What is Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule?

A lightweight hydrating serum with 100% centella asiatica extract, designed to soothe irritation, calm redness, and support skin healing.

Is Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule worth it?

Mostly yes. 13 of the 14 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 83%.

What is Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule's Guru Score?

Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule holds a Guru Score of 83%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 14 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.

Who is Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule best for?

Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule is generally suited to sensitive skin.

What is Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule good for, according to the experts?

In their reviews, experts say Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule is good for irritated or reactive skin (7 experts), dark spots and post-acne marks (1 expert) and redness (1 expert).

Is Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule good for irritated or reactive skin?

7 experts who reviewed Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule say it is. AliceintheRabbitHole put it this way: “I really love this ampoule, I find it very calming.”

Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule: a Guru Score of 83%

What the gurus are saying.

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Dr. Daniel Sugai

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"The K beauty find that I love is SKIN1004's Centella Ampule. They're using Centella Asiatica extract, which is one of my favorite ingredients to help with soothing the skin and helps with inflamed skin. This is a very hydrating face serum that you can apply right after cleansing and then apply your moisturizer to seal it in. It gives you a nice dewy glow up. I love that one, and I was really happy to see it was on sale for only $12.89, so $13 instead of $24 on Prime Day."

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"If you want a hydrating, soothing serum, I like Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule. Just pure centella extract. So nice."

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"Plus there's some evidence behind it that helps with stretch marks and even wound healing. I like to put it over scars. So if you have post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, you have irritation after a rash, after acne, you can go ahead and use Centella-containing products over the skin. And it's very lightweight, almost a watery texture, but goes on with plumping action. So I love this one."

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Dr Dray

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"The Madagascar Centella Ampoule is one I like so much from them, it's thicker and more viscous than their newer pore perfecting ampoule."

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"I saw they had the Centella Ampoule which I tried a couple of years ago and [...] I don't think I was impressed with that. This is [...] the Madagascar Centella with the Probiotic Intensive Ampoule and the ferment in this I think is what takes it above and beyond the Centella Ampoule. It has a creamier milkier slippery texture and I'm a big fan of that slip and slide and glide. [...] I love the slippery slimies, the ferments, all that juicy juicy juicy goodness."

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"I've tried this before, the Madagascar Centella Ampoule, and from what I remember it was not like my absolute favorite Skin1004 product because they have a lot that I really enjoy, but it wasn't necessarily bad."

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"Centella is anti-inflammatory so you may find that this product is nice if you have a lot of irritation as like the first step in your skincare routine to calm the skin. It also has glycerin so it's pretty hydrating. This wasn't like my all-time favorite ampoule or serum that I've ever used but it was okay."

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"The Madagascar Centella Ampoule is one I like so much from them, it's thicker and more viscous than their newer pore perfecting ampoule."

Kelly Driscoll

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"That's a great value serum. This is [...] a one-star ingredient product, meaning there's only one active ingredient to focus on, and that is centella extract. Centella soothes irritation, heals the skin, it's amazing for acne prone skin, it reduces inflammation and redness, and it promotes wound healing on the skin and skin repair. That also means it can have some anti-aging benefits for collagen stimulation as well because how do we heal wounds? By stimulating collagen."

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"It's a very gentle ampoule with a really nice lightweight texture. It's something that's going to work for a majority of skin types with an ingredients list that's going to work for a lot of different people. Lots of people like Centella. It's a very gentle ampoule but it definitely can help with redness and inflammation and just kind of helping to calm and even out the skin."

Mad About Skin

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"I really like the one by Skin1004. That's a great option."

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"I really like the one by Skin1004. That's a great option."

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"This is a Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule. This actually contains 100 ml of product, which is three times the amount that we're used to seeing here in the West. Most serums here will be 30 ml. This is 100 ml. So you're getting a lot of product. People will look at this and think, 'Oh, it's around £15.' I think that's a fairly standard price for a serum. Well, it's not because you're getting three times the quantity for that standard price. So it's actually three times better value."

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"The Sentella Asiatica I go for is this one by Skin1004. It's really, really nice and it's really inexpensive. Use it straight after your vitamin C. It'll help calm and soothe, but it'll also really dial up that rate of collagen production."

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"The original product that kick-started it all is this Skin1004 Centella Ampoule. So this is just a super high concentration of centella asiatica. So if you want your centella fix and you want it well formulated, well sourced in a super high concentration, this is kind of it. It looks beautiful, I mean the packaging [...] has to be visually appealing. [...] It looks way more expensive than what you actually pay for it."

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"My number one recommendation is Centella asiatica, this is the one by Skin1004, which is a nice affordable product. Whichever centella serum you go for, pair it with vitamin C because studies show using Centella asiatica and vitamin C together actually quadruples the amount of additional collagen produced versus just using vitamin C alone, so four times the anti-aging benefits without having to break the bank."

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"A recent study showed that if you pair vitamin C with centella asiatica, it actually quadruples the amount of additional collagen produced versus just using vitamin C alone. So if you've got your vitamin C serum in your routine but you want four times the benefit, [...] then pair it with a centella. You can just use a centella serum like the one from Skin1004 alongside your existing vitamin C and that will deliver the benefit."

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"If you use this alongside centella asiatica such as this one by Skin1004, you get four times the pro-collagen results versus just using your vitamin C. That for me is a no-brainer. One extra product, four times the results. This [...] is a wonderful centella asiatica and it's somewhere in the region of about £10 for a huge amount of product."

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"The centella serum is a great allrounder for your centella fix. It kickstarted the viral nature of this brand and it's a great product."

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"I don't bother with their original centella ampoule because every other one of their ampoules has like 50% centella in anyway and you don't need more than 50%."

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"They put a number on it and that number was so misleading and vastly different to what was actually in here, 3 to 5%. This does definitely seem a little bit deceptive. [...] I do think they knew what they were doing and they could have been a lot more transparent. I've used this for the longest time and loved it because I thought I was getting a super high dose of centella asiatica, turns out I wasn't."

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"This is the Skin1004 Centella Ampoule. This is really inexpensive. Use this alongside your vitamin C and that just helps you to achieve this pairing. It doesn't really matter what order you do it in. You can do Centella first or you can do vitamin C first. It really makes no difference. Just make sure that you have both of these ingredients somewhere in your skincare routine."

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"So whilst it's not been an easy ride for Skin1004 on this product in 2024, I think we can look past that and say honestly I still think this is one of the best centella serums on the market. My top tip for using this is pair it with your vitamin C because studies show if you use centella asiatica and vitamin C side by side it quadruples the amount of additional collagen produced versus just using vitamin C alone. So top tip if you're buying this, make sure you're pairing it with a vitamin C."

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"This is the Skin1004 Centella Asiatica Ampoule. This is amazing. A high dose of that Centella Asiatica. Beautifully calming and soothing. Use these two together and you're going to get four times the additional collagen, less irritation, and that's a win. [...] Pairing it with Centella, I get less side effects. And that to me is always always a win. It's been a game changer for me."

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"Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule, these two together four times the results with very little additional effort, and this is like £14, so super inexpensive to get a whole lot of additional anti-aging benefit."

CYoung

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"I tested it on my face and couldn't feel anything else, so I tried it again on my hands and as time goes by nothing changes. But there's definitely a lot of centella in here, so anybody who works well with centella, please try it, it can be holy grail. They named it an ample but it just feels like water, the texture is like a toner, so you could use it as a first step instead of a toner."

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"It feels like a toner, really watery. It's gotten so popular and I've gotten so many comments about this brand, but I think it's kind of overhyped, it's not that popular here. If you have dry or mature skin you won't like it much, for me it just feels like water, like why am I even using this. If you love centella and have oily, acne prone or teenage skin you can try it out, but I'm not interested at all. It's not a C because the formula really is low irritation, so I'll put this as a B."

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"Skin1004's ample is okay, but I don't really understand why it's so popular on TikTok. It's just okay, I don't really recommend it that much."

Doctor Anne

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"It also has Centella Asiatica, which is said to be soothing and have other skin beneficial [...] benefits. I know some people say it doesn't do much, but for me it does what it's supposed to do. It leaves my skin feeling hydrated and calm and it feels like absolutely nothing when applied. So no matter how hot it is outside, I really enjoy putting it on before I follow up with my serum step."

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"The Skin 1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule [...] is great for lightweight hydration and a little soothing. I used it a lot during summer when I just wanted something that felt like nothing but offered extra hydration, and during the fall months too. I know some people complain it doesn't do much, and I get that, it's just lightweight hydration, but if you're oily, acne prone, or don't like to layer too many products, that's one I'd recommend you check out."

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"I use a lightweight layer of hydration, the same I use during summer, the Skin1004 Centella Ampoule. It absorbs easily. It isn't the absolute utmost hydrating. I think I will move on to something more substantial when it gets colder, but for now it's like a good layer."

No BS Beauty

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"My first experience with this brand was their Centella Ampoule and their Centella toning toner, which was kind of right when I was starting to get really interested in K beauty [...] stuff. Their toners and moisturizer are great. Can't go wrong with Skin1004."

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"The Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule which is 17 bucks with centella in there. In my opinion you can't go wrong with any of these, they're all wonderful for soothing and calming your skin and easy to add into your routine."

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"This centella ampoule from Skin1004 was really nice. I used it up at the cabin because it was convenient and small travel size."

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Dr. Vanita Rattan

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"So I love love love this. This is a fantastic product. Definitely worth your money. I would even recommend this for something that they haven't thought about and that is an irritated inflamed scalp. If you have an inflamed scalp and you are constantly itching and scratching it, this is something that's going to soothe the scalp and it's light enough that it's not going to lead to any greasiness of the hair, but it's going to penetrate into the skin and just give you some relief."

AliceintheRabbitHole

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"At the end of the day, as funny as it may sound, I still just like the original SKIN1004 ampoule the most. It's so simple, but sometimes there's something so special about simple. I enjoyed this, I love the classic SKIN1004 ampoule."

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"Earlier this week I [...] had a reaction from using a glycolic acid product, and I used two full droppers of this and instantly felt the soothing effects, the redness went down. That's why this absolutely is my favorite Skin1004 ampoule. It shouldn't necessarily be better than the others, which also have centella asiatica plus other ingredients, but there really is something to the simplicity of this that makes it such a good soothing product."

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"I really love this ampoule, I find it very calming. The trick with it is to use a lot, I like to use two full droppers. [...] The packaging looks expensive but it's not, this is not too pricey of a product."

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"I enjoyed this product a lot, it's why I chose to work with the company. If you use a lot of it, up to two full droppers, I really saw a lot for my skin in terms of hydration and soothing, which makes sense because of the active compounds [...] in centella asiatica."

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"This is the product with the shortest and most concise ingredients list in the whole video, the brand says it's one ingredient only. The reason this is my pick for calming is because it's the simplest, and when your skin is going through it, simple is exactly what it needs. You get a big bottle, 3.38 fluid ounces, and when my skin is in a rough patch I like to use a lot of this product, one or two full droppers even. It's another affordable product where you get a lot of product in the bottle."

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"The brand got everything right with this, the packaging is beautiful, they even thought about the dropper so it doesn't just drip the product out. Even when my skin is going through it and [...] starts stinging when I apply my usual products, I can still apply this product, there's a lot of value in that for me. My [...] tip is to use a lot of it, [...] use it as you would a toner, not as you would a serum. So yes, absolutely love that ampoule."

Dr. Jenny Liu

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"I have my centella ampoule from Skin1004 Madagascar. This is a hydrating toner. It actually can sneak into my routine without making it too much, and it's hydrating so it's really nice."

Hyram

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"The product he's using is amazing. I've recommended it many times. It's the Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule. Great for soothing redness and irritation and hydrating the skin, but it is a serum. It's not a moisturizer."

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"It sinks into the skin very quickly. It's super lightweight, but most importantly, it is power packed with Centella Asiatica, one of the best skincare ingredients out there for helping to reduce sensitivity, bring down redness, and help to repair any skin damage that you might be experiencing. The reason I love this one is that it's a no BS formula. You're getting as much benefits from Centella Asiatica as you can, which I think is a necessary ingredient in every single person's routine."

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"The Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule, if you're someone who wants to utilize the benefits of centella asiatica, get that soothing experience, reduce redness, get that antioxidant power, but you want the strongest form of it, that's what the ampoule does. It's basically all centella asiatica, it's an incredible formula and ingredient, and it's such an easy addition to your skincare routine. It doesn't feel like an additional product."

James Welsh

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"Skin1004 Centella Ampoule is actually a very simple ampoule with mainly centella asiatica then other ingredients just to make it into a skincare product. It's super calming, anti-inflammatory and great for those with very reactive skin. It's almost like a lightweight toner with instant soothing benefits. [...] So if your skin is angry, red, maybe overexfoliated, irritated and you really need to strip everything back and heal, the Skin1004 Centella Ampoule will be perfect for you."

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"They have a focus on 100% centella asiatica extract, which is a [...] really nice amount of centella. It's one of the most effective calming serums I've ever used. What sets this apart [...] from other centella products [...] is that it's so lightweight. It's pretty much a toner. I actually use this as a toner and there's an instant calming to it, an instant relief for your skin, like a feeling of hydration, and it is really, really, really, really soothing."

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"Love it, love it, love it, love it. It's incredible. I absolutely love it. When my skin is ruined, when my rosacea is flaring up, when I need some soothing, if I want to make a quick mask out of cotton pads and this serum, because it's so affordable in such a huge amount, I will use this serum. Their toner is just as good. [...] What I will say is they are misleading about their ingredient list. They say that this is 100% Centella Asiatica, but it actually has some other ingredients in."

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"This is a really nice one to use day in, day out, twice a day. And it's always very reasonably priced. Your average serum is about 30ML for like the same price, but this is 55ML. So I always feel like with this brand in particular, you get a real bargain. If you're looking for something for very easily sensitive skin, irritated skin, just want to help heal and refresh and kind of tone down any kind of redness, this is a really nice, simple one to go for."

Cassandra Bankson

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"The packaging is literally like National Geographic—look at it, on the opposite side of the label they have these beautiful nature images. [...] This ampule is 100 percent centella asiatica extracted. [...] If you want the pure stuff, this is it. [...] Holy, if you just want centella for the antioxidant, for the skin healing, for the anti-redness and soothing properties, this is probably one of your best bets and it looks like National Geographic on your countertop."

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"The Skin1004 Centella Asiatica Toner Plus has the highest level of centella that I know of. It's also much more liquidy, so this is better for someone like me who has oily or combo skin. [...] This is so wonderful if your skin is irritated, it needs antioxidant support. If you live in a big city, you need this one. [...] You can get Skin1004 on sale on Amazon."

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"It's a [...] really nice, almost hydrating feel to it. I like centella asiatica when my skin feels a little bit irritated like it has been lately, it's just super soothing to the skin almost immediately and it's also very hydrating. [...] It's a really light serum that you just put onto your skin. It's very hydrating, it absorbs almost immediately, and it's just really nice and calming. It feels really light on the skin."

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