Banila Co's Clean It Zero is pretty much a cult product in South Korea now. I'm sure you've all seen it online before (if you're into asian beauty), so I am here to give you my review of it!
So the Clean It Zero is basically a solid oil cleanser. It reminds me of the texture of coconut oil when it's solid, but less solid. If I press on the oil with my fingertip, it will cave inwards easily. I use this as a makeup remover, so I just take a little bit into my palm, massage to turn it into a oil, and then rub all over my face.
The ingredient list is in Korean, but there are translations of it online.
This is what it looks like when you open it up. Banila Co has provided a little spatula thing in that plastic cover, which is super nice and helpful for hygiene reasons.
So I was a religious user of Shu Uemura's cleansing oil (the purple one), but the larger sized one (15.2 oz) was $92 and I had already gone through two bottles of that in approximately two years. Not a bad value, but I had heard good things about Banila Co's Clean It Zero, and it was much cheaper (but smaller in size) so I figured, why not try it out. Shu Uemura also changed the cleansing oils. I'm not sure if they only changed the formula or not, but the one I used to use does not exist anymore.
The one I own is 100mL worth of product. There is a larger size at 180mL but I wasn't sure if this product would perform as well as my Shu Uemura cleansing oil, so I decided to just try out the 100mL first.
I find that this removes all my complexion makeup pretty well. A little goes a long way with this one, especially if you only do BB cream/complexion makeup. However, I wear eyeshadow and gel eyeliner, and I find that even after double cleansing, there are still some residual traces of eyeliner left over. The Shu Uemura cleansing oil was able to remove all my makeup (I usually use two pumps) without any residual left over.
What I liked about this one more than the Shu Uemura one, is that the oil does not drip into my eyes easily. With the Shu Uemura, sometimes there'd be a film of oil clouding my eye and I'd have to take extra effort to rinse it all out, while this one doesn't drip into my eye as easily. Being a solid oil, this one also does not drip onto my arms as I wash my face. Also, this product is more travel-friendly, I'd say. It's solid, so it will not spill everywhere into my luggage. I've had problems travelling with the Shu Uemura cleanser before, where even though I had "locked" the pump, it would unlock itself and spill oil into the Ziploc bag I had placed it into.
All in all, I'd say that both the Shu Uemura and Banila Co are pretty good oil cleansers. If you wear a lot of heavy eye makeup, and you've got cash to drop, I'd go for the Shu Uemura over the Banila Co. If you're a light makeup user, or on a budget, the Banila Co will work for you. They both remove makeup really well, but come with their cons.
Would I repurchase this? Banila Co's 180mL version is about $17.55USD (as of writing), not including shipping, whereas the Shu Uemura is 450mL for $92CAD (without tax). This makes the Shu Uemura one about $0.20CAD/mL, whereas the Banila Co is about $0.10USD/mL. The value can be seen in the Banila Co's cleanser, but because I'd probably have to give up my first born to pay for shipping, I'm undecided. If I was making a large order on testerkorea with friends, I'd probably repurchase. I wouldn't just make an order for this though.
Banila Co's Clean It Zero is available here on TesterKorea for 14,400 won and you can buy Shu Uemura's cleansing oil through Sephora here, or here through their main website.
Disclaimer: Not a sponsored post.
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