Is the Super Aqua Max A Watery Emulsion 130ml sold here the Korean-market formula, not a US reformulation?

Yes. This listing is the release Nature Republic sells for use inside Korea, the same formula Korean shoppers buy off the shelf there. A product with the same name can carry a different ingredient list or a different size in an export version, and we source and list only the Korean one, with that market's barcode and batch code intact on the unit that ships to you.

What is Centella Asiatica Extract doing in this formula?

Centella Asiatica Extract is the first ingredient of real substance on this product's own ingredient list, which puts it at the front of what the formula is built around rather than a trace addition. The rest of the list supports the texture and feel around it, in the concentration order the manufacturer itself declares.

Where does the Super Aqua Max A Watery Emulsion 130ml sit in a routine?

It occupies the moisturizer step. After serum and before a heavier cream, or on its own as the last step for lighter skin. Build a routine around the step you are replacing rather than the brand you recognize, since a handful of well-chosen steps tells you more about your skin than a shelf of unrelated products.

What size does the Super Aqua Max A Watery Emulsion 130ml ship in?

It ships at 130ml, the size Nature Republic sells this product at inside Korea. We do not substitute an export format or a US-only size for the Korean one, so what you receive matches what a shopper buys for it in Seoul.

How can I check that my Super Aqua Max A Watery Emulsion 130ml is genuine?

Nature Republic sells this exact release inside Korea, and the marker to check is the packaging itself: the Korean-market barcode and printed batch code stay intact on your unit rather than being swapped for an export label.

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Super Aqua Max A Watery Emulsion 130ml

Name: Nature Republic Super Aqua Max A Watery Emulsion 130ml
Brand: Nature Republic
SKU: 358529895
Price: 25.0 USD
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Nature Republic's Super Aqua Max A Watery Emulsion 130ml is an emulsion led by Centella Asiatica Extract and Portulaca Oleracea Extract on its own ingredient list, 130ml, sold here as the Korean-market formula Nature Republic carries inside Korea rather than a US-shelf reformulation.

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Suited to: normal skindry skincombination skinsensitive skin

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How it works

This emulsion opens its ingredient list with Centella Asiatica Extract, ahead of the rest of the formula, which is the clearest sign of what it is built around. Portulaca Oleracea Extract follows further down the list, part of the supporting cast rather than the headline. Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract follows further down the list, part of the supporting cast rather than the headline. That order is why Nature Republic positions Super Aqua Max A Watery Emulsion 130ml as an emulsion rather than a general moisturizer or cleanser: the concentration and format are built for the moisturizer step, not for every step in a routine. It belongs in the moisturizer step, after serum and before a heavier cream, or on its own as the last step for lighter skin.

Key benefits

Size: 130ml, the Korean-market fill Nature Republic sells inside Korea for this product.
Led by Centella Asiatica Extract: it sits at the top of this product's own ingredient list, the clearest read of what the formula is built around.
Format: emulsion, dosed and textured for the moisturizer step rather than a general-purpose step.
Routine slot: after serum and before a heavier cream, or on its own as the last step for lighter skin.
Sourcing: shipped with the Korean-market barcode and batch code intact.
Also on the list: Portulaca Oleracea Extract, one of the supporting ingredients behind the rest of the formula's texture and feel.

Key actives

12Centella Asiatica Extract

Centella Asiatica Extract is the calming botanical Korean formulators reach for on skin that looks flushed, sensitized, or freshly exfoliated, and it is mild enough to sit underneath stronger actives in the same routine.

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13Portulaca Oleracea Extract

Portulaca Oleracea Extract, purslane extract, is a hanbang botanical Korean formulators reach for on skin that looks flushed or easily irritated, part of the calming, traditional-ingredient tradition Korean skincare draws on.

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14Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract

Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract is a licorice root derivative long used in Korean formulas to support a calmer look to skin and an evened-out tone alongside brighter, more active ingredients.

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48Soluble Collagen

Soluble Collagen is included as a surface-level humectant and film-forming ingredient, supporting a plumper feel to the skin rather than replacing the body's own structural collagen.

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49Sodium Hyaluronate

Sodium Hyaluronate draws and holds water at the skin's surface, plumping the look of fine dry lines and giving the rest of the formula something to hold onto as it settles in.

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Contains fragrance (parfum)

Not on the ingredient list below: denatured or SD alcohol, essential oils, parabens, sulfate surfactants, mineral oil or petrolatum and added color.

Full INCI (74): Water, Glycerin, Methylpropanediol, Hydrogenated Poly (C6-14 Olefin), Sorbitan Stearate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Cetyl Alcohol, Ethylhexyl Stearate, Ulmus Davidiana Root Extract, Amaranthus Caudatus Seed Extract, Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Paeonia Lactiflora Root Extract, Cnidium Officinale Root Extract, Pueraria Thunbergiana Root Extract, Hypnea Musciformis Extract, Ecklonia Cava Extract, Codium Tomentosum Extract, Gelidium Cartilagineum Extract, Agarum Cribosum Extract, Enteromorpha Compressa Extract, Laminaria Japonica Extract, Dunaliella Salina Extract, Laminaria Cloustoni Extract, Sargassum Fulvellum Extract, Undaria Pinnatifida Extract, Porphyra Yezoensis Extract, Fucus Vesiculosus Extract, Laminaria Saccharina Extract, Spirulina Platensis Extract, Jania Rubens Extract, Cladosiphon Okamuranus Extract, Euglena Gracilis Extract, Macrocystis Pyrifera (Kelp) Extract, Ulva Lactuca Extract, Codium Fragile Extract, Chlorella Minutissima Extract, Hizikia Fusiforme Extract, Salicornia Herbacea Extract, Plankton Extract, Pikea Robusta Extract, Hydrolyzed Ulva Lactuca Extract, Haematococcus Pluvialis Extract, Laminaria Digitata Extract, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Soluble Collagen, Sodium Hyaluronate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Stearic Acid, Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Tromethamine, Sucrose Cocoate, Carbomer, Glyceryl Stearate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Sea Water, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Disodium EDTA, Xanthan Gum, Chlorella Ferment, Ceramide NP, Macrocystis Pyrifera (Kelp) Protein, Hydrolyzed Enteromorpha Compressa, Tocopherol, Polysorbate 60, PEG-100 Stearate, Fragrance, Ethylhexylglycerin, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Limonene, Hydroxycitronellal

Ingredient list read from inkeedecoder.com on 10 September 2026.

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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.
Methylpropanediol humectant: Methylpropanediol is a small glycol used to hydrate and to help water-soluble actives penetrate the outer layer of skin more evenly. It leaves almost no tack, which suits watery textures.
Hydrogenated Poly (C6-14 Olefin) emollient: Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin) is a synthetic hydrocarbon emollient. It gives a smooth, silicone-like glide and is completely stable, so it does not go rancid.
Sorbitan Stearate emulsifier: Sorbitan Stearate is a mild emulsifier and thickener used to hold oil and water together in creams.
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.
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.
Ethylhexyl Stearate emollient: Ethylhexyl Stearate is an ester emollient with a slightly richer feel than the palmitate. It softens skin and helps a formula spread evenly.
Ulmus Davidiana Root Extract plant extract: Ulmus Davidiana is Japanese elm, whose inner bark yields a naturally slippery mucilage. Korean formulas use the root extract for that cushioned feel and for the look of reactive skin.
Amaranthus Caudatus Seed Extract plant extract: Amaranth seed extract, carrying squalene, sterols and peptides. It is used as a conditioning extract.
Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract plant 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.
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.

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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.
Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract plant extract: Licorice Root Extract carries glabridin and liquiritin. It is one of the classic plant ingredients used for the look of uneven tone and redness, and it appears in almost every brightening formula that avoids synthetic actives.
Paeonia Lactiflora Root Extract plant extract: Chinese peony root, one of the oldest ingredients in East Asian herbal practice. Its extract carries paeoniflorin and is used for the look of reddened, uneven skin.
Cnidium Officinale Root Extract plant extract: Cheongung, a traditional Korean medicinal root from the carrot family. Its extract is used as a conditioning plant extract.
Pueraria Thunbergiana Root Extract plant extract: Kudzu root extract. The root is high in the isoflavones puerarin and daidzein, and it also carries starch, so the extract holds a little water.
Ecklonia Cava Extract plant extract: Ecklonia Cava is gamtae, a brown seaweed harvested off Jeju. It carries phlorotannins, an antioxidant group found only in brown algae, and it is used as a marine antioxidant extract.
Gelidium Cartilagineum Extract plant extract: A red seaweed extract from the genus agar is made from. It thickens and hydrates and leaves a cushioned film.
Enteromorpha Compressa Extract plant extract: Green laver, the parae of Korean cooking. Its extract is a mineral-rich, hydrating seaweed ingredient.
Laminaria Japonica Extract plant extract: Laminaria Japonica is kombu kelp. Its extract carries alginates, minerals and iodine, and it is used as a hydrating, mineral-rich ingredient.
Dunaliella Salina Extract plant extract: Extract of a salt tolerant microalgae, the richest natural source of beta carotene. The pigment is what gives the extract its orange colour and its antioxidant character.
Laminaria Cloustoni Extract polysaccharide: Extract of a North Atlantic kelp. Like other brown algae it carries alginate and fucoidan, sugars that hold water and thicken, along with minerals from sea water.
Sargassum Fulvellum Extract plant extract: Mojaban, a Korean brown seaweed. Its extract carries alginates, minerals and polyphenols and is used as a hydrating marine ingredient.
Undaria Pinnatifida Extract plant extract: Extract of the brown seaweed Korean cooking calls miyeok. It carries fucoidan and alginates, both strong water-holding polysaccharides.
Porphyra Yezoensis Extract plant extract: Nori laver, the gim eaten in Korea and Japan. Its extract carries porphyran, a water-holding sugar, along with minerals and amino acids.
Fucus Vesiculosus Extract plant extract: Bladderwrack extract, a brown seaweed named for the air bladders that float it. It carries fucoidan and alginates and is used as a hydrating marine extract.
Spirulina Platensis Extract plant extract: Spirulina is a blue-green microalga, unusually high in protein. Its extract carries amino acids and the blue pigment phycocyanin, which can tint a formula.
Jania Rubens Extract plant extract: Extract of a red coralline seaweed that builds calcium into its own structure, so the extract is mineral-rich. It is a conditioning marine extract.
Cladosiphon Okamuranus Extract plant extract: Cladosiphon Okamuranus is Okinawan mozuku seaweed, the main commercial source of fucoidan. Its extract is used as a hydrating polysaccharide ingredient.
Macrocystis Pyrifera (Kelp) Extract plant extract: Giant kelp extract. It carries alginates, minerals and iodine and is used as a hydrating, mineral-rich marine ingredient.
Ulva Lactuca Extract polysaccharide: Extract of sea lettuce, a green algae. It carries ulvan, a sulphated sugar polymer that holds water, and it is used as a marine conditioning extract.
Codium Fragile Extract plant extract: Extract of a green seaweed known as dead man fingers. Like most green algae it carries sulphated polysaccharides and minerals, and it is used as a water holding marine extract.
Chlorella Minutissima Extract plant extract: Extract of a very small single celled green algae. It carries chlorophyll, amino acids and polysaccharides and is used as a conditioning marine extract.
Hizikia Fusiforme Extract plant extract: Tot, a Korean brown seaweed eaten as a side dish. Its extract is mineral rich and used as a hydrating marine ingredient.
Salicornia Herbacea Extract plant extract: Glasswort, the hamcho that grows on Korean tidal flats. It concentrates sea minerals as it grows, so its extract is used as a mineral-rich hydrating ingredient.
Plankton Extract plant extract: Extract of marine plankton, usually a cultured microalgae. It carries amino acids, sugars and minerals from sea water and is used as a conditioning marine extract.
Haematococcus Pluvialis Extract antioxidant: An algae extract that is the main natural source of astaxanthin, the deep red carotenoid. It is used as a plant antioxidant and colours a formula orange-red.
Laminaria Digitata Extract plant extract: Oarweed kelp extract. It carries alginates, minerals and iodine and is used as a hydrating, mineral-rich marine ingredient.
Hydrogenated Lecithin emulsifier: Hydrogenated Lecithin is lecithin with its unsaturated bonds filled in, which makes it far more stable. It emulsifies and is the standard shell for the liposomes that carry actives into the outer layer of skin.
Soluble Collagen protein: Soluble Collagen is collagen kept in its intact triple-helix form and dissolved rather than cut up. It sits on the surface as a water-holding film.
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.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice plant extract: Aloe Leaf Extract is mostly water with polysaccharides, amino acids and mild plant acids. It hydrates and leaves a light, cooling film, which is why it is the default after-sun ingredient.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sucrose Cocoate emulsifier: Sucrose Cocoate is table sugar joined to coconut fatty acids. It is a very mild emulsifier and cleanser that also holds water, so it turns up in gentle cleansers and toners.
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.
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.
Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant: Tocopheryl Acetate is a stable vitamin E ester that skin converts to tocopherol. It is used as an antioxidant and a light emollient and holds up better than plain vitamin E in a formula.
Sea Water mineral: Sea Water is filtered and desalinated seawater used in place of plain water. It carries magnesium, calcium and potassium, so it brings the mineral balance of the base closer to skin's own.
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate active: Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate is a water-soluble salt derived from licorice root. It is the licorice fraction Korean formulas use for the look of redness, and it is far more stable in water than the whole extract.
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.
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.
Chlorella Ferment ferment: Chlorella, a single celled green algae, put through fermentation. The culture breaks the tough cell wall so the amino acids, sugars and pigments inside are available in the formula.
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.
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.
Polysorbate 60 emulsifier: Polysorbate 60 is a water-loving emulsifier used with a fatty co-emulsifier to build stable lotions and creams.
PEG-100 Stearate emulsifier: PEG-100 Stearate is a water-loving emulsifier almost always paired with glyceryl stearate. Together they form the standard cream base of the last fifty years.
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.
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.
Butylphenyl Methylpropional fragrance component: A synthetic aroma molecule with a soft floral note, once widely known as Lilial. It is one of the fragrance components EU labelling requires to be named separately.
Limonene fragrance component: Limonene is the citrus-peel aromatic. It appears here because EU labelling requires 26 fragrance components to be named individually rather than hidden inside "fragrance", and it is one of them.
Hydroxycitronellal fragrance component: Hydroxycitronellal is a soft lily-of-the-valley aromatic. It is one of the 26 declarable fragrance components.

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

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Fragrance on the list

12Centella Asiatica48Soluble Collagen

12Centella Asiatica
48Soluble Collagen

Where each key active sits on the declared ingredient list, by entry number. Position is proportion: the further forward, the larger its share.

How to use

Use it as the moisturizer step, after serum and before a heavier cream, or on its own as the last step for lighter skin.

Worth knowing

Patch test on the inner arm before a first full-face application, as with any new skincare product.
Introduce it into a routine one product at a time so any reaction can be traced to the right cause.

Complete the routine

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What professionals say

What skin-care professionals say about the key actives in this formula, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.

Centella can make your skin appear more hydrated, plumper and healthier.
Samantha Stein, PA-CDermatology physician assistant, Cleveland Clinic
It contains liquiritin, an active compound that helps to disperse and remove existing melanin in the skin.
Jennifer Chwalek, MDDermatologist, Byrdie

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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