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JM solution The Effect Retinol Serum 30ml
What the ingredients say
Read from the label order, stated amounts and each ingredient’s clinical evidence
Glycerin, a basic moisturising ingredient, is there in a good amount.
Retinol is in, but the stated amount is below what studies used.
- fragrance
MFDS functional cosmetic filing
Filed with Korea's MFDS as a wrinkle care functional cosmetic (2025-08). Its efficacy ingredient and amount are those the MFDS notice names.
Best-supported ingredient per concern
- DrynessGlycerinevidence B+likely enough
- Skin barrierGlycerinevidence Blikely enough
- LinesAdenosineevidence B-50% chance of enough
- Dark spotsRetinolevidence B+0.015% stated · below study amount
- FirmnessRetinolevidence C0.015% stated · below study amount
Evidence-graded ingredients and how much is in
No amount is stated. Judging by products that state an evidence-graded ingredient at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 68%.
Dryness B+ · Skin barrier B
No amount is stated. Judging by 155 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 59%.
Skin barrier B+ · Dryness C
No amount is stated. Judging by 7 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 50%.
Lines B-
The label states 0.015% — less than studies used (0.1–1%).
Lines A · Dark spots B+ · Firmness C · Blemishes D · Pores D
No amount is stated. Judging by 175 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 12%.
Dryness B · Lines D
6 more evidence-graded ingredients
No amount is stated, and studies name no single amount. It sits after the 1% line (usually 1% or less).
Lines B
No amount is stated. Judging by products that state an evidence-graded ingredient at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 5%.
Skin barrier D
No amount is stated, and studies name no single amount. It sits after the 1% line (usually 1% or less).
Lines D
No amount is stated. Judging by 89 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 3%.
Lines D · Firmness D
No amount is stated. Judging by 80 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 0%.
Lines D
No amount is stated. Judging by 140 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 0%.
Dryness B · Lines D
Amounts on the label
- Retinolin the name0.015%trace (under 0.1%)
Korean law requires a product to state the amount of any ingredient in its name.
How this was read
Labels list ingredients above 1% from most to least, then those at 1% or less in any order. Everything after Phenoxyethanol, which the law caps at 1% or less, is read as 1% or less. A product filed with Korea's MFDS as functional is read as holding the notified amount of its efficacy ingredient when the label carries only one for that effect, and anything listed before an ingredient of known amount as holding at least that much. Amounts in the product name or official description are used only where the label order allows them. Where no amount is stated, the chance of reaching the study amount comes from other products that state the same ingredient at the same place on their labels. Evidence grades were set by reading each ingredient's studies.
- A
- several randomised trials or a meta-analysis
- B
- one or two randomised trials
- C
- uncontrolled or multi-ingredient studies
- D
- lab work or a record only
A reading of ingredient evidence and the label, not a guarantee that this product works.
Ingredients
Full ingredient list as published on the official product page, in descending order of content.
All 68 ingredients at a glance
Colours follow each ingredient’s use (CosIng functions); the bar counts names. Not amounts, not a safety score.
Aqua, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Hydrogenated POLY(C6-14 OLEFIN), 1,2-Hexanediol, Glyceryl Stearate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Hydroxyacetophenone, Cetearyl Alcohol, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Arginine, Panthenol, Estimated 1% or less from hereCarbomer, Xanthan GUM, Ethylhexylglycerin, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Adenosine, Melia Azadirachta Leaf, Parfum, Disodium Edta, Allantoin, Retinol150ppm, Polysorbate 20, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract, Moringa Oleifera Seed OIL, BHT, Maris Aqua, Solanum Melongena Fruit Juice, Aloe Barbadensis Flower Extract, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Sodium Hyaluronate, Ulmus Campestris Bark Extract, Glycine Max (Soybean) Seed Extract, PVM/MA Copolymer, Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Powder, Tocopherol, BHA, Curcuma Longa Root, Corallina Officinalis Powder, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract, Bacillus Ferment, Lactobacillus Ferment, Aspergillus Ferment, Curcuma Longa Rhizome Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Saccharomyces Polypeptides, Glycine MAX Polypeptide, Caprylyl Glycol, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5, Copper Tripeptide-1, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate, Dimethylsilanol Hyaluronate, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Hyaluronic Acid, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Pentylene Glycol, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone⁎
Tap a name to see what it does and the evidence
Declared fragrance allergens
The label marks these as fragrance allergens that must be declared. They are not impurities, and most people do not react to them.
