Meet Korean Slugging 2.0: An Overnight Cream for Brighter, Smoother Skin

Meet Sleeping Beauty Pumpkin Cream, the rich final step that seals in moisture, replenishes the barrier, and brightens skin while you sleep.

During chillier months comes cold air and indoor heat; your skin might feel tighter, dryer, and in need of more moisture and nourishment.

That’s why we brought back our Black Label seasonal Sleeping Beauty Pumpkin Cream with a richer, more treatment-focused formula this season. 

It is part night cream, part overnight mask with 5% Niacinamide for a brighter-looking complexion, Ceramides and Pumpkin Seed lipids to replenish the moisture barrier, and Ectoin and Polyglutamic Acid to help maintain hydration through the night. Apply it as the last step in your night ritual. Wake up to skin that looks smoother, brighter, and more luminous.

Our Korean Slugging 2.0 brings the overnight seal and the treatment together.

Sleeping Beauty is a rich, velvety final layer that helps hold in hydration while delivering:

• 5% Niacinamide to brighten the look of dull, uneven skin
• Ceramides to replenish the moisture barrier
• Pumpkin Seed lipids to nourish and soften
• Ectoin and Polyglutamic Acid to help protect hydration/
  
  

The result is a more considered kind of slugging: one beautiful layer that seals in your ritual while treating skin for a smoother, brighter skin tone by morning.

This is our take on the next Korean skin ritual.

Ectoin is a small molecule produced by microorganisms that survive high salt, dryness, and other environmental stressors. In skincare, it is valued for its ability to help maintain a hydrated environment around biological structures.

With the Sleeping Beauty cream, Ectoin helps skin hold on to moisture through the night, especially welcome when colder weather, indoor heating, travel, and dry air leave skin feeling tight.

Polyglutamic Acid is a water-loving biopolymer produced by fermentation. Because its chain consists of amino acids, it is also classified as a polypeptide.

Polyglutamic Acid hold 4-5 times more water than Hyaluronic Acid (4,000-5,000 vs 1,000).

Polyglutamic Acid forms a lightweight, flexible film on the skin’s surface to reduce water loss and leave the complexion feeling hydrated and supple.

What does that mean for your skin?

In Sleeping Beauty, Polyglutamic Acid works with Ectoin to create a moisture-focused overnight barrier repairing layer so you wake up to replenished skin.

Niacinamide is a form of vitamin B3 with a well-established role in skincare. At 5%, it helps improve the appearance of uneven tone, dullness, fine lines, and visible signs of environmental stress.

This is the brightening part of the overnight ritual, the ingredient that helps skin look clearer, smoother, and more lit-from-within.

Ceramides are lipids naturally found in the outer layer of skin. They help support the structure of the moisture barrier, which is essential for keeping water in and irritants out.

Sleeping Beauty pairs skin identical Ceramide NP with pumpkin seed, meadowfoam, rosehip, sunflower, safflower, raspberry seed, and rice lipids for a rich, replenishing layer that leaves skin feeling nourished rather than coated.

Pumpkin seed oil is rich in fatty acids and tocopherol, a form of vitamin E. It gives the cream its cushiony feel while helping soften dry, textured skin.

It is the ingredient that makes this cream feel unmistakably autumnal: plush, velvety, and made for longer, colder nights.