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innisfree Green Tea Ceramide Milk Essence

Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read

Read on 2026-09-25

What is this product?

innisfree Green Tea Ceramide Milk Essence is a 160 mL milky hydrating essence, not a functional cosmetic, with a 43 entry Korean list led by water, glycerin, butylene glycol and propanediol and a light oil phase. The branded green tea materials sit low with printed amounts: ceramide NP at 10 ppm, green tea seed oil at 5 ppm and green tea extract at 0.5 ppm; five hyaluronic-named entries appear against a nine-form label. The printed list has no fragrance entry, no essential oil and no exfoliating acid. The 1,168 percent moisture figure lacks a sample size and institution, and the material figures are in vitro. Suited to dry and combination skin wanting a light hydrating layer.

What makes it different?

A milky emulsion essence rather than a watery serum, carrying ceramide NP and green tea materials at printed ppm levels with five hyaluronic-named entries, sold with a refill.

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.

We could not place these in the list above: 하이드로제네이티드쌀겨오일, 폴리글리세릴-10스테아레이트, 솔비탄아이소스테아레이트, 녹차씨오일, 글리세릴올리에이트, 폴리글리세릴-6라우레이트

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 20 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 3 of them look likely, though none are proven outright.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

likely, not proven3

  • A light yet deeply penetrating milky texture that is quickly absorbed without stickiness, completing smooth skin radiance.
    Korean original

    가볍지만 깊이 스며드는 밀키한 제형으로 끈적임 없이 빠르게 흡수되어 매끄러운 피부 광채 완성

  • Ceramide NP (10 ppm): Skin barrier care.
    Korean original

    세라마이드엔피(10 ppm): 피부 장벽 케어

  • Suitable for dry and combination skin that feels tight from within after cleansing or experiences makeup lifting, and recommended for those who want to care for a weakened skin barrier with firmness.
    Korean original

    세안 후 속당김을 느끼거나 메이크업 시 피부 화장이 들떠 고민인 건성 및 복합성 피부에 적합하며, 무너진 피부 장벽을 탄탄하게 케어하고 싶은 분들께 권장합니다.

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  • Just applied to skin, after 3 seconds, moisturizing power up 1,168%.
    Korean original

    피부에 바르자마자 3초 후 보습력 1,168% UP

  • Eco-friendly certified product, refill products available separately.
    Korean original

    친환경 인증 제품으로 리필 제품 별도 운영

  • A product that has received vegan certification from the Korea Vegan Certification Center, which does not use animal-derived raw materials during manufacturing and processing.
    Korean original

    동물 유래 원재료를 제조, 가공 과정에서 사용하지 않은 한국 비건 인증원의 비건 인증을 받은 제품

  • 9-fold Hyaluronic Acid: Moisture supply and moisturizing, proven to have 180% (2.8 times) superior moisturizing power compared to the hyaluronic acid previously used by the company (IN-VITRO test results, limited to raw material characteristics).
    Korean original

    9중 히알루론산: 수분공급 및 보습, 기존 자사 사용 히알루론산 대비 180%(2.8배) 뛰어난 수분력 증명(IN-VITRO 시험 결과, 원료적 특성에 한함)

  • Hypoallergenic test completed.
    Korean original

    하이포알러지테스트 완료

  • In the hypoallergenic test and primary skin irritation test on sensitive skin, it recorded an irritation index of 0.00, making it a low-irritation essence that even sensitive skin can use with confidence.
    Korean original

    하이포알러지테스트와 민감 피부 일차 자극 테스트에서 자극 지수 0.00을 기록하여 민감한 피부도 안심하고 사용할 수 있는 저자극 에센스입니다.

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  • Super Green Tea™: Moisture, moisturizing, barrier strengthening, soothing, antioxidant functions / A green tea extract developed solely for skin moisturization, wrapped in seed oil and micro-encapsulated via liposome technology, forming particles approximately 2,274 times smaller than pores (compared to green tea seed oil alone), which are absorbed more, faster, and deeper into the skin, offering 413% (5.13 times: IN-VITRO test results, limited to raw material characteristics) stronger moisturizing power than the hyaluronic acid previously used by the company. A new moisturizing material independently developed by Innisfree, with verified barrier strengthening, soothing, and antioxidant effects.
    Korean original

    슈퍼 그린티™: 수분, 보습, 장벽강화, 진정, 항산화 기능 / 오직 피부 보습을 위해 개발된 녹차 추출물을 씨드 오일로 감싸 리포좀 기술을 통해 마이크로 캡슐화 하여, 모공보다 약 2274배 작은 입자로 (녹차씨 오일 단독 대비) 더 많이, 더 빠르게, 더 깊게 피부 속에 흡수되며 기존 자사 사용 히알루론산 대비 413%(5.13배: IN-VITRO 시험 결과, 원료적 특성에 한함) 더 강한 수분력을 선사. 장벽 강화, 진정, 항산화 효능까지 확인된 이니스프리만의 개발 수분 신소재

  • Green Tea Ceramide: Moisture, moisturizing, barrier strengthening / A ceramide derived from green tea seed oil without any chemical process, with excellent moisturizing and barrier-strengthening efficacy, particularly 2.3 times (IN-VITRO test results, limited to raw material characteristics) higher moisturizing effect compared to the synthetic ceramide previously used by the company.
    Korean original

    그린티 세라마이드: 수분, 보습, 장벽강화 / 녹차씨 오일로부터 화학적 공정 없이 한 세라마이드로 뛰어난 수분보습 및 장벽강화 효능을 가지며, 특히 기존 자사 사용 합성 세라마이드 대비 수분보습 효과가 2.3배(IN-VITRO 시험 결과, 원료적 특성에 한함) 더 높음

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  • With overwhelming inner moisture that penetrates up to 20 layers of dead skin, gifting a moisture-plumping skin that fills up from within.
    Korean original

    피부 각질 20층까지 전달되는 압도적인 속보습으로 속부터 꽉 차오르는 수분 플럼핑 피부 선사

  • Use it like a skin pack, or layer it two to three times to completely control dryness and bring back glow, a cheat key for flawless base makeup.
    Korean original

    스킨팩처럼 써도 좋고, 두 세 번 레이어링하면 건조함은 싹 잡히고 광까지 살아나 베이스 전 화잘먹 치트키

  • Makeup shop PICK, makeup-friendly essence.
    Korean original

    메이크업샵 PICK 화잘먹 에센스

  • We strive to manage forest ecosystems by using soybean oil ink and FSC printing paper.
    Korean original

    콩기름 잉크와 FSC 인쇄용지 사용으로 산림 생태계가 관리될 수 있도록 노력

  • Green tea seed oil (5 ppm): Comfortably soothes the skin and helps with antioxidant care.
    Korean original

    녹차씨오일(5 ppm): 피부를 편안하게 진정시키고 항산화 케어에 도움

  • Dermatology test completed.
    Korean original

    피부과 테스트 완료

  • Non-acnegenic test completed.
    Korean original

    논아크네제닉 테스트 완료

  • Skin sensitivity relief test completed.
    Korean original

    피부 민감도 완화테스트 완료

  • Low-irritation formula suitable for infants and young children.
    Korean original

    영유아 사용 적합 저자극 포뮬러

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.

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