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What the ingredients say
Read from the label order, stated amounts and each ingredient’s clinical evidence
Glycolic Acid, with clinical evidence for dark spots·blemishes, is in at 17%, as the product name states.
- no fragrance
Best-supported ingredient per concern
- Dark spotsGlycolic Acidevidence B+17% in name · study amount
- BlemishesGlycolic Acidevidence B-17% in name · study amount
- LinesGlycolic Acidevidence B-17% in name · study amount
- PoresGlycolic Acidevidence B-17% in name · study amount
- DrynessGlycerinevidence B+likely enough
- Skin barrierGlycerinevidence Blikely enough
Evidence-graded ingredients and how much is in
The product name states 17% — the amount studies used (5–10%).
Dark spots B+ · Blemishes B- · Lines B- · Pores 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 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 13 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 36%.
Lines B- · Dark spots B- · Dryness C
It comes after a preservative the law caps at 3.6%, so it is at most 3.6% — short of what studies used (4–10%).
Lines C · Dryness C · Pores C
2 more evidence-graded ingredients
No amount is stated. Judging by 53 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 12%.
Dryness B · Lines 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
How this was read
Labels list ingredients above 1% from most to least, then those at 1% or less in any order. Everything after Potassium Sorbate, 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 35 ingredients at a glance
Colours follow each ingredient’s use (CosIng functions); the bar counts names. Not amounts, not a safety score.
WATER/AQUA/EAU, Glycolic Acid, VITIS VINIFERA (GRAPE) SEED OIL, Propanediol, Saccharomyces Ferment, Lactic Acid, C13-15 Alkane, Arginine, Inositol, Potassium Hydroxide, CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS (SAFFLOWER) OLEOSOMES, Isopentyldiol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract, Squalane, SALIX ALBA (WILLOW) BARK EXTRACT, VITIS VINIFERA (GRAPE) FRUIT EXTRACT, HONEY EXTRACT/EXTRAIT DE MIEL, Hyaluronic Acid, Propolis Cera, Royal Jelly Extract, Glycerin, Ubiquinone, Tocopherol, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (SUNFLOWER) SEED OIL, Jojoba Esters, Lecithin, Gluconolactone, Coco-Glucoside, Sodium Phytate, Maltodextrin, Estimated 1% or less from herePotassium Sorbate, Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Sclerotium GUM, Sodium Benzoate
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