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nuarin Ganghwa Mugwort Calming Toner

Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read

Read on 2026-10-01

What is this product?

Nuarin Ganghwa Mugwort Calming Toner is a 200 ml watery toner aimed at blemish-prone skin. Its printed 20-entry ingredient list leads with mugwort leaf water at 776,000 ppm (about 77 percent), then glycerin, propanediol and water, and carries an acylated salicylic acid the brand calls LHA, citric acid, niacinamide, panthenol and adenosine, with no fragrance or colourant entry. The brand shows a two-week test of 20 adults, but its four headline percentages each equal the report excerpt's value plus 100 and disagree with the chart bars. People who react to exfoliating acids should patch test.

What makes it different?

Composition and evidence separate it. It is a mugwort-water-led toner, with the mugwort printed at 776,000 ppm, that also carries an LHA exfoliating acid, so it is a soothing and keratin-tidying hybrid rather than a pure hydrator. Against that, the test headlines do not match the report excerpt printed beside them, the sensitive-skin safety wording has no irritation test, and the detail images that might carry more were only partly collected.

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 ingredient

Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 31 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. Here is how they read: backed by evidence: 2 · likely, not proven: 1 · partly backed: 8 · overstated ad line: 6 · no source confirms it: 11 · says nothing: 3.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

backed by evidence2

  • K-HERB Ganghwa four-season mugwort 776,000ppm
    Korean original

    K-HERB 강화 사철 쑥 776,000ppm

  • Fragrance X, Colorant X
    Korean original

    향료 X, 색소 X

likely, not proven1

  • Panthenol that penetrates deep into the skin, soothing and strengthening the barrier
    Korean original

    피부 속까지 스며드는 진정 장벽강화 판테놀

partly backed8

  • This product has been confirmed through a human application test to help with acne area soothing effect, acne area keratin improvement, skin sebum improvement, and pore area skin texture improvement after use
    Korean original

    본 제품은 인체적용시험을 통해 사용 후 여드름 부위 진정 효과, 여드름 부위 각질 개선, 피부 유분 개선, 모공부위 피부결 개선에 도움을 주는 것으로 확인되었습니다

  • Real improvement effects confirmed through a 2-week test
    Korean original

    2주 테스트로 확인된 실제 개선 효과

  • Patented ingredient pore laser controls excess sebum to suppress unnecessary sebum
    Korean original

    특허성분 pore laser 성분이 과잉 피지를 조절하여 불필요한 피지 억제

  • Low-irritation LHA ingredient gently removes keratin that is blocking pores
    Korean original

    저자극 LHA 성분으로 모공을 막고 있는 각질을 부드럽게 제거

  • Contains patented ingredient PORE LASER that simultaneously cares for sebum control and pore refinement
    Korean original

    피지 조절과 모공 정돈을 동시에 케어하는 특허성분 PORE LASER 함유

  • Contains 77% mugwort grown in Ganghwa Island, Korea that helps rapidly soothe the skin instead of purified water
    Korean original

    정제수 대신 피부 급속 진정에 도움을 주는 한국 강화도에서 자란 쑥 77% 함유

  • Niacinamide, the MFDS-certified key ingredient that returns the skin to clear and transparent
    Korean original

    맑고 투명한 피부로 되돌리는 식약처 인증 핵심 성분 나이아신아마이드

  • Helps with skin whitening. Helps with skin wrinkle improvement.
    Korean original

    피부의 미백에 도움을 준다. 피부의 주름개선에 도움을 준다.

overstated ad line6

  • Smooth skin without trouble worries through 3-step care that blocks the cause of occurrence
    Korean original

    발생 원인을 차단하는 3단계 케어로 트러블 걱정 없는 매끈한 피부

  • Ganghwa four-season mugwort ingredient that helps soothe the skin rapidly soothes red blotchy spots
    Korean original

    피부 진정에 도움을 주는 강화 사철 쑥 성분이 울긋불긋 스팟을 급속 진정

  • Safe 3rd-generation exfoliating ingredient without irritation
    Korean original

    자극없이 안전한 3세대 각질제거 성분

  • LHA is a weakly acidic ingredient with a pH similar to skin, so it does not strain the skin, making it a safe exfoliating ingredient that even sensitive skin can use daily
    Korean original

    LHA는 피부와 유사한 pH 약산성 성분으로 피부에 무리가 가지 않아 민감성 피부도 데일리로 사용 가능한 안전한 각질제거 성분입니다

  • The smaller it gets, the deeper it goes, true inner moisturization filled with low-molecular hyaluronic acid
    Korean original

    작아질수록 더 깊게, 저분자 히알루론산으로 채우는 진짜 속보습

  • Skin in an environment where acne cannot live
    Korean original

    여드름이 살 수 없는 환경의 피부

no source confirms it11

  • After 2 weeks of use, acne area soothing effect 123.12%
    Korean original

    2주 사용 후 여드름 부위 진정 효과 123.12%

  • After 2 weeks of use, skin sebum improvement 116.51%
    Korean original

    2주 사용 후 피부 유분 개선 116.51%

  • After 2 weeks of use, acne area keratin improvement 122.33%
    Korean original

    2주 사용 후 여드름 부위 각질 개선 122.33%

  • After 2 weeks of use, pore area skin texture improvement 108.17%
    Korean original

    2주 사용 후 모공 부위 피부결 개선 108.17%

  • Rapid Skin Soothing Ganghwa Mugwort Toner
    Korean original

    급속 피부 진정 강화 쑥 토너

  • Removal of keratin blocking pores, low-irritation pH 5.5 weakly acidic
    Korean original

    모공을 막고 있는 각질 제거 저자극 pH 5.5 약산성

  • Contains plant-derived ingredients of the flavonoid family such as luteolin, apigenin and quercetin, which can help care for skin that has become sensitive due to the external environment
    Korean original

    루테올린, 아피게닌, 쿼르세틴 등 플라보노이드 계열의 식물 유래 성분이 함유되어 외부 환경으로 인해 민감해진 피부를 케어하는 데 도움을 줄 수 있습니다

  • Contains triterpenoids, saponins and the like, which can help soothe skin that has become sensitive from external stimuli and maintain skin condition healthily
    Korean original

    트리테르페노이드, 사포닌 등이 함유되어 외부 자극으로부터 예민해진 피부를 진정시키고 피부 컨디션을 건강하게 유지하는 데 도움을 줄 수 있습니다

  • Helps with anti-inflammation of trouble-causing bacteria
    Korean original

    트러블 유발균 항염 도움

  • Exclusion of 20 skin caution ingredients
    Korean original

    20가지 피부 주의성분 배제

  • Made by directly extracting Ganghwa four-season mugwort
    Korean original

    강화 사철 쑥을 직접 추출해 만든

says nothing3

  • Mild Nuarin Ganghwa Mugwort Toner that anyone can use
    Korean original

    누구나 사용 가능한 순한 누아린 강화 쑥 토너

  • Since ancient times, mugwort of Ganghwa Island has been handed down as a medicinal herb that soothes wounds and lowers heat
    Korean original

    예로부터 강화도의 쑥은 상처를 달래고, 열을 내려주는 약초로 전해져 왔습니다

  • We will contain sincerity with Korea's unique natural ingredients and repay with certain skin changes
    Korean original

    한국 고유의 자연 원료로 진정성을 담고, 확실한 피부 변화로 보답하겠습니다

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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