Looking for a clear breakdown of Beauty of Joseon ingredients? This guide explains what each key ingredient does, which skin types it suits best, and how to choose the right BOJ line for your routine.
Ginseng — Benefits, Skin Types, and How to Use in a Routine
A prized Hanbang ingredient, Ginseng is packed with antioxidants and saponins, helping to firm, energize, and brighten tired skin. Known for its anti-aging properties, it enhances circulation and restores a youthful glow.
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Products with Ginseng from Beauty of Joseon
1. Beauty of Joseon: Ginseng Essence Water
Ginseng Essence Water is a barrier-boosting essence packed with ginseng water and niacinamide for lasting hydration, antioxidant benefits, and a glow boost.
2. Beauty of Joseon: Ginseng Snail Serum
Ginseng Snail Serum is your plumping elixir for a complexion that’s lost its bounce. This firming serum blends ginseng and snail mucin to hydrate and refresh for skin that looks bouncier and feels healthier.
3. Beauty of Joseon: Ginseng Eye Cream
Ginseng Eye Cream is a powerful Korean eye cream with a fast-absorbing serum texture that helps target the look of wrinkles, brighten, and hydrate for firmer-looking refreshed under eyes.
Rice — Benefits, Skin Types, and How to Use in a Routine
A staple of Korean skincare for centuries, Rice is rich in amino acids, vitamins, and antioxidants. It helps to gently brighten dull skin, improve texture, and deeply hydrate—leaving your skin soft, smooth, and luminous.
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Products with Rice from Beauty of Joseon
1. Beauty of Joseon: Glow Replenishing Rice Milk
Glow Replenishing Rice Milk is a hydrating, balancing toner with an innovative dual-layer formula that helps intensely moisturize while balancing sebum for skin that’s glowy, not greasy.
2. Beauty of Joseon: Ground Rice and Honey Glow Mask
Ground Rice and Honey Glow Mask is a wash-off mask made with Korean rice extracts and honey to help brighten, soothe, hydrate, and gently exfoliate skin in one step.
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Red Bean — Benefits, Skin Types, and How to Use in a Routine
Loved for its natural saponins and gentle exfoliating effect, Red Bean helps to remove excess sebum and dead skin cells. It purifies and smooths while maintaining hydration and balance.
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Products with Red Bean from Beauty of Joseon
1. Beauty of Joseon: Red Bean Water Gel
Red Bean Water Gel is a lightweight gel moisturizer is formulated with red bean and peptides to help maintain optimal sebum levels while bringing bounce back to your skin. Our perfect pick for oily and combination skin.
2. Beauty of Joseon: Red Bean Refreshing Pore Mask
Red Bean Refreshing Pore Mask is a non-drying clarifying mask with kaolin clay and red bean extract that gently exfoliates and absorbs excess sebum without uncomfortable tightness.
Propolis — Benefits, Skin Types, and How to Use in a Routine
Derived from bees, Propolis is rich in flavonoids and nutrients that help to nourish and restore damaged skin. It strengthens the barrier, boosts radiance, and provides lasting moisture.
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Products with Propolis from Beauty of Joseon
Beauty of Joseon: Glowing Propolis Serum
Glowing Propolis Serum is a cushiony smoothing serum with niacinamide and propolis extract that helps refine pores, hydrate, and calm reactive skin for a glassy glow.
Green Plum — Benefits, Skin Types, and How to Use in a Routine
Known for its natural AHA content, Green Plum gently exfoliates to smooth skin texture and unclog pores. It helps reveal clearer, more refined skin while maintaining a soft, hydrated finish.
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Products with Green Plum from Beauty of Joseon
1. Beauty of Joseon: Green Plum Refreshing Toner : AHA + BHA
Green Plum Refreshing Toner: AHA + BHA is a gentle yet effective smoothing toner that helps reset your skin’s natural glow by sweeping away dead skin cells and cleansing clogged pores. Formulated with mung bean extract, AHA, and BHA.
2. Beauty of Joseon: Green Plum Refreshing Cleanser
Green Plum Refreshing Cleanser is a pH-balanced gentle daily cleanser with plum and mung bean extracts that deeply cleanses and refreshes while supporting your moisture barrier.
Centella Asiatica — Benefits, Skin Types, and How to Use in a Routine
A Hanbang staple, Centella Asiatica soothes, hydrates, and strengthens the skin barrier. Rich in madecassoside and asiatic acid, it calms redness and promotes healing, earning its nickname “Tiger Grass” for its restorative properties.
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Products with Centella Asiatica from Beauty of Joseon
1. Beauty of Joseon: Centella Vita Serum
Centella Vita Serum is a lightweight vitamin C serum with Centella asiatica that helps brighten, target skin texture, and soothe. Non-sticky and non-greasy.
2. Beauty of Joseon: Centella Asiatica Soothing Mask
Centella Asiatica Calming Mask sticks comfortably to your face without slipping off. Infused with green tea and mugwort extracts, plus three types of hyaluronic acid for deep hydration in minutes.
Match Your Skin to a BOJ Line
💫 Not sure where to start with Beauty of Joseon? Match your skin’s current condition to the ingredient line that fits best.
Q: My skin looks dull and feels less firm. Which line should I use?
A: Go for the Ginseng Line. It helps support elasticity and revitalizes tired-looking skin.
Q: My skin feels dry and uneven. What’s best?
A: Try the Rice Line. It focuses on hydration and smoother texture.
Q: My skin gets oily and feels clogged. What should I choose?
A: The Red Bean Line helps manage excess sebum and congestion.
Q: My skin barrier feels weak or stressed. What do I use?
A: Start with the Propolis Line. It comforts and nourishes compromised skin.
Q: My skin feels rough and needs gentle renewal. Which line fits?
A: The Green Plum Line supports mild exfoliation and smoother skin.
Q: My skin is sensitive or easily irritated. What’s safest?
A: Go with the Centella Asiatica Line, formulated to calm and soothe.
Editor’s Note
Beauty of Joseon routines are designed to respond to the skin, not overwhelm it. Each ingredient line can be layered or rotated depending on daily condition, allowing skincare to remain intentional and balanced.
