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What is Ectoine?

Role not confirmed

We haven't written up what this ingredient does yet. The products below feature it as a key ingredient.

Which products feature it?

4 of the 2320 products we've checked feature this as a key ingredient. Products that disclose a concentration or list it near the top of the ingredient list come first.

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  • Product photo of Hyaluronic Acid Skin Booster First Serum

    Meditherapy

    Hyaluronic Acid Skin Booster First Serum

    Key Ectoine (#8 on the ingredient list), Hyaluronic Acid, Asiaticoside

    Official (Korean)
    4 claims, summarized
    Don't count on:
    better hydration
    See each claim

    Claims, checked

    • Hyaluronic Acid Skin Booster First Serumpartly backed
    • [100% refund possible]partly backed
    • A first-step serum that fills deep inside with three spraysoverstated
    • Human application test results showed that when using this first serum, skin care absorption rate increased by 2.47 times, and it was confirmed that as the number of layering increased, moisture penetrated deeply up to 2.5mm into the skin layer.no supporting source found
  • Product photo of Gel Cream Skin

    LANEIGE

    Gel Cream Skin

    It's made for calmer skin and better hydration.

    Key Ectoine (#18 on the ingredient list), Niacinamide, Panthenol

    Official (Korean)
    11 claims, summarized
    Only partly backed:
    better hydration · calmer skin (amount unknown) · less shine · less visible pores
    Free of:
    the ingredients it lists
    See each claim

    Claims, checked

    • A temporary effect of decreasing skin temperature by -4.99 degrees through immediate cooling was confirmed (same test conditions).backed by evidence
    • Contains the Zinc-Pep™ complex, Ectoin, and Panthenol to comfortably soothe skin sensitized by external irritants and help maintain healthy skin condition.plausible, not tested
    • A product that cares for the oil-moisture balance by applying the Zinc-Pep™ complex combining zinc and peptides to the cream-skin technology in which cream is melted into skin, and helps with skin soothing, skin texture refinement, and fresh moisturization.partly backed
    • While regular cream skin focuses on deep moisturization and skin barrier care, gel cream skin focuses on oil-moisture balance, skin soothing, and skin texture refinement, so even moisture-deficient oily skin that worries about both oiliness and inner dryness can use it without burden.partly backed
    • Stabilizes gel cream ingredients in toner with Micro Blending Technology, allowing faster, fresher absorption without stickiness (own report, sensoroid friction coefficient measurement, compared to gel cream).partly backed
    • Compared to no application, less oil increase appears after 12 hours, controlling skin oil without inner dryness for 12 hours.partly backed
    • After 4 weeks of use, temporary results were confirmed that visible pores improved by 36.05% in volume, 31.89% in area, 22.01% in density, 21.97% in count, and pore area elasticity improved by 17.47% (same test conditions).partly backed
    • With a non-sticky, fresh water-type texture, it can be used without burden even on moisture-deficient oily skin and oily skin, and helps with soothing, skin oil control, skin texture refinement, and inner moisturization.partly backed
    • In a human application test, strengthening of oil-moisture balance by 59.32% and reduction of sebum secretion by 45.34% were confirmed immediately after use (2024-11-27~2025-01-03, 33 multiracial adult women aged 19-49, (Global Medical Research Center Co., Ltd.)).overstated
    • Immediately after use, in a satisfaction survey compared to our own toner, makeup adherence and pick-up and skin texture refinement were answered as 100%, and after 2 weeks of use, oil control continuation without dryness was reported as 100%, makeup longevity improvement as 96.9%, and a feeling of skin becoming clearer as 93.9% (product use satisfaction survey results).overstated
    • Moisturizing power at the level of gel cream was confirmed even in the toner formulation (result of comparison of moisturizing power with gel cream 24 hours after product use).no supporting source found

  • FATION

    Glucose Hydro Active Serum

    It's made for better hydration.

    Key Ectoine (#27 on the ingredient list), Dimethyl Sulfone, Malachite Extract

    4 claims, summarized
    Only partly backed:
    better hydration
    See each claim

    Claims, checked

    • Human application test results showed 2.75 times higher moisture retention compared to our hyaluronic acid serum under desert-like environmental conditions.partly backed
    • Compared to our hyaluronic acid serum, deeper moisture improvement effect up to 20 layers of the stratum corneum.partly backed
    • Even 24 hours after product application, longer-lasting skin moisturization.partly backed
    • Glucose Hydro Complex (D-Panthenol, 8 types of hyaluronic acid, 18 types of amino acids, glucose)overstated
  • Product photo of Madeca Cream Time Reverse

    Centellian24

    Madeca Cream Time Reverse

    Key Ectoine, Madecassic Acid, Retinol

    Olive Young US
    4 claims, summarized
    Don't count on:
    calmer skin
    See each claim

    Claims, checked

    • Madecabacked by evidence
    • Time Reverseoverstated
    • (*Active-TECA™)overstated
    • [#1 Soothing]no supporting source found

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