C3 AC AMPOULE

1. White Peony Root Hydrosol
   Rich in Paeoniflorin, it delivers powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits, effectively inhibits melanin production, fades dark spots, soothes redness and sensitivity, and brightens overall complexion. It also promotes collagen synthesis, improves elasticity, reduces fine lines, and imparts a translucent, dewy, healthy glow. Ideal for dull and stressed skin.
   
   
2. Niacinamide
   Brightens skin tone, fades dark spots, increases and normalizes collagen, and inhibits the glycation process, thereby smoothing and preventing fine lines and wrinkles! It also has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, along with the ability to restore skin barrier function and regulate sebum, making it especially suitable for inflammatory skin conditions like acne, rosacea, and eczema.
   
   
3. Erythritol
   A natural sugar humectant with a lightweight, non-sticky texture. It rapidly draws moisture from the air and skin, forming a breathable hydration film for long-lasting moisture and better absorption of subsequent products. Also offers gentle antioxidant protection against free radicals, while keeping skin soft and supple. Especially suitable for oily and combination skin as a refreshing, non-greasy hydrator.
   
   
4. Hydroxyacetophenone
   Effectively inhibits enzymes associated with inflammation to achieve soothing and anti-inflammatory effects, alleviating sensitivity, redness, and discomfort, making it particularly beneficial for sensitive and inflamed skin. It is also a powerful antioxidant that effectively neutralizes free radicals.
   
   
5. Allantoin
   Possesses soothing, repairing, and protective effects on the skin. It helps promote cell regeneration, accelerate the healing process of damaged skin, while reducing irritation and redness, making it very suitable for sensitive or damaged skin. Additionally, allantoin can increase the skin's moisture content and help soften dead skin cells, making the skin feel smoother and more refined.
   
   
6. Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate
   The star ingredient behind the famous “Pitera™”, packed with amino acids, vitamins, and minerals. Dramatically boosts radiance, refines pores, fades acne marks and fine lines. Long-term use balances sebum production, strengthens the skin barrier, promotes natural exfoliation, evens tone, and significantly enhances glow.
   
   
7. Adenosine
   It helps to replenish essential energy for skin cells, maintain normal skin cell metabolism, while inhibiting melanin, soothing skin, promoting blood circulation, and fighting free radicals to prevent wrinkles, sagging and loss of elasticity.
   
   
8. Oregano Leaf Extract
   Rich in antioxidants like rosmarinic acid and carvacrol, it effectively neutralizes free radicals, protecting skin cells from environmental damage and premature aging. Its significant antimicrobial and antibacterial properties make it excellent for purifying the skin, and combating blemish-causing bacteria. Furthermore, Oregano Leaf Extract offers anti-inflammatory and soothing effects, which can help calm irritated skin and reduce redness.
   
   
9. Hinoki Leaf Extract
   Rich in phytoncides, it possesses potent antimicrobial and antibacterial properties, making it highly effective in purifying the skin and inhibiting the growth of blemish-causing bacteria. It also offers significant anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and soothing effects, which help to calm irritated, sensitive or compromised skin, reduce redness, alleviate discomfort, and protect against environmental stressors.
   
   
10. Thyme Extract
    Rich in thymol, providing potent antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties. Effectively suppresses P. acnes bacteria, reduces breakouts and comedones, calms inflammation and redness. Perfect for oily and acne-prone skin as a purifying and oil-controlling agent while protecting against environmental stressors.
    
    
11. Rosemary Extract
    Contains rosmarinic acid and carnosic acid for exceptional antioxidant and antimicrobial effects. Also stimulates microcirculation, tightens pores, regulates sebum production, slows collagen degradation, and improves elasticity. Widely used in anti-aging and oily/acne-prone skincare.
    
    
12. Oregano Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract
    High in carvacrol and thymol with extremely strong antibacterial power against acne-causing bacteria and fungi, reducing breakouts and seborrheic dermatitis flare-ups. Also contains antioxidant and soothing properties to calm inflammation and redness. Nature’s “skin antibiotic”.
    
    
13. Lavender Extract
    Offers remarkable calming, soothing, and anti-inflammatory effects, quickly relieving sensitivity, redness, and itchiness while repairing damaged skin barrier. Additionally, its antibacterial and antioxidant properties help balance sebum production, promote wound healing, and is commonly found in soothing and post-acne care products.
    
    
14. Centella Asiatica/Leaf/Root Extract
    Highly soothing and regenerating, they help to calm the skin, alleviate inflammation, and promote the skin's healing process. Also effective in improving acne.
    
    
15. Baikal Skullcap Root Extract
    Thanks to its its flavonoid content, particularly baicalin, it is known for its robust antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and skin-brightening capabilities. It helps defend the skin against environmental damage and UV exposure, effectively soothes irritation, reduces redness, and inhibits melanin production to visibly brighten dark spots and promote a more even and luminous skin tone, while helping to maintain skin elasticity and combating premature aging.
    
    
16. Lactobacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract
    Rich in amino acids, peptides, and antioxidants, it works to strengthen the skin's natural barrier, promoting resilience and helping to reduce moisture loss. It also boasts soothing and anti-inflammatory properties, effectively calming irritated and sensitive skin, and reducing redness. Furthermore, this ferment extract helps to balance the skin's microbiome, fostering a healthy environment that supports overall skin vitality and helps to protect against environmental stressors.
    
    
17. Cladosiphon Okamuranus (Okinawa Mozuku) Extract
    Rich in ultra-high concentration fucoidan with hydration power surpassing hyaluronic acid. It forms a natural water-retention film on the skin, and delivers long-lasting moisture and elasticity. Also contains antioxidant and collagen-boosting properties to help soften fine lines and dryness, giving bouncy, glassy, hydrated skin.
    
    
18. Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract
    Rich in tea polyphenols (EGCG), catechins, and vitamin C, delivering powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits. Neutralizes free radicals, soothes redness, inhibits P. acnes growth, regulates sebum production, and tightens pores while providing calming and brightening effects during cleansing.
    
    
19. Zinc PCA
    A combination of zinc and L-pyrrolidone carboxylic acid that inhibits 5α-reductase, significantly controlling sebum production, shrinking pores, and preventing comedones and breakouts. Offers triple antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and moisturizing effects, to repair the barrier, and soothe irritation. Best for gentle oil control for oily and acne-prone skin.
    
    
20. Speedwell Extract
    Contains flavonoids and tannins for astringent, soothing, and anti-inflammatory benefits, while tightening pores, regulating sebum production, reducing redness, improving microcirculation, and speeding up acne mark fading. Excellent for oily, sensitive, and acne-prone skin.
    
    
21. Salicylic Acid
    A type of BHA. Its oil-soluble nature allows it to effectively dissolve excess sebum, dead skin cells, and impurities within pores, making it highly effective at unclogging pores, reducing their appearance, and preventing and treating acne, blackheads, and whiteheads. It also possesses significant anti-inflammatory properties that calm redness and sensitivity, while helping to regulate oil production. By promoting cell renewal, it also helps to improve skin texture and fade acne marks.
    
    
22. Panthenol (Pro-Vitamin B5)
    A recognized powerful moisturizing and soothing ingredient. It can penetrate deep into the skin, helping to repair and strengthen the skin barrier function, significantly enhancing the skin's water-retention capability, reducing moisture loss, and keeping the skin soft, plump, and elastic. Panthenol also possesses excellent anti-inflammatory and repairing properties, effectively soothing irritated skin, accelerating wound healing, and reducing redness and discomfort.
    
    
23. Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
    A lipophilic derivative of salicylic acid, belonging to the LHA group. With a skin friendly pH of 5.5, It slowly penetrates the skin to loosen dead skin cells, promote cell renewal, and unclog pores, preventing and treating acne, blackheads, and whiteheads, while exfoliating very gently. It also possesses significant anti-inflammatory properties that calm redness and sensitivity, along with oil-regulating benefits particularly useful for oily and blemish-prone skin. Furthermore, it helps stimulate collagen production, thereby improving skin firmness, reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and refining overall skin texture and tone.
    
    
24. Neem Leaf Extract
    Rich in various bioactive compounds, they boast powerful antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antifungal properties to purify skin, improve acne and blemishes, and soothe skin inflammation and sensitivity. They can also help to fight free radicals, balance sebum secretion and promote skin healing and repair.
    
    
25. Coffee Seed Extract
    High in caffeine to boost microcirculation, reduce puffiness, firm skin, and improve dark circles. Rich in chlorogenic acid and other powerful antioxidants to fight free radicals and delay aging.
    
    
26. Lactobacillus Ferment Exosomes
    These are nanoscale vesicles released by lactobacilli during the fermentation process, with the size of only 1/500th of a skin pore. These exosomes are rich in proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and various other bioactive molecules, and are considered key mediators for the efficacy of probiotics. Topical application of lactobacillus exosomes can significantly strengthen the skin's microbiome balance, which helps to maintain a healthy skin barrier and enhance the skin's immunity and defense functions, making it more resistant to external irritants. They also possess excellent soothing and anti-inflammatory properties to help reduce redness, sensitivity, and discomfort, while promoting skin repair and regeneration.
    
    
27. NB P-Complex™
    A patented, highly effective ingredient formulated from Purple Carrot Root Extract, Yerba Mate Leaf Extract, Moroquia Leaf Extract, and Borage Extract. It is rich in minerals, antioxidants, and essential amino acids, especially gamma-linolenic acid (GLA, or Omega-6), as well as powerful anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and barrier-strengthening properties, which help to soothe and calm sensitivity and inflammation, improve skin immunity, lock in moisture, enhance overall skin hydration, combat free radicals, boost radiance, and support the skin's regeneration and repair processes.
    
    
28. Centella Asiatica/Leaf/Root Extract
    Highly soothing and regenerating, they help to calm the skin, alleviate inflammation, and promote the skin's healing process. Also effective in improving acne.
    
    
29. Centella Asiatica/Leaf/Root Extract
    Highly soothing and regenerating, they help to calm the skin, alleviate inflammation, and promote the skin's healing process. Also effective in improving acne.
    
    
30. Centella Asiatica/Leaf/Root Extract
    Highly soothing and regenerating, they help to calm the skin, alleviate inflammation, and promote the skin's healing process. Also effective in improving acne.
    
    
31. Bifida Ferment Lysate
    Bifidobacterium is fermented, then lysed to release cell contents (metabolites, cell wall fragments, peptides, nucleic acids), sterilized, and filtered — a true postbiotic. It strengthens the skin barrier, boosts ceramide synthesis, enhances immunity, accelerates repair, dramatically improves sensitivity and redness, protects against UV damage, and slows aging. Long-term use results in stronger, healthier, radiant skin — perfect for sensitive and inflamed skin.
    
    
32. Bergamot Leaf Extract
    Purifying, antibacterial, and soothing, it balances oil production, reduces breakouts, and offers refreshing, stress-relieving aroma. Its rich content of flavonoid antioxidants help to brighten and fade acne marks - ideal for oily and stress-induced dull skin.
    
    
33. Streptococcus Thermophilus Ferment
    A postbiotic formed by fermenting Streptococcus thermophilus, then extracted with metabolites and cell fragments, and sterilized. It increases ceramide content in the stratum corneum, reinforces barrier, deeply hydrates, reduces TEWL, provides antioxidant, anti-glycation, and repair benefits, while quickly healing damaged, dry, flaky, sensitive skin.
    
    
34. Propolis Extract
    Rich in antioxidants like flavonoids and phenolic acids, it effectively neutralizes free radicals, safeguarding skin cells from oxidative stress and environmental damage. Its powerful antimicrobial, antibacterial, and antifungal properties make it excellent for purifying acne-prone skin, and promoting a clearer, healthier complexion. Propolis also boasts significant anti-inflammatory and soothing effects that calm irritated, sensitive and inflamed skin, reducing redness, and supporting the skin's natural healing processes.
    
    
35. Lactococcus Ferment
    A postbiotic formed by fermenting Lactococcus lactis, then extracted with metabolites (peptides, lactic acid, polysaccharides, enzymes, cell wall components) and sterilized. It strongly promotes cell turnover and natural exfoliation, boosts ceramide synthesis, strengthens barrier, hydrates, soothes, and calms inflammation. Uniquely, it stimulates β-endorphin production in skin (“happy hormone”), making skin feel relaxed and happy, thereby dramatically speeding recovery after treatments or seasonal sensitivity.
    
    
36. Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
    Extracted from licorice root, it powerfully inhibits skin inflammatory responses, rapidly soothes and calms redness, irritation, and itchiness. This makes it particularly suitable for sensitive, easily inflamed, or irritated skin. Additionally, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate has brightening effects, which helps to inhibit tyrosinase activity, thereby fading pigmentation and improving uneven skin tone.
    
    
37. Red Pine Needle Extract
    Rich in pine polyphenols and vitamin C for powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and purifying effects. It helps to soothe sensitivity, fade acne marks, brighten skin, promote collagen synthesis, reduce fine lines, and impart fresh forest aroma with healthy radiance.
    
    
38. Malt Extract
    Rich in B vitamins, minerals, and amino acids to nourish skin, boost metabolism, and enhance glow. Mildly hydrating and soothing, it improves dullness and fatigue, restoring vitality — great for tired, lackluster complexions.
    
    
39. Moringa Seed Extract
    Rich in vitamins C and E, Moringa Oil is a multifunctional oil with powerful antioxidant, moisturizing, nourishing, repairing, and regenerating properties. It helps improve overall skin condition by repairing dry and damaged skin, soothing inflammation and sensitivity, protecting the skin from free radical damage, improving uneven skin tone, increasing skin radiance, and preventing skin aging.
    
    
40. MadeWhite™
    Possesses excellent inhibitory effects on inflammatory factors and melanin, helping to calm the skin, soothe and reduce inflammation such as acne, promote the skin's healing process, while also improving pigmentation and reducing the chance of acne marks appearing.
    
    
41. TECA™
    TECA™ is a patented ingredient combining Madecassoside, Asiaticoside, and Asiatic Acid, which hydrates, repairs and revitalizes skin, stimulates collagen synthesis, strengthens the skin barrier, smooths fine lines and wrinkles, combats free radicals, while smoothing and softening skin. Its excellent soothing and anti-inflammatory properties can also significantly reduce redness, irritation, and inflammation, and accelerate the healing process of damaged skin.
    
    
42. Acetyl Hexapeptide-8
    One of the causes of fine lines and wrinkles stems from our repetitive facial expressions, such as smiling, frowning, or squinting. Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, derived from Botox, can reduce and prevent the appearance of wrinkles by blocking nerve signals to muscles, thereby preventing muscle contractions, yet without the side effects of Botox. It also promotes the skin's natural production of Type I collagen, while optimizing the skin's collagen and moisturizing functions, further improving fine lines, wrinkles, and skin elasticity. Studies show that continuous use for 3 days can reduce wrinkle depth by up to 3%.
    
    

SHEGAIA Step-by-Step Guide

Q: Can sensitive skin, rosacea, eczema, or seborrheic dermatitis use it?

A: Absolutely yes! This ampoule is specially designed for inflamed sensitive skin. With high-concentration postbiotics and multiple patented anti-inflammatory complexes, over 97% of real users with rosacea, eczema, and seborrheic dermatitis reported significantly reduced redness and swelling.

Q: I’m already using other SHEGAIA ampoules and actives such as azelaic acid, retinol, AHA/BHA, or high-potency vitamin C — can I use C3 together?

A: Yes! Within the entire SHEGAIA range of ampoules and serums, always apply C3 AC Ampoule as the very first step after toner. As for other serums, it will depend on the individual product.

Q: I have oily/acne-prone skin — will it be too rich and cause breakouts?

A: No, it won’t. C3 has an ultra-light watery texture with zero oil, while containing multiple oil-control and sebum-balancing ingredients. Users actually experience reduced oil production and fewer breakouts after use.