Tea Tree Cica Soothing Toner 250ml

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

Full INCI (22): Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Extract, Water, Dipropylene Glycol, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Water, Centella Asiatica Extract, 1,2-Hexanediol, Butylene Glycol, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Betaine, Panthenol, Octyldodeceth-16, Sodium Citrate, Citric Acid, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil, Betaine Salicylate, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Pentylene Glycol, Choleth-24, Purified Water, Tocopherol

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

20 of 22 explained

Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Extract plant extract

Tea Tree Leaf Extract is the water-based extract rather than the essential oil, so it is far milder and much less aromatic. It is used in formulas for blemish-prone skin.

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.

Dipropylene Glycol humectant

Dipropylene Glycol is a glycol used as a solvent and a light humectant. Its main job is keeping the rest of the formula dissolved and the texture fluid rather than adding hydration of its own.

Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Water plant extract

Tea Tree Leaf Water is the distillate, used in place of plain water as a base. It carries a trace of the plant's aroma and none of the essential oil's strength.

Centella Asiatica 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.

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.

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.

Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract plant extract

Tea tree extract taken from the whole plant above ground, rather than the distilled oil. It is much gentler than the oil and is used for the look of congested skin.

Betaine humectant

Betaine is a sugar-beet-derived humectant that cells use to hold water. In a formula it hydrates and takes the edge off cleansers and acids, which is why it often appears alongside them.

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.

Octyldodeceth-16 emulsifier

An ethoxylated branched fatty alcohol. It emulsifies and also gives a formula a soft, cushioned slip.

Sodium Citrate pH adjuster

Sodium Citrate is the salt of citric acid, used as a buffer: it holds a formula at a steady pH rather than pushing it in one direction. It is also a mild chelator.

Market

Korean market, the version sold in Korea

EAN (barcode)

8809864754270

Made in

Republic of Korea

Volume

250 ml

Category

Toner

Actives

Betaine Salicylate, Centella Asiatica, Panthenol, Tea Tree

Ships from

California or Korea

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