LEADERS COSMETICS
LEADERS COSMETICS First Shot Active Essence Age Control
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-07
What is this product?
Use this as the water step straight after cleansing, in a routine that already has a cream to seal it, because the formula is humectant led with betaine ahead of water and carries nothing that seals. What sets it apart is a number this category rarely prints: silk cocoon extract disclosed at 946,605 ppm, roughly 94.7 percent, as the lead entry of a sixteen ingredient list. Two reasons to hold back. The marketing names two complexes, Agefinity and postbiotics, that match nothing on that ingredient list, so discount them. On the plus side, no fragrance ingredient, no drying alcohol and no exfoliating acid appear among the sixteen. Adenosine, Korea's notified anti wrinkle active, sits eleventh, and the brand prints no functional cosmetic registration for this product.
What makes it different?
A lead ingredient disclosed at 946,605 ppm on the brand's own page, far more numeric disclosure than this category usually gives, set against two marketing complex names that match nothing on the ingredient list and a brand that publishes no account of how the product feels or wears.
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.
- Silkworm Extract
- Betaine
- Water
- Polymethylsilsesquioxane
- Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Glycerin
- Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Sodium Hyaluronate
- Adenosine
- Streptococcus Thermophilus Ferment
- Disodium EDTA
- Sodium Mannose Phosphate
- Citric Acid
- Mannose
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 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
- Supplies abundant nutrition to the skin right after cleansing, helping to achieve a radiant complexion.
Korean original
세안 직후의 피부에 풍부한 영양을 그대로 공급하여 윤기 있는 피부로 가꾸어준다.
partly backed1
- Contains 94% of the effective ingredient 'golden' silkworm extract instead of the purified water that fills most toners.
Korean original
대부분의 토너에 가득 찬 정제수 대신 유효성분 '금빛'누에추출물 94% 함유
overstated ad line1
- A first-step anti-aging essence used on skin with increased hydrophilicity immediately after cleansing, it boasts a powerful active power that cannot be filled with toner.
Korean original
세안 직후, 친수성이 높아진 피부에 사용하는 첫 단계 안티에이징 에센스로 토너로는 채울 수 없는 강력한 액티브 파워를 자랑한다.
no evidence3
- Also contains Agefinity, an active ingredient that maximizes the efficacy of the essence, and postbiotics beneficial for strengthening the skin barrier.
Korean original
에센스의 효능 효과를 극대화 시켜주는 엑티브 원료 Agefinity와 피부 장벽 강화에 유익한 포스트 바이오틱스도 함유
- Does not contain 7 harmful ingredients, a safe formula for skin health.
Korean original
피부에 유해한 7가지 성분도 첨가하지 않아 피부 건강을 위한 안심처방
- Uses 100% biodegradable non-wood sugarcane paper, soy ink printing, and easy-peel label.
Korean original
100% 생분해되는 비목재 사탕수수지를 사용, 콩기름인쇄, 이지필 라벨을 적용
says nothing2
- Powerful from the first step! Unprecedented superpower essence, the golden time of skincare, step 0 Young-aging care that starts immediately after cleansing.
Korean original
첫 단계부터 강력하게! 세상에 없던 초(初)능력 에센스 스킨케어의 골든타임, 세안 직후 시작하는 0단계 Young-에이징 케어
- '0-second care', 'superpower' anti-aging essence
Korean original
'0초 케어', '초능력' 안티에이징 에센스
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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