Cica Nut Calming Balm 110ml
Nutseline Cica Nut Calming Balm is a calming balm built around Shea Butter, sized at 110ml, a balm texture that melts on contact with skin, in the Korean-market formula sold at Olive Young in Seoul.
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$56.82 per 100 ml
- Korean-market formula
- Ships from California or direct from Korea
- Korean barcode and batch code intact
- Suited to
- NormalDryCombinationSensitive
- Helps with
- Everyday body careDrier areas like elbows and shinsPost-shower routine
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How it works
Nutseline Cica Nut Calming Balm names Shea Butter, Camphor, Macadamia Seed Oil on its own manufacturer ingredient list, and this is what each is doing in the formula. Shea Butter is the rich emollient base that gives this balm its melt and cushion on contact with skin. Camphor gives this balm its characteristic cooling sensory hit on contact with skin, the sensation that signals the balm is working before any longer-term effect shows. Macadamia Seed Oil is a fatty-acid-rich plant oil chosen for a cushioned, non-greasy finish, close enough to skin's own lipids to spread and absorb without a heavy residue. Together they build a balm texture that melts on contact with skin meant to work as one step in a layered Korean routine rather than a single do-everything product.
Key benefits
- Carries Shea Butter, named on this row's own manufacturer ingredient list
- Carries Camphor, named on this row's own manufacturer ingredient list
- A balm texture that melts on contact with skin
- a size built for full-body use rather than a facial-scale bottle
- Intact Korean-market barcode and batch coding on arrival
How to use
- Warm a small amount between the fingertips and press over the area that needs it, as often as the skin feels tight or reactive.
What is Cica Nut Calming Balm used for?
It is a calming balm from Nutseline, a balm texture that melts on contact with skin. Nutseline builds its Cica Nut and Super Nut lines on nut and seed oils, positioned for the drier, balm-and-cream end of a Korean routine. It is meant to be used as one step in a routine rather than a stand-alone treatment, and it ships here in the same Korean-market formula sold at retail in Seoul.
How do I use Cica Nut Calming Balm?
Warm a small amount between the fingertips and press over the area that needs it, as often as the skin feels tight or reactive. Give it a few uses before judging the result, since a single application rarely shows the full effect a calming balm is built to deliver over a routine.
Does this contain Shea Butter?
Yes, Shea Butter appears on the manufacturer ingredient list for this exact product and size. Shea Butter is the rich emollient base that gives this balm its melt and cushion on contact with skin.
How is this different from buying Nutseline on Amazon or a general beauty marketplace?
The difference is the formula itself: this is what Nutseline sells at retail in Seoul, not a substitute made for a different market.
Can I use this on my face too?
It is formulated and tested for the body, where skin is thicker and less reactive than facial skin, so it is best kept to the body even though nothing in a wash-off or lotion format is unusually risky. Use a dedicated facial product for the face instead.
Not on the ingredient list below: fragrance or parfum, denatured or SD alcohol, silicones, parabens, sulfate surfactants, mineral oil or petrolatum and added color.
Full INCI (59): Sunflower Seed Oil, Shea Butter, Coconut Palm Oil, Candelilla Wax, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Carnauba Wax, Camphor, Cetyl Palmitate, Sorbitan Olivate, Sorbitan Palmitate, Macadamia Seed Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Arachidyl Alcohol, Eucalyptus Leaf Oil, Behenyl Alcohol, Arachidyl Glucoside, Tocopherol, Peppermint Oil, Lemongrass Oil, Rosemary Leaf Oil, Lavender Oil, Neem Leaf Extract, Neem Flower Extract, Ivy Gourd Fruit Extract, Purified Water, Eggplant Fruit Extract, Aloe Vera Flower Extract, Pumpkin Powder, Butylene Glycol, Turmeric Root Extract, Holy Basil Leaf Extract, Corallina Officinalis (Coral Weed) Extract, Glycerin, Moringa Seed Oil, Jojoba Seed Oil, Centella Asiatica Extract, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Hydrogenated Phosphatidylcholine, Kelp Extract, Slippery Elm, Wheat Germ Extract, Broccoli Extract, Sucrose Stearate, Aloe Vera Leaf Extract, Cabbage Extract, Alfalfa Extract, Violet Flower Extract, Yam Root Extract, Raphanus Sativus (Radish) Seed Extract, Rapeseed Extract, Cetearyl Alcohol, Madecassoside, Madecassic Acid, Asiaticoside, Asiatic Acid, Linalool, Limonene, Citral
Ingredient list read from inkeedecoder.com on 10 September 2026.
38 of 59 explained
- 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.
- Shea Butter emollient
- Shea Butter is the fat pressed from the shea nut, rich in oleic and stearic acids and unsaponifiable plant sterols. It is a heavy emollient and partial occlusive, which is why it sits in balms and night creams rather than in essences.
- Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil occlusive
- Plant oil hardened by hydrogenation. It behaves as a soft solid, so it gives balms and sticks their body and slows water loss from the surface.
- Carnauba Wax occlusive
- Carnauba wax comes from a Brazilian palm leaf and is the hardest wax in common cosmetic use. A small amount raises the melting point of a stick sharply.
- Camphor fragrance component
- Camphor is the aromatic compound distilled from the camphor laurel. It has a sharp medicinal smell and gives a cooling feel as it evaporates.
- Cetyl Palmitate emollient
- Cetyl Palmitate is a wax ester, the same kind of molecule that makes up much of spermaceti and jojoba. It thickens the oil phase and leaves a smooth, non-greasy film.
- 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.
- Sorbitan Palmitate emulsifier
- Sorbitan Palmitate is a sugar-derived emulsifier, usually paired with a polysorbate, used to hold oil and water together in creams.
- Macadamia 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.
- Sweet Almond Oil emollient
- Sweet almond oil, one of the oldest cosmetic oils. It is high in oleic acid, which makes it richer and slower to absorb than the linoleic oils.
- Arachidyl Alcohol fatty alcohol
- Arachidyl Alcohol is a long-chain fatty alcohol used as a thickener and emollient, usually alongside behenyl alcohol.
- Behenyl Alcohol fatty alcohol
- Behenyl Alcohol is a long-chain fatty alcohol used to thicken and stabilise a cream. It gives a richer, more velvety body than cetyl alcohol.
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- Arachidyl Glucoside emulsifier
- Arachidyl Glucoside is a sugar-derived co-emulsifier, usually supplied with arachidyl and behenyl alcohols as a plant-based cream base.
- 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.
- Neem Leaf Extract plant extract
- Melia Azadirachta is neem. Its leaf and flower extracts are long-standing Ayurvedic ingredients, and Korean formulas use them in products aimed at the look of congested, blemish-prone skin.
- Purified 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.
- Eggplant Fruit Extract plant extract
- Eggplant Fruit Extract carries nasunin, the antioxidant pigment in aubergine skin. It is used as an antioxidant plant extract.
- 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.
- Turmeric Root Extract plant extract
- Turmeric root extract, carrying curcumin, which is also what colours it deep yellow. It is used as a plant antioxidant.
- Holy Basil Leaf Extract plant extract
- Ocimum Sanctum is holy basil, or tulsi. Its leaf extract carries plant antioxidants and is used in formulas built for the look of stressed, reactive skin.
- Corallina Officinalis (Coral Weed) Extract plant extract
- Corallina Officinalis is coral seaweed, which holds calcium and magnesium in its structure. Its extract is used as a mineral-rich conditioning ingredient.
- 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.
- Jojoba Seed Oil emollient
- Jojoba Oil is a liquid wax rather than a true oil, and its structure is close to human sebum, which is why it absorbs so readily. It is an emollient that leaves a soft, non-greasy finish.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hydrogenated Phosphatidylcholine emulsifier
- Hydrogenated Phosphatidylcholine is the stabilised form of the main lecithin phospholipid. It builds the liposome shells that hold an active together in a formula.
- Sucrose Stearate emulsifier
- Sucrose Stearate is a sugar-based emulsifier chosen for a light finish in formulas built for reactive skin.
- Aloe Vera Leaf Extract 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.
- Raphanus Sativus (Radish) Seed Extract plant extract
- Radish seed extract. It is used as a conditioning plant extract, and radish-root ferment filtrate from the same plant is a common natural preservative.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Linalool fragrance component
- Linalool is a floral aromatic found in lavender, bergamot and coriander. It is one of the 26 fragrance components EU labelling requires to be declared by name.
- 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.
- Citral fragrance component
- Citral is a sharp lemon aromatic found in lemongrass and citrus oils. It is one of the 26 fragrance components EU labelling requires to be named.
- Market
- Korean market, the version sold in Korea
- EAN (barcode)
- 8809085109323
- Made in
- Republic of Korea
- Volume
- 110 ml
- Category
- Lip Care
- Actives
- Centella Asiatica, Madecassoside, Shea Butter
- Ships from
- California or Korea
Orders ship from California or direct from Korea with tracked delivery to your door, and both routes carry the same Korean-market release. Shipping is free on orders of $100 or more. Returns are accepted for 30 days, by mail.
We split shipments free, so one out-of-stock item never holds up the rest of your order.
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
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. The barcode in the specification above is the Korean-market one and it is printed on the box you receive.
Every unit keeps its original barcode and batch code intact, so the unit in your hands can be checked against the brand’s own records.
Every order ships from California or direct from Korea, and returns run for 30 days.
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Inside the formula
Inside the formula
Worth knowing
- Patch test on the inner arm before full-body use if trying this formula for the first time.
- Avoid broken or freshly shaved skin until it has settled.
Complete the routine
- This itemNutseline Cica Nut Calming Balm 110ml$62.50

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Total for 3 items$142.50
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Nutseline, Korean-market original
Nutseline Cica Nut Calming Balm names Shea Butter on its own manufacturer ingredient list, in the Korean-market formula sold at Olive Young in Seoul.
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.
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 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.
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