LBB Goldrella Peptide 28 Anti Melanin Essence

What is this product?

LBB's Goldrella Peptide 28 Anti Melanin Essence has niacinamide fourth of just 31 ingredients, which is a real answer to dark spots, and turmeric root extract behind it. The name is where it falls down: there is no peptide anywhere on the label, and the 28 counts nothing the brand discloses. Readers who screen for fragrance should pass: lavender, citron peel, grapefruit peel and calamansi oils are all on the list, and the one archived magazine article describes a plant-derived scent as well.

What makes it different?

Thirty-one ingredients is short for an essence, and the brevity works in the reader's favour: there is very little filler between niacinamide fourth and the actives below it. The chlorella ferment the name points at is printed at 250ppm, one of the few disclosed amounts here, which also shows how small it is. Four citrus and lavender oils sit in the middle of the list, an unusual load for a pigment product aimed at skin that is often already reactive. LBB sells it in 50ml and 150ml. Neither archived body prints a pH or cites a test, and the retail page that carries the ingredient list was blocked at collection, so this record says nothing about what that page prints.

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 3 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredient

• Water
• Glycerin
• Butylene Glycol
• Niacinamide
• Methyl Gluceth-20
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Citrus Tangerina (Tangerine) Fruit Water
• Chlorella Ferment
• Betaine
• Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate
• C12-14 Alketh-12
• Trehalose
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil
• Maltodextrin
• Adenosine
• Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract
• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
• Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract
• Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract
• Citrus Medica Vulgaris Peel Oil
• Citrus Paradisi (Grapefruit) Peel Oil
• Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Extract
• Dextrin
• Citrus Nobilis (Mandarin Orange) Oil
• Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract
• Corallina Officinalis Extract
• **하이드록시데실유비퀴논
• **폴리글리세릴-10올리에이트
• **하이드로제네이티드레시틴
• Tocopherol

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: Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Citrus Medica Peel Oil, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Peel Oil, Citrus Microcarpa Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 2 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.

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

Which articles cover it?

Articles on this site that write about this product.

• Essence, serum, ampoule: is there any difference?We compared 106 Korean products across the three names. The medians sit within seven ingredients of each other, and ampoules disclose least often, not most.