celimax Oil Control Moisture Cream

What is this product?

Choose this if a lightweight, non-greasy daily moisturizer with a dual whitening and wrinkle-improvement functional filing (niacinamide and adenosine) plus a disclosed 0.1 percent zinc PCA fits an oily-to-combination routine. Skip it if a heavier occlusive night cream is the goal: the ingredient order (water, glycerin, butylene glycol first, no shea butter, mineral oil or dimethicone) reads as light, and the brand's own instructions concede dry patches need extra product layered on. The formula's fragrance-free claim holds against the ingredient list except for one terpene alcohol (4-terpineol) whose role here (scent versus antimicrobial) is not stated. No independent review population is on file for this exact SKU.

What makes it different?

A disclosed active concentration (zinc PCA at 0.1 percent) is unusual for this price tier, where most actives ship as undisclosed; it is also filed as a dual whitening and wrinkle-improvement functional cosmetic rather than a single-function claim.

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, except 2 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredient

• Water
• Glycerin
• Butylene Glycol
• Diglycerin
• Diisostearyl Malate
• Isononyl Isononanoate
• Niacinamide
• Pentylene Glycol
• Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
• Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
• Tromethamine
• Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer
• Zinc PCA
• Panthenol
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Adenosine
• Sorbitan Isostearate
• Sodium Phytate
• 4-Terpineol
• 매듭풀추출물
• Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Flower Extract
• Pinus Palustris Leaf Extract
• Pueraria Lobata Root Extract
• Ulmus Davidiana Root Extract
• Beta-Glucan
• 레드신코나나무껍질추출물
• Leptospermum Scoparium Leaf Extract
• Tocopherol

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

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 19 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 5 of them hold 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

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Which articles cover it?

Articles on this site that write about this product.

• Gel cream or lotion for oily skin: occlusion decides itGel creams and lotions both read as light on a shelf, and only one of them consistently is. Two Korean labels read end to end, with the texture words checked.