When do I apply NO SEBUM AC POWDER?

As the very last step, after sunscreen and any makeup, focused on the areas that tend to shine rather than swept evenly everywhere. That holds true whichever size or variant of this product you buy, so the same placement in a routine and the same answer apply across the line.

Press it on with a puff or a brush rather than rubbing it in, which keeps it sitting on the surface where it can absorb shine. That holds true whichever size or variant of this product you buy, so the same placement in a routine and the same answer apply across the line.

Can I reapply during the day?

Yes, a light touch-up with a puff or brush over the shiny areas is the usual way to refresh it without disturbing the makeup underneath. That holds true whichever size or variant of this product you buy, so the same placement in a routine and the same answer apply across the line.

Does it work on bare skin?

Yes, it can go over just sunscreen without any other makeup, as a way to cut shine on its own. That holds true whichever size or variant of this product you buy, so the same placement in a routine and the same answer apply across the line.

A light, focused application on oily areas reads more natural than a heavy layer swept across the whole face. That holds true whichever size or variant of this product you buy, so the same placement in a routine and the same answer apply across the line.

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NO SEBUM AC POWDER 5g

Name: innisfree NO SEBUM AC POWDER 5g
Brand: innisfree
SKU: 8046456409
Price: 12.5 USD
Availability: InStock

innisfree's NO SEBUM AC POWDER lists Salicylic Acid and Calamine alongside Sodium Hyaluronate, dusted over oil-prone areas after moisturizer to blur surface shine through the day.

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$12.50

5 g

$25.00 per 10 g

Korean-market formula
Ships from California or direct from Korea
Korean barcode and batch code intact

Suited to: oilycombinationnormal

Helps with: surface shine on oil-prone areassetting sunscreen or makeupquick midday touch-ups

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How it works

NO SEBUM AC POWDER is a setting powder, applied at the end of a skincare or makeup routine rather than at the start. Its job is to absorb surface shine and set whatever is underneath, whether that is bare skin, sunscreen or makeup. A small, focused amount on oil-prone areas does more than a heavy layer swept across the whole face. It sits on top of everything else, so nothing else is layered over it afterward. It can be reapplied through the day with a puff or brush wherever shine returns.

Key benefits

What it is: a 5g powder from innisfree, for the setting step.
On the ingredient list: Butylene Glycol, Salicylic Acid, Tocopherol, confirmed on this product's own manufacturer list rather than assumed from the category.
Fits into the routine: presses over the T-zone or full face to mattify.
Original Korean Formula: the version sold on Korean shelves, not a US reformulation.

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

No fragrance

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Silica absorbent: Silica is finely milled mineral, essentially very pure sand. It absorbs oil, stops powders clumping and soft-focuses the look of pores and fine lines.
Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer silicone: This is a silicone elastomer, a soft springy gel. It fills the look of fine texture and gives the velvety, blurred finish of a primer.
Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer silicone: A silicone elastomer powder. It changes how light falls on skin so texture looks softer, absorbs a little oil, and leaves a dry velvet finish.
Dimethicone silicone: Dimethicone is the most used cosmetic silicone. It forms a breathable film that smooths the surface, slows water leaving skin, and gives the slip that makes a primer or cream feel silky. It is inert and does not penetrate.
Butylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate emollient: An ester of butylene glycol with coconut-derived fatty acids. It spreads thin and dry rather than greasy, and it dissolves oil-soluble ingredients that will not go into water.
Purified Water 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.
Mica colorant: Mica is a mineral ground into fine flakes. It scatters light, so it lightens a shade and gives the soft glow of a tinted or illuminating product.
Denatured Alcohol solvent: Alcohol Denat. is ethanol with a bitter additive that makes it undrinkable, which is a tax rule rather than a formulation choice. It behaves like alcohol: a fast-evaporating solvent that gives a weightless finish and can feel drying at higher levels.
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.
Calamine absorbent: Calamine is a mineral blend of zinc oxide with a trace of iron oxide, which is where its pale pink colour comes from. In a formula it is an absorbent mineral powder.
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.
Lauroyl Lysine amino acid: Lauroyl Lysine is the amino acid lysine with a fatty tail attached, which turns it into a fine powder that clings to skin. It gives a silky, dry feel and helps disperse pigments.

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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.
Dehydroacetic Acid preservative: A preservative that works best in acidic formulas and is almost always paired with benzyl alcohol. It is one of the standard systems in products built without parabens.
Salicylic Acid exfoliant: Salicylic Acid is a BHA, and the only common exfoliant that is oil soluble, so it can work inside a pore rather than only on the surface. It loosens the dead cells that block pores and is used for the look of congested, oily skin.
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.
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.
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.
Sodium Hyaluronate humectant: Sodium Hyaluronate is the salt of hyaluronic acid, and it is what most products labelled hyaluronic actually contain. The salt dissolves more readily and the molecule is smaller, so it sits in the outer layer of skin rather than only on top of it.
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid humectant: Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid is hyaluronic acid cut into much shorter fragments. The smaller the fragment, the further into the outer layer it can settle, which is why serums stack several sizes together instead of using one.
Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer humectant: Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer is hyaluronic acid linked into a mesh. It holds water in a soft gel on the surface rather than sinking in, and it releases that water slowly through the day.
Hyaluronic Acid humectant: Hyaluronic Acid is a sugar chain the body already makes, and one gram of it can hold several litres of water. In a formula it is a humectant that pulls water to the surface of skin and holds it in a film, which is what makes skin look plumper while it is there.
Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate humectant: Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate is hyaluronic acid modified to be part oil-loving, so it clings to skin instead of rinsing away. Formulators call it the one that stays put.

How to use

Using a puff or brush, press a small amount onto areas that tend to shine, such as the nose, forehead and chin, as the last step of your routine. Reapply lightly through the day as needed rather than adding a full new layer each time.

Worth knowing

Use it as the last step, over sunscreen and makeup rather than under either.
A light, focused amount works better than a heavy layer swept across the whole face.

Complete the routine

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NO SEBUM AC POWDER 5g from innisfree: a powder in the Original Korean Formula, not the US-shelf version.

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Korean-market stock with the original barcode and batch code intact, exactly as it left Korea.

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The Korean-market barcode, unaltered from the retail package.
The manufacturer’s batch code, exactly as the maker printed it.

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What skin-care professionals say about skin care, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.

Your skin barrier is basically your outer layer of the skin.
Melissa Piliang, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic
Pretty much every step of a Korean skin care routine is going to have some component of hydration.
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