Skin conditioning
What is Protease?
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, 6 put this one on the front.
DEWYTREE
High Amino All Enzyme Powder Wash
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.
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Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
- How to use: dispense an appropriate amount onto the palm, add water to make a chewy foam, then rub gently over the whole face as if massaging and wash off clean with lukewarm water.
Korean original
사용방법: 손바닥에 적당량을 덜어 물을 더해 쫀득한 거품을 만들어 준 다음 얼굴 전체에 마사지하듯 부드럽게 문지른 후 미온수로 깨끗이 씻어내 줍니다.
- Daily flake care with chewy enzyme foam
Korean original
쫀득한 효소 거품으로 데일리 각질케어
- High Amino All Enzyme Powder Wash
Korean original
하이 아미노 올 효소 파우더 워시
- Main product specification: all skin types
Korean original
제품 주요사양: 모든 피부 타입

Round Lab
1025 Dokdo Cleansing Balm
We checked 3 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.
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Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
- For forest protection it was produced using soy ink on an FSC certified carton
Korean original
산림 보호를 위해 FSC 인증 단상자에 소이 잉크를 사용하여 제작 되었습니다
- Because of the nature of the balm texture we recommend storage at 10 to 30℃, and oil beading may occur at the dispensing opening, but this occurs because of the nature of the texture and the container and there is nothing wrong with the product.
Korean original
밤 제형 특성상 10~30℃ 조건에서 보관을 권장 드리며, 토출구에 오일 맺힘 현상이 발생할 수 있으나 제형과 용기 특성 상 발생하는 현상으로 제품에는 이상이 없습니다.
- Main product specification: for all skin types
Korean original
제품 주요 사양: 모든 피부 용

Round Lab
Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner
We checked 9 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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Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
- 1025 Dokdo Toner can be used in all of the following ways. ① Dispensing onto a cotton pad and wiping along the grain of the skin. ② Applying to the face and letting it absorb. ③ The skin pack method of soaking a cotton pad thoroughly and laying it on the skin.
Korean original
1025 독도 토너는 아래와 같이 모두 활용 가능합니다. ① 화장솜에 덜어 피부결을 따라 닦아쓰는 방법. ② 얼굴에 발라 흡수 시켜주는 방법. ③ 화장솜을 푹 적신 후 피부에 올려놓는 스킨팩 방법.
- After washing, dispense an appropriate amount, soak a cotton pad well, and wipe gently along the grain of the skin to put the skin in order.
Korean original
세안 후 적당량을 덜어 화장솜에 충분히 적신 뒤, 피부결을 따라 부드럽게 닦아내어 피부를 정돈시켜 줍니다.
- The official page presents this product as Unscented.
Korean original
공식 페이지는 이 제품을 Unscented로 안내합니다.
- Also, because deep sea water, panthenol, allantoin and the like help with skin soothing and moisturising,
Korean original
또한 해양심층수, 판테놀, 알란토인 등 피부 진정 및 보습에 도움 을 주기에
- The brand uses deep sea water obtained from 5,000 feet below the East Sea, and presents moisture balance points related to naturally derived minerals such as magnesium, calcium and zinc.
Korean original
브랜드는 동해 5,000피트 아래에서 얻은 심층수를 사용하며, 마그네슘, 칼슘, 아연 등 자연 유래 미네랄과 관련된 수분 밸런스 포인트를 안내합니다.
- The official page describes this ingredient as a point that keeps the skin moist and helps a skin condition in which blemishes are less noticeable.
Korean original
공식 페이지는 이 성분이 피부를 촉촉하게 유지하고 잡티가 덜 눈에 띄는 피부 컨디션을 돕는 포인트로 설명합니다.
- Dokdo Toner does not contain acids such as AHA or BHA, and it is a product with no skin irritation that leaves the flakes the skin needs and breaks down only dead flakes.
Korean original
독도 토너에는 AHA, BHA 와 같은 산성분이 함유되어 있지 않으며 피부에 필요한 각질은 남겨두고 죽은 각질만을 분해하여 피부자극이 없는 제품 입니다.
- The brand explains that this technology helps gently put excess sebum, old flakes and impurities in order.
Korean original
브랜드는 이 기술이 과도한 피지와 묵은 각질, 노폐물을 부드럽게 정돈하는 데 도움을 준다고 설명합니다.
- Main product specification: all skin types
Korean original
제품 주요 사양 모든 피부 타입
Thelavicos
Charcoal Enzyme Washing Powder
We checked 3 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.
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Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
- #Blackhead·SebumGone Charcoal Enzyme Washing Powder 40g
Korean original
#블랙헤드·피지싹 차콜 엔자임 워싱 파우더 40g
- [Blackhead/sebum improvement] Thelavicos Charcoal Enzyme Washing Powder 40g
Korean original
[블랙헤드/피지개선] 테라비코스 차콜 엔자임 워싱 파우더 40g
- All skin types
Korean original
모든 피부 타입
Thelavicos
Enzyme Washing Powder
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 backed2no evidence1says nothing
See the label check (4 lines)
Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
- Skin low irritation test, judged non-irritating
Korean original
피부 저자극 테스트 무자극 판정
- Clinical study completed on flakes, inflammatory acne and cleansing power improvement
Korean original
각질, 염증성 여드름, 세정력 개선 임상 완료
- Judged suitable for use on acne-prone skin
Korean original
여드름성 피부 사용 적합 판정
- A cleanser the whole family can use with confidence
Korean original
온가족 안심 클렌저

UIQ
Biome Barrier™ Cleansing Balm
We checked the one line this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. None of them hold up on their own. They are partly right at best.
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Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
- #WhiteheadRemoval #FlakeImprovement
Korean original
#화이트헤드제거 #각질개선
What is it usually paired with?
Ingredients that other products put on the front of the label together with this one.