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What the ingredients say
Read from the label order, stated amounts and each ingredient’s clinical evidence
Adenosine, with clinical evidence for lines, is in at the MFDS notified amount for wrinkle care (0.04%).
Ascorbic Acid, which the product is named after, is present at only 0.001%.
- 1 essential oil
- 1 labelled fragrance allergen
MFDS functional cosmetic filing
Filed with Korea's MFDS as a wrinkle care functional cosmetic (2022-07). Its efficacy ingredient and amount are those the MFDS notice names.
Best-supported ingredient per concern
- LinesAdenosineevidence B-MFDS wrinkle care amount
- DrynessGlycerinevidence B+likely enough
- Skin barrierGlycerinevidence Blikely enough
- Dark spotsAscorbic Acidevidence B+0.001% stated · trace
- FirmnessAscorbic Acidevidence C0.001% stated · trace
Evidence-graded ingredients and how much is in
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 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 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
The label states 0.001% — under a hundredth of what studies used (10–20%).
Dark spots B+ · Lines B · Firmness C
Amounts on the label
- Ascorbic Acidin the name0.001%trace (under 0.1%)
- Citrus Reticulata (Tangerine) Fruit Extract0.001%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 31 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, Helianthus Annuus Seed OIL, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Cetearyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Arginine, Glyceryl Stearate, Estimated 1% or less from hereCarbomer, Polysorbate 60, PEG-3 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Cetearyl Olivate, Phenoxyethanol, Lecithin, Cetearyl Glucoside, Sorbitan Olivate, Chlorphenesin, Stearic Acid, Allantoin, Limonene⁎, Xanthan GUM, Adenosine, 1,2-Hexanediol, Disodium Edta, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Citrus Paradisi (Grapefruit) Peel Oil, Ascorbic Acid10ppm, Citrus Reticulata (Tangerine) Fruit Extract10ppm, Citrus Grandis Peel Extract
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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.
