Rice, grape and pearl names on Korean cosmetics: three things to separate
Distinguish a product name, an ingredient list and a substantiated claim.
Korean beauty discovery often begins with a memorable name. secret Key uses Rice Ferment, SO BASE uses Shine Muscat, and OYDK uses Pearl in products listed by THE CAST. Each is a useful search phrase, not a complete formula.
Three separate questions
First ask what the product name says. Next inspect the full ingredients and any indicated concentration or origin. Finally distinguish a brand’s description from evidence for a specific performance claim.
Use the answer to choose
A rice-named serum, a sun stick and a pearl-named cream do different jobs. Compare them by intended use and the directions rather than treating the names as evidence of equivalent benefits.
