MEDICUBE
MEDICUBE RED TONER 2.0
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-14
What is this product?
The brand's own notice block prints the English model name RED TONER 2.0, which is what ties the two together. Three sebum directed materials sit on the forty two entry list: salicylic acid at 17, colloidal sulfur at 20 and zinc PCA at 21. Ethanol is high at position 3. Soothing support comes from allantoin, green tea, centella and troxerutin. Tea tree leaf oil at 19 plus declared allergens limonene and geraniol mean this is not a scentless product. The notice declares a functional cosmetics filing but never says which category, and three notified actives are present. No review population exists for this product in the collected material. The brand's United States storefront sells a same named 100ml product with a substantially different ingredient list.
What makes it different?
Two things separate it. It stacks three distinct sebum directed materials in one watery vehicle, a BHA at 17 plus colloidal sulfur at 20 plus zinc PCA at 21, each acting by a different mechanism. No comparison population was measured for this document, so nothing is asserted about how common that combination is. And its regulatory record is unusually opaque for a product that carries three notified actives: the notice says a filing exists but never names the category, and no filing number is printed anywhere.
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 1 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.
Key ingredientWorth a closer look
- Water
- Methylpropanediol
- Alcohol
- Butylene Glycol
- Niacinamide
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Methyl Gluceth-20
- Betaine
- Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
- Tromethamine
- Allantoin
- C12-14 Alketh-12
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Adenosine
- Disodium EDTA
- Dimethyl Sulfone
- Salicylic Acid
- Sodium Hyaluronate
- Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil
- Colloidal Sulfur
- Zinc PCA
- Pentylene Glycol
- Limonene
- Levulinic Acid
- 4-Terpineol
- Troxerutin
- Propanediol
- Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
- Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract
- Cladosiphon Okamuranus Extract
- Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract
- Decyl Glucoside
- Coptis Japonica Extract
- Geraniol
- Coffea Arabica (Coffee) Seed Extract
- Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Leaf Extract
- Pinus Densiflora Leaf Extract
- 천문동뿌리추출물
- Aureobasidium Pullulans Ferment
- Lepidium Meyenii Root Extract
- Hydroxycinnamic Acid
- Rutin
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: Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil, Salicylic Acid
Did the ad claims hold up?
We checked 4 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them looks likely, though none are proven outright.
likely, not proven1
- 세안 후 적당량을 덜어 피부 결에 따라 부드럽게 펴 바르고 가볍게 두드리며 흡수시켜 줍니다.
partly backed2
- [메디큐브 레드 트러블 토너 2.0] 일시적 붉은기와 피부 진정 부스터
- medicube 공식몰 | 레드 트러블 토너 2.0은 피지 과다와 트러블을 한 번에 케어하며, 민감한 피부를 빠르게 진정시키는 산뜻한 데일리 토너입니다.
no evidence1
- 모든 피부용
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.