PHYSIOGEL Daily Moisture Therapy Facial Cream

What is this product?

A 13 ingredient barrier moisturiser from Physiogel, sold in 75 mL and 150 mL tubes and made in Thailand for LG Household and Health Care. The Korean statutory list runs water, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glycerin, pentylene glycol, coconut oil, hydrogenated lecithin, shea butter, hydroxyethylcellulose, squalane, carbomer, xanthan gum, sodium carbomer and ceramide NP. No fragrance entry, no declarable allergen, no drying alcohol, no essential oil and no conventional emulsifier appear: the emulsion is built on hydrogenated lecithin. No concentration and no pH are printed. The brand publishes three human studies with named institutions and panels of 31, 36 and 50, including a barrier index series at day 5, day 7 and day 12, and one of the three was run by its own distributor's laboratory. Its hypoallergenic and non-comedogenic badges carry no results, and coconut oil sits fifth on the list.

What makes it different?

Thirteen entries is short for a cream that claims barrier work, and the slots go to structure rather than to an actives roster: no conventional emulsifier anywhere, with hydrogenated lecithin doing that job, and ceramide NP present but printed last. The brand also publishes a barrier index at three time points rather than only its best one. Against that, coconut oil at position five is the concrete reason acne prone and Malassezia reactive skin should patch test, and the three safety badges print no results.

What is in it?

The full ingredient list as the brand publishes it, in the printed order. Each name links to what we know 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.

Key ingredient

• Water
• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
• Glycerin
• Pentylene Glycol
• Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil
• Hydrogenated Lecithin
• Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter
• Hydroxyethylcellulose
• Squalane
• Carbomer
• Xanthan Gum
• Sodium Carbomer
• Ceramide NP

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

We could not place these in the list above: 코코넛야자오일, 시어버터

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 44 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them holds up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

Each line is quoted as the brand published it, and each one was read on its own against the ingredient list and the documents the brand publishes.

How we read these lines

What else is worth seeing?

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