Skin conditioning, miscellaneous

What is Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4?

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, miscellaneous.

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.

NACIFIC

Rice Pepta Collagen Sherbet Cleansing Balm

We checked 4 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. None of them hold up on their own. They are partly right at best.

1partly backed1overstated1no evidence1says nothing

See the label check (4 lines)

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

partly backed1
  • A new concept squeeze-to-use, easy and reassuring cleansing balm!
    Korean original

    신개념 짜서 쓰는 간편 안심 클렌징 밤!

overstated ad line1
  • A product that holds rice peptide, a rice ferment derived ingredient, and collagen at its core, making skin barrier strengthening and elasticity care possible at the same time as cleansing
    Korean original

    쌀 발효 유래 성분인 라이스 펩타이드와 콜라겐을 핵심으로 담아 클렌징과 동시에 피부 장벽 강화 및 탄력 케어가 가능한 제품

no evidence1
  • It completed 6 clinical studies related to pore shrinking, proving the pore care effect, and also finished dermatological testing and vegan certification
    Korean original

    모공 축소 관련 임상 6종을 완료해 모공 케어 효과를 입증했으며, 피부과 테스트와 비건 인증까지 마쳤다

says nothing1
  • Nacific Rice Pepta Collagen Sherbet Cleansing Balm - a beauty item that delivers moistness and refreshment
    Korean original

    네시픽 라이스 펩타 콜라겐 샤베트 클렌징 밤 - 촉촉함과 청량함을 선사하는 뷰티 아이템