MILDLAB Real Blue Centella Azulene Essence Toner

What is this product?

Mildlab's Real Blue Centella Azulene Essence Toner is a good pick for skin that is dry underneath but breaks out on top: 200ml of a fragrance-free, oil-free formula whose 45 ingredients include seven separate centella entries, azulene printed at a disclosed 50ppm, allantoin and panthenol. Two numbers on the page do not hold. The 10중 히알루론산 headline counts ten hyaluronate forms where the label lists eight, and the 4주 사용 시 피지량 63% 감소 figure comes with no testing body, no participant count and no study design behind it. Note that a salicylic acid derivative, capryloyl salicylic acid, sits at position 21 and is one to check if you are pregnant.

What makes it different?

Almost nothing in this category prints a ppm figure for its headline botanical, and this one does: azulene at 50ppm, 14th of 45. The centella story is unusually literal too, with leaf, root and whole-plant extracts at 19, 20 and 22 plus four isolated centella actives at 34, 35, 38 and 39, which is seven entries where most soothing toners carry one. The quiet ingredient is capryloyl salicylic acid at 21, a lipophilic salicylic derivative that is the most likely driver of the sebum result the brand advertises and that Mildlab never mentions. Mildlab publishes no pH and no amount for anything except the azulene, and the label's own notice reads 해당 사항 없음 for functional-cosmetic filing.

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 2 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredient

• Water
• Butylene Glycol
• Glycerin
• Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Diphenyl Dimethicone
• Triethylhexanoin
• Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
• Arginine
• Hydrogenated Lecithin
• Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate
• Xanthan Gum
• Disodium EDTA
• Azulene
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Maltodextrin
• Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
• Allantoin
• Centella Asiatica Extract
• Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract
• Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
• Centella Asiatica Root Extract
• Panthenol
• Hydrolyzed Gardenia Florida Extract
• Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Leaf Extract
• Aspalathus Linearis Leaf Extract
• Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Extract
• Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract
• Foeniculum Vulgare (Fennel) Seed Extract
• Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Extract
• Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract
• Mentha Suaveolens Leaf Extract
• Sodium Hyaluronate
• Madecassoside
• Asiaticoside
• 하이드록시프로필
• 트라이모늄하이알루로네이트
• Asiatic Acid
• Madecassic Acid
• Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
• Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate
• Hyaluronic Acid
• Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate
• Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
• Potassium 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: 폴리글리세릴-10라우레이트, 카프릴로일살리실릭애씨드

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 7 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