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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·oiliness, is in at the MFDS notified amount for brightening (2–5%).
Adenosine, with clinical evidence for lines, is in at the MFDS notified amount for wrinkle care (0.04%).
- fragrance
- 3 labelled fragrance allergens
MFDS functional cosmetic filing
Filed with Korea's MFDS as a brightening·wrinkle care functional cosmetic (2023-12). Its efficacy ingredient and amount are those the MFDS notice names.
Best-supported ingredient per concern
- Skin barrierDimethiconeevidence Bat least 2% · study amount
- Dark spotsNiacinamideevidence BMFDS brightening amount
- DrynessDimethiconeevidence B-at least 2% · study amount
- OilinessNiacinamideevidence B-MFDS brightening amount
- BlemishesNiacinamideevidence B-MFDS brightening amount
- LinesAdenosineevidence B-MFDS wrinkle care amount
Evidence-graded ingredients and how much is in
Listed before an ingredient whose amount is known, so it holds at least 2% — at or above what studies used (1–30% (FDA skin protectant monograph)).
Skin barrier B · Dryness B-
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
Filed with Korea's MFDS as a wrinkle care functional cosmetic, so it holds the notified amount (0.04%).
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 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
6 more evidence-graded ingredients
Listed before an ingredient whose amount is known, so it holds at least 2% — at or above what studies used (1–10%).
Dryness C
No amount is stated. Judging by 8 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 53%.
Lines B · Dark spots B- · Blemishes C · Firmness C
No amount is stated, and studies name no single amount. It sits after the 1% line (usually 1% or less).
Dryness C · Skin barrier 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 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
How this was read
Labels list ingredients above 1% from most to least, then those at 1% or less in any order. 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 78 ingredients at a glance
Colours follow each ingredient’s use (CosIng functions); the bar counts names. Not amounts, not a safety score.
Aqua, Glycerin, Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter, Squalane, Dicaprylyl Ether, Diisostearyl Malate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Dipropylene Glycol, Hydrogenated Castor OIL Isostearate, Niacinamide, Pentylene Glycol, Phenyl Trimethicone, Phytosteryl/Isostearyl/Cetyl/Stearyl/Behenyl Dimer Dilinoleate, Synthetic Beeswax, 1,2-Hexanediol, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Silica, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Coptis Japonica Extract, Rosa Damascena Flower, Rosa Damascena Flower OIL, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Extract, Camellia Japonica Seed OIL, Raspberry Seed OIL/Tocopheryl Succinate Aminopropanediol Esters, Camellia Japonica Seed OIL, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed OIL, Retinal, Haematococcus Pluvialis Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Cetearyl Olivate, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Methyl Trimethicone, Panthenol, Sorbitan Olivate, Palmitic Acid, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Cetearyl Glucoside, Glucose, Tromethamine, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Fructooligosaccharides, Fructose, Polyisobutene, Estimated 1% or less from hereEthylhexylglycerin, Adenosine, Sodium Phytate, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside, Sorbitan Oleate, Tocopherol, Beta-Glucan, Dextrin, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cholesterol, Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed) Sterols, PEG-5 Rapeseed Sterol, Ceteth-3, Ceteth-5, Aluminum/Magnesium Hydroxide Stearate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-DI-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Astaxanthin, Copper Tripeptide-1, C12-16 Alcohols, Carbomer, Xanthan GUM, Disodium Edta, Parfum, Geraniol⁎, Hexyl Cinnamal⁎, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone⁎, Citronellol⁎
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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.
Geraniol · Hexyl Cinnamal · Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone · Citronellol
