BANOBAGI
BANOBAGI Alpha Radiance 10 Hyal Toner
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-22
What is this product?
A brightening-focused toner with alpha-arbutin at 2,000 ppm placed high in the list, niacinamide in the first five slots, and a set of hyaluronic acid derivatives each labeled with a small ppm value, without added fragrance or drying alcohol.
What makes it different?
Alpha-arbutin sits eighth and niacinamide fifth, both unusually forward for a toner. The hyaluronic acid derivatives carry individually printed concentrations ranging from 1.2 ppm down to 0.01 ppm, which is transparent but also quite low. The formula also includes gluconolactone as a PHA and four centella-related compounds, with no fragrance, essential oils or drying alcohols found in the list.
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
- Propanediol
- Dipropylene Glycol
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Niacinamide
- Glycerin
- PPG-13-Decyltetradeceth-24
- Alpha-Arbutin
- Disodium EDTA
- Sodium Polyacrylate
- Gluconolactone
- Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
- Water
- Butylene Glycol
- Sodium Hyaluronate
- Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract
- Madecassoside
- Tocopherol
- Asiaticoside
- Hyaluronic Acid
- Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
- Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate
- Potassium Hyaluronate
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Pentylene Glycol
- Madecassic Acid
- Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
- Asiatic Acid
- Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate
Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.
Did the ad claims hold up?
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.
Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
partly backed1
- alpha-arbutin 2,000 ppm, glacier water, sea buckthorn fruit extract, DecaPlusHA (10 types of hyaluronic acid), PHA, Super Centella™ (madecassoside, asiaticoside, asiatic acid, madecassic acid)
Korean original
알파-알부틴 2,000 ppm, 빙하수, 비타민나무열매추출물, DecaPlusHA (10가지 히알루론산), PHA, Super Centella™ (마데카소사이드, 아시아티코사이드, 아시아틱애씨드, 마데카식애씨드)
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.