Skin conditioning, emollient

What is Panax Ginseng Root Extract?

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, emollient, Hair conditioning, Skin protecting, Tonic.

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

Sulwhasoo

Sulwhasoo Jaeum Saengsu

We checked 5 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 3 of them hold up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

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See the label check (5 lines)

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

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  • It is a functional product that helps with wrinkle improvement.
    Korean original

    주름 개선에 도움을 주는 기능성 제품입니다.

  • Morning and evening, after using First Care Activating Serum, dispense an appropriate amount and spread it gently along the grain of the skin.
    Korean original

    아침과 저녁, 윤조에센스 사용 후 적당량을 덜어 피부결을 따라 부드럽게 펴 발라주세요.

  • Morning and evening, take an appropriate amount, spread it from the inside of the face outward, then pat lightly to absorb.
    Korean original

    아침, 저녁 적당량을 취해 얼굴 안쪽에서 바깥쪽으로 펴 발라 준 후 가볍게 두드리며 흡수시켜 줍니다.

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  • It presents dense moisture and elasticity deep into the skin.
    Korean original

    피부 깊숙이 촘촘한 수분감과 탄력을 선사해요.

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  • Densely filled moisture elasticity
    Korean original

    촘촘하게 채워지는 수분 탄력