P.CALM CICALACTO EXOSOME 45 Sleeping Mask

What is this product?

A 50 ml sleeping mask from the Korean brand P.CALM, sold on the brand storefront as a jar with a built in red LED vibration device and filed with a brightening functional kind. The 34 entry list opens with water, methyl trimethicone, butylene glycol, glycerin and dimethicone, and carries niacinamide at 7, trehalose, betaine, panthenol, a lactobacillus ferment lysate and centella entries, with three entries printing a parts per million concentration and no fragrance, ethanol or acid suffix entry. The page promises blemish mark brightening in seven days and mark improvement from a 22 adult test that prints no values, while its own footnotes say the LED vibration device has no bearing on mark care and its FAQ admits a slight irritation sensation from the needles and the light.

What makes it different?

A spicule coated gel mask with a built in red LED vibration device, whose headline delivery and seven day claims are disclaimed for the device by the brand's own footnotes. Its trade-offs on the label: no printed test values, a satisfaction figure that does not reproduce from the stated 22 adults, and an FAQ admission of slight irritation.

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.

• Water
• Methyl Trimethicone
• Butylene Glycol
• Glycerin
• Dimethicone
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Niacinamide
• Trehalose
• Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer
• Betaine
• Phenyl Trimethicone
• Arginine
• Carbomer
• Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
• Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer
• Panthenol
• Dimethicone Crosspolymer
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Xanthan Gum
• Hydrolyzed Sponge
• Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate
• Disodium EDTA
• Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract
• Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract
• Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract
• Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract
• Amber Powder
• Solanum Melongena (Eggplant) Fruit Extract
• Centella Asiatica Callus Extracellular Vesicles
• Coptis Japonica Root Extract
• Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract
• Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract
• Corallina Officinalis Extract
• Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil

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 28 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. Here is how they read: backed by evidence: 1 · likely, not proven: 1 · partly backed: 7 · no source confirms it: 17 · says nothing: 2.

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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