Where does this hair treatment go in my routine?

After shampooing, on hair towelled to damp rather than dripping. Anything thinner than a hair treatment goes on before it, and anything richer goes on after. If you are adding it to a routine you already like, give it a week on its own first, so what you see is the Menthol and not three changes at once.

Does this hair treatment contain fragrance?

Yes. The ingredient list names Fragrance, Limonene, Linalool and Parfum. They sit on the panel printed on this page, so you can read the position for yourself before you buy. If fragrance components are something you avoid, this hair treatment is not the one.

What else is on the list besides Menthol?

Tocopherol, Chamaecyparis Obtusa Water and Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract. The order they are printed in on this hair treatment's panel is the order on the box, so you can see where Menthol sits relative to them. Further down the same panel: Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Acorus Calamus Root Extract and Chamaecyparis Obtusa Leaf Extract.

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My Hair Recipe Strength Treatment 200ml

Name: innisfree My Hair Recipe Strength Treatment 200ml
Brand: innisfree
SKU: 8901146599
Price: 20.0 USD
Availability: InStock

innisfree My Hair Recipe Strength Treatment is a 200ml hair treatment whose ingredient list carries Menthol alongside Tocopherol and Chamaecyparis Obtusa Water.

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200 ml

$10.00 per 100 ml

Korean-market formula
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Suited to: All hair types

Helps with: A deeper conditioning step beyond daily shampoo and conditioner

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How it works

The My Hair Recipe Strength Treatment is a 200ml hair treatment, used after shampooing, on hair towelled to damp rather than dripping. The active it is built around is Menthol, named twelfth on its own ingredient list. The same list carries Tocopherol, Chamaecyparis Obtusa Water and Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, so the active is not the only thing on it worth naming. How much of the Menthol stays on the skin, and for how long, is decided by the hair treatment format rather than by the list alone. innisfree sells this Menthol hair treatment in Korea, and this is that version.

Key benefits

Menthol, the active this hair treatment is built around
Tocopherol on the same list, an antioxidant
Chamaecyparis Obtusa Water, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract and Panax Ginseng Root Extract on the same list, plant extracts
Acorus Calamus Root Extract and Chamaecyparis Obtusa Leaf Extract further down the same list
Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil and Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil further down the same list
Menthol named twelfth on the manufacturer list printed on this page

Key actives

12Mentholactive

Menthol is the cooling compound in mint. It acts on the nerve receptor that also answers to cold, which is why skin feels cool without any change in temperature. On this hair treatment's own ingredient list it is named twelfth.

All products with Menthol

18Chamaecyparis Obtusa Waterplant extract

Hinoki cypress water, the distillate of the Japanese cypress. It is used as a base water and carries a soft woody scent. The panel names it eighteenth on this hair treatment's list, beside Menthol.

All products with Chamaecyparis Obtusa Water

24Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extractplant extract

Camellia Sinensis is the tea plant. Green tea leaf extract carries catechins, among the most studied plant antioxidants, and is used for the look of redness and oily shine. The panel names it twenty-fourth on this hair treatment's list, beside Menthol.

All products with Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract

26Panax Ginseng Root Extractplant extract

Ginseng Root Extract is the signature ingredient of Korean traditional skincare, carrying ginsenosides. It is used for the look of tired, dull skin, and brands often ferment it to break the ginsenosides into smaller forms. It is named twenty-sixth on this hair treatment's list, alongside Menthol.

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30Tocopherolantioxidant

Tocopherol is vitamin E. It is an oil-soluble antioxidant that protects the oils in a formula from going rancid and works on skin as an emollient, and it is regularly paired with vitamin C because each keeps the other going for longer. The panel names it thirtieth on this hair treatment's list, beside Menthol.

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Water/Aqua/Eau solvent: Water is the base almost every serum, toner and cream is built on. It dissolves the water-loving ingredients and sets how light the finished texture feels. On an INCI list it is usually first, which only means it is the largest single ingredient by weight.
Glycerin humectant: Glycerin is the most used humectant in skincare. It draws water into the outer layer of skin and holds it there, and it is one of the very few ingredients whose hydrating effect is settled science rather than marketing. Higher amounts feel tacky, which is why it is usually blended.
Dipropylene Glycol humectant: Dipropylene Glycol is a glycol used as a solvent and a light humectant. Its main job is keeping the rest of the formula dissolved and the texture fluid rather than adding hydration of its own.
Cetyl Alcohol fatty alcohol: Cetyl Alcohol is a waxy fatty alcohol from coconut or palm, unrelated to drying ethanol. It thickens creams, stabilises the emulsion and leaves skin feeling softer.
Stearyl Alcohol fatty alcohol: Stearyl Alcohol is a solid fatty alcohol used to thicken and stabilise creams. Like the other fatty alcohols it is an emollient, not a solvent.
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is the light fraction of coconut oil, with the heavy parts removed. It is the workhorse emollient of modern formulas: it softens skin, dissolves oil-soluble actives and absorbs without the greasy weight of a whole plant oil.
Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine surfactant: A conditioning agent that takes on a positive charge in an acidic formula, so it clings to hair. It is used in place of a quaternary conditioner in silicone-free products.
Glutamic Acid amino acid: Glutamic Acid is an amino acid used as a humectant and a mild pH adjuster. It is one of the components of skin's natural moisturising factor.
PPG-3 Caprylyl Ether solvent: PPG-3 Caprylyl Ether is a light solvent and emollient. It thins a formula, dissolves oil-loving ingredients, and leaves a dry, silky feel.
Fragrance/Parfum fragrance: Fragrance, or Parfum, is a single declaration standing for a whole scent blend, which can be dozens of materials. Regulators allow it as a trade secret, so a list showing only this word does not say what the scent is made of. It is the most common trigger named by people with reactive skin.
Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil emollient: Grape Seed Oil is a light, linoleic-acid-rich oil with a fast, dry absorption. It is one of the plant oils used where an oil is wanted without a heavy finish.
Menthol active: Menthol is the cooling compound in mint. It acts on the nerve receptor that also answers to cold, which is why skin feels cool without any change in temperature.

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Caprylyl Glycol preservative booster: Caprylyl Glycol is a glycol that conditions skin and, more importantly, strengthens a preservative system so less of the traditional preservative is needed. It appears in most modern formulas built without parabens.
Linalool fragrance component: Linalool is a floral aromatic found in lavender, bergamot and coriander. It is one of the 26 fragrance components EU labelling requires to be declared by name.
Disodium EDTA chelator: EDTA is a chelator: it locks up trace metal ions from water and packaging that would otherwise turn a formula cloudy, off-colour or rancid. It does nothing to skin and appears at a fraction of a percent.
Ethylhexylglycerin preservative booster: Ethylhexylglycerin softens skin and boosts a preservative system, which is why it is nearly always sitting beside phenoxyethanol or 1,2-hexanediol. It also cuts down the odour bacteria produce, so it turns up in deodorising products.
Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil fragrance component: Tea Tree Leaf Oil is an essential oil from an Australian shrub, carrying terpinen-4-ol. Korean formulas use it in products aimed at blemish-prone skin; it is potent, aromatic, and one of the essential oils most likely to bother reactive skin.
Chamaecyparis Obtusa Water plant extract: Hinoki cypress water, the distillate of the Japanese cypress. It is used as a base water and carries a soft woody scent.
Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil emollient: Macadamia Seed Oil is unusually high in palmitoleic acid, a fatty acid that human sebum also contains, which is why it absorbs faster than most nut oils. It is a cushioning emollient for dry skin.
Butylene Glycol humectant: Butylene Glycol is a small glycol that does two jobs at once: it holds water in the top layer of skin and it dissolves plant extracts and actives that plain water cannot. It also thins a formula, which is why watery Korean essences lean on it.
Limonene fragrance component: Limonene is the citrus-peel aromatic. It appears here because EU labelling requires 26 fragrance components to be named individually rather than hidden inside "fragrance", and it is one of them.
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil emollient: Sunflower Seed Oil is high in linoleic acid, the fatty acid dry and blemish-prone skin is often short of. It is a light, non-fragrant emollient and one of the better tolerated plant oils.
Alcohol solvent: Alcohol here means ethanol. It dissolves ingredients water cannot, evaporates fast so a formula sets quickly and does not feel heavy, and thins texture. In quantity it can leave dry or reactive skin feeling tight, which is why many Korean formulas avoid it and some deliberately use it for a fast, weightless finish.
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract plant extract: Camellia Sinensis is the tea plant. Green tea leaf extract carries catechins, among the most studied plant antioxidants, and is used for the look of redness and oily shine.
Panax Ginseng Root Extract plant extract: Ginseng Root Extract is the signature ingredient of Korean traditional skincare, carrying ginsenosides. It is used for the look of tired, dull skin, and brands often ferment it to break the ginsenosides into smaller forms.
1,2-Hexanediol humectant: 1,2-Hexanediol is a glycol used for two reasons: it holds water like glycerin, and it makes a formula harder for microbes to live in, so less traditional preservative is needed. Korean formulas use it heavily for that second reason.
Propanediol humectant: Propanediol is a plant-derived glycol used in place of propylene glycol. It hydrates, carries actives into solution, and gives a lighter, less sticky slip than glycerin at the same strength.
Bacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract ferment: This is soybean fermented by Bacillus, the process behind Korean cheonggukjang. Fermentation cuts the soy proteins into smaller pieces and produces polyglutamic acid, a strong humectant.
Tocopherol antioxidant: Tocopherol is vitamin E. It is an oil-soluble antioxidant that protects the oils in a formula from going rancid and works on skin as an emollient, and it is regularly paired with vitamin C because each keeps the other going for longer.
Acorus Calamus Root Extract plant extract: Sweet flag root extract, an aromatic wetland rhizome long used in Korean herbal practice. It is a conditioning plant extract.
Chamaecyparis Obtusa Leaf Extract plant extract: Chamaecyparis Obtusa is hinoki cypress. Its leaf extract carries aromatic plant compounds and is used in Korean formulas aimed at oily, congested skin.
Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin solvent: Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin is a ring-shaped sugar that traps an active molecule inside itself, keeping it stable and releasing it slowly. It is a delivery shell rather than an active.

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

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Fragrance on the list

12Menthol18Chamaecyparis Obtusa24Camellia Sinensis26Panax Ginseng30Tocopherol

12Menthol
18Chamaecyparis Obtusa
24Camellia Sinensis
26Panax Ginseng
30Tocopherol

Where each key active sits on the declared ingredient list, by entry number. Position is proportion: the further forward, the larger its share.

How to use

Apply to clean, towel-dried or dry hair as directed on the pack, leave for the stated time, then rinse or leave in depending on the format.

Worth knowing

Check the pack for rinse-out versus leave-in use before applying.

Complete the routine

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The Original Korean Formula hair treatment from innisfree, 200ml formulated with Menthol and Tocopherol, shipped from California or direct from Korea.

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What professionals say

What skin-care professionals say about the key actives in this formula, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.

People with dry, flaky skin are more likely to see a benefit from using vitamin E because it enhances moisturization.
Amy Kassouf, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic
Rich in antioxidants, topical ginseng can help to reduce the appearance of various signs of premature aging and repair and protect the skin.
Yunyoung Claire Chang, MDDermatologist, Yahoo Lifestyle