ongredients Skin Barrier Calming Lotion EX

What is this product?

A 220ml Korean barrier lotion, the EX generation of ongredients' Skin Barrier Calming Lotion, built as a humectant forward emulsion rather than a rich cream. The printed list runs 59 items: water, propanediol and glycerin lead, four hyaluronic acid forms and ceramide NP sit mid list, and the tail carries twelve peptides plus the four centella derivatives that the brand calls CICA and TECA. No fragrance, no denatured alcohol, no exfoliating acid. What sets it apart is the safety evidence rather than the efficacy evidence: four human application studies are named with institution, window and panel size, including a 23 person acne suitability panel and a 53 person cumulative sensitization panel. The efficacy figures, seven percentages and three multipliers, all rest on one 22 person study with no baseline or instrument stated. No concentration and no pH is disclosed. Best read as a light, well tested daily barrier step for combination or dehydrated skin that wants hydration without weight.

What makes it different?

Four named human application studies, each printed with institution, dates and panel size, set against efficacy numbers that share a single 22 person study and state no baseline. Twelve peptides in one leave-on lotion, with the count verifiable item by item against the printed list.

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
• Propanediol
• Glycerin
• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
• Butylene Glycol
• Cetyl Ethylhexanoate
• Phenyl Trimethicone
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Polysorbate 60
• Arginine
• Carbomer
• Hydroxyethyl Urea
• Hydroxyacetophenone
• Coptis Japonica Root Extract
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil
• Panthenol
• Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment
• Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil
• Dipropylene Glycol
• Sodium Hyaluronate
• Hyaluronic Acid
• Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
• Ceramide NP
• Hydrogenated Lecithin
• Hydrolyzed Collagen
• Pentylene Glycol
• Ethoxydiglycol
• Lecithin
• Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
• Acetyl Glutamine
• Borago Officinalis Extract
• Corchorus Olitorius Leaf Extract
• Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Root Extract
• Ilex Paraguariensis Leaf Extract
• Madecassoside
• Pantothenic Acid
• Decyl Glucoside
• Asiaticoside
• Bacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract
• Asiatic Acid
• Caprylyl Glycol
• Madecassic Acid
• Polyglutamic Acid
• Xylose
• Folic Acid
• Centella Asiatica Extract
• Hexapeptide-11
• Oligopeptide-1
• Oligopeptide-2
• Oligopeptide-3
• Acetyl Hexapeptide-8
• Avena Sativa (Oat) Peptide
• Copper Tripeptide-1
• Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12
• Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4
• Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7
• Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1
• Tripeptide-1

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 24 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 5 of them hold 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

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