TOCOBO
TOCOBO Cica Cooling Sun Stick
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-12
What is this product?
An 18 g wax based sun stick built on four organic ultraviolet filters with a seven part centella block and cornmint powder for a cooling sensation. Registered in Korea for three functions, whitening, wrinkle improvement and ultraviolet protection, with the notified active for each present on the label: niacinamide at 11, adenosine at 28, and filters at 7, 8, 14 and 15. No mineral filter appears, so there is no white cast mechanism. Chromium oxide green at 49 gives a green tint. Ten hyaluronic acid forms are printed, nine of them consecutively at 37 through 45, which is a naming decision rather than a hydration load. The list runs 49 items with no acid, no drying alcohol, no essential oil and no fixed oil, and 향료 is printed at 48. Notably the brand's own page never prints the SPF or PA rating anywhere, only the statutory line confirming the ultraviolet filing. No pH, no concentration and no test data are published.
What makes it different?
Two, and the second is a documentation fact rather than a formulation one. First, the cooling is an actual ingredient rather than a marketing adjective: cornmint powder at 33 binds a cold receptor, which is why the sensation is fast and why it can sting inflamed skin. Second, this is a sunscreen whose manufacturer's own product page does not state its SPF or PA grade anywhere; the grade travels on the platform product name and on a third-party database title instead.
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
- Coco-Caprylate/Caprate
- Synthetic Wax
- Dibutyl Adipate
- Butyloctyl Salicylate
- Butylene Glycol
- Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate
- Ethylhexyl Triazone
- Ozokerite
- Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
- Niacinamide
- Dimethicone
- Polymethylsilsesquioxane
- Polysilicone-15
- Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine
- Centella Asiatica Root Extract
- Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract
- Centella Asiatica Extract
- Sodium Hyaluronate
- 스테아랄코늄헥토라이트
- Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer
- Sodium Chloride
- Glyceryl Caprylate
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate
- Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Adenosine
- Propylheptyl Caprylate
- Triethoxycaprylylsilane
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Tocopherol
- Mentha Arvensis Powder
- Saccharomyces Ferment
- Asiaticoside
- Madecassoside
- Dimethylsilanol Hyaluronate
- Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate
- Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
- Potassium Hyaluronate
- Hyaluronic Acid
- Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
- Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate
- Sodium Hyaluronate Dimethylsilanol
- Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate
- Madecassic Acid
- Asiatic Acid
- Fragrance
- Chromium Oxide Greens
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: 코코-카프릴레이트/카프레이트, 카프릴릭/카프릭트라이글리세라이드, 폴리글리세릴-3다이아이소스테아레이트, 폴리글리세릴-3폴리리시놀리에이트, 글리세릴카프릴레이트, 프로필헵틸카프릴레이트, 합성왁스, 오조케라이트
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
- 미백, 주름 개선, 자외선 차단 기능성
partly backed2
- 3초 열진정 쿨링 선스틱
- 촉촉한 멀티 밤 타입의 급속 열진정 쿨링 선 스틱
overstated ad line1
- 모든 피부용
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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