Torriden Balanceful Cica Exfoliating Toner

What is this product?

Torriden's Balanceful Cica Exfoliating Toner (250ml) genuinely earns its exfoliating name: gluconolactone at a disclosed 3 percent, plus two salicylate-family ingredients and lactic acid, layered against a real centella-acid soothing complex. A price-comparison listing carries a 미백도움 spec row, and it is graded overstated rather than disproved: the notified whitening ingredient it points at, niacinamide, really is seventh of 49 entries, but its level is undisclosed and this SKU's own retail record answers the functional-cosmetic filing field with 해당사항 없음, so nothing at the product level stands behind how that row reads. No fragrance, no pH and no container form are disclosed.

What makes it different?

A disclosed 3 percent gluconolactone (PHA) dose, paired with two additional salicylate-family exfoliants and lactic acid, is real multi-acid formulation depth most single-acid toners do not offer. A four-member centella acid complex plus 1,000ppm centella extract balances that acid load with genuine calming science. A retail listing's 미백도움 spec row is the one place the document grades down: the ingredient it names sits seventh on the label, but its level is undisclosed and this SKU carries no functional-cosmetic filing, so the row reads as more than it can carry.

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 3 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredient

• Water
• Propanediol
• Glycerin
• Gluconolactone
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Methylpropanediol
• Niacinamide
• Panthenol
• Betaine Salicylate
• Centella Asiatica Extract
• Madecassic Acid
• Asiaticoside
• Asiatic Acid
• Madecassoside
• Succinic Acid
• Lactic Acid
• Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
• Allantoin
• 쓴풀추출물
• 푸른연꽃추출물
• Lactobacillus Ferment
• Althaea Rosea Flower Extract
• Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract
• Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract
• Tocopherol
• Ceramide NP
• Beta-Glucan
• Potassium Hydroxide
• Dimethyl Sulfone
• Maltodextrin
• Vinyl Dimethicone
• Betaine
• Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum
• Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
• 석류과피추출물
• Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate
• Polyglyceryl-4 Laurate
• Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
• Hydrogenated Lecithin
• Dextrin
• Butylene Glycol
• Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate
• Bifida Ferment Lysate
• Lactococcus Ferment Lysate
• Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate
• Dipropylene Glycol
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Flower Extract
• Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract

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: 폴리글리세릴-10라우레이트, 폴리글리세릴-4라우레이트, 카프릴릴/카프릴글루코사이드, 하이드로제네이티드레시틴, 폴리글리세릴-10올리에이트

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 2 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.

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

Which articles cover it?

Articles on this site that write about this product.

• What is PHA, and is it really the gentle acid?Gluconolactone appears on 90 Korean labels and five print a level. The research that made PHA interesting ran at 8 percent. Most labels print nothing.