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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·skin barrier, 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%).
Salicylic Acid, which the product is named after, is present at only 0.0001%.
- 1 essential oil
MFDS functional cosmetic filing
Filed with Korea's MFDS as a brightening·wrinkle care functional cosmetic (2025-10). Its efficacy ingredient and amount are those the MFDS notice names.
Best-supported ingredient per concern
- 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
- DrynessGlycerinevidence B+likely enough
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-
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 8 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 15%.
Oiliness C · Blemishes C
The label states 0.1% — less than studies used (4–10%).
Lines C · Dryness C · Pores C
3 more evidence-graded ingredients
No amount is stated. Judging by 148 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 3%.
Skin barrier C · Lines D
The label states 0.0001% — under a hundredth of what studies used (0.5–2%).
Blemishes B · Dark spots B- · Pores C · Oiliness D
No amount is stated. Judging by 133 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 0%.
Skin barrier C
Amounts on the label
- Citric Acid0.1%small (under 1%)
- Gluconolactone0.1%small (under 1%)
- Salicylic Acidin the name0.0001%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 54 ingredients at a glance
Colours follow each ingredient’s use (CosIng functions); the bar counts names. Not amounts, not a safety score.
Aqua, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, Erythritol, Sodium Citrate, Citric Acid1,000 ppm, Gluconolactone1,000 ppm, Estimated 1% or less from hereEthylhexylglycerin, Methyl Diisopropyl Propionamide, Succinic Acid, Adenosine, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Disodium Edta, Mentha Piperita OIL, Bambusa Vulgaris Water, Chamaecyparis Obtusa OIL, Pinus Densiflora Leaf Extract, Thuja Orientalis Water, Camellia Sinensis Leaf, Diospyros Kaki Leaf Extract, Cryptomeria Japonica Leaf Extract, Foeniculum Vulgare (Fennel) Seed Extract, Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Extract, Tilia Cordata Flower, Centella Asiatica Extract, Moringa Oleifera Seed Extract, Artemisia Capillaris Extract, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract, Salicylic Acid1,000 ppb, Leucine, Alanine, Aspartic Acid, Isoleucine, Phenylalanine, Arginine, Glutamic Acid, Glycine, Histidine, Methionine, Ornithine, Proline, Serine, Taurine, Valine, Dimethyl Sulfone, Zinc PCA, Asiaticoside, Madecassoside, Asiatic Acid, Madecassic Acid
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