Cleansing Milk Sunscreen Removal: SIORIS, bttr and More

SIORIS Cleanse Me Softly Milk Cleanser, sold in a 200ml bottle for $29.40 (Walmart, checked 2026-09-24), removes light makeup and everyday sunscreen when used as a first or second cleanser; heavier water-resistant or high-SPF sunscreen calls for a different first step. bttr [수분잠금] 하이드라 베리어 클렌징 336 밀크 투 폼 150g, priced at 29,000 KRW per Harper's Bazaar Korea (2026-07), markets itself as a one-step milk-to-foam cleanser that dissolves sunscreen and makeup together. The deciding axis for Korean users is the sunscreen itself: a light daily SPF with a cushion or base rinses off in one milk cleanse, while a water-resistant or heavy-SPF formula, common in Korean summer routines, generally needs an oil-based first step before any milk or foam finisher.

SIORIS Cleanse Me Softly Milk Cleanser

SIORIS Cleanse Me Softly Milk Cleanser comes in a 200ml bottle priced at $29.40 (Walmart, checked 2026-09-24), with a citrus variant sold in the same size. Retailer copy describes it as a low-pH cleanser that helps remove impurities, including makeup, sunscreen and pollution, and states it can be used as a first cleanser, a second cleanser, or both in the same routine. Independent reviewers report mixed results: one long-term user wrote that she used it in the evening to remove sunscreen and it worked decently, but that she reaches for a cleansing oil or balm on days she wears makeup. Another reviewer who used three to five pumps to wash off bare sunscreen at night found it emulsified easily but left an oily feeling afterward. A third reviewer used it twice in one routine as a double cleansing method for makeup removal, not as a single pass. Soko Glam lists the product's pH at 6.43 (plus or minus 1).

bttr [수분잠금] 하이드라 베리어 클렌징 336 밀크 투 폼 150g

bttr [수분잠금] 하이드라 베리어 클렌징 336 밀크 투 폼 150g retails for 29,000 KRW through bttr's official channel, per Harper's Bazaar Korea (2026-07 check). The cleanser opens as a soft milk texture that turns to foam on contact with water, a two-in-one design meant to collapse a double cleanse into one step. bttr states the formula carries three types of hyaluronic acid, six types of ceramide, and a proprietary '세콜지' blend under the brand's own '336' mixing name. The listing carries 44 total ingredients and contains fragrance, so it should not be described as fragrance-free. Harper's Bazaar Korea explains the mechanism editorially: oily residue such as makeup and sunscreen dissolves at the milk stage, and the foam that forms on contact with water washes away what remains. For a reader whose daily sunscreen is a light, cushion-level SPF and who wants to skip a second cleanse, bttr Milk to Foam answers that need directly with its one-step claim; readers wearing a water-resistant or high-SPF formula should treat that claim as brand and editorial description, not an independently tested removal figure.

• Milk texture converts to foam on contact with water, folding a two-step routine into one motion.
• Formulated with three types of hyaluronic acid and six types of ceramide, aimed at moisture retention during cleansing.
• Sized at 150g for daily use, with a 25g mini available for travel.
• Marketed as a single-step alternative to sequencing an oil cleanser before a foam cleanser for daily SPF and light base makeup.

Learn more at bttr's official site.

make p:rem Safe Me Relief Moisture Barrier Low pH Cleansing Milk

make p:rem Safe Me Relief Moisture Barrier Low pH Cleansing Milk is sold in 200ml and 500ml sizes through Olive Young Global, with a twin pack listed at $38.88 on YesStyle (checked 2026-09-24). The INCI list on its Sephora page opens with water, olive fruit oil, safflower seed oil, glycerin and glyceryl stearate, and includes panthenol, allantoin, ceramide NP and hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid further down the list. Sephora's own product description covers makeup and impurities without naming sunscreen specifically, while a separate retailer's copy adds sunscreen to the same list of residues it removes. One independent reviewer said the milk spreads easily and melts makeup off quite well, but added she was not sure about waterproof makeup since she uses a separate remover for that. Retailer pages place its pH in the 5.0 to 6.0 range.

Ma:nyo Pure Cleansing Oil

Ma:nyo Pure Cleansing Oil is priced at $23.00 in its 200ml size on the brand's manyo.us store (checked 2026-09-24). As an oil cleanser that emulsifies into a milk on contact with water, it works on a different mechanism than the milk-only cleansers in this comparison: the brand's usage instructions direct users to massage it onto dry skin for 60 seconds, focusing on makeup, sunscreen and oily areas. The brand cites a figure from the Korea Institute of Dermatological Sciences showing the oil removes 99.74% of pollution and dust from the skin's surface, a figure specific to dust and pollution rather than sunscreen. Retailer copy elsewhere credits the line with removing sunscreen and makeup, though no sunscreen-specific percentage accompanies that claim. Used as a first step, an oil cleanser of this kind is the format most often paired with a milk or foam finisher when the day's sunscreen is water-resistant.

ROUND LAB 1025 Dokdo Cleansing Oil

ROUND LAB 1025 Dokdo Cleansing Oil comes in a 200ml bottle priced at $22.99 through Sentisenti (checked 2026-09-24). Ulta's retail listing describes it as a lightweight oil cleanser that melts away makeup, sunscreen and impurities in one simple step, wording found on retailer pages and not on the brand's own roundlab.com listing. Its INCI opens with ethylhexyl stearate, sorbeth-30 tetraoleate and diisostearyl malate, self-emulsifying agents that let the oil rinse away with water, followed by evening primrose oil, meadowfoam seed oil, avocado oil and ceramide NP. The companion 1025 Dokdo Cleanser, an amino-acid and isethionate foaming wash, is the brand's suggested second step, following the same oil-first, water-based-second sequence used by Ma:nyo Pure Cleansing Oil elsewhere in this comparison. One reviewer who had been using the Dokdo line's milk cleanser for a while said she decided to stop overlooking the cleansing oil after adding it to her routine.

Sources: Harper's Bazaar Korea on bttr's milk-to-foam cleanser, Sephora listing for make p:rem Safe Me Relief Moisture Cleansing Milk, Ma:nyo's official Pure Cleansing Oil page, Ulta's listing for ROUND LAB 1025 Dokdo Cleansing Oil.