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TONYMOLY Houttuynia Cordata Cica Cooling Watery Cream

Ingredients and claims, checked

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Last checked September 11, 2026

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What is it like at a glance?

What the ingredients do

Hydration leads, with 5 of 50 ingredients.

Hydration
5
Skin protection
4
Moisture seal
3
Tightening
2

By skin type

  • DryNeutral
  • OilyGood fit
  • CombinationGood fit
  • SensitiveUse with care

Piboo’s rating from user reports.

Worth knowing

  • Contains essential oil
  • Has a fungal-acne trigger
  • On pore-clogging lists

Made for

What is this product?

What to expect
It's made for calmer skin and better hydration.
Key ingredients
Centella Asiatica Extract, Houttuynia Cordata Extract, Erythritol
When
Morning and evening

A lightweight gel-cream. It feels cool as you apply it and comes in a 100 ml size.

Who is it for?

Less suited to

  • Sensitive skin
  • People avoiding essential oils
  • Very dry skin that needs a heavy, sealing moisturizer

What's good, and what to watch for?

Good points

  • Allantoin calms the skin

Watch-outs

  • Contains essential oil (Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil)
  • If you clog easily: Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil
  • If you get fungal acne: Bacillus Ferment

How do you use it?

Where in your routine
Last leave-on step, either as the morning moisturiser or applied thickly at night in place of a sleeping pack
Pairs well with
  • A plain watery first step before it
  • A richer occlusive over dry patches in winter
Don't combine with
  • Using it as the barrier repair step on skin with an actively broken barrier
  • Layering it under a sunscreen applied by patting

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 3 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Worth 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 hydration (amount unknown) · calmer skin (amount unknown) · better barrier support (amount unknown)
See each claim, checked (8)

Claims, checked

  • Before sleep, apply a thick layer of twice your usual amount and use it as a 'sleeping mask pack' substitute; the next day you can meet a clear and soothed complexion.plausible, not tested
  • A gel-type moisturizing cream containing houttuynia cordata and centella extract, effective in supplying moisture to the skin and providing cooling and soothing care,partly backed
  • Naturally aged extracts and cica safe ingredients combine to comfortably and quickly calm and soothe rough, heated, and red skin barriers.partly backed
  • Yes, when applied with a refreshing chill, the immediate moisture cooling function that alleviates redness and lowers skin heat is maximized, resulting in a better feel on application.partly backed
  • Take an appropriate amount, spread along the skin's texture, then gently pat to help it absorb. When used in the evening, apply generously to irritated skin for use as a sleeping care.partly backed
  • Houttuynia Cica Cooling Moisture Cream is a cooling soothing moisture cream that, with 2,500-hour aged·fermented Jirisan houttuynia enhanced with Exo Cica, comfortably and moistly cares for tired skin.overstated
  • Moisture particles do not just wet the skin's outer layer, but rise densely layer by layer, resolving long-lasting inner tightness smoothly without stickiness or greasiness.overstated
  • Yes, it is a product that excludes Hwahae caution ingredients and minimizes artificial additives, and has completed low-irritation testing, making it possible to comfortably provide moisture even to sensitive and extremely sensitive skin types.no supporting source found

We quote each claim exactly as the brand published it, then check it against the ingredient list and the brand's own documents.

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