ma:nyo Bifida Biome Ampoule Lotion

What is this product?

A 300 ml emulsion from the Korean brand ma:nyo, filed on its Korean statutory notice as a brightening and wrinkle-care functional cosmetic. Niacinamide sits third on a 40 item list and adenosine sits 22nd, with no level given for either. The base is an oil-in-water lotion: caprylic/capric triglyceride, a Queensland nut oil, cetearyl alcohol, glyceryl stearate, hydrogenated polydecene and jojoba esters, held with two polymer thickeners. Two ferment materials are printed with levels, bifida ferment lysate at 568ppm and a cutibacterium ferment filtrate at 1,148ppb. Eight hyaluronic entries form the tail. No fragrance entry, no drying alcohol and no exfoliating acid, but three essential oils, eucalyptus, sandalwood and lavender, are listed.

What makes it different?

A daily emulsion that carries a brightening and wrinkle-care functional filing, with niacinamide third on the list. The ferment levels are printed on the label, and one of them is in parts per billion rather than parts per million.

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

• Water
• Glycerin
• Niacinamide
• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
• Macadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil
• Pentylene Glycol
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate
• Cetearyl Alcohol
• Glyceryl Stearate
• Hydrogenated Polydecene
• Jojoba Esters
• Chondrus Crispus Extract
• Saccharum Officinarum (Sugarcane) Extract
• Caprylyl Glycol
• Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
• Carbomer
• Butylene Glycol
• Tromethamine
• Bifida Ferment Lysate
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Adenosine
• Sodium Phytate
• Sorbitan Isostearate
• Propanediol
• Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil
• Santalum Album (Sandalwood) Oil
• Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil
• Tocopherol
• Cutibacterium Granulosum Ferment Extract Filtrate
• Sodium Hyaluronate
• Benzyl Glycol
• Hydrolyzed Glycosaminoglycans
• Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate
• Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
• Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
• Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate
• Hyaluronic Acid
• Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate
• 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: 유칼립투스잎오일, 단향오일, 라벤더오일, 퀸즈랜드넛오일, 글리세릴스테아레이트, 솔비탄아이소스테아레이트, 폴리글리세릴-3메틸글루코오스다이스테아레이트, 세테아릴알코올

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 3 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