SKIN1004
SKIN1004 MADAGASCAR CENTELLA TEA-TRICA SOOTHING SUN MILK SPF 50+ PA++++ 50ml
The filters are the reason people import Korean sunscreen.
A multi-filter sunscreen formula, with each filter explained below.
Milk-thin, shake first, no cast.
What this sunscreen does
A 50 ml SPF 50+ PA++++ milk built on five organic UV filters plus zinc oxide, with Niacinamide at position nine, tea tree leaf water, hinoki cypress water and three centella triterpenes.
The six filters, named
Filter · What it covers, and where it is permitted
- Ethylhexyl Triazone (5)
- UVB. One of the most efficient UVB filters available by weight.
- Terephthalylidene Dicamphor Sulfonic Acid (6)
- UVA, and unusually it is water-soluble.
- Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine (7)
- Broad spectrum, UVA and UVB, and highly photostable.
- Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate (12)
- UVA, covering the long UVA range specifically.
- Polysilicone-15 (16)
- UVB. A polymer, so it stays on the surface rather than being absorbed.
- Zinc Oxide (40)
- Broad spectrum, mineral.
The supplied declaration uses a combination of UVB and UVA filters. The ingredient explanations above describe their roles; they do not establish regulatory approval or import eligibility in another market.
What that combination gets you
Five of the six work by absorbing UV; zinc oxide at position forty is a small addition rather than the backbone. So this is an organic sunscreen, not a mineral one, and it will not leave a white cast.
There is no avobenzone — the UVA filter most Western sunscreens rely on, and the one that degrades in sunlight and needs propping up by other ingredients. The three UVA-active filters here are all photostable on their own, which is the practical difference you feel at hour four of a day out.
Butyloctyl Salicylate at position two is not a filter itself. It is a solvent — several of these filters are solids at room temperature, and something has to dissolve them evenly or the SPF is not evenly distributed. Placing it that high is what makes the texture a milk rather than a paste.
Key ingredients
Ingredient · What it is, and what it is used for
- Ethylhexyl Triazone
- Organic UVB filter. Among the most efficient by weight of any filter in use.
- Terephthalylidene Dicamphor Sulfonic Acid
- Organic UVA filter, water-soluble — rare, and it means part of the protection sits in the water phase.
- Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine
- Organic broad-spectrum filter. Highly photostable, and it also stabilises other filters.
- Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate
- Organic UVA filter, covering the long UVA range.
- Polysilicone-15
- Polymeric UVB filter. Too large to be absorbed, so it stays where you put it.
- Zinc Oxide
- Inorganic broad-spectrum filter. A small supporting amount here, not the main protection.
- Butyloctyl Salicylate
- Ester solvent. Dissolves the solid filters so they spread evenly. Second on this list.
- 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.
- Centella Asiatica Extract
- Extract of Centella asiatica, whole plant. Used to calm irritation; used to slow oxidation. Seventeenth on this list.
- Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Water
- Distillate of tea tree leaf — the water fraction, not the essential oil.
- Chamaecyparis Obtusa Water
- Distillate of hinoki cypress. Uncommon; the other half of the "Tea-Trica" name.
- Ceramide NP
- Ceramide 3. A material skin already contains, so it reads as its own.
How the formula works together
Behind the filters sits a real skincare formula, which is not always true of sunscreen. Niacinamide at nine is above every emulsifier. Centella extract at seventeen with Asiaticoside, Madecassic Acid and Asiatic Acid at 44 to 47. Adenosine, Tocopherol, Glycolipids and Ceramide NP fill in behind.
Positions 18 to 22 are a five-plant block — fig fruit, evening primrose flower, elm root, longleaf pine and kudzu root. The same four-plant core appears in several Korean formulas from other brands; it is a licensed complex rather than five separate decisions.
Caprylyl Methicone and Polymethylsilsesquioxane at 13 and 15 are what stop a high-filter formula feeling greasy — the silsesquioxane is a spherical powder that gives a soft, dry set-down.
Fifty-two ingredients, no fragrance and no essential oil on the list. On a product you reapply to your whole face daily, that absence is worth crediting.
Who it is for
Labelled for all skin types, face and body. Fragrance-free and non-whitening, with centella and niacinamide behind the filters — a reasonable daily sunscreen for most skin, including blemish-prone. Contains no avobenzone, no octinoxate and no oxybenzone.
One honest note: SPF 50+ only means anything at the amount used to test it, which is far more than most people apply. Two fingers' length for the face, and again every two hours outdoors.
How to use it
- As the last step of your morning routine, apply generously — roughly two fingers' length for face and neck.
- Let it set for a few minutes before makeup.
- Reapply every two hours in direct sun, and after swimming or towelling.
- A thin layer is not SPF 50. Applying less is the single most common reason sunscreen underperforms.
Details
- Size
- 50 ml
- Made in
- Korea
- Protection
- SPF 50+ PA++++ — five organic filters plus zinc oxide
- Fragrance
- Added scent, declared as one line rather than broken out. If fragrance is something you avoid, this is the entry that matters.
- Ingredients
- 52, published in full below
Full ingredient list
Water, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Dibutyl Adipate, Propanediol, Ethylhexyl Triazone, Terephthalylidene Dicamphor Sulfonic Acid, Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine, Polyglyceryl-3 Distearate, Niacinamide, Tromethamine, 1,2-Hexanediol, Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate, Caprylyl Methicone, Pentylene Glycol, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Polysilicone-15, Centella Asiatica Extract, Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Flower Extract, Ulmus Davidiana Root Extract, Pinus Palustris Leaf Extract, Pueraria Lobata Root Extract, Chamaecyparis Obtusa Water, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Water, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Sorbitan Laurate, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Carbomer, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Ethylhexylglycerin, Polyglyceryl-4 Laurate, Adenosine, Butylene Glycol, Tocopherol, Glycerin, Zinc Oxide, Ethoxydiglycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Octyldodecanol, Asiaticoside, Glycolipids, Madecassic Acid, Asiatic Acid, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, C12-13 Alketh-9, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Ceramide NP, Dilauryl Citrate
In label order, unedited.
Ships from Korea.
