A lightweight, fragrance-free peptide serum from COSRX, applied after cleansing, designed to hydrate, plump and smooth the skin.
Water, Dipropylene Glycol, Glycerin, Pentylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Niacinamide, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Copper Tripeptide-1, SH-Polypeptide-121, Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate, Oligopeptide-68, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-8, Allantoin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Acetyl Glucosamine, Serine, Alanine, Glycine, Threonine, Arginine, Proline, Betaine, Sodium PCA, Sodium Lactate, Pca, Glutamic Acid, Lysine Hcl, Tocopherol, Dextran, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Butylene Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Adenosine, Polyquaternium-51, Disodium EDTA, Citric Acid
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12 experts · Strong agreementWhat the gurus are saying
It's called a serum, but it's watery enough that many gurus use it like a toner, and that light feel wins fans. They praise the hydrated, plumped, smoother skin from its peptide blend, and say it pairs easily with a retinol. The mixed camp sees a nice extra rather than a must-have, and warns it won't deliver dramatic lifting or change deep wrinkles.
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The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.
“It's going to minimize fine lines and wrinkles.”
Mad About Skin, watch at 13:57
“Even skin tones, hydrating, firmness, and smooth pore and sebum care, improve skin texture.”
Darnell Cox | 50+ Healthy Aging Expert, watch at 41:13
“Even skin tones, hydrating, firmness, and smooth pore and sebum care, improve skin texture.”
Darnell Cox | 50+ Healthy Aging Expert, watch at 41:13
“Even skin tones, hydrating, firmness, and smooth pore and sebum care, improve skin texture.”
Darnell Cox | 50+ Healthy Aging Expert, watch at 41:13
“That is a gentle exfoliator, will also fade hyperpigmentation.”
Mad About Skin, watch at 13:57
“It has niacinamide, one of my favorite ingredients for redness, hyperpigmentation, and the moisture barrier.”
Dr Dray, watch at 3:41
“The six peptide skin booster from COSRX has tons of complimentary benefits: boosting, plumping, fine line, firmness, oil control, pores, reduce skin sensitivity, retexturize blemishes and brightening, and all of that is true.”
Doctorly, watch at 10:33
“Even skin tones, hydrating, firmness, and smooth pore and sebum care, improve skin texture.”
Darnell Cox | 50+ Healthy Aging Expert, watch at 41:13
“It has niacinamide, one of my favorite ingredients for redness, hyperpigmentation, and the moisture barrier.”
Dr Dray, watch at 3:41
“If you're using vitamin C or retinol, which can make your skin sting a little, you can put this on first and it works a lot better.”
CYoung, watch at 12:31
Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.
Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.
Niacinamide has evidence behind it for redness, uneven tone and supporting the skin barrier, and it is usually well tolerated even by skin that reacts to most things.
Source: DermNet
Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.
Source: DermNet
Peptides are short protein fragments meant to signal repair. The evidence for them is thinner than for retinoids or vitamin C, and it varies a lot by the specific peptide, so the category is more promising than proven.
A lightweight, fragrance-free peptide serum from COSRX, applied after cleansing, designed to hydrate, plump and smooth the skin.
Mostly yes. 11 of the 12 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 82%.
COSRX 6 Peptide Skin Booster Serum holds a Guru Score of 82%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 12 expert reviewers we have collected.
COSRX 6 Peptide Skin Booster Serum is generally suited to dry skin, normal skin and sensitive skin.
In their reviews, experts say COSRX 6 Peptide Skin Booster Serum is good for fine lines and wrinkles (5 experts), loss of firmness (4 experts), clogged or visible pores (2 experts), excess oil and shine (2 experts), dark spots and post-acne marks (2 experts) and redness (2 experts).
5 experts who reviewed COSRX 6 Peptide Skin Booster Serum say it is. Mad About Skin put it this way: “It's going to minimize fine lines and wrinkles.”
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