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medicube PDRN Pink Collagen Capsule Cream 55ml
The last twenty entries are where the money went.
Sodium DNA, salmon egg extract, six hyaluronates and four peptides close a fifty-two ingredient list.
Pink, cushiony, sinks clean.
What this cream does
A 55 ml cream carrying Sodium DNA with salmon egg extract, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Niacinamide and Ceramide NP, formulated as the daily version of the brand's PDRN range.
How to read a list this long
Ingredients are listed by descending quantity until they fall below one percent, after which order stops meaning much. On this label the structural part — water, glycerin, Niacinamide, the emulsifiers and thickeners — occupies the first twenty entries. Everything from Sodium DNA down sits in the small-percentage tail, which is where actives normally live.
Key ingredients
Ingredient · What it is, and what it is used for
- Sodium DNA
- Salmon-derived nucleotides — the ingredient sold as PDRN. Pulls water into the surface and holds it there.
- Salmon Egg Extract
- Extract of salmon roe.
- Hydrolyzed Collagen Extract
- Collagen broken into smaller fragments. Pulls water into the surface and holds it there.
- Niacinamide
- Vitamin B3. Studied for evening out the look of tone, for the look of pores, and for breakout-prone skin — which is why it turns up in so much of this catalogue.
- Ceramide NP
- Ceramide 3. A material skin already contains, so it reads as its own.
- Copper Tripeptide-1
- Copper-bound tripeptide, GHK-Cu. Studied for the look of firmness.
- Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4
- Palmitoylated pentapeptide.
- Acetyl Hexapeptide-8
- Synthetic hexapeptide, the one sold as argireline. Studied for the look of expression lines.
- Glutathione
- Tripeptide of glutamate, cysteine and glycine. An antioxidant the body makes for itself; in a jar it is protecting the rest of the formula as much as your skin.
- Thioctic Acid
- Alpha lipoic acid. Slows oxidation, in the formula and on skin.
- Eclipta Prostrata Extract
- Extract of false daisy.
- Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil
- Oil from moringa seed. Softens by filling the gaps between surface cells.
How the formula works together
The base is a light olive-derived emulsion — Cetearyl Olivate and Sorbitan Olivate with Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride — which is what keeps a cream carrying this much material from feeling heavy. Ceramide NP is the single barrier lipid.
Six hyaluronates run through the tail, from Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate up to the crosspolymer, doing the same layered water job as the brand's masks. Sodium DNA, salmon egg extract and the four peptides are the range's signature; Glutathione and Thioctic Acid the antioxidant pair. The pink is Cyanocobalamin, vitamin B12.
Who it is for
Labelled for all skin types. A daily moisturiser rather than a treatment step; pairs with the PDRN gel mask.
How to use it
- After serum, take a small amount and spread over the face.
- Press in while skin is still slightly damp.
- Use morning and night.
Details
- Size
- 55 ml
- Made in
- Korea
- Skin type
- All skin types
- Ingredients
- 52, published in full below
Full ingredient list
Water, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Methylpropanediol, Propanediol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Dipropylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycereth-26, Arginine, Butylene Glycol, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Carbomer, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Simethicone, Eclipta Prostrata Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Adenosine, Polyacrylate-13, Sodium DNA, Disodium EDTA, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Polyisobutene, Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum, Glyceryl Stearate, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil, Polysorbate 20, Sorbitan Isostearate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Glutathione, Octyldodecanol, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate, Salmon Egg Extract, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Ceramide NP, Cyanocobalamin, Thioctic Acid, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Hydrolyzed Collagen Extract, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Copper Tripeptide-1, Hyaluronic Acid, Caprylyl Glycol, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Potassium Hyaluronate
In label order, unedited.
Ships from Korea.
