Brand

VT Cosmetics

VT Cosmetics was founded in 2013 in South Korea and gained international recognition through its Cica line and a high-profile collaboration with BTS. The brand centers Centella asiatica formulations and has built a consistent reputation in the K-beauty soothing category over the past decade.

In Catalog
15
products reviewed
84/100 Score
No.1
VT Cosmetics Cica Calming Cream 150ml green jar K-Beauty Cica Staple
VT Cosmetics moisturizer

Cica Calming Cream

One of the more thoughtfully formulated Centella creams on the K-beauty shelf, layering isolated madecassoside and asiaticoside over a whole-plant base for consistent calming action. At $24 for 150ml, it undercuts Western sensitive-skin creams and actually delivers on the soothing promise.

sensitivecombination Fragrance Free
★★★★★
4.4 (6,500)
$24.00
81/100 Score
No.2
VT Cosmetics Cica Cream 50ml green jar Winter Cica Hero
VT Cosmetics moisturizer

Cica Cream

The original VT Cica product, and still one of the better rich cica creams for dry, sensitive, winter-battered skin. Same isolated Centella complex as the Calming Cream, built into a shea butter and squalane base that actually earns its richness.

drynormal Fragrance Free
★★★★★
4.4 (5,200)
$22.00
81/100 Score
No.3
VT Cosmetics Reedle Shot 100 Essence in frosted glass bottle with hydrolyzed sponge spicule technology The Reedle Shot That Started It All
VT Cosmetics treatment

Reedle Shot 100 Essence

The Reedle Shot 100 Essence is the spicule serum that turned a clinic-only technique into a TikTok phenomenon, and it still earns its reputation. A thin essence carrying real Spongilla spicules and a full centella triterpenoid complex, it delivers visible texture and tone improvements within a month for users who can tolerate the signature tingle.

normalcombination Fragrance Free
★★★★★
4.4 (8,000)
$30.00
80/100 Score
No.4
VT Cosmetics Cica Reti-A Essence 0.05 50ml frosted glass bottle Beginner Retinol with Cica Safety Net
VT Cosmetics treatment

Cica Reti-A Essence 0.05

One of the more thoughtfully buffered entry-level retinol products in the K-beauty category. A real 0.05% retinol, wrapped in Centella, ceramides, and bakuchiol to make it tolerable for first-time users and sensitive skin. Not the strongest retinol you can buy, and that's the point.

normalcombination Fragrance Free
★★★★★
4.3 (1,800)
$32.00
79/100 Score
No.5
VT Cosmetics Reedle Shot 300 Essence in frosted glass bottle with intermediate spicule concentration The Intermediate Step-Up
VT Cosmetics treatment

Reedle Shot 300 Essence

The Reedle Shot 300 Essence is the step-up the Reedle line was designed around — a genuinely stronger spicule dose wrapped in the same centella and amino acid recovery complex that makes the 100 Essence work. For users who've tolerated the 100 and want faster texture results, this is the level most people actually stabilize on.

normalcombination Fragrance Free
★★★★★
4.3 (5,000)
$35.00
78/100 Score
No.6
VT Cosmetics Cica Redness Cover Cushion SPF 50+ compact Rosacea-Friendly Cushion
VT Cosmetics sunscreen

Cica Redness Cover Cushion SPF 50+

A rare cushion that earns all three parts of its pitch — high SPF, legitimate redness coverage, and soothing skincare actives. For people with rosacea, flushing, or reactive skin who want one product to do the whole morning routine, this is a quiet winner of the category.

normalcombination Fragrance Free
★★★★★
4.3 (3,800)
$28.00
78/100 Score
No.7
VT Cosmetics PDRN Reedle Shot 100 50ml pink frosted glass bottle with pump At-Home PDRN Essence
VT Cosmetics treatment

PDRN Reedle Shot 100

The PDRN version of VT's viral Reedle Shot line, translating the Korean dermatology clinic trend into a consumer spicule essence. More premium than the Collagen variant and meaningfully more sophisticated in its signaling story, but still a product whose effects are more subtle than its buzz suggests.

normalcombination Fragrance Free
★★★★★
4.4 (4,200)
$42.00
78/100 Score
No.8
VT Cosmetics Red Booster Reedle Shot 100 in red-accented jar with Dragon's Blood and silica spicule delivery system Gentlest Reedle Shot
VT Cosmetics treatment

Red Booster Reedle Shot 100

The Red Booster Reedle Shot 100 is VT's most forgiving spicule treatment — the signature silica delivery mechanism paired with Dragon's Blood resin and a centella recovery complex that blunts the sting without blunting the results. If the original 100 felt like too much, this is the version you can actually build a routine around.

normalcombination Fragrance Free
★★★★★
4.3 (1,500)
$38.00
78/100 Score
No.9
VT Cosmetics Reedle Shot 50 Essence in frosted glass dropper bottle for sensitive skin Reedle Shot for Beginners & Sensitive Skin
VT Cosmetics treatment

Reedle Shot 50 Essence

The Reedle Shot 50 Essence is the line's gentlest member — a milder silica-based mechanism paired with astaxanthin, aloe, and glyceryl glucoside for a meaningfully softer experience than any other Reedle Shot. For sensitive or dry skin that wants the line's benefits without the signature sting, this is the correct starting and often permanent home.

sensitivedry Fragrance Free
★★★★★
4.4 (2,000)
$28.00
78/100 Score
No.10
VT Cosmetics Reedle Shot 700 Essence 50ml in frosted dropper bottle with silica spicules and firming complex Strongest Essence-Format Reedle Shot
VT Cosmetics treatment

Reedle Shot 700 Essence

The Reedle Shot 700 Essence is the line's strongest essence-format variant — a silica micro-spicule delivery system wrapped in the same rich recovery complex (shea butter, ceramide NP, hydrolyzed elastin) that the 700 cream offers, at a 50ml size that makes the 700 level practical for regular intensive use. For experienced Reedle Shot users with firming and scarring goals, this is the format to buy.

normalcombination Fragrance Free
★★★★★
4.3 (2,500)
$40.00
77/100 Score
No.11
VT Cosmetics Collagen Reedle Shot 100 50ml frosted bottle with pump Spicule Category Originator
VT Cosmetics treatment

Collagen Reedle Shot 100

The product that created an entire new K-beauty category, and the entry-level gateway to the spicule essence trend. The mechanism is real, the tingling is intense, and the results — visible firmness and glow after 6-8 weeks — are legitimate. Just don't expect this to feel like any other essence you've used.

normalcombination Fragrance Free
★★★★★
4.3 (9,500)
$35.00
77/100 Score
No.12
VT Cosmetics Reedle Shot 700 cream in opaque glass jar with highest spicule concentration The Advanced Reedle Shot
VT Cosmetics treatment

Reedle Shot 700

The Reedle Shot 700 is the strongest spicule product VT makes and the only one delivered as a rich cream. For experienced Reedle Shot users with firming and scarring goals who have tolerated the 300, it produces dramatic results. For everyone else, it's overkill — the 100 or 300 will do the job without the adjustment period.

normalcombination Fragrance Free
★★★★★
4.2 (3,500)
$45.00
76/100 Score
No.13
VT Cosmetics PDRN Reedle Shot Hair Ampoule 100dL in frosted glass dropper bottle for scalp care Reedle Tech for Scalp Care
VT Cosmetics body-care

PDRN Reedle Shot Hair Ampoule 100dL

VT's Reedle Shot Hair Ampoule is the first spicule-delivery product built for the scalp rather than the face, combining silica micro-channels with PDRN, caffeine, and a dense biomimetic peptide stack. The ingredient density is unusual for the category, but the clinical evidence for the PDRN and peptide claims is still emerging — this is a strong supportive scalp treatment, not a minoxidil replacement.

normaloily Fragrance Free
★★★★★
4.2 (200)
$25.00
73/100 Score
No.14
VT Cosmetics Cica Mild Foam Cleanser 300ml green tube K-Beauty Soap-Foam with Cica Extra
VT Cosmetics cleanser

Cica Mild Foam Cleanser

A competent soap-based foam cleanser with genuine Cica actives, built for normal-to-oily skin that wants a traditional Korean foam experience without the stripped aftermath. Not revolutionary, but a reliable Cica-line workhorse at a fair price for 300ml.

normalcombination Fragrance Free
★★★★★
4.3 (4,100)
$18.00
70/100 Score
No.15
VT Cosmetics Cica Sun Spray SPF 50+ 150ml aerosol can K-Beauty Spray-On Reapply
VT Cosmetics sunscreen

Cica Sun Spray SPF 50+

A modern-filter Korean spray sunscreen with genuinely better UVA coverage than most US drugstore alternatives, paired with Cica soothing support. Best used as a reapplication layer over a cream sunscreen base, not as your only daily SPF, especially if you have dry or sensitive skin.

normalcombination Fragrance Free
★★★★★
4.2 (2,600)
$22.00
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