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Haruharu Wonder Black Rice 5 Ceramide Barrier Moisturizing Cream.

Haruharu Wonder Black Rice 5 Ceramide Barrier Moisturizing Cream
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About this product

A rich overnight moisturizing cream formulated with five types of ceramides, ginseng extract, and phytoinosine, designed to nourish and support the skin barrier.

Full ingredients

Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Caprylic/​Capric Triglyceride, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Ceramide NP (10,105Ppm), Sodium Acrylate/​Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Cetearyl Olivate, Polyisobutene, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Polyglyceryl-3 Distearate, Sorbitan Olivate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Carbomer, Arginine, Mannitol, Stearic Acid, Arachidyl Alcohol, Allantoin, Xanthan Gum, Behenyl Alcohol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sorbitan Oleate, Caprylyl/​Capryl Glucoside, Arachidyl Glucoside, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Hydrogenated Olive Oil Decyl Esters, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract (200Ppm), Phyllostachys Pubescens Shoot Bark Extract, Disodium EDTA, Aspergillus Ferment, Hydrogenated Olive Oil Stearyl Esters, Ceramide NS (15Ppm), Phytosphingosine, Cholesterol, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Lees Extract (10Ppm), Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Tocopherol, Ceramide AS (5Ppm)

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What the gurus are saying

The ceramides here are encapsulated in visible white flakes, which keeps them fresh and more potent on the skin, and the formula pairs that deep moisturizing power with phytoinosine to help prevent breakouts even under a rich cream. Those with drier skin will find it delivers a silky, luxurious texture with a subtle glow and real softening, though the richness means it works best as an overnight treatment rather than a daytime layer.
Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take May 2026

What they liked

  • Rich, silky texture with a subtle glow
  • Five types of ceramides for barrier support
  • Addresses breakouts despite heavy moisture

What they flagged

    Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.

    Type

    MoisturizersCream

    Key actives

    Vitamin ECeramides

    Formula notes

    Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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    What the gurus are saying.

    Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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    ✓Yay
    "This [...] moisturizer [...] feels like they're coming for Illiyoon or Aestura, it's got those melting beads in it but it's so well done, [...] just an absolute delight to apply and feels super nourishing too. [...] It doesn't feel super heavy while you're applying it, but [...] it feels more heavy after you apply it because of those beads. I converted the ceramide content and it was ten thousand parts per million, which is one percent, the highest ceramide content you typically see in skincare."
    ✓Yay
    "And this line in particular, I really do respect it for its abilities to really strengthen up and repair the skin barrier. They have a very traditional thick kind of a cream texture here, and there are some capsules in this cream that do contain the ceramides. And so this is a way to deliver the ceramides a little bit more efficiently into your skin, keeping the ceramides very efficacious and potent for your skin for skin barrier repair. This is a medium to thicker cream texture."
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    "And this line in particular, I really do respect it for its abilities to really strengthen up and repair the skin barrier. They have a very traditional thick kind of a cream texture here, and there are some capsules in this cream that do contain the ceramides. And so this is a way to deliver the ceramides a little bit more efficiently into your skin, keeping the ceramides very efficacious and potent for your skin for skin barrier repair. This is a medium to thicker cream texture."
    My End of Winter Retinal PM Skincare Routine
    "It's not as heavy as say the Haruharu Wonder Black Rice 5 Ceramide Barrier Moisturizing Cream that I really like. It's not quite as rich. It doesn't have like that as much of that rich oil content and emollency to it."
    My 2025 Winter Approved Moisturizers Picks!
    "I would really recommend this for folks who are struggling with more dryness on their skin in this season. My combo skin leans more dry and that's really where my skin sits in the winter and I love this for cold weather. I started using this in the spring when it was still a little bit chilly and my skin was loving it then. I pulled this out for those chilly fall nights, loved it then."
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    "The Haruharu Wonder Black Rice 5 Ceramide Barrier Moisturizing Cream really made a big impression on me this year. This is another one that I feel like lives up to the claims of a barrier moisturizer. We have five different types of ceramides in here. We've got other lipid content that is really helping to support the skin. We have the black rice content, antioxidants. It also helps with the complexion, kind of brightens up the skin a little bit."
    A Full Day of Skincare! AM to PM Routine ☀️🌙
    "This is heavier and more occlusive than the moisturizer I used in the morning. I've really been into this moisturizer. I started testing it a while ago and it [...] was my favorite one from that batch of reviews, and I've just really been gravitating towards it a lot for summer nights. It is quite nourishing, a little too heavy I think for the morning time. This also has ceramide capsules in it, which some of my favorite moisturizers have."
    June Faves | Haruharu, Krave, Kerastase, You're Not Here to Be Perfect
    "It will probably get more use from me as we get back into the fall months quite honestly but [...] this is the one that I was like 'yes yes yes yes I love it so so much.' Really I would say surprising find. I was not expecting the barrier strengthening and the barrier care from this moisturizer to be quite as good as it truly is and that's saying a lot because I have very high standards for barrier care. [...] I don't know why I doubted Haruharu."
    Nourishing Moisturizers for Fall! 🍂
    "I was using it in the spring and I brought it back into my routine at night time and my skin is like, 'Thank you, Kelly. This is exactly what your combo dry dehydrated skin needs as we are getting deeper into the fall months.' The ingredients here are very barrier supportive. We have five different types of ceramides in here. [...] Five different types of ceramides, which are also combined with some cholesterol content as well as fatty acids. Those are the three lipids."
    3 Skincare Secrets to a Strong Barrier in Fall | AD ft haruharu wonder
    "The Haruharu Black Rice 5 Ceramide Barrier Moisturizing Cream has ceramide content, cholesterol, and fatty acids, and the ceramides are actually encapsulated in this cream. You see these little white flakes, which keeps the ceramide content really fresh and efficacious and a little bit more potent for the skin. It has a nice rich cream texture, really silky and luxurious, with really beautiful moisturization, comforting, soothing, nourishing, and it really softens the skin on top."
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    "It feels so so good. I'm in love with this one, it's actually my favorite. The moisture that it brings has an elegance, it has a style to it. It's not really heavy or greasy and it just feels really amazing. I love a good ceramide moisturizer, this is a good ceramide moisturizer, I might even almost want to call it a great ceramide moisturizer quite honestly."
    ✓Yay
    "I have been using this overnight and been loving [...] it. The name indicates it has five different types of ceramides, which is incredible. It's very rare that I find products that utilize that many ceramides in a formula, so it's already kind of starting off on a more luxury high quality base. But to add on to that, this also has ginseng extract, a very common ingredient used in luxury skincare to fight against premature aging."
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    What the evidence says.

    Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

    Ceramides

    Ceramides are part of the skin's own barrier, and moisturisers built around them have evidence for holding water in and settling the tightness and flaking that come with a damaged barrier.

    Source: DermNet

    Humectants and emollients

    Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

    Source: DermNet

    Vitamin E

    Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

    Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

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