What is Soybean Panthenol Cream 80ml?

It is a daily face cream from Round Lab, made for dry skin that wants a richer finish, and anyone whose usual moisturiser stops feeling like enough in winter. It is the last leave-on step, going on after your toner, essence and serum. The result you can judge yourself is whether your skin feels soft and cushioned instead of tight by the evening.

Where does Soybean Panthenol Cream 80ml go in my routine?

It is the last leave-on step, going on after your toner, essence and serum. In practice: Smooth a small amount over the face and neck as your last leave-on step, morning and night, after your serum. Applying it out of that order is the usual reason a step seems to do nothing.

Is Soybean Panthenol Cream 80ml right for my skin type?

It is aimed at dry skin that wants a richer finish, and anyone whose usual moisturiser stops feeling like enough in winter. The skin types we would put first are dry skin, very dry skin and normal skin. Richness is a matter of season and area rather than skin type, so many people use a step like this in winter and something lighter in summer.

Can I use it under makeup in the morning?

Yes, with a minute of patience. Press it on rather than rubbing, use less than you would at night, and let it settle before anything goes over it. Foundation that slides or rolls is almost always a sign that the layer underneath had not finished settling rather than a sign the cream is wrong.

Is this Soybean Panthenol Cream 80ml the authentic Korean-market formula?

Yes. We stock the Round Lab Korean-market formula rather than a version reformulated for US shelves. The jar you open is the 80ml one sold on Korean shelves, with Korean-primary packaging and an intact barcode you can check yourself.

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Soybean Panthenol Cream 80ml

Name: Round Lab Soybean Panthenol Cream 80ml
Brand: Round Lab
SKU: 9364595506
Price: 47.5 USD
Availability: InStock

Round Lab Soybean Panthenol Cream 80ml is a cream that names Panthenol on its own ingredient panel, sourced as the Korean-market formula.

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$47.50

80 ml

$59.38 per 100 ml

Korean-market formula
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Suited to: Dry skinVery dry skinNormal skin

Helps with: Rich everyday moistureA softer feeling surfaceComfort in cold dry air

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How it works

Panthenol is named on the ingredient panel on this cream. Panthenol is pro-vitamin B5: skin converts it to pantothenic acid. It is a humectant that holds water and leaves skin feeling soft and less tight, and it is one of the ingredients formulators reach for when a formula also contains something harsh. On this panel it sits alongside Glycine Max (Soybean) Seed Extract, Cholesterol and Ceramide NP. Soybean Seed Extract carries isoflavones, plant sterols and soy proteins. It is used as a conditioning antioxidant extract.

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How to use

Take a small amount after your serum and press it over the face, working outward from the centre.
Go lighter over the nose and forehead if those areas run oily, and heavier on the cheeks if they run dry.
Let it settle for a minute before makeup so nothing rolls up over it.
Avoid using more than you need on a warm day, because a cream that never fully settles is what makes makeup slide.

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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.
Glycerine 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.
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.
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.
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.
Vinyl Dimethicone silicone: Vinyl Dimethicone is a silicone used as a building block of the crosspolymer gels that give a formula its soft, blurring feel.
Cetyl Ethylhexanoate emollient: Cetyl Ethylhexanoate is a synthetic ester used as a dry-feeling emollient. It spreads easily, leaves a silky rather than oily finish, and helps disperse pigments and UV filters evenly.
Propylheptyl Caprylate emollient: A branched ester with a notably dry, silky slip. It is one of the standard silicone replacements when a formula needs a non-greasy finish.
Glycine Max (Soybean) Seed Extract (10,032ppm) plant extract: Soybean Seed Extract carries isoflavones, plant sterols and soy proteins. It is used as a conditioning antioxidant extract.
Macadamia Integrifolia 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.
Panthenol (2,550ppm) humectant: Panthenol is pro-vitamin B5: skin converts it to pantothenic acid. It is a humectant that holds water and leaves skin feeling soft and less tight, and it is one of the ingredients formulators reach for when a formula also contains something harsh.

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Cholesterol barrier lipid: Cholesterol is the third of the three lipids the outer layer of skin is built from, with ceramides and fatty acids. Formulas that carry all three are following the ratio skin itself holds.
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.
Glycosphingolipids barrier lipid: Glycosphingolipids are ceramide-family lipids carrying a sugar group. They belong to the same lipid structure between skin cells and are used to make a formula feel more conditioning.
Ceramide AP barrier lipid: Ceramide AP is a second cosmetic ceramide, distinguished by an extra hydroxyl group. Formulas that name several ceramides are copying the mix skin actually holds rather than relying on one.
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.
Tetraacetylphytosphingosine barrier lipid: A protected form of phytosphingosine, one of the sphingoid bases that ceramides are built from. The acetyl groups are what keep it stable in a formula.
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.
Dipropylene Glycol humectant: Dipropylene Glycol is a glycol used as a solvent and a light humectant. Its main job is keeping the rest of the formula dissolved and the texture fluid rather than adding hydration of its own.
Polyglyceryl-2 Stearate emulsifier: Polyglyceryl-2 Stearate is a plant-derived emulsifier used to stabilise creams with a light finish.
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.
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.
Stearyl Alcohol fatty alcohol: Stearyl Alcohol is a solid fatty alcohol used to thicken and stabilise creams. Like the other fatty alcohols it is an emollient, not a solvent.
Glyceryl Stearate SE emulsifier: Glyceryl Stearate SE is the self-emulsifying grade, supplied with a little soap already built in so it can hold an emulsion with less help. It thickens and softens like the plain form.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Adenosine active: Adenosine is a nucleoside that Korea's own cosmetic authority recognises as a wrinkle-care functional ingredient, which is why it appears on so many Korean lists at a low level. It is used for the look of fine lines and is stable and well tolerated.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hydroxyacetophenone preservative booster: Hydroxyacetophenone is an antioxidant that also strengthens a preservative system, so a formula needs less traditional preservative. Korean formulas pair it with 1,2-hexanediol constantly.
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.

Key benefits

Panthenol named on this product's own ingredient panel
Glycine Max (Soybean) Seed Extract on the same panel, the formula's plant extract
Cholesterol on the same panel, the formula's barrier lipid
80 ml to a unit
Korean GS1 barcode matched against a Korea sourcing supplier's record for this item

Worth knowing

Patch test on a small area first if your skin reacts easily to new products.
Use less than you think on oily or congestion prone areas, since a rich texture can feel heavy there.

Complete the routine

This itemRound Lab Soybean Panthenol Cream 80ml$47.50
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Total for 3 items$107.50

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A daily face cream for dry skin that wants a richer finish. We stock the authentic Round Lab Korean-market formula in 80ml.

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Your skin barrier is basically your outer layer of the skin.
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