LEADERS PDRN 0.5% Ampoule Mist

What is this product?

A biphasic 100ml face mist that separates into oil and water phases and is meant to be shaken before spraying. Its PDRN claim resolves to 소듐디엔에이 printed at 5,000 ppm, which is the same figure as the 0.5% in the product name, and it sits fifth in a 26 entry list. It is registered as a dual function cosmetic for brightening and wrinkle care on 나이아신아마이드 at position four and 아데노신 at position thirteen, neither with a disclosed concentration. Ethanol is present at position fourteen. No fragrance entry and no declared fragrance allergen appears anywhere in the list. The brand mall and a domestic retailer print materially different ingredient lists for this same product, and neither surface dates its version.

What makes it different?

Two things. It is a two phase oil and water mist rather than a single phase hydrating spray, and the brand's own usage instruction turns that into a required step. And its headline PDRN percentage is traceable to a printed number, 소듐디엔에이 at 5,000 ppm, which is unusual in a category where actives are normally undisclosed.

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 ingredientWorth a closer look

• Water
• Propanediol
• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
• Niacinamide
• Sodium DNA
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• 벤조트라이아졸릴도데실p-크레솔
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Caprylyl Glycol
• Disodium EDTA
• Panthenol
• Lithospermum Erythrorhizon Root Extract
• Adenosine
• Alcohol
• Tris(Tetramethylhydroxypiperidinol) Citrate
• Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil
• Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil
• Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil
• Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil
• Bixa Orellana Seed Oil
• Polyglyceryl-4 Oleate
• Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
• Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate
• Glycerin
• Tocopherol
• Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid

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: 카프릴릭/카프릭트라이글리세라이드, 폴리글리세릴-4올리에이트, 폴리글리세릴-3폴리리시놀리에이트

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 3 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. All of them hold up.

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