SKIN1004

SKIN1004 is a Korean skincare brand best known for its Madagascar Centella range, featuring Centella Asiatica sourced from Madagascar. The brand focuses heavily on gentle, soothing and barrier-supporting skincare, with several specialised ranges designed for different skin concerns.

SKIN1004 is particularly popular among people with sensitive, reactive or easily irritated skin because many of its formulas focus on soothing and supporting the skin barrier. However, everyone's skin is different. We always recommend checking the ingredients of the individual product and patch testing before introducing something new, particularly if your skin is highly reactive.

SKIN1004 offers several ranges targeting different skin concerns: Madagascar Centella for soothing and calming care for sensitive or irritated skin; Probio-Cica for barrier-focused care for dry, dehydrated or compromised skin; Tone Brightening to target dullness and uneven-looking skin tone; Poremizing for enlarged pores, excess sebum and uneven skin texture; and Hyalu-Cica, which combines Centella with hydrating ingredients for dehydrated skin. Choose your range based on your primary skin concern rather than feeling like you need to use products from every collection.

If you're new to SKIN1004, the Madagascar Centella Ampoule is a great place to start. It's the brand's signature product and has a lightweight, watery formula designed to soothe and calm the skin. If your main concern is dryness or a damaged skin barrier, consider starting with the Probio-Cica range instead. For blemish-prone or oily skin, explore the Tea-Trica range.

The Madagascar Centella Ampoule is primarily a soothing and calming treatment. It's particularly useful when skin feels irritated, sensitised or stressed and can also provide lightweight hydration. It's important to have realistic expectations: this isn't a strong exfoliating, brightening or anti-ageing treatment. Its strength lies in its simplicity and ability to provide gentle, soothing care.

The Madagascar Centella Ampoule provides lightweight hydration, but people with dry or very dehydrated skin may find it isn't enough on its own. For dry or barrier-compromised skin, we recommend exploring the SKIN1004 Probio-Cica range, which provides richer hydration and more intensive barrier support.

The Madagascar Centella Ampoule is a lightweight, minimalist ampoule focused primarily on soothing and calming irritated skin. The Probio-Cica Intensive Ampoule provides more intensive hydration and barrier care, making it the better choice if your skin is dry, dehydrated or has a weakened skin barrier. If your priority is simple soothing care, choose Madagascar Centella. If you need soothing plus more substantial barrier support, choose Probio-Cica.

Yes. SKIN1004 offers several products suitable for blemish-prone and oily skin, depending on what you're looking to target. For a more targeted treatment, the SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Azelaic Acid 10 Ampoule combines 10% Azelaic Acid with soothing Centella Asiatica to help care for blemishes, excess oil, redness and uneven-looking skin tone. If your skin is acne-prone but also sensitive or irritated, products from the original Madagascar Centella range can provide gentle soothing and barrier support alongside your targeted treatments.

Yes. Many of SKIN1004's soothing and barrier-supporting products work particularly well alongside stronger active skincare. The Madagascar Centella and Probio-Cica ranges are good options when your routine already contains ingredients such as retinol, retinal or exfoliating acids and you're looking to add calming hydration and barrier support.

Absolutely. You don't need to use an entire range together. You can mix and match SKIN1004 products according to your skin's needs—for example, using a Tone Brightening Ampoule for uneven-looking skin tone alongside a Probio-Cica moisturiser if your skin also needs additional barrier support. Focus on your individual skin concerns rather than choosing every product from the same collection.

SKIN1004 is known for lightweight, layerable textures, particularly across its ampoule range. Some formulas intentionally focus on gentle, targeted care rather than delivering multiple strong active ingredients in one product. This makes them easy to incorporate into an existing routine and particularly useful for people who prefer simple formulas or whose skin doesn't tolerate overly complex routines.

It depends on the product and your skin concern. Soothing and hydrating products may make skin feel more comfortable relatively quickly, while concerns such as uneven skin tone, texture and the appearance of pores generally require consistent use over a longer period. SKIN1004 is particularly known for gentle skincare, so some products are better thought of as supporting your skin consistently rather than delivering dramatic overnight changes.

No. You don't need to replace your entire skincare routine with SKIN1004. Instead, choose products that address gaps in your existing routine. For example, you might add the Madagascar Centella Ampoule when you need soothing care or incorporate a Probio-Cica product when your skin needs additional barrier support. A simple, well-balanced routine is often better than layering numerous products with overlapping functions.