intensive moisture care

Hydrating Water Essence

  • Fragrance Free

  • Colourant Free

  • pH Balanced

  • Alcohol Free*

Begin your double-moisturising routine with Curél Hydrating Water Essence and prepare your skin for deep hydration. Designed specifically for dry, sensitive skin, this soothing essence instantly hydrates and calms the skin, relieves skin tightness, and locks in moisture. Follow with Curél Moisture Facial Milk or Curél Intensive Moisture Facial Cream for a smooth, radiant complexion.

Ingredients

WATER/AQUA, GLYCERIN, BUTYLENE
GLYCOL, BETAINE, METHYL
GLUCETH-20, PEG-32, DIPROPYLENE
GLYCOL, PEG-60 HYDROGENATED
CASTOR OIL, ALLANTOIN, CETYL-PG
HYDROXYETHYL PALMITAMIDE,
SUCCINIC ACID, ARGININE, SODIUM
METHYL STEAROYL TAURATE,
EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS LEAF
EXTRACT, METHYLPARABEN

How To Use

After cleansing and drying your face, dispense 3-4 pumps of Curél Hydrating Water Essence into your hands. Gently smooth into your skin until absorbed to prepare the skin for the next moisturising step.

Skin Reviving Benefits

01 Curél was designed specifically to replenish, protect and care for ceramides that are essential to the skin's moisture barrier

02 First step in your moisturising routine after just-cleansed skin

03 Instantly hydrates to calm the skin, relieve tightness and to lock in moisture

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Our Approach To Ceramide Care

When skin is lacking in ceramides, it can lead to feelings of dry, tight, itchy and sensitive skin. Our approach to double cleansing and double moisturising is thorough, yet gentle to preserve the skin’s natural ceramides, and prepare it for Curél moisturisers formulated with Ceramide Technology to improve moisture retention and help repair your skin's protective moisture barrier for softer, healthier-looking skin.

FAQS

What skin types are the Curél Face product suitable for?

Curél is specially formulated for people who experience dry, sensitive skin. By protecting and replenishing ceramides, the products support your ceramides.

How do I choose between the two moisturisers?

We recommend choosing the Moisture Facial Milk or Intensive Moisture Facial Cream based on the season, how dry your skin is, or even based on your preference of product texture. The Cream has a thicker texture and provides a higher level of moisturisation than the Milk.

What are ceramides?

Ceramides are the lipid molecules found in between the cells in the stratum corneum, the top layer of the skin. The ceramides line up and interact with the other lipids to form what is called a lamellar layer which can be pictured like the mortar between bricks. In the skin, the lamellar layer is essential for moisture retention and the natural barrier function of the stratum corneum. As ceramides are a major component in this layer, they are a key material for retaining moisture and barrier function. When skin lacks ceramides, the barrier function of skin is lowered making it more susceptible to environmental influences and skin can become dry and less resilient. Moreover, we have found that people with dry, sensitive skin tend to lack ceramides in top layer of their skin (stratum corneum).

How do you ensure the safety of the ingredients in your products?

Please note that, at Kao USA Inc. (“Kao”), all ingredients in our products are reviewed by a panel of internal experts utilising information from many authoritative and independent scientific bodies before the products go onto the market. Hence, all Kao products meet and surpass the safety expectations for all markets in which we provide our products to consumers. As a result, our products meet regulatory requirements set forth by the US Food and Drug Administration, Health Canada’s Food & Drug Act, the European Union’s (EU) Cosmetic Regulations /Cosmetic Directive, as well as many other regulatory agencies around the world.  All Curél products are formulated with ingredients that meet Kao’s and Industry standards for safety. Further all finished Curél formulations are also tested for safety and efficacy in usage so consumers can continue using and enjoying Kao USA Inc. products with confidence, knowing our products are safe and comply with the appropriate regulatory requirements.

Do the products contain any fragrance?

None of the Curél products contain fragrance. Many people with dry, sensitive skin have experienced issues using fragranced products in the past. Leaving fragrances out ensures that all products in the line are suitable for these consumers.

COMPLETE YOUR RITUAL

JAPANESE SKINCARE IS ROOTED IN TWO-STEP CLEANSING AND MOISTURIZING RITUALS THAT WORK GENTLY
TO PREPARE SKIN FOR HYDRATION, WHILE PRESERVING ITS NATURAL CERAMIDES.

IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW

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