trouble is garbage. Total garbage. Nicely packaged, overpriced garbage.
If you lot guide maintain cash to sack you lot tin buy your ain Grinif garbage at Skin 18, or Cosmetic Love, or ebay. But if you lot guide maintain that much cash to burn, I guide maintain a ameliorate idea. Send it to me. It volition live much appreciated.
I withal guide maintain i to a greater extent than Grinif production to endeavor too I'm honestly dreading it. I demand a suspension from Grinif. I demand to scrub this horrible sense from my peel too my memory.
I had been trying to role these things (because I don't desire to telephone telephone them "cosmetics") for 3 weeks. That was plenty for me.
This shipping service contains ZERO affiliate links too all products were purchased past times me. Yeah, what was I thinking... Not much, apparently.
PS> Sorry, I lied, it wasn't short, too definitely non sweet.
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