I'm in the U.S. In the past, I've usually used Olive Young. Recently, I've been a bit of a "glow chaser" and I decided to do some research on the glowiest imported Korean SPFs and order one of each to try them out. The d'Alba UV Essence Waterfull+ Sunscreen was frequently cited on lists of the glowiest Korean SPFs.

    My list included suncreens from d'Alba, Skin1004, Numbuzin and Insintree. I, perhaps naievely, assumed that any sunscreen sold on YesStyle, Olive Young, SyleVana etc. was automatically going to the be the Korean version so, admittedly, I wasn't spending a bunch of time scruitinizing each product page listing once I had my shortlist of products I wanted to trial. YesStyle was the only site that carried all of the particular ones I wanted to trial, so I went with them.

    The Skin1004, Numbuzin and Insintree they sent are all the Korean SPF 50+ PA++++ versions. But, these two d'Alba ones are only Broad Spectru SPF 50+.

    But here's where things get extra confusing. If you look at the product page for the main UV Essence Waterfull+, yes, admittedly, the product imagery shows the packaging with this on the label….

    The product description doesn't mention the SPF. But if you scroll down to customer reviews of the product, you'll see some of them having photos included in their reviews showing packaging with "SPF 50+ PA++++".

    And if you look at the product page for the Pink Correcting Tone-Up version of the UV Essence Waterfull+, you'll see, yes, the photos of the product show packaging with the "BROAD SPECTRUM SPF 50+" labeling. But, this time, the Editor's Notes (aka product description) says:

    Now, that in particular feels like a bait and switch!

    Am I misreading something (it's quite possible… I'm not cosmetic chemist), or are they selling variations intended to be sold domestically in the U.S. with the U.S. FDA cleared filters? This is so disappointing. I mean… why would someone in the U.S. want to pay to get a U.S. formulation shipped all the way from Korea?

    Images and screenshots attached for reference.

    by HorseTearz

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