Secret Key Milk Brightening Toner
- Moisturizing
- Evens skin tone
- Anti-oxidation
- Pitera
- Tea extract
- glycerin
Price comparison
Can the product deliver on its promises?
WIMJ summary for evens skin tone
Effective ingredients missing or their concentration is too low
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
|---|---|---|---|
MEDIUM
|  |  |
Promise
What does the product description say?WIMJ summary for moisturizing
This product contains good ingredients to attract water to the upper layer of the skin. These ingredients are called "humectants": glycerin.
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. If the air is dry, humectants can speed up the moisture loss from the skin. This is why it is a good idea to use another product on top of this one to help "seal in" the moisture (look for ingredients like dimethicone, squalane, oils and butters).
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
|---|---|---|---|
HIGH |  | | |
LOW
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HIGH | | |
WIMJ summary for anti-oxidation
This product contains antioxidants (camellia sinensis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
MEDIUM
| | | |
LOW
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LOW
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How honest is this product?
| Promise | Can it deliver? |
|---|---|
| Moisturizing | |
| Evens skin tone | |
| Anti-oxidation |
Potential irritants
| Ingredient | Irritancy | Skin Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| 1,2-hexanediol | | |
| rubus idaeus extract | | |
| zanthoxylum piperitum fruit extract | | |
Ingredients by volume
| Ingredient | Estimated concentration |
|---|---|
| | 23% - 34% |
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One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Naturally present in skin. It attracts water to the upper layer of the skin working as a humectant
| 4.1% - 6.2% |
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A preservative
| 1.9% - 2.9% |
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Skincare resources
Scientific Sources
- Glycerol and the skin: holistic approach to its origin and functions
- The influence of alkane chain length on the skin irritation potential of 1,2-alkanediols
- Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Anthocyanins Extracted from Oryza sativa L. in Primary Dermal Fibroblasts
- Rice antioxidants: phenolic acids, flavonoids, anthocyanins, proanthocyanidins, tocopherols, tocotrienols, c-oryzanol, and phytic acid
- Effects of galactomyces ferment filtrate on epidermal barrier marker caspase-14 in human skin cells.
- Galactomyces fermentation filtrate prevents T helper 2-mediated reduction of filaggrin in an aryl hydrocarbon receptor-dependent manner
- The Effects of Essence-Formed Cosmetic Ingredients Containing the Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate on Skin Improvements in Keratinization, Pores, Sebum Excretion, Brightness and Acne
- Antioxidants cinnamaldehyde and Galactomyces fermentation filtrate downregulate senescence marker CDKN2A/p16INK4A via NRF2 activation in keratinocytes
- Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate Suppresses Reactive Oxygen Species Generation and Promotes Cellular Redox Balance in Human Melanocytes via Nrf2-ARE Pathway