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Korean Botanical Hydrating Gel Cream

Korean Botanical Hydrating Gel Cream

We didn't make this for a face. We made it for a cheek. The one you had before you started checking. Soft, a little full, warm from sleep, not doing anything in particular. Most skincare aims at a look. This one aims at a feeling you already know.

So let's be honest

It is not a lift, not a filler, not an eraser. It is water, held in place, every day, for as long as you keep using it. That sounds modest. It is also the thing most tired skin is actually missing.

The slip comes from plants

PhytoMucin Complex. That cushioned, slightly springy slip you know from snail mucin, drawn instead from okra, lotus root, and yam root. It goes on clear, sinks in fast, and leaves the surface soft rather than coated.

The part that keeps it there

Moisture Matrix. Ceramides and hyaluronic acid to hold water, a sprout complex for freshness, and seven peptides. Slip gets it in. This is what keeps it there through a long day, an office, a flight.

One step is the whole routine

70 g, once a day, and that's the routine. No essence before it, no cream after it, nothing to layer or remember. We built it dense enough to work alone because the hardest ingredient to find is ten more minutes.

Not younger. Just that cheek.

70 g / 2.47 oz. Irritation tested, method available on request. Developed and made in Korea.

Why there is almost no water in this bottle

Most treatments are mostly water. Yours sat in a warehouse, rode on a truck, and takes up space in your shower, and most of what you paid for was water you already have. We left it out. What remains is a clear concentrate that becomes a cream the moment it meets your wet hands.

Why propylene glycol instead of water

Because water is the one ingredient you already own. Propylene glycol is a humectant, which means it holds moisture rather than simply carrying it. It is what lets a clear liquid become a cream when you add water, and what makes a small dose enough. This is a rinse-off product. It does not stay on your scalp.

There is alcohol in it. Is that drying?

A small amount, and it rinses out with everything else. It is there to keep the formula clear and thin in the bottle so it can change texture in your hand.

Is it vegan?

No. It contains hydrolyzed silk. We would rather say so than round it off.

Full ingredients

Full list, in order of concentration.

Propylene Glycol, Alcohol Denat, .Myristyl Alcohol, Water, Isododecane, Behentrimonium Chloride, Steartrimonium Chloride, Sodium Lactate, Cetrimonium Chloride, Isopropyl Alcohol, Menthol, Salicylic Acid, Panthenol, Butylene Glycol, Rubus Chingii Fruit Extract, Saccharomyces/Prunus Yedoensis BarkExtract Ferment Filtrate, 1,2-Hexanedio, lHydrolyzed Silk, Angelica Gigas Root Extract, Forsythia Suspensa Fruit Extract, Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Polygonum Multiflorum Root Extract, Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract, Poria Cocos Extract, Lycium Chinense Fruit Extract, Achyranthes Japonica Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Ornithine, Glutamic Acid, Glutamine, Glycine, Aspartic Acid, Histidine HCl, Proline, Isoleucine, Phenylalanine, Serine, Alanine, Cysteine HCl, Threonine, Arginine HCl, Valine, Lysine HCl, Citrulline, Leucine, Tryptophan, Methionine, Tyrosine, Carnitine, Fragrance

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