Breakout-prone skin often needs two things at once: something to calm existing inflammation and something to prevent new congestion from forming. The Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Tea-Trica Relief Ampoule was built to do both simultaneously, with an ultra-lightweight formula that absorbs in seconds and works without aggravating already sensitive or reactive skin.

The base is 55% Centella Asiatica Extract from Madagascar — one of the highest cica concentrations you'll find in any K-beauty ampoule — delivering powerful anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, and barrier-repairing activity. Layered on top of that is the brand's exclusive Tea-Trica Complex: 9.4% Tea Tree Leaf Water paired with Chamaecyparis Obtusa (Hinoki Cypress) Water and Pine Leaf Extract. Tea Tree Water brings antimicrobial and sebum-balancing properties in a diluted, gentle form that doesn't carry the irritation risk of the full essential oil. Cypress and Pine round out the complex with additional purifying and skin-calming activity.

The Anti-Sebum P(HD) complex manages excess oil and visibly minimises pore appearance over time, making this one of the few ampoules that actually addresses the oiliness component of acne-prone skin rather than just soothing after the fact. Evening Primrose Flower Extract and Pueraria Lobata Root Extract add further skin-conditioning and brightening support.

Non-comedogenic tested. The texture is a clear, fast-absorbing liquid that leaves no residue whatsoever.

Sul Skin reaches for this one as the SOS treatment recommendation for anyone dealing with active breakouts, post-acne redness, or skin that just seems perpetually angry. It works as a spot treatment or all-over ampoule.