Medicube Collagen Night Wrapping Mask On your shelf ✓
Our read, in one look
Niacinamide is the reason to consider this mask, with Ceramide 3 behind it.
The case for it
- Niacinamide, strong evidence for the barrier
- Ceramide 3, strong evidence for the barrier
- No fragrance, alcohol, silicones or parabens
Mind this
- Morning or evening, whichever suits your routine
- Add it on its own for a week or two, so you know what your skin is answering to
Maya's readMedicube Collagen Night Wrapping Mask is a mask built around Glycerin, Niacinamide and Ceramide 3. It leans strongest on hydration, barrier repair, brightening / tone. Best suited to dry, dehydrated and oily skin. Nothing in it we'd flag for most people.
Skip it if you already own something similar: it's a solid, honest basic rather than a must-have upgrade.
The formula, drawn
Every ingredient in label order, coloured by the job it does here.
12 of the 26 sit above the 1% line. The other 14, hatched, are each under 1%. Widths show the ORDER on the label and nothing else: the label never discloses amounts, so we never draw them.
- Actives & signals
- Hydrators
- Texture & base
- Preservation
- Not in our library yet
- No fragrance anywhere on the label
What it delivers
How it feels Masks differ more than any other step, so check whether this one is meant to be rinsed off, peeled off or slept in before you plan a routine around it. (estimated from the formula)
What's in it that matters
Classic humectant with strong evidence for improving skin hydration and supporting barrier when combined with emollients.
Multitasking vitamin that improves barrier, reduces redness, regulates oil, helps with pores and pigmentation with strong clinical support.
Skin-identical ceramide that plays a key role in restoring and strengthening the skin barrier.
Water-binding molecule that increases hydration; works best under occlusive/emollient layers to reduce evaporation.
Signal nucleoside that modestly improves periorbital and facial wrinkles and elasticity in Korean cosmetic studies with good tolerability.
Light emollient ester that improves slip and reduces transepidermal water loss; may be problematic for some fungal-acne-prone users.
How to use it
Morning and/or night, after your thinner water-based steps and before heavier creams.
Where it acts
The same cross-section as our 500 dalton page, with this formula's actives on the layer each one works on. Depth is the anatomy's, never an ingredient's.
Skin surface
The stratum corneum
- Caprylic/Capric Triglyceridederived from what it is
- Ceramide 3derived from what it is
- Glycerinderived from what it is
- Hyaluronic acidderived from what it is
The living epidermis
- Niacinamideestablished, sourced
5 of this product's actives have a layer we can defend. 1 did not, so it is not on the diagram: no source and no honest derivation means no dot.
Sources for the sourced ones: Boo 2021: mechanistic basis for topical nicotinamide; Ebanks et al. 2009: mechanisms regulating skin pigmentation.
The full ingredients list, decoded
Every ingredient on the label, in the order it appears (highest amount first). We link the 17 our library knows, name what each one does, and flag anything that can irritate or clog. The rest we leave plain, nothing is hidden.
All 26 ingredients, decoded
- AquaSolvent (base)
- Polyvinyl Alcohol
- GlycerinHumectant
- Agave Americana Stem ExtractBotanical extract
- NiacinamideVitaminmild irritant
- Sodium HyaluronateHumectant
- 1,2-HexanediolPreservative booster
- Caprylyl GlycolPreservative booster
- Polyglyceryl-10 LaurateEmulsifier
- Chlorella Vulgaris ExtractBotanical extract
- GlucoseHumectant
- Butylene GlycolHumectant
- roughly the 1% lineThe rules only require descending order above 1%. From Ethylhexylglycerin down, these 14 can be listed in any order the brand likes, so position stops telling you anything.
- EthylhexylglycerinPreservative booster
- FructoseHumectant
- FructooligosaccharidesHumectant
- AdenosineNucleoside
- Xanthan GumThickener
- Cynanchum Atratum ExtractBotanical extract
- Caprylic/Capric TriglycerideEmollient
- Hydrogenated Lecithin
- Althaea Rosea Flower ExtractBotanical extract
- Ceramide NPBarrier lipid
- TocopherolAntioxidantmild irritant
- Pancratium Maritimum ExtractBotanical extract
- Collagen ExtractBotanical extract
- Sodium Stearoyl GlutamateEmulsifier
Worth knowing: Adenosine, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride sit below that line. They are in there, and the label does not tell you how much. That is not the same as saying it is too little to matter.
Copy the raw INCI list
Aqua, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Agave Americana Stem Extract, Niacinamide, Sodium Hyaluronate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Glucose, Butylene Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Fructose, Fructooligosaccharides, Adenosine, Xanthan Gum, Cynanchum Atratum Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Althaea Rosea Flower Extract, Ceramide NP, Tocopherol, Pancratium Maritimum Extract, Collagen Extract, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
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Common questions
Is Medicube Collagen Night Wrapping Mask good for dry skin?
By our read of the formula, it suits dry, dehydrated, oily skin. Medicube Collagen Night Wrapping Mask is a mask built around Glycerin, Niacinamide and Ceramide 3. It leans strongest on hydration, barrier repair, brightening / tone. Best suited to dry, dehydrated and oily skin. Nothing in it we'd flag for most people.
How do you use Medicube Collagen Night Wrapping Mask?
Morning and/or night, after your thinner water-based steps and before heavier creams.
What are the key ingredients in Medicube Collagen Night Wrapping Mask?
The actives that do the work are Glycerin, Niacinamide, Ceramide 3, Hyaluronic acid, Adenosine, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride. The rest of the list is texture, preservatives and emulsifiers that hold the formula together.
Does Medicube Collagen Night Wrapping Mask contain fragrance?
No. By our reading of the ingredient list it is fragrance-free, which is a plus for sensitive or reactive skin.
What the 3D scene shows
The scene shows Medicube Collagen Night Wrapping Mask beside a cross-section of skin, with 3 of its ingredients drawn at the layer each one acts on and at one shared molecular scale: Ceramide 3 and Glycerin in the stratum corneum, the dead outer layer where most skincare works; Niacinamide in the living epidermis, among the cells that are still dividing. Depths come from the same sourced layer data as the rest of this site, and any ingredient whose layer is not established is left out rather than guessed.
