Where does this fit in a routine?

As a cream, this is meant to be used at the point in a layered Korean routine where that step normally sits, applied by smoothing it over the face as the last step of the routine. Using it consistently at that point in the routine is what lets its effect build over repeated use. It is designed to work alongside the other steps around it rather than replace them.

Is this the same formula sold in Korea?

Yes. Petitfee products sold through Korean Pharmacy are sourced as the authentic Korean-market formula, the same version stocked on shelf in Korea, rather than a separate US-facing reformulation many US retailers carry instead. Packaging carries the intact Korean-market barcode and batch code as part of that sourcing. This is the specific gap Petitfee shoppers in the US have been left with since Korean import channels tightened.

How long will one unit last?

How long a cream lasts depends on how much is used per application and how often it is applied, so there is no single number that fits every routine. A smaller, daily-use amount will stretch the unit further than a heavier, occasional application. Checking the fill amount against your own usual per-use amount is the most reliable way to estimate it.

How is this different from the US version of the brand?

Many US retailers carry a reformulated version of Petitfee built to different regulatory or cost targets than the version sold in Korea. Korean Pharmacy sources this specific SKU as the Korean-market formula instead, which is the version Petitfee sells on shelf in Seoul. That is the whole reason a shopper looking for the authentic formula would buy it here rather than from a general US retailer.

Petitfee

Dry Essence foot pack 8g X 10pair (20ea)

Name: Petitfee Dry Essence foot pack 8g X 10pair (20ea)
Brand: Petitfee
SKU: 2165574295-F
Price: 22.5 USD
Availability: InStock

Petitfee Dry Essence foot pack 8g X 10pair (20ea) is an essence that names Biosaccharide Gum-1 on its own ingredient panel, sourced as the Korean-market formula.

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Korean-market formula
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Korean barcode and batch code intact

Suited to: Normal skinDry skinCombination skinEveryday moisturizing routines

Helps with: The final step of a routineDaily moisture maintenanceComfort after active treatmentsAM or PM use

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Key benefits

Biosaccharide Gum-1 named on this product's own ingredient panel
Hamamelis Virginiana Extract on the same panel, the formula's plant extract
Korean-market formula, with its Korean barcode and batch code intact on the box

Key actives

14Biosaccharide Gum-1

Biosaccharide Gum-1 is a fermentation-derived sugar polymer that binds to skin and holds a moisture film in place. It gives a silky, non-tacky feel.

All products with Biosaccharide Gum-1

23Hamamelis Virginiana Extract

Witch hazel extract, the classic astringent plant. Its tannins bind to surface proteins, which is the tightening feel a toner built on it gives.

All products with Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Extract

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

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Fragrance on the list

14Biosaccharide Gum-123Hamamelis Virginiana

14Biosaccharide Gum-1
23Hamamelis Virginiana

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 by smoothing it over the face as the last step of the routine, working it into the skin in the position this cream occupies in a full routine, and following up with the next step once it has settled.

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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.
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.
Helianthus Annuus 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.
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.
Butyrospermum Parkii 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.
Isopropyl Myristate emollient: Isopropyl Myristate is a light ester emollient that absorbs fast and helps other ingredients penetrate. It is known to be poorly suited to blemish-prone skin at higher levels.
Urea humectant: Urea is one of the substances skin makes to hold its own water, part of the natural moisturising factor. At low levels it hydrates; at high levels it also softens hard, thickened skin.
Betaine humectant: Betaine is a sugar-beet-derived humectant that cells use to hold water. In a formula it hydrates and takes the edge off cleansers and acids, which is why it often appears alongside them.
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.
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.
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.

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PEG-32 humectant: PEG-32 is a longer polyethylene glycol. It is a humectant that also adds a little body to a watery formula.
Biosaccharide Gum-1 polysaccharide: Biosaccharide Gum-1 is a fermentation-derived sugar polymer that binds to skin and holds a moisture film in place. It gives a silky, non-tacky feel.
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.
Polysorbate 60 emulsifier: Polysorbate 60 is a water-loving emulsifier used with a fatty co-emulsifier to build stable lotions and creams.
Persea Gratissima Oil emollient: Avocado oil, rich in oleic acid and plant sterols. It is one of the heavier plant oils, which suits dry skin and cleansing balms.
Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil fragrance component: Tea Tree Leaf Oil is an essential oil from an Australian shrub, carrying terpinen-4-ol. Korean formulas use it in products aimed at blemish-prone skin; it is potent, aromatic, and one of the essential oils most likely to bother reactive skin.
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.
Sodium Carbomer thickener: Sodium Carbomer is the pre-neutralised form of carbomer, so it gels on contact with water without a base being added. It gives the same clear gel texture.
Hamamelis Virginiana Extract plant extract: Witch hazel extract, the classic astringent plant. Its tannins bind to surface proteins, which is the tightening feel a toner built on it gives.
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.
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.
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.
Aloe Barbadensis 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.
Snail Secretion Filtrate humectant: Snail Secretion Filtrate is the mucin a snail produces, filtered for cosmetic use, and it is the ingredient the Korean snail category is built on. It carries glycoproteins, hyaluronic acid and glycolic acid, and it is used for hydration and a smoother-looking surface.
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 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.
Phenoxyethanol preservative: Phenoxyethanol is the most widely used cosmetic preservative outside the paraben family. It keeps a water-containing formula from growing bacteria and mould, and is capped at one percent in most markets, so it always sits low on a list.
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.
Hydrolyzed Collagen protein: Hydrolyzed Collagen is collagen broken into fragments small enough to dissolve in water. It cannot become collagen in skin; what it does is hold water at the surface and leave a smooth, conditioned film.
Benzyl Benzoate fragrance component: Benzyl Benzoate is a faintly balsamic aromatic that also acts as a fixative, holding a fragrance on skin longer. It is one of the 26 declarable fragrance components.

How it works

Biosaccharide Gum-1 is named on the ingredient panel on this essence. Biosaccharide Gum-1 is a fermentation-derived sugar polymer that binds to skin and holds a moisture film in place. It gives a silky, non-tacky feel. On this panel it sits alongside Hamamelis Virginiana Extract. Witch hazel extract, the classic astringent plant. Its tannins bind to surface proteins, which is the tightening feel a toner built on it gives.

Worth knowing

Patch test on a small area before full-face use if you have known sensitivities.
Discontinue use if irritation, redness, or discomfort develops.

Complete the routine

This itemPetitfee Dry Essence foot pack 8g X 10pair (20ea)$22.50
An as-needed step, in place of the prep layerPetitfee Dry Essence Hand Pack$2.34
From the same Korean-market linePETITFEE Collagen & CoQ10 Hydrogel Eye Patch (1.4g X 60 Patches)$20.00

Total for 3 items$44.84

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Petitfee, Korean-market original

Petitfee Dry Essence foot pack 8g X 10pair 20ea, the authentic Korean-market cream sourced for the Korean market.

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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.

정품Genuine article, Korean-market stock

What professionals say

What skin-care professionals say about skin care, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.

Pretty much every step of a Korean skin care routine is going to have some component of hydration.
Alok Vij, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic
This is the first demonstration of the potential anti-inflammatory mechanisms of Hamamelis virginiana L. twig and bark extract in the context of acne infection.
Mario Dell'AgliDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Antioxidants (Basel)