SKINFOOD
SKINFOOD Shine Muscat BHA 2% Toner
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-06
What is this product?
The grape in the name is not what works here: Shine Muscat arrives as a grape fruit extract 3rd, while the resurfacing is done by salicylic acid 5th with gluconolactone (a PHA) 12th, so buy this for congested pores and rough texture on oily skin. The catch is what sits alongside them across the 39 entries on that list: alcohol 4th and fragrance 16th, positions read off the English list held here, with a second Korean list in the collected material for this product putting the fragrance last instead. Either way the pair is there, which makes the description's promise of PHA exfoliation without irritation an overstatement. Skinfood publishes no amount for either acid, no pH, and the 2 percent in the product name is not printed against salicylic acid on the ingredient list, so the strength cannot be checked.
What makes it different?
Two things stand out: it runs a lipophilic BHA into the follicle with a slower PHA behind it, which is a gentler pair than a glycolic-led toner, and it carries eight separate hyaluronic acid entries, more forms than most acid toners bother with. Those hyaluronates bind water without sealing it, so with alcohol high in the list this still ends up drying and needs a moisturiser after it. Dry and reactive skin has four separate reasons to pass, the alcohol, the BHA, the fragrance and six plant extracts through the middle of the formula, and anyone pregnant should treat the salicylic acid as a question for a clinician, since no amount is published to size the exposure.
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.
Key ingredientWorth a closer look
- Water
- Butylene Glycol
- Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Fruit Extract
- Alcohol
- Salicylic Acid
- Tromethamine
- Sodium Citrate
- PPG-13-Decyltetradeceth-24
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- [more] Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate
- Hydroxyacetophenone
- Gluconolactone
- Betaine
- Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract
- Panthenol
- Fragrance
- Allantoin
- Citric Acid
- Sodium Phytate
- Prunus Mume Fruit Extract
- Lactuca Scariola Sativa (Lettuce) Leaf Extract
- Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract
- Enantia Chlorantha Bark Extract
- Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil
- Beta-Glucan
- Sodium Hyaluronate
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil
- Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate
- Beta-Sitosterol
- Serenoa Serrulata Fruit Extract
- Oleanolic Acid
- Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate
- Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
- Tocopherol
- Hyaluronic Acid
- Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
- Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate
- Potassium Hyaluronate
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: Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate
Did the ad claims hold up?
We checked 4 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them holds up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.
backed by evidence1
- Contains BHA to provide care for excessive sebum and slogged pores.
likely, not proven1
- An exfoliating toner designed for combination skin to clarify skin waste.
overstated ad line2
- Features Shine Muscat to purify and soothe your skin.
- Includes PHA to mildly exfoliate your skin without irritation.
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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