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Aqua Clinity Cream (Original) 50ml$42.50Pure Fit Cica Cream
COSRX's cica cream for skin that flushes easily, worn as the last step of the routine morning and evening. 50 ml.
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50ml
$55.98 per 100 ml
- Korean-market formula
- Ships from California or direct from Korea
- Korean barcode and batch code intact
- Suited to
- DryDehydratedSensitiveCompromised barrier
- Helps with
- DehydrationBarrier weaknessVisible redness and reactivity
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How it works
A cica cream is bought for calm rather than for weight, and this is the cream in COSRX's Pure Fit line, the range built for skin that reacts. It goes on last, over serum, morning and evening, warmed between the fingertips and pressed in rather than massaged. Skin that looks flushed after wind, sun or a strong active is the case it fits, and it is mild enough for a stretch when nothing else feels tolerable. On those stretches it works as the whole routine after cleansing, with a toner and nothing else in between. Twice a day, with a second pass over the areas that look most flushed.
Inside the formula
Inside the formula
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Ingredients declared
No fragrance
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How to use
- Use the Pure Fit Cica Cream as the last skincare step, morning and evening, over serum.
- A pea for the face, warmed between fingertips and pressed in, with a second pass where skin looks flushed.
- Serum first, this second, then sunscreen in the morning. At night it is the last thing on.
- Twice a day. Do not add an acid or a retinoid to the same routine while skin is settling; a calm week is the point of a cream like this.
COSRX Pure Fit Cica Cream
What is Pure Fit Cica Cream actually formulated to do?
Pure Fit Cica Cream opens its own twenty-nine ingredient list with three separate centella asiatica extracts back to back, before madecassoside, asiaticoside, madecassic acid and asiatic acid appear further down as the centella-derived actives behind that opening. Panthenol and allantoin sit alongside them for everyday comfort, while beeswax and macadamia seed oil build the cream's protective texture. It reads as a barrier and comfort cream for reactive skin rather than a treatment for one specific concern.
Is this cream okay for very reactive or flushed skin?
This jar's own list carries no added fragrance, no essential oil, no denatured alcohol, no paraben, no sulfate surfactant, no mineral oil, and no added colourant, which makes it a reasonable option for reactive or easily irritated skin. Beeswax is on the list, so anyone avoiding animal-derived ingredients should note that before using it. Centella and its derivatives are broadly well tolerated, but patch testing any new cream is sensible for skin that flares easily.
How soon does the calming effect actually show up?
Centella's calming derivatives, madecassoside and asiaticoside among them, work through repeated application rather than a single use, so the redness-calming effect associated with this cream builds with consistent daily use over days and weeks rather than instantly. Beeswax and macadamia seed oil provide an immediate protective feel from the first application, separate from that slower centella effect. Using it as a steady AM and PM step is how the formula is meant to perform.
Can I use a treatment serum underneath this cream?
Because it's meant as the last step, most routines apply this cream after a lighter serum and skip a separate heavy moisturizer on top of it. Whether it plays well under a specific treatment serum or an active like retinol isn't something this jar's own ingredient list settles, so introduce a new active gradually and watch how skin responds. Its balm-like texture is generally compatible with a sunscreen layered on top in the morning.
How can I be sure this jar is real COSRX from Korea?
This jar's barcode, 8809598455320, is the same Korean-market code COSRX prints on the box, not a number swapped in for a different retail market. COSRX handles authentication itself: cosrx.com carries a page where you enter the batch number and expiration date printed on your specific jar.
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 (29): Centella Asiatica Extract, Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract, Centella Asiatica Root Extract, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, 1,2-Hexanediol, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Triethylhexanoin, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Beeswax, Panthenol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Cyclohexasiloxane, Asiaticoside, Madecassic Acid, Asiatic Acid, Arginine, Madecassoside, Allantoin, Carbomer, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Sodium Hyaluronate, Water, Pinus Pinaster Bark Extract
Ingredient list read from incidecoder.com on 9 September 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cyclohexasiloxane silicone
- Cyclohexasiloxane is a volatile silicone used for a light, fast-spreading feel that leaves nothing behind.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Madecassoside active
- Madecassoside is the centella triterpene most associated with the look of redness, and the one brands lead with in cica products. It is water soluble and stable, so it appears in essences as readily as in creams.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pinus Pinaster Bark Extract plant extract
- Maritime pine bark extract, the source of the proanthocyanidins sold under the pine bark name. It is used as a plant antioxidant.
- Market
- Korean market, the version sold in Korea
- EAN (barcode)
- 8809598455320
- Made in
- Republic of Korea
- Volume
- 50ml
- Category
- Moisturizer / Cream
- Actives
- Allantoin, Centella Asiatica, Madecassoside, Panthenol, 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
- Centella extracts hold the first, second and third places on the list
- Madecassoside and the asiaticoside trio deepen the cica story
- Beeswax and macadamia oil give a soft, protective seal
- Panthenol and allantoin comfort skin that runs reactive
Worth knowing
- Beeswax is on the list, so this is not a vegan formula.
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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.
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