What is Mixsoon Bean Essence?

A lightweight, fermented essence serum with soybean, barley, pomegranate, and pear extracts designed to hydrate, brighten, and gently exfoliate skin.

Is Mixsoon Bean Essence worth it?

The gurus are split. 7 of the 9 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 2 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 69%.

What is Mixsoon Bean Essence's Guru Score?

Mixsoon Bean Essence holds a Guru Score of 69%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 9 expert reviewers we have collected.

Who is Mixsoon Bean Essence best for?

Mixsoon Bean Essence is generally suited to combination skin, normal skin and sensitive skin.

Mixsoon Bean Essence: a Guru Score of 69% from 9 experts

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Kelly Driscoll

91k subs

~Nay

"It just sort of sits on top of your skin. I don't think it's particularly effective peeling or exfoliating gel. I don't think it's a particularly effective hydrating serum. It might be an interesting moisturizing fermented type of product if you can tolerate the texture. I think it's interesting. I don't think it's good."

Mad About Skin

732k subs

~Yay

"Now I have. I think it's definitely worthy of a place in the Korean skincare top 10 best sellers. It's just a nice all-round serum. I don't think you need to use it if you're already using snail mucin; I think it's an either-or situation. But if you don't like the idea of snail mucin and you want a vegan alternative, I think the MIXSOON Bean Essence is honestly stunning, and I would certainly recommend it."

All 8 takes from Mad About Skin

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"So, it's a super simplistic product, but it just works. If you've got very sensitive skin, this could be a wonderful addition to your winter skincare routine just to get some plumping and some hydration. And as you can see, no tackiness, no stickiness, but it does just give that little glow, that little sort of glass skin vibe. I absolutely love it. I recommend it to everybody that doesn't want something with much mucin. They want something different."

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"For that glass skin look, there are lots of ingredients that can be just as, or in some cases more, beneficial, and I found them all in this serum. [...] I tried it and honestly it was love at first pump. [...] It could be that little hidden hack, that hidden product that helps you achieve your glass skin goals. What makes MIXSOON Bean Essence [...] so special is how it delivers so many amazing outcomes in so few ingredients."

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"I have been familiar with MIXSOON. They're a good Korean brand. [...] I have their Bean Essence, this is their viral product. Actually really, really good. Would recommend it."

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"For me, that is gold. Personally, I love this. It's simple in terms of its formulation and its ingredient profile, but don't let simplicity fool you: it is going to be a powerhouse hydrator, and I absolutely love it. [...] Make sure you're applying it onto damp skin, and your skin will be hydrated to the gods, literally all day long."

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"It's really good. If you want the outcomes that you get from snail mucin without snail mucin, you could opt for this. It's vegan as well. So if you're somebody that's vegan, living a plant-based lifestyle, this is a vegan alternative to snail mucin. [...] It's very stringy, [...] but it's not sticky or slimy on the skin. Doesn't have that snail mucin scent to it that I'm not a big fan of. And it gives you just [...] that nicest plump hydration and a little bit of a boost to the skin."

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"It definitely does all of that. If you're somebody that wants that instant glass-skin look, super glossy, super smooth, glowing, this will give you that in an instant. [...] The only reason I'm saying it's a meh for me is I hate the texture. I really hate that slime in it. [...] If you like snail mucin you'll love this; if, like me, you didn't like the texture of snail mucin, this is still going to be a pass for you. [...] Look at that glow on the skin."

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"This is the viral many times over MIXSOON Bean Essence. I actually prefer this to snail mucin. I find snail mucin [...] very sticky, and I don't like the idea of the snails. This is a great vegan alternative. You get that same bounce from it, that same hydration and the same great results, but it is snail-free. It will hydrate you, it will plump you out. And if you want a really simple yet hyper effective plumping serum, this is great."

No BS Beauty

89k subs

~Yay

"It's nice and thick. There's no fragrance, and it's got a rather short ingredient list with just a bunch of different ferments in it. So, the bean that they refer to as soybean, which is a lactobacillus soybean ferment. Then we've also got another good one, saccharomyces barley seed ferment, which is also really nice. So, no scent in it. Really nice. And a little bit of it goes a long way."

Dr. Vanita Rattan

1.23M subs

~Yay

"If you're a K beauty lover then there's one product I really like and it is nourishing to the skin and you get some brightening effect with it as well and this is the Bean Essence from Mixsoon."

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"If you're a K beauty lover then there's one product I really like and it is nourishing to the skin and you get some brightening effect with it as well and this is the Bean Essence from Mixsoon."

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"This is going to be a nice product if you have again dry damaged skin barrier. And this I think is where Korean skin care excels is if you have maybe overused another product, overused an acid or a retinol and your skin is feeling really dry and sensitive and red. This is where you want to go in with a product like this. This is going to be beneficial but it's not going to help you with any hyperpigmentation or large pores or really any other concerns. So I like it but you know it's not amazing."

CYoung

95k subs

~Yay

"Of course you could just use a normal serum, but I find it works so well, your skin texture becomes so much smoother after you try it, believe me. It's very popular and kind of worth the hype, the lactic acid in it is okay for all ages and skin types, not that irritating, and it's affordable. I wouldn't say I can't live without it, but I reach for it very often. If your skin is dry you do have to seal it with a moisturizer or cream, because the serum alone isn't enough."

All 4 takes from CYoung

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"After five to seven minutes I can feel the grains on my fingers even though my skin doesn't have sebum, and when I wash it off with water the exfoliating is done. [...] Sometimes nothing comes up, but after doing it I can definitely feel the texture become smoother and more hydrated inside. It's much more effective used as an exfoliating massage than just as a normal serum, so I highly recommend trying it that way."

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"If I have to pick, [...] I'll just pick this one, it has a little sticky texture. [...] I like this brand a lot because this product is only made with four ingredients, if you have sensitive skin, a product with more ingredients is much more likely to make you react, so simple is best, it's especially good for sensitive skin. It's vegan too. The advertisement says it's good for exfoliating, but it does its job well even though it's really only for hydrating."

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"So it's a really mild exfoliant you can try. Another way of using this, I tried it, you can mix it with a matte foundation and it works so well. But I recommend it only for the dry mature skin because if you're living in the tropical weather and oily combo skin girlies, because this is already watery, so I feel my foundation becomes a little diluted."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

~Yay

"This is the Mixsoon Bean Essence. You can use this in two ways, massage it to create a physical exfoliant, or leave it on for an incredibly hydrating experience. It might be too much for some people, but I've been surprised, [...] this ended up a very popular product, definitely one of the products of 2024."

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"I still like this. I like to use it as a leave-on, though [...] the brand originally meant for you to roll it across your skin like a peeling gel. It's a short ingredients list, just four different ferments, and fermentation makes those ingredients smaller and more available to your skin. [...] What I truthfully don't like is that it seems like they've gotten rid of a lot of their other products that I liked and they're going in a whole new direction as a brand."

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"I didn't like this at first, and I think a lot of people might not like it either because it's such a sensation on your skin, you really feel it. But that also [...] makes it such a good product to use with any kind of device. [...] You have to [...] be careful not to forget to do the rest of your skincare routine because you won't feel this one dry. It's truly one of the most unique products I've ever tried."

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"I repurchased this essence and I love it. It's a deeply hydrating product."

Dr Dray

2.69M subs

~Nay

"I was just about to give up on Mixsoon because this bean essence, this is a pass in my opinion. I mean, some people love it, but it's just not I was not impressed by it."