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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 5%, as the product name states.
- no fragrance
Best-supported ingredient per concern
- DrynessGlycerinevidence B+at least 5% · study amount
- Dark spotsGlycolic Acidevidence B+5% in name · study amount
- Skin barrierGlycerinevidence Bat least 5% · study amount
- BlemishesGlycolic Acidevidence B-5% in name · study amount
- LinesGlycolic Acidevidence B-5% in name · study amount
- PoresGlycolic Acidevidence B-5% in name · 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 product name states 5% — the amount studies used (5–10%).
Dark spots B+ · Blemishes B- · Lines B- · Pores 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 55 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 59%.
Blemishes B · Dark spots B- · Pores C · Oiliness D
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
3 more evidence-graded ingredients
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
No amount is stated. Judging by 31 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 29%.
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
How this was read
Labels list ingredients above 1% from most to least, then those at 1% or less in any order. Everything after Phenoxyethanol, 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 31 ingredients at a glance
Colours follow each ingredient’s use (CosIng functions); the bar counts names. Not amounts, not a safety score.
Glycerin, Glycolic Acid, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Propanediol, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Sodium Hydroxide, Lactic Acid, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Carrageenan, MALPIGHIA GLABRA (ACEROLA) FRUIT JUICE, MALPIGHIA GLABRA (ACEROLA) FRUIT EXTRACT, Salicylic Acid, Panthenol, Caffeine, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopherol, ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS (ROSEMARY) LEAF EXTRACT, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (SUNFLOWER) EXTRACT, ORYZA SATIVA (RICE) BRAN EXTRACT, Raphanus Sativus Root Extract, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Lactobacillus, Maltodextrin, Oleth-2, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-DI-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Sodium Benzotriazolyl Butylphenol Sulfonate, Sodium Phytate, Glyceryl Polyacrylate, PARFUM/FRAGRANCE, Estimated 1% or less from herePhenoxyethanol, RED 40 (CI 16035)
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