MEDIHEAL
MEDIHEAL Derma Modeling Pack Vitamin Brightening
Fifteen minutes, and it lifts off in one piece.
The brightening one — niacinamide at position four of twenty-four, with camu camu closing the list.
A bowl, a spatula, cold water.
What this pack does
A two-part modeling pack — a 50 ml ampoule plus a rubber mask powder you mix yourself — built on Niacinamide, with snow mushroom polysaccharide and camu camu fruit extract.
How a modeling pack works
You pour cold water into the bowl to the marked line, tip in the powder, stir with the spatula and apply immediately. Fifteen minutes later it has cured into a flexible rubber sheet you lift off in one piece.
The format exists for occlusion. A sealed rubber layer stops water leaving for the whole wear, which is why the ampoule goes on first and why the instructions tell you to apply it again afterwards. The pack is the lid; the ampoule is what is being held underneath it.
Which vitamin, exactly
"Vitamin Brightening" invites you to think vitamin C. Read the list and there is no ascorbic acid, no ascorbyl glucoside, no ethyl ascorbic acid, no magnesium ascorbyl phosphate.
What there is: Niacinamide at position four, above every structural ingredient in the formula. Niacinamide is vitamin B3, it is the most-studied ingredient in this category, and at position four it is present in a real amount rather than as a name. That is a good ingredient well placed, and it is what this product actually is.
Panthenol at six is provitamin B5 and Pantolactone at fifteen converts to vitamin B5 — two more vitamin entries, both real.
Camu camu, at the very bottom
Myrciaria Dubia Fruit Extract is the last of twenty-four entries. Camu camu is the fruit with the highest measured vitamin C content of any known plant — well above acerola, and vastly above orange.
Two honest caveats. Last position means a trace. And a fruit extract carries vitamin C at an amount the label does not standardise, in a form nobody has measured for you — which is not the same as a vitamin C ingredient at a stated dose.
It is a real and interesting inclusion. It is not the reason to buy this.
Key ingredients
Ingredient · What it is, and what it is used for
- 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.
- Myrciaria Dubia Fruit Extract
- Extract of camu camu, the fruit with the highest natural vitamin C content known. Last on this list.
- Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide
- Polysaccharide from snow mushroom. Holds water comparably to hyaluronic acid, with a lighter film.
- Panthenol
- Provitamin B5. Used to calm irritation, and pulls water into the surface and holds it there.
- Pantolactone
- Lactone precursor that converts to pantothenic acid — a second route to vitamin B5.
- Aminobutyric Acid
- GABA. Uncommon on a cosmetic label.
- Glyceryl Glucoside
- Glycerin bound to glucose. An osmolyte — the class of compound plants use to survive drying out.
- Sodium Hyaluronate
- Sodium salt of hyaluronic acid. A material skin already contains, so it reads as its own; used to pull in water and hold it.
- Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil
- Jojoba — a liquid wax rather than an oil, which is why it sits light. Softens the surface.
- Arginine
- Basic amino acid. Neutralises the carbomer so it thickens; also a material skin already contains.
- Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil
- Essential oil of geranium flower. Carries scent.
- Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil
- Essential oil of lavender. Carries scent.
How the formula works together
Twenty-four entries and a simple structure. Water, two glycols and niacinamide make up the top; Carbomer, an acryloyldimethyltaurate copolymer and a glyceryl acrylate copolymer give it body; Arginine sets the pH.
Water-binding is handled by glycerin, two more glycols, Glyceryl Glucoside, Sodium Hyaluronate and the snow mushroom polysaccharide. Jojoba Seed Oil is the only emollient — this is a humectant ampoule, and the rubber pack supplies the occlusion it lacks.
Two essential oils, geranium and lavender, at 21 and 22. Notably fewer than the Hyaluronate Moisture pack in the same range, which carries six oils and a resin.
Who it is for
Labelled for brightening, as an occasional session rather than a routine step. Buy it as a niacinamide treatment under an occlusive layer, which is a genuinely effective way to use niacinamide. Messy by design — do it over a sink. Contains two essential oils.
How to use it
- On clean skin, apply the ampoule first and let it sink in.
- Pour cold water into the bowl to the marked line, add the powder, and stir with the spatula.
- Apply quickly and thickly — it starts setting immediately.
- Rest for 15 minutes, then lift the hardened pack off in one piece.
- Apply the ampoule a second time to finish.
Details
- Contents
- 50 ml ampoule + modeling pack powder, bowl and spatula
- Made in
- Korea
- Wear time
- 15 minutes
- Brightening active
- Niacinamide, 4th — no vitamin C derivative on the list
- Ingredients
- 24, published in full below
Full ingredient list
Water, Dipropylene Glycol, Glycerin, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Panthenol, Arginine, Carbomer, Hydroxyacetophenone, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, Aminobutyric Acid, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Propanediol, Butylene Glycol, Pantolactone, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Hyaluronate, Glyceryl Glucoside, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide, Myrciaria Dubia Fruit Extract
In label order. Our source ran two pairs of entries together without separators and hyphenated two names across line breaks; we have restored the separators and rejoined the names. That is why we count 24 where a careless read gives 22. Nothing has been added, removed or reordered.
Ships from Korea.
