擦在身上的東西，
妳有權知道。What goes on your skin,
you have the right to know.

台灣的化粧品，依法要把全部成分寫在包裝上。成分表照含量由多到少排列；含量在 1% 以下的成分，可以排在後面、不照順序。所以第一個常常是水，接著是保濕成分；真正讓人好奇的活性成分，有時排在中間或後面，不代表它不重要。

裡面那些看起來很化學的名字，例如苯氧乙醇、辛甘醇、1,2-己二醇，多半是讓產品能安全保存、不容易變質的配方系統，用量依法規限制。

In Taiwan, cosmetics are required by law to list every ingredient on the packaging. Ingredients are listed from the highest amount to the lowest; those at 1% or less may follow in any order. That’s why water often comes first, followed by hydrating ingredients, while the actives people are most curious about sometimes sit in the middle or towards the end. That doesn’t make them any less important.

The chemical-sounding names, such as phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol and 1,2-hexanediol, are mostly part of the preservation system that keeps a product safe and stable, used within regulatory limits.

咖啡因除了在咖啡裡，也是保養品的常客。擦在肌膚上的咖啡因是純化過的化粧品原料，不是把咖啡倒在身上。它常被放在眼霜和身體保養品裡，讓肌膚看起來更緊實、有精神；它也是一種抗氧化成分，幫肌膚面對日常的環境壓力。

Caffeine isn’t only found in coffee; it’s also a regular in skincare. The caffeine in skincare is a purified cosmetic ingredient, not coffee poured on your skin. It often appears in eye creams and body care, helping skin look firmer and more awake. It’s also an antioxidant ingredient that helps skin face everyday environmental stress.

卡蜜拉 Camellia™ 是 MIRROR 裡的阿里山金萱複方，由台茶 12 號金萱茶萃取和茶多酚（EGCG）組成。茶葉裡最被研究的是兒茶素，一種抗氧化成分，能幫肌膚抵禦日曬、空汙帶來的環境壓力。這款原料用低溫萃取，把兒茶素留下來、把咖啡因拿掉。

像一杯好茶，喝的是回甘；擦在身上，是安穩。

原料端完成了 OECD TG439 體外皮膚刺激性測試，以及 50 人人體皮膚貼布測試，原料並取得 COSMOS Natural 認證（原料商證書）。

Camellia™ is the Alishan Jin Xuan complex in MIRROR, made from Jin Xuan (Taiwan Tea No. 12) tea extract and the tea polyphenol EGCG. The most studied compounds in tea leaves are catechins, antioxidant ingredients that help skin defend against environmental stress from sunlight and air pollution. This raw material is extracted at low temperature to keep the catechins and remove the caffeine.

Like a good cup of tea, it’s about the lingering sweetness; on the skin, it’s about calm.

At the raw-material level, it has completed the OECD TG439 in vitro skin irritation test and a 50-person human skin patch test, and the raw material is COSMOS Natural certified (supplier certificate).

孔雀石是一種帶著深綠色紋路的含銅礦石。保養品用的是它的萃取物，提供銅等微量元素。銅是肌膚維持自身防護需要的元素之一，所以孔雀石萃取常被放進強調「防護」的配方裡。

Malachite is a copper-bearing mineral with dark green bands. Skincare uses its extract, which provides trace elements such as copper. Copper is one of the elements skin needs to maintain its own defences, which is why malachite extract often appears in formulas focused on protection.

叉珊藻是一種會長出鈣質骨架的紅藻。這款原料由法國原料商在生物反應器裡培養，不需要到海裡採集野生藻類，對海洋比較友善。2013 年，它獲得德國 BSB 創新獎「最具創新天然原料」。在保養上，它用來讓肌膚更緊實、飽滿。

Jania rubens is a red alga that grows a calcified skeleton. This raw material is cultivated by a French supplier in bioreactors, so there’s no need to harvest wild algae from the sea, which is kinder to the ocean. In 2013 it won Germany’s BSB Innovation Award as best natural active. In skincare, it’s used to help skin look firmer and fuller.

發酵就像先把食物「切小」：大豆裡的蛋白質和醣類，經過枯草桿菌（也就是做納豆的菌）分解，變成比較小的胜肽和胺基酸。這類發酵萃取常出現在保濕、滋潤型的保養品裡。

Fermentation is a bit like cutting food into smaller pieces first. The proteins and sugars in soybeans are broken down by Bacillus subtilis, the bacterium used to make natto, into smaller peptides and amino acids. Ferment extracts like this often appear in hydrating, nourishing skincare.

胜肽是由胺基酸串成的小片段。Decoy MIRROR 活性安瓶裡的 PeptiCarrier™ 活性胜肽載體，是一種以合成方式製成、序列與人體相同的十胜肽（sh-Decapeptide-5 SP）。它在配方裡像一位帶路的人，協助其他活性成分被肌膚好好吸收；它本身也是肌膚調理成分。

它也是三層精準技術的第二層：第一層 AirMist™ 把精華化成細霧，第二層 PeptiCarrier™ 協助吸收，第三層是依部位設計的精準配方。

Peptides are short chains of amino acids. The PeptiCarrier™ active peptide carrier in Decoy’s MIRROR Active Ampoule is a synthetically made decapeptide with a human-identical sequence (sh-Decapeptide-5 SP). In the formula it acts like a guide, helping the skin take up the other active ingredients; it is also a skin-conditioning ingredient in its own right.

It is also the second layer of Tri-Layer Precision™. The first layer, AirMist™, turns the serum into a fine mist. The second is this peptide carrier in the MIRROR Active Ampoule, which helps the skin absorb the actives. The third is a Precision Formula designed for each area.

菸鹼醯胺是維生素 B3 的一種形式，也是皮膚科學研究最多的保養成分之一。它幫肌膚把最外層的「保護層」顧好，所以肌膚比較不容易乾，膚色看起來也更均勻、透亮。開架和專櫃保養品裡都很常見。

Niacinamide is a form of vitamin B3 and one of the most studied ingredients in dermatological research. It helps skin look after its outermost protective layer, so skin is less prone to dryness and its tone looks more even and radiant. You’ll find it in skincare at every price point.

肌醇是 B 群家族的一員，過去被稱為維生素 B8，在保養品裡負責保濕、讓肌膚柔軟。泛醇（維生素原 B5）擦在肌膚上會轉成維生素 B5，能保濕，也能舒緩乾燥帶來的緊繃、不適，幫肌膚修護。

LIGHT 裡的維生素 B 家族一共四位：B3（菸鹼醯胺）、肌醇、B5（泛醇）和 B12。

Inositol is part of the B-vitamin family and was once called vitamin B8; in skincare it hydrates and softens. Panthenol (provitamin B5) converts to vitamin B5 on the skin. It hydrates and helps soothe the tightness and discomfort that come with dryness, helping dry skin feel cared for again.

LIGHT contains four members of the vitamin B family: B3 (niacinamide), inositol, B5 (panthenol) and B12.

玻尿酸能抓住大量水分，是最常見的保濕成分之一。分子比較大的玻尿酸，會在肌膚表面形成一層保水的膜；水解後的小分子玻尿酸質地更輕盈，常用來補水、讓肌膚看起來水潤飽滿。研究也比較過不同分子量的玻尿酸在保濕和紋路上的表現。

要分清楚的是：保養品裡的玻尿酸是保濕成分，和診所注射用的玻尿酸是兩回事。

Hyaluronic acid holds a great deal of water and is one of the most common hydrating ingredients. Larger hyaluronic acid forms a moisture-holding film on the skin’s surface; hydrolysed, low-molecular hyaluronic acid has a lighter texture and is often used to hydrate and help skin look dewy and plump. Studies have also compared how hyaluronic acid of different molecular weights performs on hydration and on the look of lines.

One thing to be clear about: hyaluronic acid in skincare is a hydrating ingredient. It’s a different thing from the injectable hyaluronic acid used in clinics.

印度獐牙菜生長在喜馬拉雅山區，屬於龍膽科，傳統上是一種以「苦」聞名的草本。保養研究注意到它的萃取，可用來維持肌膚彈性、保濕，並延緩肌膚老化。

Swertia chirata grows in the Himalayas and belongs to the gentian family; traditionally, it’s a herb known for its bitterness. Skincare research has looked at its extract for helping to maintain skin elasticity, hydrate, and delay visible signs of skin ageing.

尿囊素是保養品裡用了幾十年的經典成分，很多溫和型、給乾燥肌膚用的產品都看得到它。它的工作很單純：安撫肌膚，讓肌膚摸起來柔嫩。

Allantoin has been used in skincare for decades and appears in many gentle products for dry skin. Its job is simple: to calm the skin and leave it soft to the touch.

六胜肽（乙醯基六胜肽-8）是由六個胺基酸組成的胜肽，常用在眼周、額頭這些常做表情的地方。在保養上，它用來淡化細紋、讓紋路看起來柔和。

說清楚也很重要：它是保養品，不是注射，也不能取代醫療。研究顯示它對紋路有一定幫助，但每個人的感受不同。

Hexapeptide (acetyl hexapeptide-8) is a peptide made of six amino acids, often used around the eyes and on the forehead, where we make the most expressions. In skincare, it’s used to help soften the look of fine lines.

It’s also important to be clear: this is skincare, not an injection, and it can’t replace medical treatment. Research shows it can help with the look of lines, but everyone’s experience is different.

新一批 LIGHT 升級配方，加入了水解膠原蛋白。原料來自台灣在地漁業的石斑魚皮：原本是加工後剩下的副產品，現在被好好利用，產地可追溯。魚皮裡的膠原蛋白經過水解，切成分子量小於 2,000 的小分子，在保養上用來保濕、讓肌膚緊緻、維持彈性。

The new batch of the upgraded LIGHT formula adds hydrolysed collagen. It comes from grouper skin from Taiwan’s local fisheries: once a by-product of processing, now put to good use, with a traceable origin. The collagen in the fish skin is hydrolysed into small molecules under 2,000 Da, used in skincare to hydrate, firm and help maintain elasticity.