tafomi Galacmide Soak Ampoule

What is this product?

A watery Korean 50 ml dropper ampoule from tafomi, sold on the brand's own store as a dual functional (whitening and wrinkle-improvement) serum. The printed 44-name ingredient list opens with a Galactomyces ferment filtrate, then water and niacinamide, with panthenol, eight plant extracts, ceramide NP, adenosine, glutathione and eight hyaluronic-root names. The brand's image prints amounts for seven actives, but their sum and the hyaluronic count do not match the headline figures. No exfoliating acid is printed.

What makes it different?

A ferment filtrate printed first with a brand-stated 759,700 ppm, together with niacinamide at a printed 50,000 ppm and a dual whitening and wrinkle-improvement functional status; the brand's own totals for amounts and hyaluronic types do not reconcile with its printed list.

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 ingredientWorth a closer look

• Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate
• Water
• Niacinamide
• Glycerin
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Panthenol
• Hydrogenated Lecithin
• Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
• Tromethamine
• Butylene Glycol
• Betaine
• Diospyros Kaki Leaf Extract
• Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Fruit Extract
• Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Flower Extract
• Coffea Arabica (Coffee) Seed Extract
• Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract
• Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
• Castanea Crenata (Chestnut) Shell Extract
• Zanthoxylum Piperitum Fruit Extract
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Ceramide NP
• Adenosine
• Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
• Disodium EDTA
• Coptis Japonica Root Extract
• Allantoin
• Sodium Hyaluronate
• Malt Extract
• Glutathione
• Hyaluronic Acid
• Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate
• Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate
• Potassium Hyaluronate
• Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
• Cetyl Ethylhexanoate
• Cholesterol
• Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil
• Squalane
• Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed) Sterols
• Oleic Acid
• Stearic Acid
• Tocopherol
• Pentylene Glycol
• Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate

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 22 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: 10 · overstated ad line: 1 · no source confirms it: 6.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

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