VT Cosmetics
VT Cosmetics Vita-Light Reedle Shot 100
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read

Read on 2026-09-06
What is this product?
Skip VT's Vita-Light Reedle Shot 100 if what is wanted is a vitamin C essence, because the vitamins sit at the back: ascorbic acid is 32nd, tocopherol 31st and retinyl palmitate 44th of 55 ingredients, while niacinamide, which is what actually carries the whitening and wrinkle-improvement functional registration alongside adenosine at 18th, sits 4th. VT prints no amount for any of them, no pH and no test of its own. The retinyl palmitate is a real reason to avoid it in pregnancy, and VT's own page tells buyers to wear sunscreen after using it.
What makes it different?
Six vitamin-class ingredients on one label is genuinely unusual: ubiquinone, tocopherol, ascorbic acid, glutathione, astaxanthin and retinyl palmitate all appear, though all of them at position 28 or later. That crowd is also why this needs more care than a plain hydrating step, and why a second retinoid or vitamin C product should not be layered on top of it. The visible orange capsules the brand describes are held up by six separate thickeners, which is the same chemistry most likely to pill under a following layer.
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.
- Water
- Dipropylene Glycol
- Glycerin
- Niacinamide
- Polyglycerin-3
- Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Betaine
- Sodium Carbomer
- Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer
- Silica
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
- C12-14 Alketh-12
- Hydroxyethylcellulose
- Hydroxyacetophenone
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Adenosine
- Tromethamine
- Butylene Glycol
- Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract
- Disodium EDTA
- Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract
- Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba (Guar) Gum
- Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract
- Agar
- Xanthan Gum
- Ubiquinone
- Centella Asiatica Extract
- Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract
- Tocopherol
- Ascorbic Acid
- Hydrogenated Polydecene
- Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Oil
- Glutathione
- Hippophae Rhamnoides Water
- Propanediol
- Corallina Officinalis Extract
- Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate
- Astaxanthin
- Hydrogenated Phosphatidylcholine
- Disodium Phosphate
- Polysorbate 60
- Retinyl Palmitate
- Eriobotrya Japonica Leaf Extract
- Sodium Phosphate
- Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate
- Mentha Viridis (Spearmint) Extract
- Sodium Hyaluronate
- Propolis Extract
- Ferulic Acid
- Asiaticoside
- Asiatic Acid
- Madecassic Acid
- Madecassoside
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: 카프릴릭/카프릭트라이글리세라이드, 비타민나무열매오일, 폴리글리세릴-10 라우레이트, 폴리솔베이트60, 레티닐팔미테이트
Did the ad claims hold up?
We checked 4 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them looks likely, though none are proven outright.
Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
likely, not proven1
- A pale yellow transparent essence with orange vitamin capsules
Korean original
주황색 비타민 캡슐이 있는 연노랑 투명 에센스
partly backed1
- Dual functional cosmetic for whitening · wrinkle improvement
Korean original
미백 · 주름개선 2중 기능성 화장품
no evidence1
- Dispense an appropriate amount onto a bare face that has been cleansed, and spread it as if massaging and rolling. After Vita-Lite Needle Shot 100 has absorbed, layer on skincare with a moisturizing feel, or skincare containing active ingredients whose efficacy you want to raise, to finish.
Korean original
깨끗하게 세안이 완료된 맨 얼굴에 적당량을 덜어 마사지하듯 롤링하듯 펴 발라줍니다. 비타-라이트 리들샷 100이 흡수된 후 보습감이 있는 스킨케어 혹은 효능을 높이고 싶은 유효성분이 함유된 스킨케어를 덧발라 마무리해 줍니다.
says nothing1
- Vitamin X Needle Shot
Korean original
비타민 X 리들샷
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.
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