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What the ingredients say
Read from the label order, stated amounts and each ingredient’s clinical evidence
Sodium Hyaluronate, with clinical evidence for dryness, is in at the amount studies used (0.2%).
Niacinamide, with clinical evidence for dark spots, is in at the MFDS notified amount for brightening (2–5%).
Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate, which the product is named after, is present at only 0.00001%.
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, which the product is named after, is present at only 0.000001%.
- 4 essential oils
- 2 labelled fragrance allergens
MFDS functional cosmetic filing
Filed with Korea's MFDS as a brightening·wrinkle care functional cosmetic (2020-06). Its efficacy ingredient and amount are those the MFDS notice names.
Best-supported ingredient per concern
- DrynessSodium Hyaluronateevidence B0.2% stated · study amount
- Dark spotsNiacinamideevidence BMFDS brightening amount
- Skin barrierNiacinamideevidence B-MFDS brightening 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
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
The label states 0.2% — the amount studies used (0.1–2%).
Dryness B · Lines D
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
2 more evidence-graded ingredients
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%.
Skin barrier D
The label states 0.00000025% — under a hundredth of what studies used (0.1–2%).
Dryness B · Lines D
Amounts on the label
- Sodium Hyaluronatein the name0.2%small (under 1%)
- Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronatein the name0.00001%trace (under 0.1%)
- Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acidin the name0.000001%trace (under 0.1%)
- Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronatein the name0.000001%trace (under 0.1%)
- Hyaluronic Acidin the name0.00000025%trace (under 0.1%)
- Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymerin the name0.0000001%trace (under 0.1%)
- Potassium Hyaluronatein the name0.00000002%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. 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 50 ingredients at a glance
Colours follow each ingredient’s use (CosIng functions); the bar counts names. Not amounts, not a safety score.
Aqua, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Niacinamide, Phenyl Trimethicone, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, Sodium Hyaluronate2,000ppm, Allantoin, Panthenol, Adenosine, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside, Sorbitan Oleate, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf OIL, Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract, Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract, Phoenix Dactylifera Fruit Extract, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower OIL, Citrus Paradisi (Grapefruit) Peel Oil, Amyris Balsamifera Bark OIL, Boswellia Carterii OIL, Solanum Melongena Fruit Juice, Aloe Barbadensis Flower Extract, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate100ppb, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid10ppb, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate10ppb, Hyaluronic Acid2.5ppb, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer1ppb, Potassium Hyaluronate0.2ppb, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract, Opuntia Coccinellifera Fruit Extract, Corallina Officinalis Powder, Adansonia Digitata Seed OIL, Curcuma Longa Root, Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Powder, Rosa Damascena Flower OIL, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Polyisobutene, Estimated 1% or less from hereXanthan GUM, Carbomer, Tromethamine, Disodium Edta, Limonene⁎, 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.
