Pittoresco Galactomyces Skin Essence Pads

What is this product?

A 70 pad leave on pad from the Korean brand Pittoresco, sold on the brand's own web mall. The statutory notice is an image that prints a four entry list led by a 97 percent galactomyces ferment filtrate, then butylene glycol, 1,2-hexanediol and water. There is no fragrance entry, no essential oil and no exfoliating acid. The copy promises cell care, moisture, texture and nourishment; only the moisture wording fits a humectant list. At collection the page was marked out of stock.

What makes it different?

Two things separate it. First, a four entry printed list with the ferment filtrate at a printed 97 percent, which makes the formula a short humectant liquid. Second, a gap between the cell care and texture wording and a list with no exfoliating acid or enzyme. The statutory notice is an image, so the list rests on a single surface.

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

• Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate
• Butylene Glycol
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Water

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 7 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. Here is how they read: likely, not proven: 2 · no source confirms it: 3 · 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