dr.eslee Anti-Sebum Toner Mild 60ml

What is this product?

A surfactant-free toner for oily skin built on salicylic acid, Zinc PCA and totarol, but ethanol sits first in the ingredient list, so very dry or alcohol-sensitive skin may find it stripping.

What makes it different?

The formula puts sebum-related actives high in the list: salicylic acid at position six, allantoin at seven, dipotassium glycyrrhizate at eight and Zinc PCA at nine, with totarol and 마그놀올 at four and five. It contains no fragrance or essential oils according to the ingredient class screening, which suits sensitive oily skin. The trade-off is ethanol as the first-listed ingredient, a drying alcohol that some users will want to patch test. No concentrations or pH are printed on the page, so the strength of the exfoliating and sebum claims cannot be confirmed.

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 2 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredientWorth a closer look

• Alcohol
• Water
• Butylene Glycol
• Totarol
• 마그놀올
• Salicylic Acid
• Allantoin
• Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
• Zinc PCA
• Houttuynia Cordata Extract
• Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
• 키위추출물
• Ethyl Hexanediol
• 1,2-Hexanediol

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. Here is how they read: backed by evidence: 1.

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