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EIOM Trouble Red Shot 20 Cleaner

Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read

Read on 2026-09-17

What is this product?

A 30ml rinse-off acid gel from EIOM's trouble line, applied to dry skin for about 30 seconds and washed off, positioned against hardened sebum, pore congestion and rough texture. The 38 item list stacks five acids across three classes, gluconolactone second and lactic acid third, salicylic and mandelic acid mid list and capryloyl salicylic acid alongside them, then adds lipase and protease for an enzymatic route and a bifida and lactobacillus ferment group. No fragrance ingredient is present. The brand names no concentration for any acid and no pH, so the numeral 20 in the product name resolves to nothing checkable, and the brand's own copy leans on the phrase high content while the statutory panel prints only the standard alpha hydroxy acid caution. One human test is disclosed, an irritation panel of 31 people run over three days in April 2026 by a named institute, with no report linked. The brand warns twice that the product stings on contact. An overseas retailer's English copy claims blackhead and pore area reduction and Korean functional cosmetic status for acne, and neither is echoed on the brand's own statutory panel.

What makes it different?

Three acid classes plus two enzymes in a 30 second rinse-off format is a peel-shaped product sold as a weekly step, and the brand pairs that with an unusual split in candour: it prints the stinging warning twice and prints the irritation panel's institute, dates and panel size, while disclosing no percentage, no total acid figure and no pH for the acids that drive the whole proposition. The other separating fact is structural rather than formulary: every piece of the legally required disclosure, the ingredient list included, exists only inside detail images on the brand's page, so the entire ingredient record here had to be transcribed off a picture.

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.

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: 카프릴릭/카프릭트라이글리세라이드, 폴리글리세릴-3메틸글루코오스다이스테아레이트, 살리실릭애씨드, 카프릴로일살리실릭애씨드

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 8 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 2 of them look likely, though none are proven outright.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

likely, not proven2

  • High-content acid ingredients may cause a temporary tingling sensation while acting on the skin.
    Korean original

    고함량 애씨드 성분이 피부에 작용하면서 일시적으로 따끔한 느낌이 들 수 있습니다.

  • Good to use on areas where hardened sebum, sebum inside pores, and rough skin texture are a concern
    Korean original

    굳은 피지, 모공 속 피지, 거칠어진 피부결이 고민되는 부위에 사용하기 좋습니다.

partly backed2

  • Completed low-irritation test for sensitive skin
    Korean original

    민감성 피부 대상 저자극 테스트 완료

  • Human skin low-irritation test completed
    Korean original

    피부 저자극 인체적용시험 완료

overstated ad line2

  • From sebum deeply embedded in pores to skin texture, just! 30-second tingling peeling completes makeup-ready glowing skin
    Korean original

    모공 깊숙히 박힌 피지부터 피부결까지 단! 30초 따꼼 필링으로 완성하는 화잘먹 광채 피부

  • Low-irritation testing on sensitive skin has been completed for worry-free use.

no evidence2

  • After use, it helps reduce the visible area of blackheads and pores.
  • A functional product to alleviate acne skin types that has been reported to the Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.

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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