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Cicaterol Capsule Barrier Cream 50ml$37.50COSRX
Comfort Ceramide Cream
A centella-water-first comfort cream from COSRX's Balancium line, adding ceramide NP and niacinamide, built as a matte balm for sensitized, unbalanced skin, worn as the last step of the routine.
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- DehydrationBarrier weaknessUneven tone and dullnessExcess oil
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Next step in this routine
- Cleanse
- Prep
- Treat
- Seal
- Morning finishnext
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How it works
Sensitized skin often reacts to rich creams by feeling greasy without feeling calmer underneath. This cream leads with Centella Asiatica Leaf Water rather than plain water, then works Ceramide NP and hydrogenated lecithin into a matte balm with niacinamide behind them. That order builds a lipid layer over a calming water extract instead of stacking oils alone. The balm finish sits on reactive patches without a slick feel. Warm a small amount between fingertips and press over the face, adding a second layer only where skin feels rough.
Key benefits
- Centella asiatica leaf water, not plain water, is the first ingredient
- Ceramide NP supports the feel of a resilient skin barrier
- A matte balm texture that suits both oily and dry sensitized skin
- Niacinamide and panthenol sit in the supporting cast
Key actives
1Centella Asiatica Leaf Water
the calming base the cream is built on
11Ceramide NP
supports the feel of a resilient skin barrier
23Panthenol
vitamin B5 that comforts and hydrates
How to use
- Use the Balancium Comfort Ceramide Cream as the last skincare step, morning and evening, over serum.
- A pea for the face, warmed between fingertips, with a second thin pass on rough patches.
- Serum first, this second, then sunscreen in the morning. At night it is the last thing on.
- Twice a day, every day. Do not rub it in until it disappears; a barrier cream is meant to sit on the surface as much as sink into it.
What does the Balancium Comfort Ceramide Cream do for the skin?
Centella Asiatica Leaf Water opens the list ahead of glycerin and sunflower seed oil, with Ceramide NP further down alongside cetearyl olivate and hydrogenated lecithin to build a lipid-rich base. Niacinamide and panthenol sit in the supporting cast rather than up front. Together the order describes a comfort cream meant to sit on the skin as a lipid layer while the water-based centella extract underneath keeps it from feeling purely occlusive.
Is this cream suitable for sensitized or reactive skin?
The list has no fragrance, no denatured alcohol, no paraben, and no mineral oil, all genuinely absent. It does carry bergamot fruit oil along with limonene and linalool, natural components of that oil, so skin that specifically reacts to citrus oils should read the full list above before adding it. Anyone with a diagnosed sensitivity should confirm against their own known triggers rather than assume fragrance-free status here.
Does the comfort from this cream show up right away or build over time?
The balm texture feels immediately comforting on application, but the barrier-supporting effect from Ceramide NP and the centella complex, asiaticoside, asiatic acid, and madecassic acid among them, tends to build with consistent daily use rather than after a single application. Rough or reactive patches typically need repeated applications across several weeks before the surface feels steadier. Skipping days slows that timeline rather than speeding it up.
Can I use a brightening serum underneath this cream?
This particular list already carries niacinamide within its own formula, so it is not a blank base waiting on another active for tone support. It does not include vitamin C, so nothing here confirms how the two behave layered together, and that depends entirely on the vitamin C product's own ingredient list. Apply this cream as the final step and introduce any new serum underneath it gradually.
How do I verify this is the genuine Korean-market Balancium formula?
This unit carries its original Korean-market barcode, 8809598451445, unaltered from the version sold in Korea. Rather than asking customers to trust a seller's word, COSRX checks its own units directly: enter the batch number and expiration date printed on your box into the verification page on cosrx.com. Read those two figures off your own packaging rather than off anything printed here, since that is the point of the check.
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 (34): Centella Asiatica Leaf Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Betaine, 1,2-Hexanediol, Cetearyl Olivate, Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) oil, Ceramide NP, Sorbitan Olivate, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Triethylhexanoin, Beeswax, Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Kernel Oil, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Ethylhexylglycerin, Cyclohexasiloxane, Cassia Obtusifolia Seed Extract, Sucrose Distearate, Dipropylene Glycol, Panthenol, Niacinamide, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Glyceryl Stearate, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Hyaluronate, Limonene, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Fruit Oil, Asiaticoside, Asiatic Acid, Madecassic Acid, Linalool
Ingredient list read from cosrx.com on 18 August 2026.
34 of 34 explained
- Centella Asiatica Leaf Water plant extract
- Centella Asiatica Leaf Water is the distilled water of the centella leaf, used in place of plain water as a formula base. It is far more dilute than the extract, so it sets the base rather than supplying the actives.
- 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.
- 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.
- Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil emollient
- Sunflower Seed Oil is high in linoleic acid, the fatty acid dry and blemish-prone skin is often short of. It is a light, non-fragrant emollient and one of the better tolerated plant oils.
- 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.
- Cetearyl Alcohol fatty alcohol
- Cetearyl Alcohol is a waxy solid, not the drying kind of alcohol. It is a blend of cetyl and stearyl alcohols used to thicken a cream and keep oil and water from separating, and it softens skin as it does so.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cetearyl Olivate emulsifier
- Cetearyl Olivate is the water-loving half of the olive-derived emulsifier pair. With sorbitan olivate it builds emulsions whose lipid profile is close to skin's own.
- Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) oil emollient
- Palm Oil is a rich emollient high in palmitic and oleic acids. In skincare it is more often a source material for esters and emulsifiers than an ingredient on its own.
- 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.
- Sorbitan Olivate emulsifier
- Sorbitan Olivate is an olive-derived emulsifier, the oil-loving half of the pair sold as Olivem. It holds oil into water and leaves a light, non-waxy feel.
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- 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.
- Triethylhexanoin emollient
- Triethylhexanoin is a light ester emollient that softens skin and disperses pigment. It absorbs cleanly and is often used to thin a heavy oil phase.
- Beeswax occlusive
- Beeswax is the wax bees build comb from. In a formula it thickens the oil phase and forms a breathable, water-resisting film, which is what makes a balm hold its shape.
- Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Kernel Oil emollient
- Palm kernel oil, high in lauric acid and solid at room temperature. It gives balms and cleansing bases their body.
- Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer thickener
- This is the thickener behind most gel-cream textures. It builds a soft, bouncy gel that collapses to a light fluid as it is rubbed in.
- 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.
- Cyclohexasiloxane silicone
- Cyclohexasiloxane is a volatile silicone used for a light, fast-spreading feel that leaves nothing behind.
- Cassia Obtusifolia Seed Extract plant extract
- Cassia Obtusifolia is sicklepod, whose seeds are used in Korean tea and traditional practice. Its extract is a mucilage-rich conditioning ingredient.
- Sucrose Distearate emulsifier
- Sucrose Distearate is a sugar-based emulsifier that is mild and gives a light, silky feel. It also conditions skin.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer silicone
- This is a silicone elastomer, a soft springy gel. It fills the look of fine texture and gives the velvety, blurred finish of a primer.
- Glyceryl Stearate emulsifier
- Glyceryl Stearate is glycerin joined to stearic acid, and one of the most used emulsifiers in skincare. It holds oil and water together and thickens the result, and it softens skin at the same time.
- Xanthan Gum thickener
- Xanthan Gum is a polysaccharide made by fermenting sugar. It thickens a watery formula into a gel and holds the whole thing in suspension so nothing separates. Too much of it and a serum turns stringy, which is why it appears in fractions of a percent.
- 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.
- 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.
- Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Fruit Oil fragrance component
- Bergamot Fruit Oil is a citrus essential oil and the top note of eau de cologne. It scents a formula; citrus oils are the aromatic class most likely to bother reactive skin.
- 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.
- Asiatic Acid active
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- EAN (barcode)
- 8809598451445
- Made in
- Republic of Korea
- Category
- Moisturizer
- Actives
- Centella Asiatica, Ceramide NP, Niacinamide, Panthenol, Sodium Hyaluronate
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Inside the formula
Inside the formula
- 1Centella Asiatica
- 11Ceramide NP
- 23Panthenol
Where each key active sits on the declared ingredient list, by entry number. Position is proportion: the further forward, the larger its share.
Worth knowing
- An essential oil or citrus peel oil is on the list; those carrying a fragrance sensitivity should check it.
- Beeswax is on the list, so this is not a vegan formula.
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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.
Ceramides are part fatty acid and part amino acid and are able to be the grout that keeps the building blocks of the skin together and functioning as a barrier between the inside and outside world.
Amy Kassouf, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic Centella can make your skin appear more hydrated, plumper and healthier.
Samantha Stein, PA-CDermatology physician assistant, Cleveland Clinic
1 more professional perspective
Pantothenol is a common ingredient in skin care and hair products I recommend, particularly for people who are prone to dryness.
Taylor Bullock, MDDermatology resident, Cleveland Clinic
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