UIQ Biome Remedy Tone-up Sun Cream Purple

UIQ's Biome Remedy Tone-up Sun Cream (Purple) is a hybrid SPF50+/PA++++ tone-up sun cream sold at Olive Young Korea as a 50ml + 20ml gift-bundle SKU for ₩27,000 (₩16,200 on sale, ~40% off), checked 2026-09-04; UIQ is a microbiome-cosmetics brand from Genome & Company, a Korean biotech. Four of its five UV filters — Ethylhexyl Triazone, Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol, Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate, and Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine — are not FDA-approved; only the fifth, Titanium Dioxide, is. Marketed for its "Biome Remedy" postbiotic ingredient, Cutibacterium Granulosum Ferment Filtrate is disclosed at just 100ppm (0.01%) in the main cream — a trace amount relative to the branding emphasis — and the bundled 20ml gift cream uses a different, untinted formula with nearly 10x more of the same ferment filtrate (979ppm). (Checked: 2026-09-04)

Specifications

Is it OK for sensitive skin?

Declared facts only, not a suitability verdict: no fragrance listed; no labeled fragrance allergens declared; no denatured alcohol listed. No irritation-related fact here implies suitability for any skin type.

How much of the key actives does it contain?

Niacinamide: rank 8 of 40; Adenosine: rank 29 of 40; Panthenol: rank 37 of 40.

Can I buy it outside Korea?

International shipping: Olive Young Global, StyleKorean; Sold in Korea only: Olive Young Korea; Shipping scope unverified: UIQ official site (theuiq.com); Global price: US$28.00 list / US$22.40 sale (StyleKorean, standalone 50ml — Korea's own listing is a 50ml+20ml gift bundle at the same list price).

Is the Korean version of UIQ's Biome Remedy Tone-up Sun Cream (Purple) different from the export version?

Not confirmed either way — Olive Young Global lists what appears to be the identical bundle SKU ("UIQ Biome Remedy Tone Up Sun Cream Purple 50ml Set + Watery Sun Cream"), matching Korea's own 50ml-cream-plus- 20ml-gift structure, checked 2026-09-04. Its ingredient panel is rendered by client-side JavaScript and couldn't be extracted for a direct comparison against Olive Young Korea's own disclosure, so no ingredient-level match or mismatch is confirmed. None of its four organic UV filters (Ethylhexyl Triazone, Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol, Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate, Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine) are FDA-approved.

How much of the "biome" fermented ingredient does the main tone-up cream actually contain?

Cutibacterium Granulosum Ferment Filtrate — the core "Biome Remedy" ingredient — is disclosed at 100ppm (0.01%) in the 50ml main (Purple) cream, per Olive Young Korea's mandatory ingredient disclosure, checked 2026-09-04.

What's the difference between the main 50ml cream and the bonus 20ml "Watery" sun cream included in the set?

They're two different formulas, not the same product in two sizes. The main 50ml Purple cream is a tinted tone-up formula containing Titanium Dioxide plus four organic filters; the bundled 20ml gift cream ("증정:수분") is untinted, uses Terephthalylidene Dicamphor Sulfonic Acid and Polysilicone-15 instead of titanium dioxide, and carries a higher concentration of the same probiotic ferment filtrate (979ppm vs 100ppm), per Olive Young Korea's own disclosure, checked 2026-09-04.

Is it vegan?

No vegan certification badge or certifying body was found on Olive Young Korea, Olive Young Global, or UIQ's official site (theuiq.com), checked 2026-09-04.

Sources

Olive Young product page — Checked: 2026-09-04