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What the ingredients say
Read from the label order, stated amounts and each ingredient’s clinical evidence
Niacinamide, with clinical evidence for dark spots·skin barrier, is in at the MFDS notified amount for brightening (2–5%).
- 2 essential oils
- 2 labelled fragrance allergens
MFDS functional cosmetic filing
Filed with Korea's MFDS as a brightening·wrinkle care functional cosmetic (2018-11). Its efficacy ingredient and amount are those the MFDS notice names.
Best-supported ingredient per concern
- Dark spotsNiacinamideevidence BMFDS brightening amount
- Skin barrierNiacinamideevidence B-MFDS brightening amount
- OilinessNiacinamideevidence B-MFDS brightening amount
- BlemishesNiacinamideevidence B-MFDS brightening amount
- DrynessGlycerinevidence B+likely enough
- PoresNiacinamideevidence CMFDS brightening amount
Evidence-graded ingredients and how much is in
Filed with Korea's MFDS as a brightening functional cosmetic, so it holds the notified amount (2–5%).
Dark spots B · Oiliness B- · Skin barrier B- · Blemishes B- · Pores C · Lines C
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 products that state an evidence-graded ingredient at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 61%.
Skin barrier B · Dryness B-
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-
5 more evidence-graded ingredients
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
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 4%.
Dryness C
No amount is stated. Judging by 18 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 2%.
Lines C
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. Judging by 55 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 1%.
Blemishes B · Dark spots C
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 79 ingredients at a glance
Colours follow each ingredient’s use (CosIng functions); the bar counts names. Not amounts, not a safety score.
Aqua, Hippophae Rhamnoides Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Niacinamide, Panthenol, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Cyclopentasiloxane, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed OIL, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cyclohexasiloxane, 1,2-Hexanediol, BIS-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane, Glyceryl Stearate, C14-22 Alcohols, Dimethicone, PEG-3 Stearate, Behenyl Alcohol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sucrose Laurate, Triethanolamine, C12-20 Alkyl Glucoside, Estimated 1% or less from hereCarbomer, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Argania Spinosa Kernel OIL, Persea Gratissima OIL, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Tocopheryl Acetate, Lecithin, Allantoin, Portulaca Oleracea Water, Morus Alba Bark Extract, Mannitol, Glyceryl Linoleate, Limonene⁎, Cellulose, Punica Granatum Fruit Extract, Pentylene Glycol, Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Disodium Edta, Adenosine, Codonopsis Lanceolata Root Extract, Sucrose, Eclipta Prostrata Cera, Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract, Glycine Soja Sterols, Sodium Hyaluronate, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit OIL, Glyceryl Linolenate, Linalool⁎, Glyceryl Arachidonate, CI 77891, CI 77492, Folic Acid, Pyridoxine HCL, Biotin, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil, Glucose, Propanediol, Lavandula Angustifolia Water, Salvia Sclarea Extract, Hyacinthus Orientalis Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower/Leaf Extract, Borago Officinalis Extract, BHT, Centaurea Cyanus Flower, Sorbitol, Cyanocobalamin, Phenoxyethanol, Beta-Glucan, Benzyl Alcohol⁎, Xanthan GUM, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Retinyl Palmitate, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Glyceryl Caprylate
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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.
