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eple:me Hydra Cell Boosting Toner

Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read

Read on 2026-09-08

What is this product?

Reach for this as the high-volume water step in a routine, and treat every marketing badge on it as unverified. Thirty ingredients, of which eight are distinct hyaluronic acid forms, with niacinamide, panthenol and allantoin and no oil, alcohol, fragrance or acid anywhere in the list. The soft spots are provenance and substantiation. The ingredient list was recovered from the ingredient index after collection, on an identity match that skipped reverse token checking, and the brand's low irritation, EWG and Dermatest claims all reach the reader without an institution, a subject count or a date. Since nothing here seals, follow it with an occlusive on dry skin.

What makes it different?

Eight separate hyaluronic acid derivatives and a ten-entry vitamin tail inside a thirty-ingredient list that carries no lipid, alcohol, fragrance or acid at all, which is a narrower composition than a 400ml daily toner usually runs.

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

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 4 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.

partly backed1

  • As a weakly acidic 400ml large-capacity toner, it is highly versatile for daily layering.
    Korean original

    약산성의 400ml 대용량 토너로, 데일리 레이어링 용도로 활용도가 높다는 점

no evidence3

  • Skin low-irritation test completed
    Korean original

    피부 저자극 테스트 완료

  • All ingredients EWG green grade
    Korean original

    전성분 EWG 그린 등급

  • Acquired Dermatest Excellent grade
    Korean original

    더마테스트 엑설런트(Excellent) 등급을 획득했다

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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