Pure Somme

Pure Somme Hedera Helix Pure Lotion

Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read

Product photo of Pure Somme Hedera Helix Pure Lotion

Read on 2026-09-07

What is this product?

Pick this 450ml lotion when the priority is a light, unscented, low-count formula to use generously, including on skin that is reactive or that belongs to a pregnancy or baby routine: the 21-item list carries no fragrance, no drying alcohol, no exfoliating acid, no retinoid and no UV filter, and it adds ceramide NP with phytosphingosine. Reviewers agree on the texture, with all three surfaced consumer-review topics describing absorption and lightness. Two things to know before buying it for the reason the name suggests. The ivy the product is named after is disclosed at 200,000ppb and 570,000ppb, which is 0.02 and 0.057 percent, so it is a positioning ingredient rather than a dose, and no soothing test for this product exists in the collected material. And there is no film former of any kind here, so very dry skin in cold air will need something over it. The 1위 wording in the listing titles names no board or period, and in the 2026-08-27 lotion ranking the figures here are drawn from, the product sits thirteenth of twenty. pH, an English INCI list and any efficacy or irritation test are unpublished.

What makes it different?

Two things set it apart, and one of them is a disclosure practice rather than a formulation choice. It prints parts-per-billion content figures for its two hero extracts on the statutory notice, and the figures turn out to be 0.02 and 0.057 percent, so the label documents the gap between the name and the dose that the marketing leaves open. The second is the shape of the formula: 21 items, no plant oil, no butter, no wax, no silicone and no film former at all, sold at 450ml. It is built to be a light lotion used in quantity over large areas, which is a different product category in practice from the 120 to 150ml facial emulsions it sits beside in the rankings.

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

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

We could not place these in the list above: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Octyldodecanol, Cetearyl Alcohol

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 8 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them looks likely, though none are proven outright.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

likely, not proven1

  • - No stickiness, fast absorption
    Korean original

    - 끈적임 없는 빠른 흡수

partly backed1

  • - According to Hwahae, 20 caution ingredients Zero, allergen ingredients Zero
    Korean original

    - 화해 기준 20가지 주의성분 Zero, 알러젠성분 Zero

overstated ad line1

  • [Hwahae Lotion #1] Puresom no-sticky pregnant women sensitive English ivy soothing pure lotion
    Korean original

    [화해로션 1위] 퓨어솜 no끈적 임산부 민감성 서양송악 진정 순수 로션

no evidence4

  • [Mom Guide 5% discount] Hwahae #1 Puresom no-sticky pregnant women English ivy soothing pure lotion
    Korean original

    [맘가이드5%할인]화해1위 퓨어솜 no끈적 임산부 서양송악 진정 순수 로션

  • - Sensitive low-irritation test 0.00
    Korean original

    - 민감성 저자극 테스트 0.00

  • - Hwahae Lotion #1, non-sticky lotion
    Korean original

    - 화해 로션 1위 끈적임 없는 로션

  • All ingredients EWG Green grade
    Korean original

    전성분 EWG 그린등급

evidence says otherwise1

  • - True summer cooling lotion
    Korean original

    - 진정한 여름 쿨링 로션

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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