UIQ
UIQ Biome Barrier PHA Glow Refining Ampoule
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-11
What is this product?
A 30ml water-gel ampoule from UIQ built around gluconolactone, a polyhydroxy acid, printed in the statutory panel at 50,000 ppm, which is the 5 percent the marketing claims. The label also carries a Korean functional-cosmetic filing for whitening and wrinkle improvement, matched by niacinamide at position 5 and adenosine at 18, neither at a disclosed level. Twenty-two items, no oil phase, no fragrance entry, no drying alcohol; the thickener system is cellulose plus two acrylate copolymers and the only silicone is dimethicone at 10. The brand's 큐티바이옴 microbiome claim has no anchor in the panel beyond 바실러스발효물 at 100 ppm, and no patent number is cited. Fits oily and combination skin; needs a lipid step over it on dry skin.
What makes it different?
Two things separate it. First, the acid level is disclosed and the disclosure matches the marketing: the statutory panel prints 50,000 ppm and the page says 5 percent, which turns a claim into a checkable fact. Second, it is a polyhydroxy acid at a working level rather than an alpha hydroxy acid, which is a slower and larger molecule and is the reason a daily instruction is defensible at that concentration. The mismatch worth knowing about is that the product's regulated claims, whitening and wrinkle improvement, are not the claims it is marketed on.
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.
- Water
- Gluconolactone
- Propanediol
- Butylene Glycol
- Niacinamide
- Glycereth-26
- Glycerin
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Tromethamine
- Dimethicone
- Diethoxyethyl Succinate
- Hydroxyethylcellulose
- Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate
- Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Lecithin
- Allantoin
- Adenosine
- 바실러스발효물
- Cyanocobalamin
- Ectoin
- Pancratium Maritimum Extract
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 4 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 2 of them hold up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.
Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
backed by evidence2
- Functional cosmetics for whitening and wrinkle improvement
Korean original
미백,주름개선 기능성 화장품
- Take an appropriate amount of this product and spread evenly on the skin.
Korean original
본품 적당량을 취해 피부에 골고루 펴 바른다.
partly backed2
- Contains low-irritation exfoliating ingredient PHA 5% and Yuik's patented skin microbiome-derived ingredient Cutibiome, helping to care for skin texture and skin barrier.
Korean original
저자극 각질 케어 성분인 PHA 5%와 유이크의 특허받은 스킨 마이크로바이옴 유래 원료 큐티바이옴이 함유되어 피부 결 및 피부 장벽을 케어하는데 도움을 줍니다.
- UIQ Biome Barrier™ PHA Glow Refining Ampoule
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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