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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 amount studies used (5%).
- no fragrance
Best-supported ingredient per concern
- DrynessGlycerinevidence B+at least 5% · study amount
- Skin barrierGlycerinevidence Bat least 5% · study amount
- Dark spotsNiacinamideevidence B5% stated · study amount
- OilinessNiacinamideevidence B-5% stated · study amount
- BlemishesNiacinamideevidence B-5% stated · study amount
- PoresNiacinamideevidence C5% stated · study amount
Evidence-graded ingredients and how much is in
Listed before an ingredient whose amount is known, so it holds at least 5% — at or above what studies used (3–10%).
Dryness B+ · Skin barrier B
The label states 5% — the amount studies used (2–5%).
Dark spots B · Oiliness B- · Skin barrier B- · Blemishes B- · Pores C · Lines C
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-
The label states 0.1% — less than studies used (1–5%).
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 5%.
Dark spots B-
4 more evidence-graded ingredients
No amount is stated. Judging by 5 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 3%.
Dark spots B+
It comes after a preservative the law caps at 3.3%, so it is at most 3.3% — short of what studies used (4–10%).
Lines C · Dryness C · Pores C
The label states 0.0007% — under a hundredth of what studies used (1–5%).
Lines C · Dark spots D
The label states 0.0002% — under a hundredth of what studies used (0.5–1%).
Lines D
Amounts on the label
- Hippophae Rhamnoides Water71%1% or more
- Niacinamidein the name5%1% or more
- Hippophae Rhamnoides Water0.36%small (under 1%)
- Panthenol0.1%small (under 1%)
- 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid0.0007%trace (under 0.1%)
- Tocopherol0.0002%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 35 ingredients at a glance
Colours follow each ingredient’s use (CosIng functions); the bar counts names. Not amounts, not a safety score.
Hippophae Rhamnoides Water711,614ppm, Propanediol, Glycerin, Niacinamide50,000ppm, Phenyl Trimethicone, Methyl Trimethicone, 1,2-Hexanediol, Betaine, Trehalose, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Hippophae Rhamnoides Water3,649ppm, Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Panthenol1,000ppm, Aqua, Estimated 1% or less from hereEthylhexylglycerin, Butylene Glycol, Adenosine, Tranexamic Acid, Glutathione, Bisabolol, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid7ppm, Tocopherol2ppm, Gluconolactone, Capryloyl Salicylic Acid, Coptis Japonica Extract, Disodium Edta, Sorbitan Isostearate, Tromethamine
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