COSRX
AC Collection Ultimate Spot Cream
An overnight spot cream on an aloe leaf water base that dries down visible blemishes with zinc oxide and calamine.
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- Suited to
- Blemish-proneDryDehydratedOily
- Helps with
- Breakouts and congestionDehydrationExcess oil
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How it works
A spot cream is a targeted step: it goes on one place rather than across the face, which is why it can carry things a full-face cream would not. This one is built on aloe barbadensis leaf water with zinc oxide and calamine, the pair that dries down on the surface, and tea tree leaf oil and scutellaria baicalensis root extract behind them. It goes on last in the evening, dabbed onto the spot once everything else has absorbed. It is not a moisturizer and it is not meant to be spread out across the cheeks. One dab per spot, overnight, on the nights you want it.
Key benefits
- Aloe leaf water is the first ingredient, keeping the base calm
- Zinc oxide and calamine visibly dry down active spots overnight
- Tea tree leaf oil suits congestion-prone skin
- The tube's valve design keeps air out of the formula until each use
Key actives
Zinc Oxide
helps dry down and settle the look of a raised spot
Calamine
the classic pink soother for irritated-looking spots
Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil
clarifying botanical for blemish-prone skin
COSRX AC Collection Ultimate Spot Cream
What is AC Collection Ultimate Spot Cream actually for?
AC Collection Ultimate Spot Cream is a targeted overnight spot treatment on an aloe leaf water base, with zinc oxide sitting fifth and calamine right after it on this jar's own twenty-four ingredient list, the pair most Korean spot creams lean on to dry down a raised, inflamed-looking area overnight. Scutellaria baicalensis root extract and tea tree leaf oil appear further down the same list, both tied to blemish-prone skin. It reads as a pinpoint treatment for an active spot rather than an all-over moisturizer.
Is this cream suitable for sensitive or reactive skin?
This jar's own list carries no added fragrance, no denatured alcohol, no paraben, no sulfate surfactant, no mineral oil, and no added colourant, a reasonable starting point for skin that reacts to those categories generally. Tea tree leaf oil is on the list, so anyone who knows they react to tea tree specifically should read the full panel on the box first. Because it's built for congestion and active spots rather than the whole face, patch testing a new spot treatment is sensible for reactive skin.
How long before I see a difference on a spot?
Zinc oxide and calamine work by settling and drying the surface of a spot rather than changing it instantly, so most people notice a visible difference over a night or two of use rather than after a single application. Consistent overnight use on the same active spot, rather than occasional dabbing, is how this jar's own list is built to be used. It isn't formulated as a leave-on treatment for the whole face.
Can I use this alongside my regular moisturizer?
Because this is a thick, matte spot treatment rather than a hydrator, most routines apply a regular moisturizer to the face first and then dab this cream only on the specific spot as a final step. Whether it pairs safely with a separate niacinamide or centella serum on the same spot isn't something this jar's own ingredient list can confirm, so patch test any combination first. Keeping it to a small area rather than the full face leaves the rest of a routine unaffected.
How do I know this is the real Korean-market formula?
This jar's own barcode, 8809598450165, is the intact Korean-market code COSRX prints on the box, not a number swapped in for a different retail market. COSRX doesn't outsource authentication to anyone else: it runs its own verification page on cosrx.com, where you enter the batch number and expiration date printed on your specific unit. Reading those two numbers straight off your own box, rather than trusting what a seller states, is the check that actually confirms it.
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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.
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How to use
- Use the AC Collection Ultimate Spot Cream last in the evening, on clean skin, after every other layer has absorbed.
- A small dab straight onto the spot, kept to the spot itself rather than spread over the skin around it.
- Nothing goes over it, and it stays on overnight.
- On the nights you want it. Do not use it across the whole face; it is built for one place at a time.
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COSRX, Korean-market original
Overnight spot cream, 30 g, with Aloe Water, Zinc Oxide and Calamine.
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.
COSRX verifies units itself. Find the verification page on cosrx.com and enter the batch number and expiration date printed on your unit. Read them off the package rather than from us, which is the point.
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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 skin care, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.
Pretty much every step of a Korean skin care routine is going to have some component of hydration.
Alok Vij, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic I think it's fair to say I've seen lots of patients use tea tree oil for a variety of skin issues. It's a natural remedy that is known to help.
Simon Hodes, MB ChBFamily physician, Cleveland Clinic
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