What is the Centellian24 Madeca Cream Stick 10g?

It is a 10g balm in a twist up stick, meant for topping up tight areas over the day rather than for moisturising a whole face. One light pass and a press with a fingertip is the dose. It goes over the rest of a routine, since a firm balm blocks whatever is put on top of it.

Is the balm stick a whole face moisturiser?

It works best as a targeted top up on tight areas rather than as the layer that moisturises everything. A stick lays down more film per pass than a cream does, so covering a whole face with one leaves a shiny finish and takes a while. Keep a cream for the routine and the stick for the patches.

Can I carry it and use it over makeup?

Yes, and that is the strongest case for the format. One light pass on a dry patch and a press with a fingertip is usually enough, and it disturbs makeup less than a cream applied with fingers. Blot rather than rub if the area looks shiny afterwards.

Where does it go if I use it in a full routine?

At the end, over any serum and cream, because a firm balm blocks whatever goes on top of it. The order is the usual texture ladder and a stick sits at the very top of it. On the driest nights it can go over a sleeping mask on the areas that need it.

Is this the same version sold in Korea?

Yes, this is the Korean-market formula rather than a US reformulation of it. The 10g comes with Korean primary labelling and an intact barcode, which is what lets you verify what you have received. We hold stock in the United States.

Centellian24

Madeca Cream Stick 10g

Name: Centellian24 Madeca Cream Stick 10g
Brand: Centellian24
SKU: 12978114100
Price: 35.0 USD
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A 10g twist up balm stick for topping up dry patches without hands, used over the rest of a routine wherever the skin feels tight.

Reviewed by Nurcan Saglam, licensed dermo-cosmetic expert (Paris)

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10 g

$35.00 per 10 g

Korean-market formula
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Suited to: Dry skinNormal skinCombination skin

Helps with: Dry patchesTopping up over makeupTravel and desk useTightness through the day

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How it works

A stick puts a moisturising balm on the face without hands, which is the entire argument for the format over a jar. The texture is firmer than a cream because it has to hold its shape, so it lays down a thicker film for the same swipe. It is a leave on step and belongs last, over a serum or cream, wherever a patch of skin actually needs it. The way it is used is different from a cream too: it is a spot treatment for dry areas rather than a whole face layer. At 10g it is built for a bag or a desk drawer rather than for a bathroom shelf, which is where the format earns its keep.

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

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How to use

Finish your usual routine first, since a balm goes over the thinner layers rather than under them.
Twist up only a few millimetres and glide it once over the areas that feel tight.
Press the film in with a clean fingertip so it is not left sitting as a visible patch.
Do not drag it repeatedly over the same spot, because a firm stick over dry skin is what causes irritation.

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

Full INCI (86): Centella Asiatica Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Isodecyl Neopentanoate, Ceresin, Dibutyl Adipate, Butylene Glycol, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Dipropylene Glycol, Glycerin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Euphorbia Cerifera (candelilla) Wax, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Stearyl Heptanoate, Lauryl PEG-8 Dimethicone, Synthetic Wax, Lauryl PEG-10 Tris(trimethylsiloxy)silylethyl Dimethicone, 1,2-Hexanediol, Bellis Perennis (daisy) Flower Extract, Adansonia Digitata Fruit Extract, Oenothera Biennis (evening Primrose) Extract, Ulmus Davidiana Root Extract, Pinus Palustris Leaf Extract, Pueraria Lobata Root Extract, Origanum Vulgare Leaf Extract, Chamaecyparis Obtusa Leaf Extract, Salix Alba (willow) Bark Extract, Lactobacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Cinnamomum Cassia Bark Extract, Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract, Selaginella Lepidophylla Extract, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (orange) Peel Oil, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (lavender) Oil, Lactobacillus/Centella Asiatica Extract Ferment Filtrate, Olea Europaea (olive) Fruit Oil, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Chloride, Stearyl Caprylate, Glyceryl Caprylate, (-)-Alpha-Bisabolol, Dimethicone, Tocopherol, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Propylene Carbonate, Madecassic Acid, Asiaticoside, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Xylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol, Collagen Amino Acids, Xylitol, Ceramide Np, Glucose, Phytosphingosine, Panthenol, Hydrolyzed Centella Asiatica Protein, Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide, Sucrose Distearate, Hydrolyzed Elastin, Ethylhexylglycerin, Cholesterol, Glycine, Glutamic Acid, Arginine, Serine, Aspartic Acid, Leucine, Alanine, Lysine, Tyrosine, Phenylalanine, Valine, Threonine, Proline, Isoleucine, Histidine, Methionine, Cysteine, Water, Limonene, Citronellol, Linalool, Geraniol

Ingredient list read from edkshop.com on 30 August 2026.

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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.
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is the light fraction of coconut oil, with the heavy parts removed. It is the workhorse emollient of modern formulas: it softens skin, dissolves oil-soluble actives and absorbs without the greasy weight of a whole plant oil.
Ceresin occlusive: Ceresin is a hard mineral wax refined from ozokerite. It stiffens balms and sticks and slows water leaving skin.
Dibutyl Adipate emollient: Dibutyl Adipate is a light ester emollient used as a solvent for UV filters and pigments and to keep a formula from feeling tacky.
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.
Dicaprylyl Carbonate emollient: Dicaprylyl Carbonate is a light, fast-spreading emollient with a notably dry finish. It is chosen where a formula has to spread thin without leaving a heavy film.
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.
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.
Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant: Tocopheryl Acetate is a stable vitamin E ester that skin converts to tocopherol. It is used as an antioxidant and a light emollient and holds up better than plain vitamin E in a formula.
Euphorbia Cerifera (candelilla) Wax occlusive: Candelilla wax, from a desert shrub, and the usual plant substitute for beeswax. It gives sticks and balms a firm, slightly brittle set.
Sorbitan Sesquioleate emulsifier: Sorbitan Sesquioleate is a water-in-oil emulsifier and pigment disperser. Cleansing oils use it so water can be worked into the oil at the rinse.
Synthetic Wax occlusive: Synthetic Wax is a purpose-built hydrocarbon wax used to structure balms and sticks. It is odourless and does not oxidise, unlike most natural waxes.

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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.
Bellis Perennis (daisy) Flower Extract plant extract: Common daisy extract, carrying saponins and flavonoids. It is used for the look of uneven tone.
Adansonia Digitata Fruit Extract plant extract: Baobab fruit extract. The dry pulp is high in vitamin C, pectin and organic acids, and the extract is used as a conditioning antioxidant botanical.
Ulmus Davidiana Root Extract plant extract: Ulmus Davidiana is Japanese elm, whose inner bark yields a naturally slippery mucilage. Korean formulas use the root extract for that cushioned feel and for the look of reactive skin.
Pinus Palustris Leaf Extract plant extract: Pinus Palustris is longleaf pine. Its needle extract carries plant antioxidants and appears in Korean formulas alongside other conifer extracts.
Pueraria Lobata Root Extract plant extract: Pueraria Lobata is kudzu. Its root extract carries isoflavones, plant compounds structurally similar to oestrogen, and Korean formulas use it for the look of thinning, less resilient skin.
Origanum Vulgare Leaf Extract plant extract: Oregano leaf extract, rich in the phenols carvacrol and thymol. It is used as an antioxidant plant extract and brings its own herbal scent with it.
Chamaecyparis Obtusa Leaf Extract plant extract: Chamaecyparis Obtusa is hinoki cypress. Its leaf extract carries aromatic plant compounds and is used in Korean formulas aimed at oily, congested skin.
Salix Alba (willow) Bark Extract plant extract: Willow Bark Extract carries salicin, the plant compound salicylic acid is related to. The two are not interchangeable: willow bark is a mild clarifying extract, not a BHA exfoliant at the levels used in cosmetics.
Lactobacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract ferment: This is soybean fermented by lactobacillus. The fermentation breaks soy proteins into smaller pieces, which is what makes the extract easier for a formula to carry.
Portulaca Oleracea Extract plant extract: Portulaca Oleracea is purslane. Its extract is unusually high in omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants for a plant, and Korean formulas use it for the look of reddened, reactive skin.
Cinnamomum Cassia Bark Extract plant extract: Cassia cinnamon bark extract, a traditional herbal ingredient carrying cinnamaldehyde and tannins. It is used in warming, antioxidant-rich blends.
Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract plant extract: Scutellaria Baicalensis is Chinese skullcap. Its root extract carries baicalin, a well studied plant antioxidant, and it is used for the look of redness.
Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil fragrance component: Pelargonium Graveolens is rose geranium. Its flower oil is an essential oil used to scent a formula, carrying citronellol and geraniol.
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (orange) Peel Oil fragrance component: Sweet Orange Peel Oil is a citrus essential oil carrying limonene. It scents a formula, and limonene is one of the components EU labelling names separately.
Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil fragrance component: Eucalyptus Leaf Oil is an essential oil carrying eucalyptol. It scents a formula sharply and gives a cooling sensation.
Lavandula Angustifolia (lavender) Oil fragrance component: Lavender Oil is an essential oil carrying linalool and linalyl acetate. It scents a formula, and linalool is one of the fragrance components EU labelling requires to be named separately.
Lactobacillus/Centella Asiatica Extract Ferment Filtrate ferment: This is centella extract fermented by lactobacillus and filtered. Fermenting it adds lactic acid and amino acids to what the centella already carries.
Olea Europaea (olive) Fruit Oil emollient: Olive Fruit Oil is high in oleic acid and plant sterols. It is a rich emollient that suits dry skin and is heavy enough that blemish-prone skin often does not get on with it.
Hydrogenated Lecithin emulsifier: Hydrogenated Lecithin is lecithin with its unsaturated bonds filled in, which makes it far more stable. It emulsifies and is the standard shell for the liposomes that carry actives into the outer layer of skin.
Sodium Hyaluronate humectant: Sodium Hyaluronate is the salt of hyaluronic acid, and it is what most products labelled hyaluronic actually contain. The salt dissolves more readily and the molecule is smaller, so it sits in the outer layer of skin rather than only on top of it.
Sodium Chloride thickener: Sodium Chloride is salt. In a cleanser it thickens the liquid; in a mask or essence it balances the mineral content of the water phase. It has no active role.
Glyceryl Caprylate emulsifier: Glyceryl Caprylate is a mild emulsifier that also makes a formula less hospitable to microbes, so it is often part of a preservative-free system.
(-)-Alpha-Bisabolol active: Bisabolol is the main active fraction of chamomile oil, usually supplied from candeia wood. It is used for the look of redness in formulas for reactive skin, and it helps other ingredients absorb.
Dimethicone silicone: Dimethicone is the most used cosmetic silicone. It forms a breathable film that smooths the surface, slows water leaving skin, and gives the slip that makes a primer or cream feel silky. It is inert and does not penetrate.
Tocopherol antioxidant: Tocopherol is vitamin E. It is an oil-soluble antioxidant that protects the oils in a formula from going rancid and works on skin as an emollient, and it is regularly paired with vitamin C because each keeps the other going for longer.
Stearalkonium Hectorite thickener: Stearalkonium Hectorite is a modified clay that gels oils and keeps powders evenly suspended in an anhydrous formula.
Propylene Carbonate solvent: A polar solvent used mainly with clays: it swells montmorillonite and hectorite so they thicken an oil phase. It also thins heavy pigment pastes.
Madecassic Acid active: 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.
Asiaticoside active: 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.
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid humectant: Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid is hyaluronic acid cut into much shorter fragments. The smaller the fragment, the further into the outer layer it can settle, which is why serums stack several sizes together instead of using one.
Xylitylglucoside humectant: Xylitylglucoside is a sugar-derived humectant, the third member of the xylitol blend. Together the three hold water in the outer layer for longer than any of them does alone.
Anhydroxylitol humectant: Anhydroxylitol is a xylitol derivative used as a humectant. It is almost always part of the xylitol, anhydroxylitol and xylitylglucoside blend sold as a moisture-retention complex.
Collagen Amino Acids amino acid: Collagen Amino Acids are collagen broken all the way down to its individual amino acids. At that size they act as humectants, the same job skin's own amino acids do.
Xylitol humectant: Xylitol is a sugar alcohol humectant. It holds water in the outer layer of skin and is often paired with anhydroxylitol and xylitylglucoside as a hydration trio.
Ceramide Np barrier lipid: Ceramide NP is the most used cosmetic ceramide, the same class of lipid that makes up roughly half the mortar between cells in the outer layer of skin. Added to a cream it slots into that structure, which is why ceramide formulas feel less leaky rather than merely greasy.
Glucose humectant: Glucose is a simple sugar used as a humectant and as food for the ferment ingredients in the same formula. It hydrates mildly and adds a soft slip.
Phytosphingosine barrier lipid: Phytosphingosine is the backbone every ceramide is built on, and skin uses it in its own lipid layer. In a formula it works with ceramides and cholesterol and also keeps the product stable against microbes.
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.
Hydrolyzed Centella Asiatica Protein protein: The protein fraction of centella asiatica, cut into fragments small enough to dissolve. It is a plant protein used as a humectant.
Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide plant extract: Tremella Fuciformis is snow mushroom. Its polysaccharide holds even more water than hyaluronic acid for its weight, which is why it appears in hydrating Korean formulas as a plant alternative.
Sucrose Distearate emulsifier: Sucrose Distearate is a sugar-based emulsifier that is mild and gives a light, silky feel. It also conditions skin.
Hydrolyzed Elastin protein: Hydrolyzed Elastin is fragments of elastin, the protein that gives skin its snap back. Like collagen it cannot rebuild the real thing from the outside; it holds water and leaves a smooth film.
Ethylhexylglycerin preservative booster: Ethylhexylglycerin softens skin and boosts a preservative system, which is why it is nearly always sitting beside phenoxyethanol or 1,2-hexanediol. It also cuts down the odour bacteria produce, so it turns up in deodorising products.
Cholesterol barrier lipid: Cholesterol is the third of the three lipids the outer layer of skin is built from, with ceramides and fatty acids. Formulas that carry all three are following the ratio skin itself holds.
Glycine amino acid: Glycine is the smallest amino acid and one of the free amino acids skin holds to keep water in the outer layer. In a formula it is a humectant and a mild buffer.
Glutamic Acid amino acid: Glutamic Acid is an amino acid used as a humectant and a mild pH adjuster. It is one of the components of skin's natural moisturising factor.
Arginine amino acid: Arginine is an amino acid that does two jobs here: it holds water in the outer layer of skin, and it neutralises acidic gelling agents, which is why it often stands in for a synthetic pH adjuster.
Serine amino acid: Serine is one of the most abundant free amino acids in the outer layer of skin, where it helps hold water. Added to a formula it is a humectant.
Aspartic Acid amino acid: Aspartic Acid is an amino acid used as a humectant and buffer, usually within a wider amino acid blend.
Leucine amino acid: Leucine is an essential amino acid used as a humectant, part of the amino acid block many Korean essences carry.
Alanine amino acid: Alanine is a free amino acid skin uses as part of its own moisture-holding system. In a formula it hydrates and conditions.
Lysine amino acid: Lysine is an essential amino acid used as a conditioning humectant in an amino acid complex.
Tyrosine amino acid: Tyrosine is an amino acid used as a conditioning humectant in amino acid complexes.
Phenylalanine amino acid: Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid used in skincare as a conditioning humectant.
Valine amino acid: Valine is an essential amino acid used as a humectant alongside the rest of an amino acid block.
Threonine amino acid: Threonine is an essential amino acid used in skincare as a humectant, normally as part of an amino acid complex rather than alone.
Proline amino acid: Proline is an amino acid abundant in collagen and one of skin's own humectants. Added to a formula it holds water in the outer layer.
Isoleucine amino acid: Isoleucine is an essential amino acid used as a conditioning humectant within an amino acid complex.
Histidine amino acid: Histidine is an amino acid used as a humectant and a buffer, part of skin's own free amino acid pool.
Methionine amino acid: Methionine is a sulphur-bearing essential amino acid used as a humectant and mild antioxidant.
Cysteine amino acid: Cysteine is a sulphur-bearing amino acid used as a humectant and antioxidant. It is one of the three building blocks of glutathione.
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.
Limonene fragrance component: Limonene is the citrus-peel aromatic. It appears here because EU labelling requires 26 fragrance components to be named individually rather than hidden inside "fragrance", and it is one of them.
Citronellol fragrance component: Citronellol is a rose-geranium aromatic and one of the 26 fragrance components EU labelling names individually.
Linalool fragrance component: Linalool is a floral aromatic found in lavender, bergamot and coriander. It is one of the 26 fragrance components EU labelling requires to be declared by name.
Geraniol fragrance component: Geraniol is a rose-scented aromatic found in geranium and citronella oils. It is one of the 26 declarable fragrance components.

Key benefits

What it is: balm stick, 10g, used a top up over the rest of a routine.
Texture: a firm balm applied without hands.
Aimed at: dry patches, topping up over makeup, travel and desk use.
Original Korean Formula: the version sold on Korean shelves, not a US reformulation.

Worth knowing

Use one light pass rather than dragging it back and forth over the same area.
Keep it clear of the eyelid margin, and do not use it on broken skin.
Wipe the surface of the stick occasionally, since it touches the face directly.

Complete the routine

This itemCentellian24 Madeca Cream Stick 10g$35.00
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Cleanse first, so the next step meets bare skinCENTELLIAN24 Madeca Enzyme Cleansing Powder 60g$27.50

Total for 3 items$85.00

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Your skin barrier is basically your outer layer of the skin.
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