Torriden Balanceful Cica Soothing Cream

What is this product?

Reach for this one when a centella-forward soothing cream with a genuinely front-loaded active block is the point: a five-ingredient centella complex sits at positions 7 through 11 of a 44-item list, panthenol at position 6 carries a printed 2,000ppm figure, and allantoin follows immediately, all on a water-and-glycol base with no butter, wax or heavy plant oil. Two cautions matter. Capryloyl salicylic acid, a salicylic-acid derivative, sits at position 33 with no disclosed concentration, which is the standard reason to check with a clinician before use during pregnancy and a reason to space this away from other leave-on acids. And no ingredient list, pH figure, English INCI list, brand-cited test, or piece of brand marketing copy was obtained from any brand-owned surface: the brand's own site could not be requested, so the ingredient list here comes from a retailer-derived cross-check rather than a brand publication.

What makes it different?

A centella block of five ingredients occupying consecutive positions near the top of the list, alongside a panthenol figure printed as 2,000ppm, which is a disclosed concentration rather than the usual undisclosed inclusion. The formula pairs that soothing construction with a mild salicylic-acid derivative at position 33, an unusual combination for a cream marketed on soothing, and carries no butter, wax or heavy plant oil.

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 4 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredient

• Water
• Butylene Glycol
• Glycerin
• 헵틸운데실레네이트
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Panthenol
• Centella Asiatica Extract
• Madecassic Acid
• Asiaticoside
• Asiatic Acid
• Madecassoside
• Allantoin
• Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
• 쓴풀추출물
• 푸른연꽃추출물
• Lactobacillus Ferment
• Althaea Rosea Flower Extract
• Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Flower Extract
• Betaine
• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
• Cetearyl Alcohol
• Propanediol
• C14-22 Alcohols
• Dipeptide-2
• Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
• Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
• Sodium Polyacrylate
• Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer
• PVM/MA Copolymer
• Sorbitan Isostearate
• Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate
• Isopentyldiol
• Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
• C12-20 Alkyl Glucoside
• Polyglyceryl-4 Oleate
• Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
• Sodium Surfactin
• 카프로익애씨드
• Xanthan Gum
• Tromethamine
• Sodium Acetate
• Disodium EDTA
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract

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: 카프릴릭/카프릭트라이글리세라이드, 솔비탄아이소스테아레이트, 폴리글리세릴-3폴리리시놀리에이트, 폴리글리세릴-4올리에이트, 카프릴로일살리실릭애씨드

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked the one line this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them looks likely, though none are proven outright.

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