Madecassoside Tetrasome CICA Cream 120ml

Not on the ingredient list below: fragrance or parfum, denatured or SD alcohol, essential oils, parabens, sulfate surfactants, mineral oil or petrolatum and added color.

Full INCI (44): Water, Butylene Glycol, Caprylyl Methicone, Niacinamide, Silica, Vinyl Dimethicone, 1,2-Hexanediol, Panthenol, Glycerin, Pentylene Glycol, Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract, Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate, Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Yeast Ferment Extract, Diglycerin, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Diphenylsiloxy Phenyl Trimethicone, Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Gluconolactone, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Cetearyl Olivate, Tromethamine, Sorbitan Olivate, Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Palmitic Acid, C12-20 Alkyl Glucoside, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Ethylhexylglycerin, Madecassoside, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Adenosine, Sodium Phytate, Tocopherol, Asiaticoside, Madecassic Acid, Dipropylene Glycol, Asiatic Acid, C14-22 Alcohols, Carbomer, C12-16 Alcohols, Xanthan Gum

Ingredient list read from inkeedecoder.com on 10 September 2026.

44 of 44 explained

Water solvent

Water is the base almost every serum, toner and cream is built on. It dissolves the water-loving ingredients and sets how light the finished texture feels. On an INCI list it is usually first, which only means it is the largest single ingredient by weight.

Butylene Glycol humectant

Butylene Glycol is a small glycol that does two jobs at once: it holds water in the top layer of skin and it dissolves plant extracts and actives that plain water cannot. It also thins a formula, which is why watery Korean essences lean on it.

Caprylyl Methicone silicone

Caprylyl Methicone is a silicone with a fatty tail, so it mixes with plant oils as well as with silicones. It gives a dry slip and helps disperse powders.

Niacinamide active

Niacinamide is vitamin B3, and it is the most studied active in Korean formulation. It is used at roughly 2 to 5 percent for the look of uneven tone and visible pores, and it is water soluble, stable and comfortable beside almost every other active, which is why it turns up in so many lists.

Silica absorbent

Silica is finely milled mineral, essentially very pure sand. It absorbs oil, stops powders clumping and soft-focuses the look of pores and fine lines.

Vinyl Dimethicone silicone

Vinyl Dimethicone is a silicone used as a building block of the crosspolymer gels that give a formula its soft, blurring feel.

1,2-Hexanediol humectant

1,2-Hexanediol is a glycol used for two reasons: it holds water like glycerin, and it makes a formula harder for microbes to live in, so less traditional preservative is needed. Korean formulas use it heavily for that second reason.

Panthenol humectant

Panthenol is pro-vitamin B5: skin converts it to pantothenic acid. It is a humectant that holds water and leaves skin feeling soft and less tight, and it is one of the ingredients formulators reach for when a formula also contains something harsh.

Glycerin humectant

Glycerin is the most used humectant in skincare. It draws water into the outer layer of skin and holds it there, and it is one of the very few ingredients whose hydrating effect is settled science rather than marketing. Higher amounts feel tacky, which is why it is usually blended.

Pentylene Glycol humectant

Pentylene Glycol hydrates and, like the other longer-chain glycols, makes a formula less hospitable to microbes so the preservative system can be lighter. It also improves how evenly a product spreads.

Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract plant extract

Centella Asiatica is the plant behind the whole cica category, sold as gotu kola or Madagascar centella. Its extract is the anchor of Korean formulas built for easily reddened skin, and its work is done by four triterpenes: asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic acid and madecassic acid.

Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate ferment

Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate is the ferment with the bacterial cells broken open, so their contents are in the formula too. It is a conditioning ferment used in barrier-focused products.

Market

Korean market, the version sold in Korea

EAN (barcode)

8809747951703

Made in

Republic of Korea

Volume

120 ml

Category

Moisturizer

Actives

Adenosine, Centella Asiatica, Licorice Root, Madecassoside, Niacinamide, Panthenol

Ships from

California or Korea

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