ilso Clean Mud Cream 100g
Kaolin at 250,000 ppm, a quarter of the formula, sits second with hectorite behind it, and Ceramide NP, fig, pear and prickly pear extracts follow. 100 g, the water-based cleanse. Korean-market formula.
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- Suited to
- Dry skinCompromised barrierDehydrated skinSensitive skin
- Helps with
- Shoppers looking for Ceramide NP in a creamRoutines that want Ceramide NP and Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract in one stepFilling the cream step with a Korean-market formula
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How it works
The Clean Mud Cream is a 100g cream, used as the last skincare step, morning and evening, over serum. The barrier lipid it is built around is Ceramide NP, named fifteenth on its own ingredient list. The same list carries Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract and Pyrus Communis (Pear) Fruit Extract, so the barrier lipid is not the only thing on it worth naming. How much of the Ceramide NP stays on the skin, and for how long, is decided by the cream format rather than by the list alone. ilso sells this Ceramide NP cream in Korea, and this is that version.
Key benefits
- Ceramide NP, the barrier lipid this cream is built around
- Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Pyrus Communis (Pear) Fruit Extract and Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract on the same list, plant extracts
- Opuntia Coccinellifera Fruit Extract and Fragaria Chiloensis (Strawberry) Fruit Extract further down the same list
- Pyrus Malus (Apple) Leaf Extract and Adansonia Digitata Seed Extract further down the same list
- Ceramide NP named fifteenth on the manufacturer list printed on this page
Key actives
Ceramide NPbarrier 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. On this cream's own ingredient list it is named fifteenth.
Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extractplant extract
Fig Fruit Extract carries fruit sugars, mild acids and a protein-digesting enzyme. It is used as a hydrating extract with a light smoothing effect. The panel names it twelfth on this cream's list, beside Ceramide NP.
Portulaca Oleracea Extractplant 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. It is named thirteenth on this cream's list, alongside Ceramide NP.
Pyrus Communis (Pear) Fruit Extractplant extract
Pear Fruit Extract carries fruit sugars and mild fruit acids. It is used as a hydrating extract with a very light smoothing effect on the surface. The panel names it seventeenth on this cream's list, beside Ceramide NP.
Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extractplant extract
Prickly pear cactus stem extract, from the pad rather than the fruit. The pad is full of mucilage, so the extract hydrates and leaves a cushioned feel. It is named twenty-second on this cream's list, alongside Ceramide NP.
Where does this cream go in my routine?
As the last skincare step, morning and evening, over serum. Anything thinner than a cream goes on before it, and anything richer goes on after. If you are adding it to a routine you already like, give it a week on its own first, so what you see is the Ceramide NP and not three changes at once.
What else is on the list besides Ceramide NP?
Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract and Pyrus Communis (Pear) Fruit Extract. The order they are printed in on this cream's panel is the order on the box, so you can see where Ceramide NP sits relative to them. Further down the same panel: Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract, Opuntia Coccinellifera Fruit Extract and Fragaria Chiloensis (Strawberry) Fruit Extract.
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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 it as the last step of a routine (or before a separate night cream at night), sealing in the layers underneath. AM and PM.
Worth knowing
- Patch test this cream on a small area and wait a day before using it more widely, especially with Ceramide NP on the list.
- Introduce this cream on its own for the first week, so anything your skin does is traceable to the Ceramide NP rather than to three changes at once.
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Korean-market original
The Original Korean Formula cream from ilso, 100g formulated with Ceramide NP and Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract, held in the United States and shipped domestically.
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.
Match the batch code on the box against the code printed on the bottle or tube itself; the two are stamped separately and should agree.
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 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 The aerial parts of this plant in medicine are used to reduce pain and swelling as well as an antiseptic.
Vahid Reza AskariPharmacological Research Center of Medicinal Plants, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Journal of Pharmacopuncture
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