Bonajour Extreme Cica Cream 50ml
Bonajour's Extreme Cica Cream (50ml) leads with Centella Asiatica Extract at the top of its own ingredient list, backed by Asiaticoside and Madecassoside, and is built as the last leave-on step for skin that runs reactive, red, or freshly irritated from actives elsewhere in a routine.
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- Suited to
- Congested skinUneven textureDehydrated skinSensitive skin
- Helps with
- Shoppers looking for Asiaticoside in a creamRoutines that want Asiaticoside and Asiatic Acid in one stepFilling the cream step with a Korean-market formulaAnyone who wants the Asiaticoside cream sold on Korean shelves
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Key benefits
- Asiaticoside, the active this cream is built around
- Asiatic Acid, Madecassic Acid, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate and Madecassoside on the same list, actives
- Allantoin and Copper Tripeptide-1 further down the same list
- Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4 and Centella Asiatica Extract further down the same list
- Asiaticoside named seventeenth on the manufacturer list printed on this page
- The Korean-market release of this cream, confirmed against its Korean barcode
Key actives
Asiaticosideactive
Asiaticoside is one of the four active triterpenes isolated from centella and the most studied of them. Korean formulas name it separately when they want to show which fraction of the plant they standardised. It is the entry this cream is named after, and the list carries it.
Asiatic Acidactive
Asiatic Acid is the third of centella's four triterpenes and the aglycone form, meaning it has no attached sugar. It is oil soluble, so it turns up in cica creams and balms more than in watery layers. The panel names it eighteenth on this cream's list, beside Asiaticoside.
Madecassic Acidactive
Madecassic Acid is the fourth centella triterpene. A list that names all four is telling you the extract was standardised rather than simply pressed, which is the difference between a cica claim and a cica formula. The panel names it nineteenth on this cream's list, beside Asiaticoside.
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizateactive
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate is a water-soluble salt derived from licorice root. It is named twenty-fourth on this cream's list, alongside Asiaticoside.
Madecassosideactive
Madecassoside is the centella triterpene most associated with the look of redness, and the one brands lead with in cica products. It is water soluble and stable, so it appears in essences as readily as in creams. The panel names it twenty-sixth on this cream's list, beside Asiaticoside.
How to use
- Apply as the last step of a routine, warming a small amount between the fingers before pressing over face and neck.
Where does this cream go in my routine?
As the last skincare step, morning and evening, over serum. Anything thinner than a cream goes on before it, and anything richer goes on after. If you are adding it to a routine you already like, give it a week on its own first, so what you see is the Asiaticoside and not three changes at once.
Is this the Korean-market cream or a US version?
The Korean-market one, Asiaticoside and all. We match this cream to its Korean barcode before it reaches the shelf, which is the check that tells you which market release you are holding.
What else is on the list besides Asiaticoside?
Asiatic Acid, Madecassic Acid and Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate. The order they are printed in on this cream's panel is the order on the box, so you can see where Asiaticoside sits relative to them. Further down the same panel: Madecassoside, Allantoin and Copper Tripeptide-1.
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Where this unit came from
- 1Seoul
Bought as Korean-market stock - 2Customs
Duty paid by us before it enters the US - 3California
Ships domestically, no international leg
We stock the version of a formula that is sold in Korea, not the release a brand prepares for another market under the same name.
Every unit keeps its original barcode and batch code intact, so the unit in your hands can be checked against the brand’s own records.
Import duties are paid by us before the parcel reaches you, so nothing is owed at the door, and returns run for 30 days.
Every claim on this page traces to the unit in the box, the barcode, the batch code and the price you can read for yourself.
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How it works
The Extreme Cica Cream is a 50ml cream, used as the last skincare step, morning and evening, over serum. The active it is built around is Asiaticoside, named seventeenth on its own ingredient list. The same list carries Asiatic Acid, Madecassic Acid and Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, so the active is not the only thing on it worth naming. How much of the Asiaticoside stays on the skin, and for how long, is decided by the cream format rather than by the list alone. This is the Original Korean Formula, the cream Bonajour sells in Korea, Asiaticoside and all.
Worth knowing
- Patch test this cream on a small area and wait a day before using it more widely, especially with Asiaticoside on the list.
- Introduce this cream on its own for the first week, so anything your skin does is traceable to the Asiaticoside rather than to three changes at once.
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Korean-market original
The Original Korean Formula cream from Bonajour, 50ml formulated with Asiaticoside and Asiatic Acid, held in the United States and shipped domestically.
Verify your unit when it arrives
Verify your unit when it arrives
Korean-market stock with the original barcode and batch code intact, exactly as it left Korea.
Match the batch code on the box against the code printed on the bottle or tube itself; the two are stamped separately and should agree.
On the unit itself
- The Korean-market barcode, unaltered from the retail package.
- The manufacturer’s batch code, exactly as the maker printed it.
정품Genuine article, Korean-market stock
What professionals say
What professionals say
What skin-care professionals say about the key actives in this formula, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.
Centella can make your skin appear more hydrated, plumper and healthier.
Samantha Stein, PA-CDermatology physician assistant, Cleveland Clinic It contains liquiritin, an active compound that helps to disperse and remove existing melanin in the skin.
Jennifer Chwalek, MDDermatologist, Byrdie
1 more professional perspective
Small, preliminary studies suggest that madecassoside can dial down inflammatory cellular messengers called cytokines, including those that are typically turned on during an acne flare.
Whitney Bowe, MDDermatologist, Byrdie
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