ANOTHERFACE Peptaethenol Moisture Balance Toner

What is this product?

A hydration-focused toner built on niacinamide at position 4 and panthenol at 10,125 ppm, with a long peptide tail better read as marketing than as working actives. Good fit for dehydrated skin wanting a light watery layer, less so for anyone avoiding fragrance.

What makes it different?

The formula puts niacinamide and panthenol high in the list, which is uncommon for a budget-positioned toner and gives it real humectant and barrier-support weight. It stacks eleven peptides in the later half of the list, each printed at 0.01 ppm, a concentration too low to drive firming effects. Multiple hyaluronic acid forms and plant extracts add soothing and hydration breadth, and fragrance sits mid-list rather than at the very end.

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 1 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredientWorth a closer look

• Water
• Propanediol
• Methylpropanediol
• Niacinamide
• Panthenol
• Butylene Glycol
• Dipropylene Glycol
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Hydroxyacetophenone
• Glycereth-25 PCA Isostearate
• Pentylene Glycol
• Xanthan Gum
• Glycerin
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Zea Mays (Corn) Kernel Extract
• Adenosine
• Sodium Citrate
• Disodium EDTA
• Citric Acid
• Fragrance
• Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
• Artemisia Capillaris Extract
• Hyaluronic Acid
• Sodium Hyaluronate
• Fructan
• Centella Asiatica Extract
• Glucose
• Houttuynia Cordata Extract
• Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
• 귀리잎추출물
• Lactobacillus Ferment
• Leontopodium Alpinum Callus Culture Extract
• Acetyl Hexapeptide-8
• Copper Tripeptide-1
• Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate
• Hexapeptide-9
• Nonapeptide-1
• Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12
• Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4
• Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7
• Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1
• Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5
• Pentapeptide-3
• Tripeptide-1

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 2 lines 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.

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