
CLIV Ginseng Berry Premium Essence
Product summary
"CLIV - Ginseng Berry Premium Essence" is effective for: Anti-aging and Moisturizing
Ingredient callouts
- Adenosine 0.60% - 1.35%. It is a compound that in involved in many biological processes inside the skin cells. According one high-quality clinical trial, topical Adenosine in low concentrations can somewhat help improve "deep wrinkles" - the wrinkles that appear with age in places where our faces are most dynamic (for example, on the forehead or in the corners of the eyes).
- Panthenol (pro-vitamin B5) at about 1.30% - 1.90% concentration. In this concentration, Panthenol works effectively to improve the skin barrier and reduce inflammation.
- Humectants (sodium hyaluronate 0.05% - 0.30%, hydrolyzed collagen 0.85% - 1.25%, betaine 1.10% - 1.60%, panthenol 1.30% - 1.90% and glycerin 2.30% - 3.50%). These ingredients help attract water to the upper layer of the skin and improve the skin hydration.
Price
The product retails for 31.70$ in the United States.
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Benefits
Promise: Anti-aging
What does the product description say?
A moisturising essence to combat aging signs such as dehydration and wrinkles.
This product can help reduce and prevent fine lines and wrinkles, improve skin elasticity and firmness because it contains adenosine.
Keep in mind that it typically takes at least 6 weeks to notice any results because the changes that are needed to improve fine lines and elasticity happen in the deeper layers of the skin. No topical anti-aging product can “erase” wrinkles or fully reverse signs of aging.
Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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adenosine | HIGH | ||
camellia sinensis leaf extract | LOW | ||
centella asiatica extract | MEDIUM |
Promise: Moisturizing
What does the product description say?
A moisturising essence to combat aging signs such as dehydration and wrinkles.
This product can help improve hydration of the skin with the two types of ingredients.
The first type is called “humectants”:
these ingredients help attract water.
When humectants are on the surface of the skin, they “pull in” the moisture from the outside environment, or from
within deeper layers of the skin. The following ingredients in this product do the job:
betaine, glycerin.
This product also contains ingredients called “occlusives”. They help reduce the speed with which our skin loses moisture to the outside environment. These ingredients also help soften the upper layer of the skin, so it feels less tight and nicer to the touch. The following ingredients in this product do the job: hydrolyzed collagen, caprylyl glycol.
The following ingredients in this product are especially good for supporting the skin barrier and helping with the hydration level: panthenol
Other benefit: Anti-oxidation
This product contains antioxidants (camellia sinensis leaf extract) that might be able to help neutralize free radicals in skin to lessen the damage it gets from the UV light (sun). There is not enough evidence to confirm their effectiveness in skin though.
Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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camellia sinensis leaf extract | MEDIUM | ||
coffea arabica seed extract | LOW | ||
glycyrrhiza glabra root extract | LOW |
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How honest is this product?
Promise | Can it deliver? |
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Anti-aging | |
Moisturizing |
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Potential irritants

Ingredient | Irritancy | Skin Benefit |
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taraxacum platycarpum extract | ||
parfum | ||
boswellia serrata resin extract |
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Ingredients & concentrations
- adenosine
- panthenol
- camellia sinensis leaf extract
- centella asiatica extract
- glycerin
- hydrolyzed collagen
- sodium hyaluronate
- betaine
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Ingredient | Estimated concentration |
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23% - 34% | |
Can contain potent anti-oxidant compounds (abbreviated ECG, GCG, EGC, and EGCG) that might help protect the skin from free radicals. Can help calm down inflammation and has some anti-bacterial properties. Unfortunately, these antioxidants are unstable and lose their effectiveness very quickly in products. The concentration of the antioxidant compounds in the extract also tends to be low to be effective in topical formulation | |
4.6% - 6.9% | |
4.2% - 6.3% | |
A plant extract that can help attract water to the upper layer of the skin | |
2.9% - 4.3% | |
Used to create a nice product texture and help delivery of other ingredients. Might be somewhat helpful in attracting water to the upper layer of the skin | |
2.3% - 3.5% | |
One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Naturally present in skin. It attracts water to the upper layer of the skin working as a humectant | |
1.8% - 2.6% | |
Helps oil and water mix together | |
1.6% - 2.4% | |
Plain old water | |
1.4% - 2% | |
An aromatic blend of unspecified and possibly irritating ingredients | |
1.3% - 1.9% | |
Helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and can help improve skin barrier function | |
1.1% - 1.6% | |
Helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and improves the product texture | |
0.9% - 1.35% | |
Used as a fragrance | |
0.8% - 1.2% | |
A preservative | |
0.6% - 1.35% | |
Might help improve cell turnover and reduce inflammation in skin. One study shows that the ingredients might be able to help reduce dynamic wrinkles (for example, in the corners of the eyes or on the forehead) | |
0.55% - 1.25% | |
A preservative | |
0.6% - 1.35% | |
Helps preserve products and creates a nice product texture | |
0.85% - 1.25% | |
A typically plant-derived compound that is supposed mimic human collagen. Cannot penetrate the skin barrier so is not particularly useful in skincare products beyond attracting water to the upper layer of the skin | |
0.55% - 1.3% | |
0.45% - 1.1% | |
0.45% - 1% | |
0.4% - 1% | |
0.45% - 1.05% | |
A plant extract that might have some anti-inflammatory properties, but solid evidence is lacking. It can be irritating | |
0.4% - 0.9% | |
A preservative. It helps prevent bacterial growth in cosmetic products | |
0.3% - 0.7% | |
Used to create a thicker product consistency | |
0.2% - 0.8% | |
0.35% - 0.85% | |
0.2% - 0.75% | |
0.2% - 0.75% | |
Plant extract that might help neutralize free radicals and support skin barrier function, but research on its effectiveness in skin is lacking | |
0.3% - 0.75% | |
A plant extract that has been shown to be able to reduce inflammation in skin, support restoration of skin barrier function, as well as support collagen production. Contains active compounds called centelloids: asiaticoside, madecasosside, asiatic acid and madecassic acid. Might be helpful in preventing stretch marks. It can be itself be irritating though. | |
0.15% - 0.7% | |
0.2% - 0.75% | |
A plant extract that can help lighten the skin and calm down inflammation. Might be helpful in neutralizing free radicals | |
0.15% - 0.65% | |
0.15% - 0.6% | |
0.15% - 0.55% | |
Might be helpful in neutralizing free radicals in skin | |
0.1% - 0.4% | |
0.1% - 0.45% | |
0.1% - 0.3% | |
A preservative | |
0.15% - 0.6% | |
Used mostly for creating emulsions - helping oil and water mix together. Helps soften the upper layer of the skin | |
0.05% - 0.3% | |
One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Attracts water into the upper layer of the skin | |
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Sources
- The Effect of the Extracts of Taraxacum platycarpum (AF-343) in Atopic Dermatitis
- Glycerol and the skin: holistic approach to its origin and functions
- Skin moisturizing effects of panthenol-based formulations
- Safety Assessment of Panthenol, Pantothenic Acid, and Derivatives as Used in Cosmetics
- Evaluation of anti-wrinkle efficacy of adenosine-containing products using the FOITS technique
- The influence of alkane chain length on the skin irritation potential of 1,2-alkanediols
- Ginseng in Dermatology: A Review
- Antiaging effects of the mixture of Panax ginseng and Crataegus pinnatifida in human dermal fibroblasts and healthy human skin
- Effects of steroidal saponins extract from Ophiopogon japonicus root ameliorates doxorubicin-induced chronic heart failure by inhibiting oxidative stress and inflammatory response
- Cosmetic use of an ophiopogon japonicus active principle
- Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Titrated Extract of Centella asiatica in Phthalic Anhydride-Induced Allergic Dermatitis Animal Model
- Centella asiatica in cosmetology
- Triterpene Composition and Bioactivities of Centella asiatica
- Asiaticoside induction for cell-cycle progression, proliferation and collagen synthesis in human dermal fibroblasts
- Assessment report on Centella asiatica (L.) Urban, herba
- Centella asiatica in Dermatology: An Overview
- The Effects of a Standardized Extract of Centella asiatica on Postlaser Resurfacing Wound Healing on the Face: A Split-Face, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial
- Effect of green Coffea arabica L. seed oil on extracellular matrix components and water-channel expression in in vitro and ex vivo human skin models
- Hyaluronic acid: A key molecule in skin aging