Aperire Purity Blue Toner Pad

What is this product?

A daily toner pad from Aperire: 70 two-sided cotton pads in a jar soaked in a water-led essence, with a refill pouch sold separately. The label lists 33 entries. Hydration comes from glacier water, glycerin, glycols and a run of eight hyaluronic acid forms, although the brand advertises ten. Exfoliation comes from three acids named on the label, salicylic acid, gluconolactone and capryloyl salicylic acid, with no concentration published for any of them. Madecassoside, panthenol, betaine, allantoin and dipotassium glycyrrhizate carry the calming side. The brand prints a pH of 4.7. There is no fragrance entry, but eucalyptus leaf oil is present, and there is no ethanol and no carrier oil or silicone. The brand cites two human-application readings, a cooling drop 3 seconds after application and a hydration gain, from a two-day, 21-subject panel with no control arm described and no report linked. Best for oily or combination skin that wants a light daily exfoliating wipe; caution for reactive skin and for anyone avoiding essential oils.

What makes it different?

Three exfoliating acids of different classes, salicylic, gluconolactone and capryloyl salicylic, in one hyaluronic essence with no carrier oil or silicone with a printed pH of 4.7, on a two-sided cotton pad. Against that, no acid amount is published, eucalyptus leaf oil sits in a pad sold as low-irritation, and the advertised ten hyaluronic acids meet eight on the label.

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.

Key ingredient

• Water
• Butylene Glycol
• Glycerin
• Propanediol
• Water
• Sodium Hyaluronate
• Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
• Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
• Hyaluronic Acid
• Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate
• Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate
• Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate
• Potassium Hyaluronate
• Madecassoside
• Asiaticoside
• Panthenol
• Salicylic Acid
• Gluconolactone
• Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
• Malachite Extract
• Dipropylene Glycol
• Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate
• Hydroxyacetophenone
• Betaine
• Allantoin
• Saccharum Officinarum (Sugarcane) Extract
• Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil
• Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
• Pentylene Glycol
• Caprylyl Glycol
• Disodium EDTA
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Xanthan Gum

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: 유칼립투스잎오일, 폴리글리세릴-4카프레이트, 살리실릭애씨드, 카프릴로일살리실릭애씨드

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 22 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them holds up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

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

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