Mixsoon Mung Bean Seed Essence [100ml]

Three ingredients: water, butylene glycol and Phaseolus Radiatus Seed Extract — mung bean. Mung bean has been used in Korean home care for generations for the same reason it is here, to take the heat out of skin, and Mixsoon has built the essence around that single idea rather than dressing it up with a supporting cast. The complaint it answers is thermal as much as cosmetic: a face that feels hot and looks flushed after sun, after a hot shower, after shaving or waxing, after a strong active; skin that turns shiny across the T-zone as the day heats up; pores that look larger because the surface is inflamed. At 100 ml this is the working bottle — enough volume to use it the way it is genuinely best used, which is generously and often.

Key Benefits

• Three-ingredient INCI with no fragrance, no essential oil, no alcohol and no colourant — about as short as a functional essence gets, and a simple document to hand to a regulator or a sensitive-skin customer.
• Phaseolus Radiatus (mung bean) Seed Extract carries phenolic compounds and flavonoids studied for antioxidant behaviour and for interfering with tyrosinase, the enzyme step in melanin production — which is why it is positioned for tone as well as for calming.
• Cooling, purifying character aimed squarely at heated, flushed, reactive skin — the brand's own positioning is around lowering the felt temperature of irritated skin and easing redness.
• Helps keep excess sebum in check, so it suits oily and combination skin in hot climates where richer soothing products feel suffocating.
• Watery, non-tacky texture that layers cleanly under serums, emulsions and sunscreen without pilling — important through a Gulf summer.
• The 100 ml size unlocks the high-volume uses the 30 ml cannot support: cotton-pad compresses, decanting into a spray bottle, and use on the neck, chest and post-shave areas.
• Mixsoon cites clinical testing with a 0.0 skin irritation index and positions it as suitable across ages; request the underlying report before repeating that figure in your own marketing.

When to Use

Morning and evening as the first hydrating step after cleansing — in place of a toner, or immediately after one and before serums, emulsions and cream. Its strongest use is situational: after sun exposure, after a hot shower or a workout, after shaving or waxing, in the first days of a new retinoid or acid when skin runs hot and tender, and through summer when the face feels flushed by midday. Because it contains no acids, retinoids or vitamin C it is safe on rest days and layers under niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, peptide and centella products without conflict. The large bottle also makes it a sensible post-sun body option for shoulders and chest.

How to Use

Daily: pour a small amount into clean palms or onto a cotton pad and press it over the face and neck, patting until the skin no longer feels wet. Repeat in two or three thin layers when skin is dehydrated instead of using one heavy pour. Cooling compress: soak two or three cotton pads, lay them over flushed cheeks, forehead or a freshly shaved jaw, and leave for around ten minutes — the brand suggests this same ten-minute pad-mask routine, and a 100 ml bottle is what makes it affordable to do regularly. Chilling the bottle in the fridge intensifies the cooling effect. Mist: decant into a clean fine-mist atomiser and spray over the face, or over sunscreen, during the day. Mix-in: a few drops can be blended into a cream or a clay mask to soften it. Follow with serum, moisturiser and, in the morning, sunscreen. Safe for twice-daily use.

Key Ingredients

• Phaseolus Radiatus Seed Extract (Mung Bean) — the whole point of the formula. A seed extract carrying phenolic acids and flavonoids, traditionally used in Korea for hot, irritated skin and studied for antioxidant activity and for tyrosinase inhibition, which links it to a brighter, more even-looking tone as well as to calming. Mixsoon does not publish a headline percentage for this essence, and none is claimed here.
• Butylene Glycol — humectant and solvent; it extracts and carries the mung bean actives and gives the essence its light, fast-drying, non-sticky slip.
• Water (Aqua) — the base of the formula.

Precautions

For external use only; avoid the immediate eye area and rinse with water on accidental contact. Mung bean is a legume — customers with known legume or pulse sensitivities should be cautious and should patch test first. Patch test on the inner forearm for 24 hours before first use and discontinue if redness, itching, swelling or persistent stinging develops. Cooling relief is not a treatment for sunburn or for a thermal burn; genuinely burnt skin needs medical care, not an essence. The formula contains no AHA, BHA, retinoid or vitamin C and does not itself increase photosensitivity, though daily broad-spectrum sunscreen remains essential in high-UV markets. With no added preservative buffer beyond the glycol system, dispense with clean hands or a clean pad, avoid touching the bottle neck to the skin, keep the cap closed and store away from direct sunlight and heat. Any portion decanted into a spray bottle should be kept in a clean container and used within a short period.