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innisfree Black Tea Youth Enhancing Treatment Essence
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Black Tea Youth Enhancing Treatment Essence

Essence · 75 mL

17%$19.49$23.39

Size: 75 mL

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Key ingredients

Found in the full ingredient list below. Check how it layers with your routine

Made for

DryOilyCombinationSensitiveNormal
Fungal acne safe

No known Malassezia triggers in the ingredient list. How we check

Full ingredients (29)
  1. Water / Aqua / Eau
  2. Propanediol
  3. Glycerin
  4. Niacinamide
  5. 1,2-Hexanediol
  6. Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract (Black Tea)
  7. Ethylhexylglycerin
  8. Adenosine
  9. Dextrin
  10. Ectoin
  11. Hyaluronic Acid
  12. 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid
  13. Glutathione
  14. Mannitol
  15. Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Extract
  16. Butylene Glycol
  17. Centella Asiatica Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract
  18. Glycine Max (Soybean) Polypeptide
  19. Arginine/Lysine Polypeptide
  20. Copper Tripeptide-1
  21. Disodium EDTA
  22. Acetyl Tetrapeptide-11
  23. Caprylyl Glycol
  24. Acetyl Heptapeptide-4
  25. Sorbic Acid
  26. Hexapeptide-9
  27. Acetyl Hexapeptide-8
  28. Sodium Hydroxide
  29. Acetyl Octapeptide-3

Listed from highest to lowest concentration. Formulas change, so check the packaging if you avoid an ingredient.

Product details

An amber glass bottle of Black Tea Youth Enhancing Treatment Essence on a warm grey stone table between piles of dried black tea leaves

Antioxidant essence

A watery black tea essence with eight peptides, for dull, rough skin that glows evenly from every angle.

innisfree’s Black Tea Youth Enhancing Treatment Essence is a lightweight anti-aging water essence. Beauty black tea, made from the first harvest of innisfree’s beauty green tea through a careful fermentation process, joins eight types of peptides, niacinamide and a vitamin C derivative to care for skin turnover, so rough, dull skin looks smoother, clearer and more radiant without any sticky, heavy feel.

Types of peptides alongside black tea
8
Types of peptides alongside black tea
Black tea extract’s place on the list
#6
Black tea extract’s place on the list
Bottle, or a larger 145 mL
75 mL
Bottle, or a larger 145 mL
A clear amber pool of watery essence with bubbles and droplets, surrounded by dried black tea leaves

What’s inside

The ingredients doing the work

  • Beauty black tea

    Fermented from the first harvest of innisfree’s beauty green tea. innisfree picks it for its high theabrownin content, for antioxidant and dead skin cell turnover care.

    No. 6 of 29 on the list

  • Peptide complex

    Part of the eight peptides that make up innisfree’s Black Tea Peptide Activator, there to help skin look firmer and more elastic.

    No. 18, 20, 26, 27, 29 of 29 on the list

  • Niacinamide + vitamin C

    Brightening care high on the list, with a stable vitamin C derivative and glutathione, for a clearer, more even-looking glow.

    No. 4, 12, 13 of 29 on the list

  • Adenosine

    A well-known anti-wrinkle ingredient that helps smooth the look of fine lines.

    No. 8 of 29 on the list

  • Hyaluronic acid + ectoin

    Humectants that fill skin with moisture in a smooth, watery formula that sinks in quickly.

    No. 3, 10, 11 of 29 on the list

Supporting botanicals

  • Centella
A bottle of Black Tea Youth Enhancing Treatment Essence beside a small pool of amber essence and a few black tea leaves

How to use

Right after toner

  1. 1

    Prep

    Cleanse, then apply toner.

  2. 2

    Dispense

    Pour a small amount of the watery essence into your palm.

  3. 3

    Pat in

    Press it gently over the face until absorbed. Layer a second time for extra glow.

  4. 4

    Seal

    Follow with serum or ampoule and moisturizer.

A dried black tea leaf resting in a glossy pool of amber essence on warm grey stone

Clear, glowing skin from every angle

A refreshing first step for anyone who has skipped anti-aging care because it felt too sticky or heavy.

Good to know

  • No added fragrance, per innisfree; the light scent is the black tea itself.
  • Suitable for dry, oily, combination, normal and sensitive skin.
  • The bottle is made from recycled glass, and the box uses soybean oil ink and FSC-certified paper, per innisfree.
  • Comes in 75 mL and 145 mL.