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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 5%, as the official description states.
- no fragrance
Best-supported ingredient per concern
- Dark spotsNiacinamideevidence B5% in description · study amount
- OilinessNiacinamideevidence B-5% in description · study amount
- Skin barrierNiacinamideevidence B-5% in description · study amount
- BlemishesNiacinamideevidence B-5% in description · study amount
- DrynessGlycerinevidence B+likely enough
- PoresNiacinamideevidence C5% in description · study amount
Evidence-graded ingredients and how much is in
The official description 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 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
It comes after a preservative the law caps at 4.8%, so it is at most 4.8% — short of what studies used (10–20%).
Dark spots B+ · Lines B · Firmness 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 61%.
Lines B-
6 more evidence-graded ingredients
No amount is stated. Judging by 9 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 79%.
Dark spots C
No amount is stated. Judging by 121 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 41%.
Dryness B · Lines 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 56%.
Lines D
The label states 0.1% — less than studies used (1–5%).
Lines C · Dark spots D
No amount is stated. Judging by 16 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 23%.
Lines 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
Amounts on the label
- Hippophae Rhamnoides Water70%1% or more
- 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid0.1%small (under 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.
Hippophae Rhamnoides Water702,839.93ppm, Butylene Glycol, Niacinamide, Aqua, Propanediol, Glycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Dipropylene Glycol, Ethoxydiglycol, Methylpropanediol, Hippophae Rhamnoides Water, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid1,000ppm, Arbutin, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Powder, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract, Corallina Officinalis Powder, Tocopherol, Ascorbic Acid, Biotin, Cyanocobalamin, Folic Acid, Pantothenic Acid, Pyridoxine, Thiamine HCL, Panthenol, Ferulic Acid, Adenosine, Camellia Sinensis Leaf, Mentha Rotundifolia Leaf Extract, Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Leaf Extract, Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Pentylene Glycol, Erythritol, 4-Butylresorcinol, Estimated 1% or less from hereEthylhexylglycerin, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Citric Acid, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Sodium Phytate, Beta-Glucan, Arginine, Dextrin, Lecithin, Tromethamine, Linolenic Acid, Borago Officinalis Seed OIL, Carbomer
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