Round Lab
Round Lab Birch Moisturizing Pad 80pc
Eighty pads, and a list short enough to read on the bus.
Twenty-four ingredients, most of them there to hold water — birch juice fourth.
Soft pad, watery essence.
What this pad does
An 80-count pad soaked in a birch-sap essence — Betula Platyphylla Japonica Juice sits fourth on the list — built around a stack of humectants with Panthenol and Allantoin, formulated to put water back into the surface and settle the look of a day that went badly.
A short list, on purpose
There are twenty-four ingredients here and no fragrance, no essential oil, no acid. What is left is birch sap, five materials that hold water, two that work on the look of irritation, and the minimum needed to keep the pad wet and stable. Short lists are easier to tolerate, which is the whole argument for a pad you might use twice a day.
Key ingredients
Ingredient · What it is, and what it is used for
- Betula Platyphylla Japonica Juice
- Sap of Japanese white birch.
- Glycerin
- Polyol. A material skin already contains, so it reads as its own; used to pull in water and hold it.
- Xylitylglucoside
- Sugar derivative. Pulls water into the surface and holds it there.
- Anhydroxylitol
- Xylitol derivative. Pulls water into the surface and holds it there.
- Xylitol
- Sugar alcohol. Pulls water into the surface and holds it there.
- Sodium Hyaluronate
- Sodium salt of hyaluronic acid. A material skin already contains, so it reads as its own; used to pull in water and hold it.
- Hyaluronic Acid
- Glycosaminoglycan. A material skin already contains, so it reads as its own; used to pull in water and hold it.
- Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
- Hyaluronic acid of reduced molecular weight. Used to pull in water and hold it.
- Glyceryl Glucoside
- Glucoside of glycerin. Pulls water into the surface and holds it there.
- Panthenol
- Provitamin B5. Used to calm irritation, and pulls water into the surface and holds it there.
- Allantoin
- Heterocyclic diureide. Used to calm irritation.
- Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
- Licorice root derivative. Used to calm the look of redness.
- Ascorbic Acid
- Pure vitamin C. The most studied form and the least stable one — which is why the rest of a list like this is built to protect it.
How the formula works together
The humectant stack is the formula. Glycerin, the xylitol trio, three hyaluronates and Glyceryl Glucoside all do the same job at different rates and different depths of the surface. Birch sap sits among them as the water-based carrier the line is named for.
Panthenol and Allantoin are the second job. They work on how irritation looks rather than on how much water is present, which is the pairing you want when skin is both dry and reactive — the two usually arrive together.
Who it is for
Labelled for all skin types, and positioned for tired or irritated skin. No acids, no fragrance on the list.
How to use it
- After cleansing, sweep a pad over the face along the lines of the skin.
- Leave a pad on a dry or irritated patch for five to ten minutes when more is wanted.
- Follow with the rest of the routine without rinsing.
Details
- Size
- 80 pads
- Made in
- Korea
- Skin type
- All skin types
- Ingredients
- 24, published in full below
Full ingredient list
Water, Dipropylene Glycol, Glycerin, Betula Platyphylla Japonica Juice, Xylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol, Xylitol, Glucose, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Panthenol, Glyceryl Glucoside, Glyceryl Caprylate, Hyaluronic Acid, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Allantoin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Arginine, Hexylene Glycol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Disodium EDTA, Xanthan Gum, Carbomer
In label order, unedited.
Ships from Korea.
