What is Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cream Moisturizer 20ml?

It is Laneige's cream. Its own Korean-market ingredient list names Squalane, Allantoin, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid. We stock Laneige's Korean-market formula, the version sold on shelves in Korea rather than a US-shelf reformulation.

How do I use Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cream Moisturizer 20ml?

Take a small scoop of Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cream Moisturizer 20ml and warm it between your palms before pressing it into the face and neck as the last step of your routine. Used consistently as the final step of a routine, sealing in everything applied before it, give it a few weeks in that slot before judging whether it is working for you.

Is Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cream Moisturizer 20ml the authentic Korean formula?

Yes. We stock Laneige's Korean-market formula rather than a version reformulated for US shelves. The unit sold is the one listed on Korean shelves, with the Korean barcode and batch code intact on the box.

How should I store Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cream Moisturizer 20ml?

Keep Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cream Moisturizer 20ml away from direct sunlight and heat, and close the cap fully between uses so the formula stays stable for its full shelf life. A cool, dry spot out of a steamy bathroom is a better home for it than a windowsill or a shower shelf.

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Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cream Moisturizer 20ml

Name: Laneige Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cream Moisturizer 20ml
Brand: Laneige
SKU: 9713020738
Price: 32.5 USD
Availability: InStock

Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cream Moisturizer 20ml is Laneige's cream, built around Squalane, Allantoin and Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid on its own Korean-market ingredient list, sourced here as the authentic formula sold in Korea rather than a US-shelf reformulation.

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20 ml

$16.25 per 10 ml

Korean-market formula
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Korean barcode and batch code intact

Suited to: NormalDryCombinationOily

Helps with: HydrationA dehydrated or tight-feeling complexionLayering into a multi-step Korean routine rather than being used as a stand-alone product

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How it works

Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cream Moisturizer 20ml lists Squalane, Allantoin, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Beta-Glucan, Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate on its own Korean-market ingredient panel. Squalane is an emollient that closely resembles the lipids skin already produces, which is why it layers into a routine without a heavy, greasy residue. Allantoin is a calming, texture-softening staple long used in Korean formulas to smooth the surface feel of skin. Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid is a water-binding humectant, drawing moisture into the surface layers of skin and holding it there. As a cream, its texture and placement in a routine carry the result as much as any single ingredient does: it works best as the final step of a routine, sealing in everything applied before it. We stock Laneige's Korean-market formula, the same version sold on shelves in Seoul rather than a formula built for US retail, with the Korean barcode and batch code intact on the box.

Key benefits

Laneige's cream, sourced as the Korean-market formula rather than a US-shelf reformulation.
Names Squalane and Allantoin on its own Korean-market ingredient panel.
Fits as the final step of a routine, sealing in everything applied before it in a layered Korean routine.
Aimed at hydration.

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

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Water/Aqua/Eau 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.
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.
Squalane emollient: Squalane is the stable, saturated version of squalene, a lipid human skin already makes. It is a light emollient that absorbs quickly, does not oxidise, and is one of the few oils widely considered safe for blemish-prone skin. Most cosmetic squalane is now from sugarcane or olive rather than shark.
Sucrose Polystearate emulsifier: A sugar-based emulsifier built from table sugar and stearic acid. It holds oil and water together in mild, plant-derived creams.
Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate emollient: Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate is a light ester emollient that gives a dry, silky finish and disperses pigment evenly.
Methyl Trimethicone silicone: Methyl Trimethicone is a light, volatile silicone chosen for a notably dry finish. It thins a formula and disperses powders evenly.
Dibutyl Adipate emollient: Dibutyl Adipate is a light ester emollient used as a solvent for UV filters and pigments and to keep a formula from feeling tacky.
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.
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.
Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate emulsifier: Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate is a sugar-derived emulsifier known for a light, non-soapy feel. It builds gel-creams that do not read as rich.
Bis-Hydroxyethoxypropyl Dimethicone silicone: A silicone carrying water friendly alcohol groups at both ends, so it mixes into water based formulas more readily than plain dimethicone. It is used as a conditioning silicone and a co-emulsifier.

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Stearyl Dimethicone silicone: A silicone wax, solid at room temperature. It thickens silicone and oil phases and helps a formula resist water.
Caprylic/Capric/Myristic/Stearic Triglyceride emollient: A blend of coconut and palm fatty acids rebuilt onto glycerin. The longer myristic and stearic chains make it thicker and more cushioning than plain caprylic triglyceride.
Stearic Acid fatty acid: Stearic Acid is a saturated fatty acid from plant fats, and one of the three lipid classes skin's own barrier is built from. In a formula it thickens, stabilises the emulsion and can be turned into a soap-style cleanser by adding a base.
Palmitic Acid fatty acid: Palmitic Acid is a saturated fatty acid present in skin's own lipids. It thickens a formula, stabilises the emulsion and softens skin.
Hydrogenated Polyisobutene emollient: Hydrogenated Polyisobutene is a stabilised synthetic hydrocarbon used in place of mineral oil. It is an emollient that leaves a smooth, cushioned film.
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.
Cetyl Alcohol fatty alcohol: Cetyl Alcohol is a waxy fatty alcohol from coconut or palm, unrelated to drying ethanol. It thickens creams, stabilises the emulsion and leaves skin feeling softer.
Propanediol humectant: Propanediol is a plant-derived glycol used in place of propylene glycol. It hydrates, carries actives into solution, and gives a lighter, less sticky slip than glycerin at the same strength.
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer thickener: This is a carbomer relative with fatty side chains, so it thickens and stabilises an emulsion at the same time. It gives a light gel-cream body rather than a heavy one.
Fragrance/Parfum fragrance: Fragrance, or Parfum, is a single declaration standing for a whole scent blend, which can be dozens of materials. Regulators allow it as a trade secret, so a list showing only this word does not say what the scent is made of. It is the most common trigger named by people with reactive 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.
Glyceryl Caprylate emulsifier: Glyceryl Caprylate is a mild emulsifier that also makes a formula less hospitable to microbes, so it is often part of a preservative-free system.
Dextrin thickener: Dextrin is a starch fragment used to thicken and to give a formula a light, powdery finish. It is also a common carrier for powdered extracts.
Tromethamine pH adjuster: Tromethamine neutralises acidic thickeners such as carbomer so they gel, and holds a formula near skin-friendly pH. It is used at a fraction of a percent.
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.
Disodium EDTA chelator: EDTA is a chelator: it locks up trace metal ions from water and packaging that would otherwise turn a formula cloudy, off-colour or rancid. It does nothing to skin and appears at a fraction of a percent.
Sorbitan Isostearate emulsifier: Sorbitan Isostearate is a mild emulsifier that holds water into oil, the direction a cleansing balm or an oil-based cream needs.
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.
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid humectant: Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid is hyaluronic acid cut into much shorter fragments. The smaller the fragment, the further into the outer layer it can settle, which is why serums stack several sizes together instead of using one.
Beta-Glucan polysaccharide: Beta-Glucan is a polysaccharide from oats or yeast. It holds a large amount of water, forms a soothing film, and is one of the ingredients formulators reach for in products aimed at reactive skin.
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.
Myristic Acid fatty acid: Myristic Acid is a saturated fatty acid used to thicken and, with a base added, to build the foam in a soap-style cleanser.
Arachidic Acid fatty acid: Arachidic Acid is a long-chain saturated fatty acid used to thicken and stabilise a formula.
Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate ferment: Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate is the ferment with the bacterial cells broken open, so their contents are in the formula too. It is a conditioning ferment used in barrier-focused products.
Tocopherol antioxidant: Tocopherol is vitamin E. It is an oil-soluble antioxidant that protects the oils in a formula from going rancid and works on skin as an emollient, and it is regularly paired with vitamin C because each keeps the other going for longer.
Undaria Pinnatifida Extract plant extract: Extract of the brown seaweed Korean cooking calls miyeok. It carries fucoidan and alginates, both strong water-holding polysaccharides.

How to use

Apply it last among your leave-on steps, after your toner and any serum.
Take a small amount and press it over slightly damp skin, bringing it down over the neck too.
Use it for a fortnight before deciding, since that is roughly how long a closing step takes to show you anything.
Do not decant it into another pot for travel, because a jar you have opened and transferred keeps whatever went in with it.

Worth knowing

Store away from direct sunlight and heat to keep the formula stable over its shelf life.
Patch test on a small area first if you are new to this formula or to the brand.

Complete the routine

This itemLaneige Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cream Moisturizer 20ml$32.50
The treatment step of this routineLANEIGE Water Bank Aqua Facial Serum 30ml$52.50
From the same Korean-market lineLANEIGE Bouncy & Firm Eye Sleeping Mask 20g$45.00

Total for 3 items$130.00

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