'This hypoallergenic hydrating peeling softener creates a smooth and clear jelly-like skin as it exfoliates dead skin cells and provides moisture with wine'.

The bottle does not come in a box, just some plastic shrink wrap which is fine with me. Less packaging = less rubbish. The bottle is quite large and contains 180 mL of product which will last you around 4 months if you use it 2-3 times a week.

If I had not read up other blogger reviews, I would not have known that the Korean label could be peeled off to reveal English instructions and ingredients! I wish more Korean companies would incorporate this feature into their products especially as the Korean beauty industry has a large overseas following. And knowing the functions and instructions of how to use a product is super important. Love this feature.

After cleansing, you are supposed to use a cotton pad to sweep the product over your skin before washing it off. I don't like using cotton pads so I do not follow the instructions and instead use my fingers to rub the product into my skin and then rinse.

I'm no expert on ingredients but I see that there isn't many of them and that there are many plant extracts which [I assume] is generally a good thing.

The lid screws off to reveal an open bottle top. The softener is very runny so it's quite hard to control how much product comes out. However I prefer this to those products with a tiny opening where you have to slap it on your palm to get anything out! To exfoliate the whole face you will need 2-3 times the amount you see on my hand below.

All the reviews I read comment on how the product smells exactly like wine! This definitely does NOT smell like wine to me and smells really sweet, much more like Ribena! Either way, it smells delicious and makes me want to taste it.

As soon as you start rubbing the product on your face little balls start to form and roll over your skin. Don't be fooled into thinking it's your dead skin cells coming off because it's just the product rolling up on itself. How do I know this? I tested the product 6 times in a row on the back of my hand and it balled up the same amount every single time. If it were removing my dead cells, there would be less residue each time, correct? I feel as though the soft balls of product help to gently exfoliate my skin.

The product feels like thick water on my face and dries up quite fast as I rub it in. It is extremely gentle on my face and my skin does feel super hydrated afterwards- for this reason I have been using it in the morning in place of a cleanser to avoid fully stripping my dry skin.

The pictures do not show much visible difference, but I can definitely say my skin feels super soft, smooth and moisturized! After I use any sort of cleanser my skin always feels the exact opposite- tight and stretched. This product is extremely gentle, perfect for sensitive or dry skin like mine, and succeeds in it's claims of making my

This firming peeling cream is formulated with low-molecular peptides and AHA salt to exfoliate dead skin cells for a smoother, firmer skin.

Uploaded by: ryticle on 09/22/2019

Ingredients overview

Water/​Aqua/​Eau,Sodium Lactate,Propanediol,Glycerin,Methyl Trimethicone,Niacinamide,Squalane,Cetearyl Alcohol,Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/​VP Copolymer,Achillea Millefolium Extract,Lactobionic Acid [10%],1,2-Hexanediol,Polysorbate 60,Diisostearyl Malate,Polyquaternium-10,Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/​Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer,Butylene Glycol,Acrylates/​C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer,Glyceryl Stearate,Tromethamine,Cetearyl Glucoside,Stearic Acid,Hydrogenated Lecithin,Pentylene Glycol,Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate,Disodium EDTA,Ethylhexylglycerin,Adenosine,Sorbitan Isostearate,Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract,Opuntia Coccinellifera Fruit Extract,Orchid Extract,Camellia Japonica Leaf Extract,Citrus Unshiu Peel Extract,Sodium Chloride,Xanthan Gum,Glycine Max [Soybean] Polypeptide

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Ingredient name what-it-doesirr.,com. ID-Rating Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectantgoodie Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant0,0 superstar Methyl Trimethicone solvent Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectantsuperstar Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient0,1 goodie Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing1,2 Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer viscosity controlling Achillea Millefolium Extract soothing, surfactant/​cleansing Lactobionic Acid [10%] exfoliant, bufferingsuperstar 1,2-Hexanediol solvent Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Diisostearyl Malate emollient, surfactant/​cleansing Polyquaternium-10 viscosity controlling Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer viscosity controlling Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent0,1 Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying0,1-2 Tromethamine buffering Cetearyl Glucoside emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling0,2-3 Hydrogenated Lecithin emollient, emulsifyinggoodie Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate emulsifying Disodium EDTA chelating Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Adenosine cell-communicating ingredientgoodie Sorbitan Isostearate emulsifying0,1-2 Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothinggoodie Opuntia Coccinellifera Fruit Extract Orchid Extract Camellia Japonica Leaf Extract Citrus Unshiu Peel Extract skin brightening, antioxidant Sodium Chloride viscosity controlling Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Glycine Max [Soybean] Polypeptide

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Ingredients explained

Also-called: Aqua;Water | What-it-does: solvent

Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product.

It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water.

Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin [hello long baths!] is drying.

One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized [it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed]. Like this, the products can stay more stable over time.

The sodium salt of lactic acid. It's a great skin moisturizer and also used to regulate the pH value of the cosmetic formula. It's a natural ingredient approved by both ECOCERT and COSMOS.

Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved.

It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula.

• A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin
• A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years
• Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy [liquid crystal] state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier
• Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40%
• High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin

Methyl Trimethicone is a very light, volatile silicone [it evaporates from the skin rather than absorbs into it] that's similar to super commonly used Cyclopentasiloxane but it dries even faster when applied to the skin.

• A multi-functional skincare superstar with several proven benefits for the skin
• Great anti-aging, wrinkle smoothing ingredient used at 4-5% concentration
• Fades brown spots alone or in combination with amino sugar, acetyl glucosamine
• Increases ceramide synthesis that results in a stronger, healthier skin barrier and better skin hydration
• Can help to improve several skin conditions including acne, rosacea, and atopic dermatitis

It seems to us that squalane is in fashion and there is a reason for it. Chemically speaking, it is a saturated [no double bonds] hydrocarbon [a molecule consisting only of carbon and hydrogen], meaning that it's a nice and stable oily liquid with a long shelf life.

It occurs naturally in certain fish and plant oils [e.g. olive], and in the sebum [the oily stuff our skin produces] of the human skin. As f.c. puts it in his awesome blog post, squalane's main things are "emolliency, surface occlusion, and TEWL prevention all with extreme cosmetic elegance". In other words, it's a superb moisturizer that makes your skin nice and smooth, without being heavy or greasy.

Another advantage of squalane is that it is pretty much compatible with all skin types and skin conditions. It is excellent for acne-prone skin and safe to use even if you have fungi-related skin issues, like seborrhea or fungal acne.

The unsaturated [with double bonds] and hence less stable version of Squalane is Squalene, you can read about it here >>

An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel [emollient] and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes [emulsions], though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%.

It’s a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Though chemically speaking, it is alcohol [as in, it has an -OH group in its molecule], its properties are totally different from the properties of low molecular weight or drying alcohols such as denat. alcohol. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble [and thus emollient] tail part that makes them absolutely non-drying and non-irritating and are totally ok for the skin.

A kind of polymer [big molecule from repeated subunits] that helps to create beautiful gel-like textures. It's also a texturizer and thickener for oil-in-water emulsions. It gives products a good skin feel and does not make the formula tacky or sticky.

It works over a wide pH range and is used between 0.5-1.2%.

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Lactobionic acid is the brother or maybe the sister of gluconolactone. Usually, it’s called a PHA, though some studies call it bionic acid or aldobionic acid. Not that this matters too much. What matters is that it’s similarly awesome to gluconolactone. So go read about gluconolactone to get the idea.

In a nutshell, it’s a next generation AHA, with almost all the benefits and more and without the irritation. It gently lifts off dead skin cells and makes your skin smooth and even. It moisturizes and helps the skin barrier. Can be used on sensitive skin too or post cosmetic procedure. In the long run, it has anti-aging benefits [though a tad less than AHAs], and it’s even an antioxidant.

Must try, just like the other AHAs.

A really multi-functional helper ingredient that can do several things in a skincare product: it can bring a soft and pleasant feel to the formula, it can act as a humectant and emollient, it can be a solvent for some other ingredients [for example it can help to stabilize perfumes in watery products] and it can also help to disperse pigments more evenly in makeup products. And that is still not all: it can also boost the antimicrobial activity of preservatives.

A common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together, aka emulsifier.

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

A cellulose derived polymer [a big molecule that consists of many parts] that can help to thicken up products, form a nice film on the skin or hair and is considered to be an excellent hair conditioner.

This long-named, polymer molecule [big molecule from repeated subunits] is a helper ingredient that's good at emulsifying and stabilizing oils into water-based formulas. It also acts as a thickening and gelling agent that creates nice, non-sticky and supple textures. It works over a very wide pH range [3-12] and can be used to thicken up low-ph formulas, such as exfoliants. Its recommended used range is 0.3-3%.

Butylene glycol, or let’s just call it BG, is a multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid. It’s a great pick for creating a nice feeling product.

BG’s main job is usually to be a solvent for the other ingredients. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin [penetration enhancer], making the product spread nicely over the skin [slip agent], and attracting water [humectant] into the skin.

It’s an ingredient whose safety hasn’t been questioned so far by anyone [at least not that we know about]. BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive.

Though its long name does not reveal it, this polymer molecule [big molecule from repeated subunits or monomers] is a relative to the super common, water-loving thickener, Carbomer. Both of them are big molecules that contain acrylic acid units, but Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer also contains some other monomers that are hydrophobic, i.e. water-hating.

This means that our molecule is part water- and part oil-loving, so it not only works as a thickener but also as an emulsion stabilizer. It is very common in gel-type formulas that also contain an oil-phase as well as in cleansers as it also works with most cleansing agents [unlike a lot of other thickeners].

A super common, waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth.

Chemically speaking, it is the attachment of a glycerin molecule to the fatty acid called stearic acid. It can be produced from most vegetable oils [in oils three fatty acid molecules are attached to glycerin instead of just one like here] in a pretty simple, "green" process that is similar to soap making. It's readily biodegradable.

It also occurs naturally in our body and is used as a food additive. As cosmetic chemist Colins writes it, "its safety really is beyond any doubt".

It's a little helper ingredient that helps to set the pH of the products to be right. It has an alkaline pH and can neutralize acidic ingredients.

A sugar based emulsifier that's especially great for low viscosity lotions or even sprays. It's effective in small amounts, only 1-1.5% is needed to form an emulsion. The resulting cream or lotion has great cosmetic properties with good spreadability and an enhanced soft skin feel.

A common multi-tasker fatty acid. It makes your skin feel nice and smooth [emollient], gives body to cream type products and helps to stabilize water and oil mixes [aka emulsions].

It's the chemically chopped up version of normal lecithin. Most often it's used to create liposomes and to coat and stabilize other ingredients.

A multi-functional, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as an emulsion stabilizer, solvent and a broad spectrum antimicrobial. According to manufacturer info, it's also a moisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. It works synergistically with preservatives and helps to improve water-resistance of sunscreens.

A vegetable-based emulsifier that helps the oily and watery parts of the formula to mix nicely together. It is compatible with a bunch of cosmetic oils as well as active ingredients and its specialty is creating emulsions with super high heat and freeze stability [from -25 °C and +50 °C].

Super common little helper ingredient that helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula [that usually get into there from water] that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes.

It is typically used in tiny amounts, around 0.1% or less.

If you have spotted ethylhexylglycerin on the ingredient list, most probably you will see there also the current IT-preservative, phenoxyethanol. They are good friends because ethylhexylglycerin can boost the effectiveness of phenoxyethanol [and other preservatives] and as an added bonus it feels nice on the skin too.

Also, it's an effective deodorant and a medium spreading emollient.

Adenosine is an important little compound in our body that has a vital cell-signalling role. Research on smearing it on our face is also promising and shows so far a couple of things:

• It can help with wound healing
• It’s a good anti-inflammatory agent
• It might even help with skin’s own collagen production and improve skin firmness and elasticity
• It helps with barrier repair and protection
• It might be even useful for the hair helping with hair thickness and hair growth

What-it-does: emulsifying | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 1-2

A handy helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix nicely together, aka emulsifier. It is especially recommended for protective, baby care and general purpose emollient creams.

It also helps to disperse insoluble particles [think color pigments or zinc/titanium dioxide sunscreen] nice and even in cosmetic formulas.

• Green tea is one of the most researched natural ingredients
• The active parts are called polyphenols, or more precisely catechins [EGCG being the most abundant and most active catechin]
• There can be huge quality differences between green tea extracts. The good ones contain 50-90% catechins [and often make the product brown and give it a distinctive smell]
• Green tea is proven to be a great antioxidant, UV protectant, anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic and antimicrobial
• Because of these awesome properties green tea is a great choice for anti-aging and also for skin diseases including rosacea, acne and atopic dermatitis

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Out of the more than 900 Citrus species known today, Citrus Unshiu is a seedless, easy to peel tangerine coming from the Japanese town Satsuma. The peel extract used in cosmetics is mainly created from the "press-cake", the by-product of the juice industry and as it turns out, what's waste to one industry is a useful ingredient to another.

In cosmetics, the main thing of the Citrus Unshiu Peel Extract is being a skin-brightening or whitening agent. In-vitro [made in test tubes] and animal studies both show promising results for inhibiting tyrosinase, the famous enzyme regulating melanin production. It also contains antioxidant components such as carotenoids, coumarins, limonoids, and flavonoids that might be useful for the skin to protect itself from UV caused damages.

The downside of citrus peel extracts [that prevents our goodie rating] is that they usually contain some amount of essential oil components, though the amount is probably way too low to worry about unless you're super-duper sensitive.

Sodium chloride is the fancy name of salt. Normal, everyday table salt.

If [similar to us] you are in the weird habit of reading the label on your shower gel while taking a shower, you might have noticed that sodium chloride is almost always on the ingredient list. The reason for this is that salt acts as a fantastic thickener in cleansing formulas created with ionic cleansing agents [aka surfactants] such as Sodium Laureth Sulfate. A couple of percents [typically 1-3%] turns a runny surfactant solution into a nice gel texture.

If you are into chemistry [if not, we understand, just skip this paragraph], the reason is that electrolytes [you know, the Na+ and Cl- ions] screen the electrostatic repulsion between the head groups of ionic surfactants and thus support the formation of long shaped micelles [instead of spherical ones] that entangle like spaghetti, and viola, a gel is formed. However, too much of it causes the phenomenon called "salting out", and the surfactant solution goes runny again.

Other than that, salt also works as an emulsion stabilizer in water-in-oil emulsions, that is when water droplets are dispersed in the outer oil [or silicone] phase. And last but not least, when salt is right at the first spot of the ingredient list [and is not dissolved], the product is usually a body scrub where salt is the physical exfoliating agent.

It's one of the most commonly used thickeners and emulsion stabilizers. If the product is too runny, a little xanthan gum will make it more gel-like. Used alone, it can make the formula sticky and it is a good team player so it is usually combined with other thickeners and so-called rheology modifiers [helper ingredients that adjust the flow and thus the feel of the formula]. The typical use level of Xantha Gum is below 1%, it is usually in the 0.1-0.5% range.

Btw, Xanthan gum is all natural, a chain of sugar molecules [polysaccharide] produced from individual sugar molecules [glucose and sucrose] via fermentation. It’s approved by Ecocert and also used in the food industry [E415].

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

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Normal [well kind of - it's purified and deionized] water. Usually the main solvent in cosmetic products.

The sodium salt of lactic acid. It's a great skin moisturizer and also used to regulate the pH value of the cosmetic formula.

A natural corn sugar derived glycol. It can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula.

A real oldie but a goodie. Great natural moisturizer and skin-identical ingredient that plays an important role in skin hydration and general skin health.

A light, volatile silicone that's similar to commonly used Cyclopentasiloxane but it dries even faster when applied to the skin.

A multi-functional skincare superstar that has clinically proven anti-aging, skin lightening, anti-inflammatory and barrier repair properties.

An emollient and natural moisturizer that can be found also in the sebum [oily stuff our skin produces]. It leaves a nice non-greasy, non-heavy feeling on the skin.

A super common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel [emollient] and gives body to creams.

A kind of polymer [big molecule from repeated subunits] that helps to create beautiful gel-like textures. It's also a texturizer and thickener for oil-in-water emulsions.

A next generation AHA, a so-called PHA that gently exfoliates skin without irritation. It also moisturizes and helps the skin barrier.

A multi-functional helper ingredient that acts as a humectant and emollient. It's also a solvent and can boost the effectiveness of preservatives.

A common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together, aka emulsifier.

A cellulose derived polymer that can help to thicken up products, form a nice film on the skin or hair and is considered to be an excellent hair conditioner.

A helper ingredient that's good at stabilizing water-based formulas and also serves as a thickener.

An often used glycol that works as a solvent, humectant, penetration enhancer and also gives a good slip to the products.

A common helper ingredient that stabilizes emulsions and helps to thicken up products.

Waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth.

It's a little helper ingredient that helps to set the pH of the products to be right. It has an alkaline pH and can neutralize acidic ingredients.

A sugar based emulsifier that's especially great for low viscosity lotions or even sprays.

A common multi-tasker fatty acid that works as an emollient, thickener and emulsion stabilizer.

It's the chemically chopped up version of normal lecithin. Most often it's used to create liposomes and to coat and stabilize some other ingredient.

A multi-functional, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as an emulsion stabilizer, solvent, and a broad spectrum antimicrobial.

A vegetable-based emulsifier that helps the oily and watery parts of the formula to mix nicely together.

Super common little helper ingredient that helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula [that usually get into there from water] that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes.

It can boost the effectiveness of phenoxyethanol [and other preservatives] and as an added bonus it feels nice on the skin too.

An important compound in our body that has a vital cell-signalling role. It is wound healing, anti-inflammatory and can help with barrier repair.

A handy helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix nicely together.

Sodium chloride is the fancy name of salt. Normal, everyday table salt. If [similar to us] you are in the weird habit of reading the label on your shower gel while taking a shower, you might have noticed that sodium chloride is almost always on the ingredient list.