Innisfree Tone Up No Sebum Sunscreen Review: Two Promises, One Label
Five entries on the same ingredient database carry this product’s name. Three of them are the same older formula, and innisfree’s own Korean store has that one marked as no longer for sale.
The short version: this innisfree tone up no sebum sunscreen review reads the bottle the brand’s Korean store actually sells today, the Daily UV Tone Up No Sebum Sun Cream, and not the EX.[1][2][3] The current list runs 37 ingredients in Pink and Beige, 35 in Lavender, and the first 19 are identical in all three.[2][4] Titanium dioxide now appears fifth as a UV filter, which is the tone-up half of the name working in the open.[2][4] The no-sebum half is not an ingredient name on the list.[2]
Five listings, one name: which does this innisfree tone up no sebum sunscreen review read?
The one innisfree is still selling. That turns out not to be the EX.
| Entry title | Uploaded | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Tone Up No Sebum Sunscreen | 2019-09-22 | oldest entry, zinc oxide printed with a percentage |
| Tone Up No Sebum Sunscreen EX SPF50+/PA++++ | 2022-04-01 | 44, one of them typed in twice |
| Tone Up No Sebum Sunscreen EX SPF50+ PA++++ | 2022-05-14 | 44 |
| Tone Up No Sebum Sunscreen EX SPF 50+ PA++++ | 2024-09-13 | 43 |
| Daily UV Tone Up No Sebum Sun Cream Pink | 2026-03-10 | 37 |
Three of those five are the same EX formula uploaded by three different people, which is why they nearly match.[1] Picking between them by eye is how you get a review of a product nobody is shipping.
Two checks settled it. First, innisfree’s Korean site publishes the legally required full ingredient list for the Daily UV version, and it matches the last entry in that table position for position, all 37 of them.[2] The giveaway is Prunus mume flower extract at the end: it’s on the Daily UV list and on none of the four older ones.[1][2] Second, the same site lists the 60mL EX at 24,000 won with a “sales stopped” tag on the page.[3]
One thing that tag does not mean: the EX is gone everywhere. It only tells you what the brand’s Korean store is doing. Retailers outside Korea still have EX stock, and plenty of it.
There’s a fingerprint of the handover in the brand’s own global shop, too. The page selling the Daily UV version still uses a web address ending in tone-up-no-sebum-sunscreen-ex-spf50-pa.[4] They reused the old link.
The shades split at position 20, not before
Through ingredient 19, Pink, Lavender and Beige are one identical list.[2][4]
That means the filters, the silicones and the preservation are not shade decisions. Everything that separates the three arrives at position 20 and later.
| Shade | Ingredients | What sets the shade |
|---|---|---|
| Pink | 37 | iron oxides CI 77492, CI 77491 and CI 77499, plus synthetic fluorphlogopite |
| Beige | 37 | the same 37 ingredients as Pink, listed in a different order |
| Lavender | 35 | ultramarines CI 77007 and dicaprylyl carbonate, and no iron oxides |
Pink and Beige are the more interesting pair. They contain exactly the same 37 ingredients, and the only difference between the two lists is the order the pigments are printed in.[2][4] You’re choosing a color, not a formula. Why brightness and sun protection are unrelated questions is the subject of our tone up sunscreen piece, and we won’t repeat that argument here.
Am I getting the tone-up the name promises?
Yes, and for once you can point at where it comes from.
Titanium dioxide appears twice on this list, doing two different jobs. It’s fifth as a UV filter, ahead of the glycerin, and thirteenth again under the colorant code Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891).[2][4] Zinc oxide is second.[4] Then the iron oxides and mica arrive further down to set the actual shade.
Here’s the part worth knowing if you’ve read about this product before. On the EX lists, zinc oxide is the only ingredient named as a UV filter, and titanium dioxide shows up only in its colorant form.[1] On the current one, titanium dioxide has moved up into the filter positions.[2][4]
What the list can’t settle is how bright it goes on your face, or whether it turns grey on you. That’s a shade question rather than a list question. Our white cast guide covers the mechanism, and our deep skin tones guide is the right place to start if a single pale shade has gone ashy on you before.
Am I going to make less oil because the label says no sebum?
The ingredient list can’t answer that. innisfree says its own clinical test can, and that claim belongs to the brand.[2]
What the brand puts on the page is a clinical result on oily skin: 33.628% less sebum output at 24 hours, and 100% satisfaction with pore cover, credited to a “Sebum Cut Powder”.[2] That name is worth a second look, because it isn’t an ingredient name. It doesn’t appear anywhere in the 37, and it isn’t something you can go and read up on, the way you can with zinc oxide.[2]
What is on the list: methyl methacrylate crosspolymer and polymethylsilsesquioxane, both eleventh and twelfth, which are the round polymer powders formulators use to blur and soak up oil, plus mica and synthetic fluorphlogopite lower down.[2][4]
How does it actually wear?
We haven’t worn it, so we’re not going to describe how it feels.
We’d rather leave this section honest than fill it with adjectives. What we can pass on is what innisfree itself claims, clearly labeled as the brand talking: the 33.628% sebum result and the 100% pore cover satisfaction quoted above, 24 hours of tone-up hold, use as a makeup base as well as a sunscreen, and a completed skin irritation test.[2] Treat all four as claims, not findings.
On the makeup base claim specifically, whether any sunscreen can stand in for a primer depends on things the bottle doesn’t control, and we set those out in our piece on using sunscreen as a primer.
What do I do if the bottle I already own says EX?
Keep using it. It’s sunscreen, and it hasn’t stopped working.
Just know you own a different product from the one described above. The EX lists zinc oxide as its only UV filter, and it prints fragrance on the ingredient list, which the current version’s list doesn’t.[1] The Daily UV page also carries an essential-oil and fragrance free flag, though a flag tells you a flag is there and nothing more than that.[1]
When you go to replace it, the thing to check is the front of the box rather than the brand name. “EX” and “Daily UV” are two different formulas sold under nearly the same words.
FAQ
Which innisfree tone up no sebum sunscreen am I actually buying right now?
Most likely the Daily UV Tone Up No Sebum Sun Cream, in Pink, Lavender or Beige. That’s what innisfree’s Korean store sells, and the same store has the 60mL EX marked as sales stopped. Retailers outside Korea are still shipping EX stock, so the box matters more than the brand name.
Should I care which of Pink, Lavender and Beige I pick?
Only as a color choice. All three share an identical first 19 ingredients. Pink and Beige are the same 37 ingredients in a different order. Lavender has 35 and uses ultramarines instead of iron oxides.
Will this actually stop my skin from getting oily?
That isn’t something the ingredient list can tell you. innisfree claims a clinical result on oily skin of 33.628% less sebum output at 24 hours, which is the brand’s own test. The “Sebum Cut Powder” it credits isn’t an ingredient name and doesn’t appear among the 37.
Should I trust a review I read that describes the EX version?
For the EX, yes. For the bottle you’re about to buy, be careful. The EX names zinc oxide as its only UV filter and carries fragrance on its list, while the current version has titanium dioxide up at position five as a filter as well.
Am I getting more sun protection because it’s a tone-up?
No. The brightness is a layer of pigment over your skin, and the SPF rating measures something else entirely. We take that apart in our tone up sunscreen piece rather than repeating it here.
Sources
Ingredient lists (INCIDecoder, all five same-name entries read directly):
[1] Five separate entries carry this product name. Four are older generations: “Tone Up No Sebum Sunscreen” (uploaded 2019-09-22, zinc oxide printed with a percentage, fragrance on the list): link; “Tone Up No Sebum Sunscreen EX SPF50+/PA++++” (2022-04-01, 44 entries, Lauryl Polyglyceryl-3 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone typed at both position 10 and position 21, Fragrance at 24): link; “Tone Up No Sebum Sunscreen EX SPF50+ PA++++” (2022-05-14, 44 entries, Fragrance/Parfum at 24): link; “Tone Up No Sebum Sunscreen EX SPF 50+ PA++++” (2024-09-13, 43 entries, the previous list minus Potassium Sorbate): link. On all three EX entries Zinc Oxide is the only ingredient named as a sunscreen filter and Titanium Dioxide appears only as Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891). The entry this review argues from is “Daily UV Tone Up No Sebum Sun Cream Pink” (uploaded 2026-03-10, 37 ingredients, Prunus Mume Flower Extract last, page flags read by eye as “#alcohol-free” and “#fragrance & essentialoil-free”, no fragrance entry printed on the list): link
Current formula, brand’s Korean store (read directly, open with browser auto-translate):
[2] innisfree Korea, “데일리 유브이 톤업 노세범 선크림 (핑크/라벤더/베이지)(50ML)”. The legally required disclosure headed “화장품법에 따라 기재 표시하여야하는 모든 성분” prints the complete ingredient list for each shade: Pink 37, Beige 37 (the same 37 as Pink in a different order), Lavender 35. The first 19 are identical across all three, ending at 페닐트라이메티콘 (phenyl trimethicone). 징크옥사이드 (zinc oxide) is second, 티타늄디옥사이드 (titanium dioxide) fifth, and 티타늄디옥사이드 (CI 77891) appears separately at thirteenth. 매실나무꽃추출물 (Prunus mume flower extract) is last on the Pink and Beige lists. Brand claims on the same page, all of them the brand’s own and none of them our finding: “지성피부 대상 임상 결과 24시간 후 유분 분비량 33.628% 억제 및 모공 커버 만족도 100%를 기록하였습니다” (a clinical result on oily skin, 33.628% suppression of sebum output at 24 hours and 100% satisfaction on pore cover), “세범 컷 파우더: 유분은 잡고 모공은 매끈하게 감추어 보송한 톤업 효과 유지”, “강력한 자외선 차단 효과 (SPF 50+ PA++++)와 24시간 톤업 지속력”, “톤업+프라이머+선크림 기능”, “피부 자극 테스트 완료”. Functional cosmetic report numbers are 2025-series: link
Status of the EX version, brand’s Korean store (read directly):
[3] innisfree Korea, “톤업 노세범 선스크린 EX SPF50+ PA++++” 60mL, listed at 24,000 won with the status tag “판매중지” (sales stopped) shown on the product page. This is the status on innisfree’s Korean store only and says nothing about stock at retailers elsewhere: link
English ingredient list and price, brand’s global store (read directly):
[4] Global AMORE MALL, “INNISFREE Daily UV Tone Up No Sebum Sun Screen (Pink/Lavnder/Beige)”, priced at US$20.40 from US$24.00. English INCI for all three shades, matching the Korean disclosure position for position, and printed here with the nano designations: WATER / AQUA / EAU, ZINC OXIDE (NANO), ISODODECANE, BUTYLENE GLYCOL DICAPRYLATE/DICAPRATE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (NANO), GLYCERIN, DICAPRYLYL ETHER, CETYL DIGLYCERYL TRIS(TRIMETHYLSILOXY)SILYLETHYL DIMETHICONE, C12-15 ALKYL BENZOATE, CAPRYLYL METHICONE, METHYL METHACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER, POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), DISTEARDIMONIUM HECTORITE, MAGNESIUM SULFATE, ISOPROPYL MYRISTATE, 1,2-HEXANEDIOL, TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE, PHENYL TRIMETHICONE, then the shade-specific pigments. The page address still ends in tone-up-no-sebum-sunscreen-ex-spf50-pa: link
