A five-piece Korean centella skincare set: formula safety across all components, consumer verdict, and price history in one report. Snapshot date: October 27, 2026. Prices in native USD, US delivery context (New York 10001).
1. Product Information
1.1 Overview
The SKIN1004 Centella Travel Kit is a five-piece Korean skincare set in TSA-friendly travel sizes: a Light Cleansing Oil, Ampoule Foam cleanser, Toning Toner, Centella Ampoule serum, and Soothing Cream, each 30 ml (1.01 fl oz), packed in a mountain-print gift box with a travel pouch. Every step is built around Madagascar centella asiatica extract, which the brand presents as calming, hydrating, and barrier-supporting; the products are marketed as dermatologically tested, non-comedogenic, and suitable for all skin types including sensitive skin.
The set works as both a complete trial routine - cleanse with the oil or foam, tone, apply the ampoule, and finish with the cream (the cream is noted as the last step of a routine) - and a travel-ready duplicate of the brand's full-size Madagascar Centella line. The brand instructs applying a proper amount and patting gently with both palms for absorption. Buyers commonly treat it as a low-cost way to test the full routine before committing to full sizes.
1.2 Key Selling Points (from the listing)
- On-the-go care - five mini-sized essentials in one compact, TSA-friendly kit; works as a travel set or starter kit.
- Full routine in one pouch - oil cleanser, face wash, toner, serum, and soothing moisturizer.
- Madagascar centella in every step - each product enriched with centella asiatica extract to calm, hydrate, and soften.
- Safe & gentle for all skin - dermatologically tested, non-comedogenic, free from harmful additives; positioned even for sensitive skin.
1.3 Product Specifications
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Brand | SKIN1004 |
| Set | Centella Travel Kit (5 items) |
| Item Form | Cream, Oil, Serum |
| Scent | Unscented |
| Skin Type | All, Combination, Normal, Sensitive |
| Product Benefits | Anti-Redness, Hydrating, Moisturizing, Oil Control, Softening, Soothing |
| Item Volume (set) | 450 ml total (5 x 30 ml bottles/mini tubes plus pouches) |
| Manufacturer | Hankook Cosmetics Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
| Best Sellers Rank | #4,233 in Beauty & Personal Care; #7 in Skin Care Sets & Kits |
| ASIN | B09S6JKB52 |
| Availability | In Stock (US context verified at capture) |
1.4 Product Photos
The gift box with all five 30 ml minis: Ampoule, Toning Toner, Light Cleansing Oil, Soothing Cream, Ampoule Foam. Source: Amazon
Listing banner: "5PC SET - from deep cleansing to immediate soothing". Source: Amazon
Brand infographic: "Powered by Centella Asiatica Extract". Source: Amazon
2. Product Rating and Customer Feedback
2.1 Aggregate Rating
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 / 5 |
| Total ratings | 3,448 |
| Five-star share | 84% |
| Four-star share | 9% |
| Three-star or below | about 7% (4% + 1% + 2%) |
The distribution is strongly positive: 84% five-star and 9% four-star. Shares are rounded, so each percentage point at this sample size still represents roughly 35 ratings; the 2% one-star share is slightly higher than typical for top-ranked K-beauty sets but remains a small minority.
2.2 What Customers Say
Amazon's aggregated review summary reads: "Customers find the skincare set effective and completely live up to the hype, noting it's perfect for travel and TSA-friendly. The products are gentle on skin, leaving it feeling smooth and soft, and customers report improvements in texture. They appreciate how it helps with skin appearance, making it look brighter and more radiant, while being compatible with sensitive skin without causing irritation. Customers consider it a great way to test multiple products and find it worth the price. The size receives mixed feedback, with some appreciating that the products are compact enough to take up little room, while others prefer larger quantities."
Review text note: no written customer reviews rendered on the product page during this capture, so individual review quotes cannot be presented. The aggregate rating, distribution, and aspect summary below are the review-derived evidence available; no reviewer identities appear anywhere in this report.
2.3 Aspect-Level Sentiment
| Aspect | Mentions | Positive | Negative | Positive share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel-friendly | 39 | 39 | 0 | 100% |
| Skin appearance | 21 | 21 | 0 | 100% |
| Routine | 14 | 14 | 0 | 100% |
| Effectiveness | 96 | 91 | 5 | 95% |
| Gentleness | 39 | 32 | 7 | 82% |
| Skin compatibility | 20 | 16 | 4 | 80% |
| Value for money | 20 | 17 | 3 | 85% |
| Size | 12 | 8 | 4 | 67% (split) |
Recurring positives: travel convenience (unanimous), visible brightening, gentle feel, smooth texture, and value as a trial set. Recurring complaints: the mini sizes divide opinion (67% positive - some want larger quantities); a minority mention irritation despite the gentle positioning.
2.4 Component Scorecards (community claim platform)
Skinsort indexes the five components individually (the boxed kit itself is not a listed SKU). Its platform ratings are small community aggregates and sit far below the Amazon aggregate - read them as a claim-check layer, not a verdict:
| Component | Rating | Platform reviews | Concerns flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centella Ampoule | 3.6 | 655 | none |
| Toning Toner | 3.7 | 124 | none |
| Soothing Cream | 3.1 | 96 | Oily skin, Acne |
| Ampoule Foam | 3.0 | 214 | Dryness |
| Light Cleansing Oil | 2.5 | 232 | Irritation, Acne, Eczema, Rosacea, Oily skin |
Claim highlights: the Ampoule, Toning Toner, and Ampoule Foam pass all twelve "free-from" claims (fragrance-free, alcohol-free, fungal-acne-safe, vegan, etc.). The Soothing Cream fails three (contains silicones, not fungal-acne-safe, potential pore cloggers - matching its ceramide-cream emulsifier system). The Light Cleansing Oil fails five (fragrance, EU allergens, oils, fungal-acne, pore cloggers) - it is the kit's only fragrance-bearing product. Class-level concerns are ingredient warnings, not verdicts on any individual. Community ingredient votes: the cleansing oil's 1-liked-to-9-disliked ratio echoes its five flags; the ampoule and toner are the best-liked formulas.
3. Product Ingredients (all five components)
3.1 What's Inside - Claim Matrix by Component
| Claim | Ampoule | Toner | Cream | Foam | Cleansing Oil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol-free | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| EU-allergen-free | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO |
| Fragrance-free | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO (essential oils + limonene/linalool) |
| Oil-free | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO (it is an oil) |
| Paraben-free | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Silicone-free | YES | YES | NO (silicone emollients) | YES | YES |
| Sulfate-free | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Cruelty-free | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Fungal-acne-safe | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO |
| Pore-clogger-free | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO |
| Reef-safe | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Vegan | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
3.2 Formula Architecture at a Glance
Ingredient data for the five actual kit components was captured from a community safety-ratings database (91 rated rows; the boxed kit itself is not indexed there, so no substitute products were used - only the real components). Totals by component: Ampoule 7 rows, Toner 15, Cream 33 rated + 4 unrendered, Foam 23, Cleansing Oil 13.
- One hero, five forms: Centella Asiatica Extract appears in all five products and high in every list (position 1 in the cream, 3 in the toner, 4 elsewhere) - the "Madagascar centella" positioning is grounded in the INCI, not marketing gloss.
- The ampoule is a minimalist 7-ingredient formula: water, glycerin, butylene glycol, centella, 1,2-hexanediol, cellulose gum, ethylhexylglycerin - no fragrance, no alcohol, no essential oils.
- The toner adds function: niacinamide, a gentle PHA (gluconolactone), adenosine, hyaluronic acid, and soothing dipotassium glycyrrhizate - 15 ingredients, all low-rated.
- The cream is the barrier-repair anchor: centella at position 1, three ceramides (NP/AP/EOP/NS), cholesterol, phytosphingosine, beta-glucan, tranexamic acid, and a ferment filtrate - carried on a silicone base that explains its fast-sinking feel.
- The foam is a genuinely mild sulfate-free cleanser: five coconut-derived surfactants all graded safety 1, buffered with citric acid, plus centella and hyaluronic acid.
- The cleansing oil is the kit's risk concentration: five fragrance/essential-oil materials (bergamot, geranium, rose, limonene, linalool) and two acne-class-2 plant oils (olive, jojoba) - all in a rinse-off format.
3.3 Safety Level Classification (pooled, 95 entries)
| Safety level | Count | Share | What is in it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low concern (safety 1-2) | 82 | 86% | the overwhelming majority, including every Foam ingredient |
| Flagged (safety 3+, or upper bound of a range) | 9 | 9% | 5 fragrance/EO materials in the cleansing oil; betaine and tromethamine (toner); tromethamine and one anomalous silicone reading (cream) |
| Not rated | 4 | 4% | cream's Biosaccharide Gum-1, Disodium EDTA, Ceramide EOP, Ceramide NS (page did not render ratings) |
Safety is an inverse metric (1 = safest grade); acne risk and irritant read the opposite way (0 = safest). Ranges (e.g. 1-4) mean sources disagree and are judged on the upper bound. "Not rated" is missing data, not a clean bill. Only 2 rows anywhere carry an acne rating of 2+ (the oil's olive and jojoba); all rated leave-on materials are 0-1.
Flags in detail: Light Cleansing Oil - Bergamot Fruit Oil (3-4), Geranium Flower Oil (4), Linalool (3-4), Limonene (3), Rose Flower Oil (3): the declared-fragrance cluster, with limonene/linalool being EU-declarable allergens. Toner - Betaine (1-4 range), Tromethamine (1-3 range). Cream - Tromethamine (1-3 range) and a Cyclomethicone reading printed as 10, which is out of line with this database's typical grading of the material and is flagged rather than silently accepted.
3.4 Suitability Guidance (reference only, not medical advice)
- Sensitive / redness-prone skin: the leave-on trio (ampoule, toner, cream) is about as low-risk as a full routine gets; patch-test the cleansing oil separately.
- Acne-prone skin: all rated leave-on materials are 0-1; the oil's olive/jojoba (acne 2) are rinse-off and low practical risk; the cream's "potential pore cloggers" flag relates to its fatty-alcohol emulsifiers.
- Fragrance-allergic users: the Light Cleansing Oil is the only component with declared fragrance allergens - the other four are clean of them.
- Fungal-acne-avoiding users: the cream and the cleansing oil are the two components flagged not fungal-acne-safe.
4. Product Price
4.1 Current Amazon Listing Price (snapshot 2026-10-27)
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Current price | $18.90 ($18.90 per count) |
| List price | $26.00 (suggested retail) |
| Savings vs list | -27% |
| Subscribe & Save | $17.95 (-31%) |
| Coupon | 5% off coupon available (with Subscribe & Save terms) |
| Seller | Third-party marketplace seller (not sold by Amazon) |
| Delivery | FREE delivery Nov 1-3 on orders over $35 shipped by Amazon; Prime options |
4.2 Long-Run Price History (all-time tracker data)
The tracker has monitored this listing since March 23, 2026 - a short (~7-month) window. All-time summary; the "Current" column is a last-observation value, not a live quote:
| Price Type | Lowest Ever | Highest Ever | Current | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon (sold by Amazon) | - | - | - | - |
| 3rd Party New | $15.39 (Jun 23, 2026) | $30.00 (May 29, 2026) | $18.90 (Oct 19, 2026) | $21.12 |
| 3rd Party Used | - | - | - | - |
Structural findings: the item has never been recorded as sold directly by Amazon, and there is no used-market data. The current $18.90 was observed Oct 19, 2026 (8 days before this snapshot) and the listing was last tracked 17 hours prior, so the price data is fresh.
4.3 Price Level Comparison
4.4 Price Trend Analysis
Dated observations on the 3rd Party New series with the all-time average as reference. Only five summary values exist per price type (no observation-level history), so lines interpolate between known points:
Reading the trend:
- Absolute spread $14.61, i.e. 94.9% of the all-time low - nearly a doubling from trough to peak within roughly five weeks of tracking.
- The $30.00 high (May 29, 2026) predates the $15.39 low (Jun 23, 2026) by 25 days, both inside the first three months - a launch-phase repricing pattern rather than a seasonal cycle (interpretive reading).
- The current $18.90 is +22.8% above the all-time low, -37.0% below the all-time high, -10.5% below the all-time average ($21.12), and -27.3% below the $26.00 list price. The kit is currently priced at the favorable end of its young history.
- The typical selling level (-18.8% vs list, cross-source) shows a consistently aggressive-discount strategy for this listing.
5. Methodology and Confidence
- Data sources: the US Amazon listing (desktop capture, ZIP 10001, native USD), an independent price tracker's all-time summary, one community safety-ratings ingredient database (five component pages, 91+ rated rows), and one community claim platform (five component pages, full claim matrices and concerns). The boxed kit is not indexed by either ingredient source; coverage uses only the five actual components, with this stated wherever relevant. Source URLs are omitted from this report.
- Snapshot date: October 27, 2026. The tracker's "current" price is 8 days old at collection; listing data is same-day. All figures are point-in-time.
- Confidence - High: listing specs, aggregate rating/distribution, the transcribed price table, and the five component ingredient lists. Medium: aspect shares (rounded), the young 7-month tracking window, one anomalous silicone safety reading (flagged in-text). Low / not applicable: written review content (none rendered), small platform-review counts.
- Scope limits: tracker data is all-time-only over a short window with no observation-level history; ingredient ratings are community aggregates, not regulatory conclusions; component formulas may be reformulated by the manufacturer at any time.