OBgE Max Soothing Toner

What is this product?

A 500ml large-volume soothing toner whose water-glycol base carries a Lactobacillus ferment lysate plus panthenol, allantoin, ectoin and hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid for hydration and comfort. A reasonable pick for sensitive skin wanting a fragrance-free everyday toner in bulk, as long as you do not need proven actives at stated strengths.

What makes it different?

The formula is unusually clean for a soothing toner: no added fragrance, no essential oils and no drying alcohols appear in the 18-item list. The soothing story rests on a ferment at position 7 with panthenol, allantoin, ectoin and hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid placed in the later half. Concentrations and pH are undisclosed, so strength of effect cannot be compared against anything.

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

• Water
• Butylene Glycol
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Propanediol
• Glycerin
• Pentylene Glycol
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• Betaine
• Trehalose
• Panthenol
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Allantoin
• Xanthan Gum
• Disodium EDTA
• Ectoin
• Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
• Tocopherol
• Eucommia Ulmoides Bark Extract

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 4 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them holds up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

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