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How 1,2-Hexanediol works 1,2-헥산다이올 How 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid works 에칠아스코빌에텔 How Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 (Argireline) works 아세틸헥사펩타이드-8 How Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5 works 아세틸테트라펩타이드-5 How Activated Charcoal works 활성탄 How Adenosine works 아데노신 How AHA (Glycolic/Lactic) works AHA How Alcohol Denat. works 변성알코올 How Allantoin works 알란토인 How Aloe Vera works 알로에베라 How Alpha-Arbutin works 알부틴 How Amino Acids (NMF) works 아미노산 How Argan Oil works 아르간 오일 How Ascorbyl Glucoside works 아스코빌글루코사이드 How Astaxanthin works 아스타잔틴 How Azelaic Acid works 아젤라산 How Bakuchiol works 바쿠치올 How Bamboo Sap works 대나무 수액 How Bee Venom works 봉독 How Beta-Glucan works 베타글루칸 How BHA (Salicylic) works BHA How Bifida Ferment Lysate works 비피다 발효용해물 How Birch Sap works 자작나무 수액 How Black Ginseng works 흑삼 How Butylene Glycol works 부틸렌글라이콜 How Caffeine works 카페인 How Camellia (Dongbaek) Oil works 동백 오일 How Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride works 카프릴릭/카프릭트라이글리세라이드 How Caprylyl Glycol works 카프릴릴글라이콜 How Carbomer works 카보머 How Centella (Cica) works 센텔라/시카 How Ceramides works 세라마이드 How Cetearyl Alcohol works 세테아릴알코올 How Cetyl Ethylhexanoate works 세틸에틸헥사노에이트 How Cholesterol works 콜레스테롤 How Coenzyme Q10 (Ubiquinone) works 코엔자임Q10 How Collagen (topical) works 콜라겐 How Copper Peptide (GHK-Cu) works 구리펩타이드 How Cyclopentasiloxane works 사이클로펜타실록산 How Danggwi (Angelica gigas) works 당귀 How Deep Sea Water works 해양심층수 How Dimethicone works 다이메티콘 How Disodium EDTA works 디소듐 EDTA How Ectoin works 엑토인 How EGF-type Oligopeptide works 이지에프(올리고펩타이드)How Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate (Octinoxate) works 에틸헥실메톡시신나메이트 How Ethylhexyl Salicylate (Octisalate) works 에틸헥실살리실레이트 How Ethylhexylglycerin works 에틸헥실글리세린 How Exosome-type Ingredients works 엑소좀 How Fermented Soybean works 대두 발효 추출물 How Ferulic Acid works 페룰릭애씨드 How Galactomyces Ferment works 갈락토미세스 How Ginseng works 인삼 How Glutathione works 글루타치온 How Glycerin works 글리세린 How Glyceryl Stearate works 글리세릴스테아레이트 How Gosam (Sophora flavescens) works 고삼 How Green Tea works 녹차 How Heartleaf (Houttuynia) works 어성초 How Homosalate works 호모살레이트 How Hyaluronic Acid works 히알루론산 How Hydrogenated Lecithin works 하이드로제네이티드레시틴 How Jakyak (White Peony Root) works 작약 How Jeju Volcanic Ash (Songi) works 화산송이 How Jihwang (Rehmannia Root) works 지황 How Jojoba Oil works 호호바 오일 How Kaolin Clay works 카올린 How Kelp / Laminaria Extract works 다시마 How Kojic Acid works 코직애씨드 How Kombucha Ferment works 콤부차 How Lactic Acid works 락틱애씨드 How Lactobacillus Ferment works 락토바실러스 발효물 How Lactococcus Ferment Lysate works 락토코커스발효용해물 How Licorice Root (Glycyrrhiza) works 감초 추출물 How Linoleic Acid works 리놀레익애씨드 How Madecassoside works 마데카소사이드 How Mandelic Acid works 만델릭애씨드 How Mayu (Horse Oil) works 마유 How Meadowfoam Seed Oil works 메도우폼씨오일 How Mineral Oil (Paraffinum Liquidum) works 미네랄오일 How Mugwort (Artemisia) works 쑥 How Mung Bean works 녹두 How Niacinamide (B3) works 나이아신아마이드 How Nuruk (Aspergillus) Ferment works 누룩발효물 How Octocrylene works 옥토크릴렌 How Omija (Schisandra) works 오미자 How Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4 (Matrixyl) works 팔미토일펜타펩타이드-4 How Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 works 팔미토일트라이펩타이드-1 How Panthenol (Pro-B5) works 판테놀 How PDRN (Salmon DNA) works 연어 DNA How Pearl Extract works 진주 추출물 How Peptides works 펩타이드 How Perilla (Soyeop) Leaf works 자소엽 How PHA (Gluconolactone) works PHA How Phenoxyethanol works 페녹시에탄올 How Polyglutamic Acid (PGA) works 폴리글루탐산 How Polymethylsilsesquioxane works 폴리메틸실세스퀴옥산 How Polysilicone-15 works 폴리실리콘-15 How Pomegranate works 석류 How Propanediol works 프로판다이올 How Propolis works 프로폴리스 How Resveratrol works 레스베라트롤 How Retinaldehyde (Retinal) works 레티날 How Retinol works 레티놀 How Rice Extract works 쌀 How Rosehip Oil works 로즈힙 오일 How Royal Jelly works 로열젤리 How Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate works 사카로미세스 발효여과물 How Shea Butter works 시어버터 How Silica works 실리카 How Snail Mucin works 달팽이 점액 How Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate works 소듐코코일글루타메이트 How Sodium PCA works 소듐 PCA How Squalane works 스쿠알란 How Succinic Acid works 숙신산 How Sulfur works 유황 How Sunflower Seed Oil works 해바라기씨오일 How Tea Tree works 티트리 How Tranexamic Acid works 트라넥삼산 How Trehalose works 트레할로스 How Urea works 우레아 How Vitamin C works 비타민C How Vitamin E (Tocopherol) works 비타민E(토코페롤)How Willow Bark Extract works 버드나무껍질 How Witch Hazel (Hamamelis) works 위치하젤 How Xanthan Gum works 잔탄검 How Yuja (Citrus Junos) works 유자 How Yulmu (Job's Tears / Coix) works 율무 How Zinc PCA works 징크피씨에이

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