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What the ingredients say
Read from the label order, stated amounts and each ingredient’s clinical evidence
Retinol, with clinical evidence for lines·dark spots, is in at the amount studies used (0.1%).
Niacinamide, with clinical evidence for skin barrier, is in at the MFDS notified amount for brightening (2–5%).
- fragrance
MFDS functional cosmetic filing
Filed with Korea's MFDS as a brightening·wrinkle care functional cosmetic (2022-07). Its efficacy ingredient and amount are those the MFDS notice names.
Best-supported ingredient per concern
- LinesRetinolevidence A0.1% stated · study amount
- Dark spotsRetinolevidence B+0.1% stated · study amount
- Skin barrierNiacinamideevidence B-MFDS brightening amount
- OilinessNiacinamideevidence B-MFDS brightening amount
- BlemishesNiacinamideevidence B-MFDS brightening amount
- DrynessGlycerinevidence B+likely enough
Evidence-graded ingredients and how much is in
The label states 0.1% — the amount studies used (0.1–1%).
Lines A · Dark spots B+ · Firmness C · Blemishes D · Pores D
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
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
No amount is stated. Judging by 24 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 70%.
Lines B- · Dark spots B-
8 more evidence-graded ingredients
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-
No amount is stated. Judging by 26 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 16%.
Lines B · Dark spots B- · Blemishes C · Firmness C
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. 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%.
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 4%.
Dryness C
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
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
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
- Retinolin the name0.1%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 65 ingredients at a glance
Colours follow each ingredient’s use (CosIng functions); the bar counts names. Not amounts, not a safety score.
Aqua, Cyclohexasiloxane, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Glycerin, Methylpropanediol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Niacinamide, Hydrogenated POLY(C6-14 OLEFIN), Panthenol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Piper Methysticum Root, Centella Asiatica Extract, Panax Ginseng Fruit Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Centella Asiatica Root Extract, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract, Artemisia Capillaris Extract, Eclipta Prostrata Cera, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Glyceryl Stearate, Bakuchiol, Palmitic Acid, Sodium Polyacrylate, Stearic Acid, Estimated 1% or less from hereXanthan GUM, Retinol0.1 %, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Butylene Glycol, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Adenosine, Tromethamine, Polyquaternium-51, Beta-Glucan, Cetyl Alcohol, BHT, Collagen, Myristic Acid, BHA, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Tocopherol, Bifida Ferment Lysate, Ceramide NP, Saccharomyces Ferment, Retinal, Asiaticoside, Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Madecassoside, Propylene Glycol, Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate, Glycolipids, Glycine Soja Peptide, Resveratrol, Sucrose Distearate, Asiatic Acid, Madecassic Acid, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Moringa Oleifera Seed OIL, PEG-3 Stearate, Polysorbate 20, Parfum, Ethylhexylglycerin
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