- Price
- €2.95 · ≈€0.21 per useest. 14 uses
- Size
- 100 ml
- Format
- Peel-off
- Brand from
- Germany
- Ingredients
- 18
- Vegan
- Yes
Where we found it
Plain links to the shop’s own page - no affiliate tracking, no partnership. Prices move, so check the pack before you buy.
Balea
Gesichtsmaske Peel-Off Aktivkohle
€2.95
The mechanism here is polyvinyl alcohol: it dries to a film you pull off, and the charcoal in ninth place is doing the marketing. Denatured alcohol is second, which is how the film sets quickly - worth knowing if your skin is reactive. Panthenol and aloe are further down.
Aimed at
What stands out in the list
Worked out from the ingredients, not the packaging claims.
Contains fragrance
Listed as Parfum/Fragrance, which can stand for dozens of undisclosed aroma chemicals. Fragrance is one of the most common causes of cosmetic contact allergy.
1 declared fragrance allergen
EU law requires these to be named on the pack: Benzyl Alcohol.
Drying alcohol, high in the list
Alcohol Denat. appears at position 2, so it is a major part of the formula. Expect a fast, matte finish and possible tightness on dry or reactive skin.
Nothing flagged for pregnancy
No ingredient on this list is one our encyclopaedia marks as avoided or used with caution in pregnancy. That is not the same as a clearance, so check with your midwife or doctor.
Barrier-supporting actives
Contains Panthenol, ingredients with reasonable evidence for calming and supporting the skin barrier.
The panel
All 18 ingredients, in the order they appear on the pack. Tap a name to read the full entry.
- Well tolerated
- No meaningful concern for most people; irritation is possible but rare.
- Depends on you
- Genuinely relevant for some people, or depends on dose and pH.
- Worth knowing
- EU-restricted, a common contact allergen, or subject to live debate.
- Avoid
- Banned in EU cosmetics or credibly linked to serious harm.
- Not yet documented
- No encyclopaedia entry for this ingredient yet, so we make no claim about it.
- 03Polyvinyl Alcohol·
- 05Ethylhexyl Stearate·
- 07Polysorbate 60·
- below ≈1% - ingredients may be listed in any order
How to use it
Shake well. Spread an even, opaque layer over a cleansed face, avoiding the eyes and mouth. Leave 10 to 15 minutes, then peel the dried film from the edges towards the centre and rinse off any remainder with lukewarm water.
What the brand claims
Reproduced from the pack or the brand’s own page. We have not tested these.
- Declared vegan on the pack
- Peel-off film mask
- 100 ml tube
- Second ingredient is denatured alcohol
