irecipe Aqua Phytoplex Cream in Toner Mist

What is this product?

An unscented Korean hydrating face mist from irecipe, 60ml, built as a light oil in water emulsion rather than a water spray: squalane and caprylic/capric triglyceride sit at positions four and five of nineteen, which is what gives it a soft finish, while four vegetable oils sit in the last six positions. It suits dehydrated oily, combination and sensitive skin, and works both as a first hydration step after cleansing and as a top up over makeup. Dry skin should layer a cream over it. The ingredient list carries no fragrance, no denatured alcohol and no parabens, so the fragrance free and 8 FREE claims hold up against the enumeration. The clinical claims are partly documented: a 240 hour hydration study names its institution, sample size and significance level, while a low molecular weight hyaluronic acid claim has no molecular weight behind it and an all green EWG claim has no lookup shown.

What makes it different?

A mist with a cream style emulsion structure, so it deposits an oil phase rather than only water, and a brand that publishes institution, sample size and significance for its hydration duration study while leaving its ingredient specific claims undocumented.

What is in it?

The full ingredient list as the brand publishes it, in the printed order. Each name links to what we know about that ingredient.

This brand publishes its ingredient list in Korean only. Names below are the matching INCI names from the Korean Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary, except 9 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredient

• Water
• Glycerin
• 2,3-Butanediol
• Squalane
• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
• 1,2-헥산다이 올
• 폴리그리세릴-10 스테아레이트
• 얼룩파인애플 추출물
• 폴리그리세릴-10라우레이트
• 폴리글리세 릴-10미리스테이트
• Allantoin
• 제올라이트
• 소듐 하이알루로네이트
• Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil
• 아르간커넬 오일
• Citric Acid
• 소듐파이테이드
• Canola Oil
• Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil

Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.

We could not place these in the list above: 해바라기씨오일, 카놀라오일, 아르간커넬 오일, 메도우폼씨오일

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 20 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.

Each line is quoted as the brand published it, and each one was read on its own against the ingredient list and the documents the brand publishes.

How we read these lines