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Cicaterol Capsule Barrier Cream 50ml$37.50Hyaluronic Acid Intensive Cream
An intensive moisture cream on a sea buckthorn water base, with sodium hyaluronate and a nut-oil cushion that never feels heavy.
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- Korean-market formula
- Ships from California or direct from Korea
- Korean barcode and batch code intact
- Suited to
- DryDehydratedSensitiveCompromised barrier
- Helps with
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How it works
Skin that feels tight by midday is shedding surface moisture faster than it can hold onto it. A heavier oil balm can smooth that feeling over without restoring the water underneath. This cream opens on Hippophae Rhamnoides Water, then adds sodium hyaluronate to draw moisture in while cetearyl olivate and sunflower seed oil cushion the surface. Repeated use keeps that moisture from disappearing by afternoon. Press it in as the last step, morning and night.
How to use
- Use the Hyaluronic Acid Intensive Cream as the last skincare step, morning and evening, over serum.
- A pea for the face and another for the neck, warmed between fingertips before it goes on.
- Serum first, this second, then sunscreen in the morning. At night nothing goes over it.
- Twice a day, every day. Do not wait until skin has dried off; a cream over damp skin holds more of that water in.
COSRX Hyaluronic Acid Intensive Cream
What is the Hyaluronic Acid Intensive Cream actually formulated to do?
This cream leads with Hippophae Rhamnoides Water, a sea buckthorn base, ahead of glycerin and butylene glycol, with sodium hyaluronate joining further down the list to help the surface hold water. Cetearyl olivate and sunflower seed oil sit nearby to give the formula a cushioned finish once it settles. Together the list reads as a humectant-forward moisturizer built for skin that is losing surface moisture rather than one aimed at active treatment.
Is this cream suitable for reactive or fragrance-sensitive skin?
Fragrance, essential oil, denatured alcohol, and added colourant are all absent from this jar's own ingredient list, along with paraben and sulfate surfactants. That absence is a reasonable starting point for someone who reacts to scent or harsh preservative systems in a leave-on cream. It does not rule out reactions to a specific named ingredient, so anyone with a known sensitivity should still read the full list before use.
Will I see a difference from this cream right away?
Humectant creams like this one tend to soften the look of dryness within the first few applications, since glycerin and sodium hyaluronate work at the surface almost immediately. The cushioning from macadamia and sunflower seed oil takes longer to register, usually showing up as less tightness over repeated daily use. This is a maintenance step rather than a one-time fix, so consistency matters more than any single application.
Can I use this alongside a brightening serum or retinoid?
The ingredient list here is a moisturizer base with no acids or actives that would conflict with a serum step, so it can generally follow a vitamin C or retinoid product applied earlier in the routine. This cream does not itself contain retinol or an acid exfoliant, so it is not standing in for either step. As with any new pairing, patch test first and watch how skin responds over a week or two.
How can I confirm this jar is the genuine Korean-market formula?
This unit's own barcode, 8809416470122, is a real, checkable Korean-market code rather than a placeholder. COSRX runs its own authenticity check rather than leaving it to sellers: look up the verification page on cosrx.com and enter the batch code and expiration date printed on the jar itself, not any number quoted to you secondhand. Reading those details straight off the package is exactly why the system exists.
Not on the ingredient list below: fragrance or parfum, denatured or SD alcohol, essential oils, parabens, sulfate surfactants, mineral oil or petrolatum and added color.
Full INCI (20): Hippophae Rhamnoides Water, Ethyl Hexanediol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Betaine, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Sodium Hyaluronate, Arginine, Panthenol, Dimethicone, Ethylhexylglycerin, Carbomer, Allantoin, Xanthan Gum
Ingredient list read from cosrx.com on 18 August 2026.
20 of 20 explained
- Hippophae Rhamnoides Water plant extract
- Hippophae Rhamnoides is sea buckthorn. Its water is used in place of plain water as a base and carries traces of the fruit's vitamins.
- Ethyl Hexanediol humectant
- Ethyl Hexanediol is a glycol that hydrates and makes a formula less hospitable to microbes, the same double role 1,2-hexanediol plays.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil emollient
- Macadamia Seed Oil is unusually high in palmitoleic acid, a fatty acid that human sebum also contains, which is why it absorbs faster than most nut oils. It is a cushioning emollient for dry skin.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Carbomer thickener
- Carbomer is a synthetic polymer that only gels once a base neutralises it, which is why arginine or tromethamine sits nearby on the list. It gives the clear, non-stringy gel texture a xanthan formula cannot reach.
- Allantoin active
- Allantoin is a comfrey-derived compound used to condition skin and soften the outer layer so it feels smoother. It is one of the standard additions to a formula built for easily irritated skin.
- 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.
- Market
- Korean market, the version sold in Korea
- EAN (barcode)
- 8809416470122
- Made in
- Republic of Korea
- Volume
- 100ml
- Category
- Moisturizer
- Actives
- Allantoin, Panthenol, Sea Buckthorn, Sodium Hyaluronate
- Ships from
- California or Korea
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Where this unit came from
- 1Seoul
Bought as Korean-market stock - 2Barcode
Listed against the Korean barcode on its box - 3California or Korea
Ships to you from either, as the same Korean-market release
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Key benefits
- Sea buckthorn water, not plain water, is the first ingredient
- Sodium hyaluronate draws water in while the cream seals it
- Macadamia and sunflower seed oils cushion without grease
- Panthenol and allantoin keep long-wear comfort
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Hyaluronic intensive cream, 100 ml, on Sea Buckthorn Water.
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.
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What professionals say
What professionals say
What skin-care professionals say about skin care, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.
Your skin barrier is basically your outer layer of the skin.
Melissa Piliang, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic Pretty much every step of a Korean skin care routine is going to have some component of hydration.
Alok Vij, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic
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