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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%).
Asiaticoside, which the product is named after, is present at only 0.00004%.
Madecassic Acid, which the product is named after, is present at only 0.000036%.
- 1 essential oil
- 2 labelled fragrance allergens
MFDS functional cosmetic filing
Filed with Korea's MFDS as a brightening·wrinkle care functional cosmetic (2019-10). Its efficacy ingredient and amount are those the MFDS notice names.
Best-supported ingredient per concern
- Dark spotsNiacinamideevidence BMFDS brightening amount
- OilinessNiacinamideevidence B-MFDS brightening amount
- Skin barrierNiacinamideevidence B-MFDS brightening amount
- BlemishesNiacinamideevidence B-MFDS brightening amount
- LinesAdenosineevidence B-MFDS wrinkle care amount
- 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
Filed with Korea's MFDS as a wrinkle care functional cosmetic, so it holds the notified amount (0.04%).
Lines B-
The label states 0.1% — the amount studies used (about 0.1%).
Skin barrier C · Lines D
No amount is stated. Judging by 17 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 86%.
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 5%.
Dryness B+ · Skin barrier B
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).
Skin barrier B · Dryness B
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, and studies name no single amount. It sits after the 1% line (usually 1% or less).
Skin barrier C · 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 5%.
Skin barrier 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
The label states 0.00004% — under a hundredth of what studies used (about 0.1%).
Skin barrier C
Amounts on the label
- Snail Secretion Filtrate40%1% or more
- Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract1%1% or more
- Centella Asiatica Extractin the name1%1% or more
- Madecassosidein the name0.1%small (under 1%)
- Artemisia Princeps Extract0.1%small (under 1%)
- Asiaticosidein the name0.00004%trace (under 0.1%)
- Madecassic Acidin the name0.000036%trace (under 0.1%)
- Asiatic Acidin the name0.000024%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 43 ingredients at a glance
Colours follow each ingredient’s use (CosIng functions); the bar counts names. Not amounts, not a safety score.
Aqua, Snail Secretion Filtrate40 %, Propanediol, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract10,000 ppm, Centella Asiatica Extract10,000 ppm, Butylene Glycol, Cyclomethicone, Cetearyl Alcohol, Squalane, Glyceryl Stearate, Estimated 1% or less from hereCarbomer, Tromethamine, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit OIL, Allantoin, Madecassoside1,000 ppm, Ethylhexylglycerin, Artemisia Princeps Extract1,000 ppm, Sodium Polyacrylate, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Glycerin, Adenosine, Disodium Edta, Salvia Officinalis OIL, Tocopherol, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Asiaticoside400 ppb, Madecassic Acid360 ppb, Asiatic Acid240 ppb, Stearic Acid, Ceramide NP, Ceramide NS, Phytosphingosine, Cholesterol, Ceramide AP, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Linalool⁎, Limonene⁎
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