Skin conditioning

What is Heptasodium Hexacarboxymethyl Dipeptide-12?

This ingredient is listed in CosIng, the European Commission’s public database of cosmetic ingredients. The function classes that database records for it are: Skin conditioning.

A function class records the role an ingredient is put in a formula for. It is what the database files the ingredient under, not a finding of ours about what it does on skin.

Which products use it?

Of the 130 products whose labels we have read, one puts this one on the front.

Product photo of Cellup Micro Cleansing Water

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Cellup Micro Cleansing Water

We checked 3 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 2 of them hold up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

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See the label check (3 lines)

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

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  • After dispensing enough of the product onto a cotton pad, gently wipe makeup away along the grain of the skin from the inside of the face outwards.
    Korean original

    화장솜에 내용물을 충분히 덜어낸 뒤 피부 결을 따라 얼굴 안쪽에서 바깥쪽으로 메이크업을 부드럽게 닦아 냅니다.

  • When cleansing point makeup, press lightly for about 10 seconds to melt the makeup, then wipe gently.
    Korean original

    포인트 메이크업 클렌징 시 10초 정도 가볍게 눌러 메이크업을 녹여낸 다음 부드럽게 닦아냅니다.

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  • It is a no-wash type cleansing water that does not require a separate water rinse, but if needed you may finish with lukewarm water or do a light second cleanse.
    Korean original

    별도의 물 세안을 하지 않아도 되는 노워시 타입의 클렌징 워터이나, 필요시 미온수로 마무리하거나 가벼운 2차 세안을 해주셔도 좋습니다.