Shared Key Features (Mineral UV Aqua Serum 50+ and Mineral UV Aqua Serum):
- Broad light protection: helps protect skin from four types of light—UV rays, long UVA, blue light, and near-infrared rays
- Designed to reduce burden on sensitive skin
- Cleansing not required; can be removed gently with warm water and soap to help protect skin’s moisture comfort
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Mineral UV Aqua Serum 50+ / SPF50+ PA++++
Created for sensitive skin that craves both comfort and high-level protection, this fresh, water-burst UV serum wraps skin in a moisture-holding veil. Despite its maximum-class UV defense, it feels like a hydrating mask—light, smooth, and easy to wear every day. The finish stays moisturized and clear-looking with minimal stickiness or white cast, leaving skin with a luminous, toned-up look that can also serve as a makeup base.
UV Protection and Finish:
- UV rating: SPF50+ PA++++ (highest labeled UV rating class in Japan)
- Powerful UV protection with a comfortable, “moisture-pack” feel
- Helps reduce the typical sunscreen sensations of tightness and stickiness
- Fresh gel-serum texture spreads smoothly, fits closely to skin, and forms a moisture-retaining film
- Sheer, bright-looking tone-up finish (makeup effect)
- Can be used as a makeup primer
Skincare-Serum Formula (77% serum ingredients):
- 77% serum-based composition (plant oils, moisturizing ingredients, skin-conditioning ingredients, water)
- Selected skincare ingredients for sensitive, dryness-prone skin, including:
- M.A. Amino moisturizing complex: serine, glutamic acid, arginine, lysine HCl, sodium polyaspartate, betaine, sodium PCA, zinc PCA, butylene glycol, glycerin
- 5 human skin–type ceramides (moisturizing): ceramide AG, ceramide AP, ceramide EOP, ceramide NG, ceramide NP
- Azelaic acid derivatives (skin-conditioning; supports the look of pores affected by dryness): potassium azeloyl diglycinate, azelamidopropyl dimethylamine
- Glycylglycine (moisturizing)
- Stearyl glycyrrhetinate (skin-conditioning; helps keep skin healthy)
Texture:
- Watery, bursting-fresh sensation on contact
- Quickly spreads, absorbs smoothly, and leaves a comfortable, moisturized feel
How to Use:
- Apply an even amount as the final step of morning skincare.
- Smooth evenly over face and any areas exposed to UV.
- Can be used alone or before makeup as a primer.
Removal:
- No cleansing required; removes gently with lukewarm water and soap.
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Mineral UV Aqua Serum / SPF35 PA+++
Designed for year-round daily protection and care, this tone-up UV serum helps protect sensitive skin from multiple types of light exposure while keeping it comfortably moisturized. It functions as a UV protector, a daytime skincare serum, and a makeup base in one, delivering a fresh, semi-gloss finish that stays bright and polished.
UV Protection and Multi-Light Care:
- UV rating: SPF35 PA+++
- Protects skin from UV, long UVA, blue light, and near-infrared rays
- Helps care for dryness caused by UV exposure (described as “light damage”)
- Helps care for dryness caused by external environmental stressors such as PM2.5, pollen, cigarette smoke, and exhaust fumes (described as pollution damage)
Texture and Makeup Finish:
- Lightweight, watery serum texture that spreads easily and feels comfortable on sensitive skin
- Minimizes the feeling of tightness and stickiness immediately after application
- Helps softly cover the look of pores and supports a refined skin appearance (makeup effect)
- Helps reduce makeup breakdown for a lasting, non-dulling semi-gloss look (makeup effect)
Double Hydration Approach (Water-soluble × Oil-soluble):
- Combines water-soluble and oil-soluble moisturizing ingredients to support skin hydration
- Includes water-soluble proteoglycan (moisturizing)
- Focuses on oils similar to those found in human sebum to help support moisture balance
- Additional moisturizing ingredients to support skin condition and hydrate the stratum corneum:
- Cornflower flower extract
- 5 human skin–type ceramides: ceramide AG, ceramide AP, ceramide EOP, ceramide NG, ceramide NP
- Tremella fuciformis polysaccharide
Selected Functional Ingredients (as described):
- Moisturizing ingredients for UV-related dryness care: xanthophyll, ethyl 2,4-dicarboethoxypantothenate
- Skin-beautifying correction ingredients (for appearance): cellulose, titanium dioxide, aluminum hydroxide, stearic acid
- Makeup-wear support ingredients: hydroxyapatite, synthetic fluorphlogopite
How to Use:
- Apply an even amount as the final step of morning skincare.
- Spread smoothly over face and any areas exposed to UV.
- Use alone or as a makeup base.
Removal:
- No cleansing required; removes gently with lukewarm water and soap.
Notes:
- “Transparency,” “semi-gloss finish,” “pore coverage,” “tone-up,” and “lasting” claims are due to makeup effects.
- “Light damage” refers to dryness caused by UV exposure.
- “Pollution damage” refers to dryness caused by external irritants such as PM2.5, pollen, cigarette smoke, and exhaust fumes.