innisfree Daily UV Water Barrier Sun Serum

What is this product?

A lightweight daily sun serum built on four modern UV filters plus five hyaluronic acid forms and Ceramide NP, aimed at hydration and barrier care alongside UV protection. Its main caveat is the presence of several essential oils and allergens (limonene at 26, citral at 35), which sensitive skin types may want to weigh before daily use.

What makes it different?

The formula uses four UV filters (items 6, 7, 10, 11) placed in the first eleven positions, a broad-spectrum combination typical of newer Korean sun serums. Hydration is layered late in the list, with sodium hyaluronate at 27 and four more hyaluronic acid derivatives at positions 36, 48, 51 and 54, plus Ceramide NP at 37. Drying alcohol is absent, and the esters present (dibutyl adipate at 3, C12-15 alkyl benzoate at 5, coco-caprylate/caprate at 8) are generally low risk emollients. The main watch points are the essential oils at positions 30, 39, 41 and 42 and the fragrance allergens limonene and citral.

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
• Dibutyl Adipate
• Glycerin
• C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
• Ethylhexyl Triazone
• Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate
• Coco-Caprylate/Caprate
• Caprylyl Methicone
• Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone
• Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol
• Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Behenyl Alcohol
• Silica
• Decyl Glucoside
• Ammonium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate
• 브이피/에이코신코폴리머
• Caprylyl Glycol
• Tromethamine
• Carbomer
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
• Trihydroxystearin
• Triethyl Citrate
• Limonene
• Sodium Hyaluronate
• Allantoin
• Sodium Metaphosphate
• Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil
• Sodium Methyl Stearoyl Taurate
• Xanthan Gum
• Ilex Paraguariensis Leaf Extract
• Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
• Citral
• Hyaluronic Acid
• Ceramide NP
• Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Oil
• Mentha Viridis (Spearmint) Leaf Oil
• Butylene Glycol
• Cymbopogon Nardus (Citronella) Oil
• Ferula Galbaniflua (Galbanum) Resin Oil
• Propylene Glycol
• Glyceryl Oleate
• Tocopherol
• Lecithin
• Lauryl Glucoside
• Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
• Polyglyceryl-6 Laurate
• Myristyl Glucoside
• Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
• Glyceryl Caprylate
• Sodium Trimetaphosphate
• Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate

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: 레몬껍질오일, 스피어민트잎오일, 시트로넬라오일, 갈바눔수지오일

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 7 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them holds up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

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