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THE HARNAY Cicaide Soothing Barrier Cream

Ingredients and claims, checked

Last checked September 22, 2026

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What is it like at a glance?

What the ingredients do

Hydration leads, with 9 of 57 ingredients.

Hydration
9
Softening
6
Skin protection
5
Moisture seal
3

By skin type

  • OilyNeutral
  • CombinationNeutral
  • SensitiveGood fit

Piboo’s rating from user reports.

Worth knowing

  • Has a fungal-acne trigger
  • On pore-clogging lists

Made for

What is this product?

What to expect
It's made for better barrier support and calmer skin.
Key ingredients
Centella Asiatica Extract, Madecassoside, Madecassic Acid
When
Morning and evening

A cream that spreads easily, made with hyaluronic acid. It comes in a 100 ml size.

Who is it for?

Less suited to

  • Very dry skin that needs a heavy, sealing moisturizer
  • People avoiding silicones

What's good, and what to watch for?

Good points

  • Centella Asiatica Extract, Madecassoside and Madecassic Acid calm the skin
  • Ceramide replenishes the skin barrier

Watch-outs

  • If you clog easily: Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter
  • If you get fungal acne: Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate

What makes it different?

It contains four forms of hyaluronic acid.

How do you use it?

Pairs well with
  • A hydrating toner or essence applied underneath
  • A bland cleanser during a course of in-clinic treatment
Don't combine with
  • A heavy occlusive balm applied over it on oily skin
  • A leave-on exfoliating acid in the same layer

What is in it?

The full ingredient list as the brand publishes it, in the printed order. Tap a name to read about that ingredient.

This brand publishes its ingredient list in Korean only. Names below are the matching INCI names from the Korean Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary, except 2 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredientWorth a closer look

Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.

What the claims add up to

Only partly backed:
better barrier support · better hydration · calmer skin
Free of:
the ingredients it lists
Tests passed:
hypoallergenic · skin irritation
See each claim, checked (26)

Claims, checked

  • Immediate decrease in temporary skin temperature of -4.7˚Cbacked by evidence
  • Skin barrier strengthening creamplausible, not tested
  • Intensive care for skin barrier after professional treatmentplausible, not tested
  • Immediate soothing cooling care for irritated skinplausible, not tested
  • Light without stickiness! Maintains moist skin for 48 hoursplausible, not tested
  • The Harnai's unique moisture barrier recipe filled completely without gaps for sensitive skinplausible, not tested
  • Improves damaged skin barrierpartly backed
  • 48-hour moisture retentionpartly backed
  • Improves damaged skin barrier after professional treatmentpartly backed
  • Improves 3-step inner moisture of dry skinpartly backed
  • 125% improvement in barrier damaged by external irritationpartly backed
  • Immediate decrease of -4.7˚C in skin temperature on reddened hot skinpartly backed
  • 48-hour moisture retention for dry skin during seasonal changepartly backed
  • 83.4% soothing of skin damaged by external irritationpartly backed
  • Immediate (temporary) skin moisture improvement 277.88%partly backed
  • Daily care without worry even for sensitive skinpartly backed
  • Low irritation test for sensitive skin 0.00 low irritation certifiedpartly backed
  • Low irritation test 0.00 low irritation certifiedpartly backed
  • Clinically proven skin improvement effectoverstated
  • 3-step inner moisture improvement effect that fills deep into the skinoverstated
  • Selling 1 per minuteno supporting source found
  • Cumulative sales volume overall 1stno supporting source found
  • Repurchase 1st barrier cream satisfaction Cicaide Soothing Barrier Cream 100%no supporting source found
  • Only 7 days of use improves damaged barrier after professional treatmentno supporting source found
  • German derma test excellent grade obtainedno supporting source found
  • Recurring skin concerns? Start care quickly and easily!nothing specific to check

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