- Price
- €0.95 · €0.48 per use
- Size
- 16 ml (2 x 8 ml)
- Format
- Cream
- Brand from
- Germany
- Ingredients
- 31
Where we found it
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Balea MEN
Gesichtsmaske Creme-Gel Hydro
€0.95 · €0.48/use
A cream-gel sachet from Balea's men's line, and the sixth entry is alcohol denat., which is high for something sold on hydration. The moisturising side is real enough - glycerin third, erythritol, panthenol, sodium hyaluronate, with corn germ oil and shea butter as the lipids - and the mineral gluconates (zinc, copper) plus homarine HCl are the kind of thing that usually costs more. CI 42090 tints it blue.
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.
2 declared fragrance allergens
EU law requires these to be named on the pack: Linalool, Limonene.
Contains drying alcohol
Alcohol Denat. appears at position 6, well down the list, so the amount is likely small.
Exfoliating acids
Contains Lactic Acid. Use sunscreen the following day; EU law caps these.
2 concentration-capped ingredients
EU law sets a maximum for Zinc Gluconate, CI 42090. Products on sale in the EU must comply.
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 31 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.
- 04Hydrogenated Vegetable Glycerides·
- 05Coco Caprylate/Caprate·
- 07Zea Mays Germ Oil·
- 10Erythritol·
- below ≈1% - ingredients may be listed in any order
- 14Homarine Hcl·
- 16Copper Gluconate·
- 20Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides·
- 24Magnesium Aspartate·
How to use it
After cleansing, spread generously and evenly over the face, avoiding the eye and mouth area. Leave 10 to 15 minutes, then take off the residue with a soft tissue rather than rinsing. Use once or twice a week; the sachet holds two applications.
What the brand claims
Reproduced from the pack or the brand’s own page. We have not tested these.
- Two applications in a 95-cent sachet
- Alcohol denat. sixth
- Shea butter and corn germ oil
- Coloured blue with CI 42090
