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celimax RETINAL SHOT TIGHTENING BOOSTER
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-10-01
What is this product?
Celimax Retinal Shot Tightening Booster is a 15 ml evening spot-cream booster that the brand positions as a high-content retinal product with micro spicule delivery and a peptide complex, sold as a two-function functional cosmetic for whitening and wrinkle improvement. The printed list names retinal at 0.1 percent, carries no fragrance entry and lists one acid-suffixed entry, ascorbic acid. The brand tells users to expect pricking and a two-week adaptation and to test sensitive skin first, while its headline copy promises minimal irritation; its cited tests are small and print no control group or report.
What makes it different?
Two things separate it. First, it pairs a disclosed 0.1 percent retinal with a needle-shaped sponge-derived spicule material that produces an expected pricking feel, and the brand's guidance on adaptation, patch testing and sunscreen is better documented than its efficacy claims are evidenced. Second, the evidence is thin where the copy is loud: the headline gains come from single-site human tests with no printed control group or report, and some figures describe the pairing with the retinol serum and not this product.
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.
Worth a closer look
- Water
- Butylene Glycol
- Glycerin
- Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
- Cetearyl Alcohol
- Niacinamide
- Diisostearyl Malate
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Polypropylsilsesquioxane
- Panthenol
- Cetearyl Olivate
- Cetearyl Glucoside
- Sorbitan Olivate
- Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
- Lecithin
- Carbomer
- Arginine
- Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer
- Tocopherol
- Retinal
- Xanthan Gum
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Adenosine
- Sorbitan Isostearate
- Sodium Lactate
- Hydrolyzed Sponge
- Disodium EDTA
- Polysorbate 20
- Ascorbic Acid
- Glucose
- Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1
- Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7
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 33 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. Here is how they read: backed by evidence: 2 · likely, not proven: 3 · partly backed: 6 · overstated ad line: 8 · no source confirms it: 14.
Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
backed by evidence2
- It has the inherent color of the retinal raw material, and no artificial colorants are applied.
Korean original
레티날 원료 고유의 색상으로 인공색소는 적용이 되어 있지 않습니다.
- A smell may be sensed due to the raw material's inherent odor, but it is a fragrance-free product with no fragrance added separately.
Korean original
원료의 고유 취로 냄새가 느껴질 수 있으나 향을 별도로 첨가하지 않은 무향 제품입니다.
likely, not proven3
- Retinal is a vitamin A family ingredient that is rapidly activated in the skin and acts immediately.
Korean original
레티날은 피부에서 빠르게 활성화되어 즉각적으로 작용하는 비타민A 계열의 성분입니다.
- It contains A-Shot™, a micro-sized fine particle ingredient, so a tingling sensation during use is a normal reaction.
Korean original
마이크로 사이즈의 미세입자 성분인 A-Shot™이 함유되어 사용 시 따끔함이 느껴지는 것이 정상적인 반응입니다.
- Because retinal is activated in the skin through only 1 step, it can act immediately and directly on the skin.
Korean original
레티날은 피부에서 1단계만 거쳐 활성화되기 때문에 피부에 즉각적이고 직접적인 작용이 가능합니다.
partly backed6
- Vitamin A retinal 0.1% high content
Korean original
비타민A 레티날 0.1% 고함량
- Patented ingredient MATRIXYL ® 3000 * 3% of Sederma France, a world-renowned raw material company
Korean original
세계적인 원료사 프랑스 세더마의 특허 성분 MATRIXYL ® 3000 * 3%
- Clear 4-fold lifting with just 2 weeks of use
Korean original
단 2주 사용으로 뚜렷한 4중 리프팅
- Raises inner elasticity to improve even deeply sunken wrinkles
Korean original
속탄력을 끌어올려 깊게 패인 주름까지 개선
- As a result of a 24-hour patch test on sensitive skin, the average skin reaction was 0.00, judged as low (non-)irritating.
Korean original
민감성 피부에 대한 24시간 첩포 테스트 결과, 평균 피부 반응도는 0.00으로 저(무)자극으로 판정되었습니다.
- Whitening · wrinkle improvement dual functional cosmetic
Korean original
미백·주름개선 2중 기능성 화장품
overstated ad line8
- Absorption depth improved by 892.35%
Korean original
흡수 깊이 892.35% 개선
- 4-fold pore improvement with just one day of use
Korean original
단 하루 사용으로 모공 4중 개선
- A feeling that the outer corners of the eyes are lifted 100%
Korean original
눈꼬리가 리프팅 된 느낌이다 100%
- A feeling that pigmentation of the stratum corneum is improved 100%
Korean original
각질층 착색이 개선된 느낌이다 100%
- Satisfaction with use 100%
Korean original
사용 만족도 100%
- Overwhelming effect, minimal irritation
Korean original
효과는 압도적으로 자극은 최소한으로
- Even sensitive skin, try it without burden.
Korean original
민감성 피부도 부담없이 사용해 보세요.
- However, it does not accumulate in the skin and naturally falls off together with dead skin cells when washing the face, so it is harmless to the human body.
Korean original
다만 피부 내에 쌓이지 않으며 세안 시 각질과 함께 자연스럽게 탈락되기 때문에 인체에 무해 합니다.
no source confirms it14
- High content · High concentration · High functionality
Korean original
고함량 · 고농축 · 고기능성
- 2025.09.15 North America Amazon 'Retinal (RETINAL)' keyword bestseller No. 1
Korean original
2025.09.15 북미 아마존 ‘레티날(RETINAL)’ 키워드 베스트셀러 1위
- 0.00003mm nano liposome retinal
Korean original
0.00003mm 나노 리포좀 레티날
- Micro A-Shot® 6 times thinner than pores
Korean original
모공보다 6배 얇은 마이크로 에이샷®
- Premium ingredient 10.2 times more expensive than retinol raw material : Retinal
Korean original
레티놀 원료보다 10.2배 더 비싼 프리미엄 성분 : 레티날
- Patent application (No. 10-2270816) Method for manufacturing natural cosmetics containing micro spicules
Korean original
특허출원 (제 10-2270816호) 마이크로 스피큘이 함유된 천연 화장료 제조방법
- Collagen that fills up bouncily with patented low-molecular peptide
Korean original
특허받은 저분자 펩타이드 로 탱탱하게 차오르는 콜라겐
- The deeper it goes, the stronger the 3-step deep elasticity improvement
Korean original
깊어질수록 강력한 3단 깊이 탄력 개선
- Cellimax products are formulated with the uniformly refined patented ingredient EC-SPICULE, allowing effective ingredients to be delivered with less irritation.
Korean original
셀리맥스 제품에는 균일하게 정제된 특허 성분 EC-SPICULE 이 적용되어 있어 보다 자극없이 유효 성분을 전달 할 수 있습니다.
- Nutrition seeps into the skin without gaps, giving chewy skin
Korean original
피부에 영양이 빈틈없이 스며들어 쫀득한 피부
- Wrinkles -23.24% reduction
Korean original
주름 -23.24% 감소
- Because the two ingredients differ in conversion method and speed, using the two products together can lower irritation and maximize the effect.
Korean original
두 성분의 전환 방식과 속도가 다르기 때문에 두 제품을 병행 사용 할 경우 자극은 낮추고 효과는 극대화될 수 있습니다.
- High-functionality vitamin A nano retinal and even ingredients for elasticity boosting are blended in high content, enabling more effective elasticity care.
Korean original
고기능성 비타민 A 나노 레티날 과 탄력 부스팅을 위한 성분까지 고함량으로 배합 하여 더 효과적인 탄력케어를 할수있어요.
- A skin concern solution for 8 million *
Korean original
800만 * 의 피부 고민 솔루션
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.