What is Zero Pore Pad Mild 155g(70 Pads)?

It is Medicube's Korean-market toner pad, sold here in the same formula the brand sells in Korea rather than in a version reformulated for the US shelf. It is meant to be used as the toning step right after cleansing.

How do I use the Zero Pore Pad Mild 155g(70 Pads)?

Use this toner pad as the toning step right after cleansing. To apply, sweep one pad over the face and neck after cleansing, working outward from the center. Keep it to AM/PM unless the packaging states otherwise, and give the rest of the routine a moment to settle before layering the next step. Give it a full bottle or box before judging the result, since most Korean routines are built for steady use rather than a single application.

Is the Zero Pore Pad Mild 155g(70 Pads) the same formula sold in Korea, or a US version?

This Zero Pore Pad Mild 155g(70 Pads) is the Korean-market formula, not a version reformulated for US shelves. It arrives with its original Korean-market barcode and batch code intact so the formula can be checked against the box on arrival.

Can I use the Zero Pore Pad Mild 155g(70 Pads) with other actives in my routine?

Yes, as long as it is used in its own step, the toning step right after cleansing, and not layered on top of a product doing the same job. Introduce any new step gradually over the first week or two and keep an eye on how the skin responds before adding a second new active alongside it.

Who is the Zero Pore Pad Mild 155g(70 Pads) suited for?

It suits most skin types looking for toning step right after cleansing rather than a single acute problem. It comes in a 70pads format. Anyone with a known sensitivity to a specific ingredient should check the full ingredient panel on this page before buying.

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Zero Pore Pad Mild 155g(70 Pads)

Name: Medicube Zero Pore Pad Mild 155g(70 Pads)
Brand: Medicube
SKU: 6572780529
Price: 25.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Medicube Zero Pore Pad Mild 155g(70 Pads) is a Korean-market toner pad, formulated in Korea and sourced for the Korean market rather than reformulated for the US shelf.

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70 pads

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Korean barcode and batch code intact

Suited to: normal skincombination skindry skin

Helps with: visible pores and rough texturegeneral day-to-day maintenance as part of a full routinea routine that wants a Korean-market step in this category

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How it works

Medicube Zero Pore Pad Mild 155g(70 Pads) is a toner pad built for the toning step right after cleansing. The brand builds this format the way most Korean toner pad lines are built, with a texture and finish tuned to how the product is actually used rather than to a single headline ingredient. The size and packaging are set up for AM/PM use, so the format is meant to sit inside a routine rather than stand alone. Placed as the toning step right after cleansing, it is meant to be used AM/PM rather than swapped freely between steps. Because this is the Korean-market version of the Zero Pore Pad Mild 155g(70 Pads) line rather than a US-reformulated variant, the texture and finish match what Medicube sells through Korean retail.

Key benefits

Formulated as a toner pad for the toning step right after cleansing.
The Korean-market Medicube formula for Zero Pore Pad Mild 155g(70 Pads), matching what Medicube sells in Korea rather than a US-reformulated line.
Arrives with its original Korean-market barcode and batch code intact for authenticity checks against the box.
Comes in a 70pads format sized for AM/PM use.
Part of Medicube's own line rather than a third-party or private-label copy of it.

How to use

Use this toner pad as the toning step right after cleansing. To apply, sweep one pad over the face and neck after cleansing, working outward from the center. Keep it to AM/PM unless the packaging states otherwise, and give the rest of the routine a moment to settle before layering the next step.

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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.
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.
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.
Sorbitol humectant: Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a humectant. It hydrates like glycerin with a smoother, less sticky finish, and it adds a little body to watery textures.
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.
Potassium Hydroxide pH adjuster: Potassium Hydroxide is a strong base used in traces to raise a formula to its target pH. In a soap-style cleanser it also converts fatty acids into the surfactant that does the cleansing.
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.
Lauric Acid fatty acid: Lauric Acid is the coconut fatty acid that gives soap-style cleansers their dense foam. It is not well suited to blemish-prone skin at high levels.
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.
Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate surfactant: Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate is a coconut-and-glycine surfactant used in low-pH cleansers. It foams well and rinses without the squeaky tightness a soap leaves.
Parfum(Fragrance) 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.
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate surfactant: Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate is a coconut-derived surfactant that gives a dense, creamy foam while staying mild. It is the usual choice in syndet cleansing bars.

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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.
Potassium Cocoate surfactant: Potassium Cocoate is coconut oil turned into soap. It cleanses strongly and sits at a high pH, which is what gives a traditional soap-style cleanser its squeaky finish.
Coconut Acid fatty acid: Coconut Acid is the mixed fatty acids of coconut oil. Combined with an alkali in the same formula it forms the soap that does the cleansing.
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.
Sodium Isethionate surfactant: Sodium Isethionate is the mild cleansing salt behind syndet bars. It foams in hard water where soap would leave a scum.
Sodium Polyacrylate thickener: Sodium Polyacrylate is a polymer that absorbs many times its weight in water. It thickens a formula and holds water in a gel against the skin.
Portulaca Oleracea Extract plant 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.
Gaultheria Procumbens (Wintergreen) Leaf Extract plant extract: Wintergreen leaf extract. The plant naturally carries methyl salicylate, which is where its sharp minty scent comes from.
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.
Camellia Japonica Flower Extract plant extract: Camellia Japonica Flower Extract comes from the flower of the Korean camellia. It is used as a conditioning, hydrating extract.
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.
Diisopropyl Adipate emollient: A light ester used as an emollient and solvent. It sinks in quickly and helps carry oil-soluble actives.
Lecithin emulsifier: Lecithin is a soy or sunflower-derived phospholipid, the same class of molecule cell membranes are built from. It emulsifies oil into water and is the basis of the liposomes formulators use to carry actives.
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.
Saponaria Officinalis Leaf Extract plant extract: Soapwort leaf extract. It is naturally rich in saponins, so it foams a little and works as a very mild plant cleanser.
Acrylic Acid/Acrylamidomethyl Propane Sulfonic Acid Copolymer thickener: A gelling copolymer that tolerates salt and acid better than carbomer. It thickens water into a clear gel.
Dimethylmethoxy Chromanol antioxidant: A synthetic antioxidant built on the same chromanol ring vitamin E uses. It works in both the water and the oil phase, which vitamin E cannot.
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.
Citric Acid pH adjuster: Citric Acid is used in tiny amounts to bring a formula to the pH its actives need, not as an exfoliant at that level. It is an AHA, so at much higher concentrations it can also exfoliate.
Potassium Sorbate preservative: Potassium Sorbate is a preservative that holds off yeast and mould in acidic formulas. It is almost always used with sodium benzoate, because neither covers the whole range of microbes alone.
Sodium Benzoate preservative: Sodium Benzoate is a mild preservative that works only in acidic formulas. It is usually paired with potassium sorbate, and the pair is the standard choice where a brand wants no phenoxyethanol.
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.
Chaenomeles Sinensis Fruit Extract plant extract: Chinese quince fruit extract, the mogwa of Korean tea. It carries fruit acids, tannins and vitamin C and is used as a conditioning extract.
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Flower Extract plant extract: Orange blossom extract, from the flower rather than the fruit. It is a conditioning extract and carries its own scent.
Melissa Officinalis Extract plant extract: Lemon balm extract, a mint-family herb rich in rosmarinic acid. It is used as an antioxidant conditioning extract with a light lemon scent.

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Worth knowing

Patch test on the inner arm before the first full-face application, especially on skin that reacts easily to new products.
Stop use and rinse off if stinging, burning, or new redness shows up rather than pushing through discomfort.

Complete the routine

This itemMedicube Zero Pore Pad Mild 155g(70 Pads)$25.00
Prep after cleansing, before the treatment stepmedicube Triple Collagen Toner 4.0 140ml$31.00
Seal the routine in as the last stepmedicube Zero Pore Cream 2.0 50ml$30.00

Total for 3 items$86.00

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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.
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