ilso Peptide 3X Pore Tox Firming Ampoule

What is this product?

Buy this as a fragrance-free niacinamide and adenosine ampoule; do not buy it for the tox in its name. ilso's Peptide 3X Pore Tox Firming Ampoule (30ml) really does carry three consecutive peptides at positions 7 to 9 of its 40-entry statement, plus a fourth botulinum-referencing polypeptide at 10, but no concentration is disclosed anywhere in the list. The tox framing is overstated: a topical polypeptide has no neuromuscular route and a pore has no muscle to relax. Firming is the better-founded half, since adenosine sits at 21 and the goods record states a functional-cosmetic filing. Three colourants at the end mean it deposits a faint tint. No pH, no container form, no test result and no review population were established.

What makes it different?

The peptide count in the name is honest and the mechanism in the name is not, and that split is the thing worth knowing. Three consecutive peptide entries back the 3X, while the pore-tox half borrows an injectable's mechanism that no leave-on can reach. Two quieter separators sit under the marketing: adenosine at 21 alongside a stated functional-cosmetic filing gives the firming claim a real regulatory anchor, and a token sweep of all 40 entries returned no fragrance, no declared allergen, no exfoliating acid and no drying alcohol, which is a cleaner tolerance profile than the aggressive naming suggests. The colourants that close the statement make it a tinted step rather than an invisible one.

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
• Butylene Glycol
• Glycerin
• Niacinamide
• Propanediol
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5
• Hexapeptide-9
• Oligopeptide-1
• sr-(Oligopeptide-91 Clostridium Botulinum Polypeptide-1)
• Sodium Hyaluronate
• Sodium DNA
• Malachite Extract
• Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate
• Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
• Tromethamine
• Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6
• Erythritol
• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Adenosine
• Glyceryl Polyacrylate
• Hydrogenated Lecithin
• Sodium Phytate
• Ceramide NP
• Beta-Glucan
• Albatrellus Confluens (Mushroom) Extract
• Tocopherol
• Lecithin
• Polysorbate 20
• Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate
• Glycine
• Arginine
• Glutamic Acid
• Disodium EDTA
• Chondrus Crispus Powder
• Ultramarines
• Titanium Dioxide
• Iron Oxide Black
• Agar

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. One of them looks likely, though none are proven outright.

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

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