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Pixi Beauty Glow Tonic Versus Pixi Beauty H2O Skinveil

Updated on July 18, 2023

Overview

What they are

These products are both cruelty-free and reef safe . They have a total of 2 ingredients in common

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for anti aging, dry skin, brightening skin, sensitive skin and reducing pores

Free From

They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, parabens or sulfates

We independently verify ingredients, and our claims are backed by peer-reviewed research. Spot a product that needs an update? Let us know.

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Pixi Beauty Glow Tonic

Toner

British Brand United Kingdom

Pixi Beauty H2O Skinveil

Setting Spray & Powder

British Brand United Kingdom

Ingredient Info

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Pixi Beauty Glow Tonic 29 ingredients

Pixi Beauty H2O Skinveil 11 ingredients

At a glance

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Pixi Beauty Glow Tonic 29 ingredients

Pixi Beauty H2O Skinveil 11 ingredients

Notable Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Notable Ingredients

Benefits

Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products

Glow Tonic

Water Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Water. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.

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Glycolic Acid Buffering

AHA • 7 Benefits • 2 Concerns

Glycolic Acid is arguably the most famous AHA with research to back up its benefits. Its main role is to peel the top layer of skin cells from the newer layer of skin underneath. This helps skin to remove dark spots and look more even.

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Butylene Glycol Humectant, Masking, Skin Conditioning

1 / 0

Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:

1 Com. / 0 Irr.

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Glycerin Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

0 / 0

2 Benefits

Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.

0 Com. / 0 Irr.

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Sodium Hydroxide Buffering

Sodium Hydroxide is also known as lye or caustic soda. It is used to adjust the pH of products; many ingredients require a specific pH to be effective.

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Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Skin Conditioning

2 Benefits

Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice comes from leaves of the aloe plant. Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice is best known for helping to soothe sunburns. It is also anti-inflammatory, moisturizing, antiseptic, and can help heal wounds.

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Hamamelis Virginiana Water Astringent, Skin Conditioning, Soothing

Can worsen Dry Skin

Hamamelis Virginiana Water is made used distilled parts of the witch hazel plant. The witch hazel plant is native to eastern North America.

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Aesculus Hippocastanum Seed Extract Skin Conditioning

We don't have a description for Aesculus Hippocastanum Seed Extract.

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Hexylene Glycol Emulsifying, Skin Conditioning, Solvent

0-2 / 0-1

Hexylene Glycol is a surfactant. Glycols are a class of alcohols. Hexylene Glycol is a surfactant and emulsifier.

0-2 Com. / 0-1 Irr.

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Fructose Humectant

Fructose is fruit/plant sugar. It can be found in apples, figs, and honey.

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Glucose Humectant

Glucose is a simple sugar and is the most important source of energy in all organisms. In skincare, glucose is used to hydrate the skin. It also acts as a prebiotic for our natural biome.

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Sucrose Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Soothing

Sucrose is a natural sugar found in fruits, vegetables, and nuts. It is the main constituent of white sugar.

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Urea Buffering, Humectant, Skin Conditioning

2 Benefits • 2 Concerns

Urea is also called carbamide and is the diamide of carbonic acid. In cosmetics, urea is used to hydrate the skin. It also provides exfoliation in higher concentrations.

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Dextrin Absorbent

Dextrin is used to thicken a product and helps bind ingredients together. It is created from starch and glycogen.

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Alanine Masking, Skin Conditioning

Alanine is an amino acid and is already found in the human body.

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Glutamic Acid Humectant

Glutamic Acid is an amino acid that is found in all living organisms. Our bodies use this to help nerve cells in the brain communicate with other cells.

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Aspartic Acid Masking, Skin Conditioning

Aspartic Acid is an amino acid that our bodies produce naturally. It is an antioxidant.

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Hexyl Nicotinate Emollient

We don't have a description for Hexyl Nicotinate.

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Panax Ginseng Root Extract Emollient, Skin Protecting, Tonic

2 Benefits

Panax Ginseng Root is a popular herb from Asia. This root contains antioxidants, favonoids, and vitamins B12 and D.

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Ethylhexylglycerin Skin Conditioning

Ethylhexylglycerin (we can't pronounce this either) is commonly used as a preservative and skin softener. It is derived from glyceryl.

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Disodium EDTA

Disodium EDTA plays a role in making products more stable by aiding other preservatives.

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Biotin Antiseborrhoeic, Skin Conditioning

Biotin is a B vitamin that is naturally produced by our bodies. It is also called Vitamin H.

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Panthenol Skin Conditioning

0 / 0

Helps reduce irritation

Panthenol (also referred to as pro-vitamin B5) is a common ingredient that helps hydrate and soothe the skin.

0 Com. / 0 Irr.

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Ppg-26-Buteth-26 Skin Conditioning

We don't have a description for Ppg-26-Buteth-26.

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Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil Emulsifying

Oil • Not safe for Fungal Acne

Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil is derived from castor oil and polyethylene glycol (PEG). It is used as a emollient and emulsifier.

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Phenoxyethanol Preservative

Preservative

Phenoxyethanol is a preservative that has germicide, antimicrobial, and aromatic properties. Studies show that phenoxyethanol can prevent germ and microbial growth. By itself, it has a scent that is similar to that of a rose.

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Parfum Masking, Perfuming

Fragrance • 2 Concerns

Parfum is a catch-all term for an ingredient or more that is used to give aroma to products. Parfum, or fragrance, can be a blend of hundreds of chemicals or plant oils. This means every product with "fragrance" or "Parfum" in the ingredients list is a different mixture.

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Caramel Cosmetic Colorant, Masking

We don't have a description for Caramel.

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CI 14700 Cosmetic Colorant

2 / 1

Ci 14700 is a synthetic red dye.

2 Com. / 1 Irr.

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H2O Skinveil

Zea Mays Starch Abrasive, Absorbent, Skin Protecting

Exfoliant

Zea Mays Starch is starch made from corn. You might know this as cornstarch . It is used to thicken a product. It can replace talc as an absorbent.

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Synthetic Fluorphlogopite

Synthetic Fluorphlogopite is the synthethic version of mica. It consists of fluorine, aluminum and silicate.

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Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer Skin Conditioning

Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer is a silicone used to improve the texture of products and absorb oil. It does not get absorbed into the skin.

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Magnesium Stearate Cosmetic Colorant, Moisturising

1 / 0

Magnesium Stearate is a salt that is 2 parts stearic acid and 1 part magnesium.

1 Com. / 0 Irr.

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Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract Emollient, Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract is an extract of the leaves of the aloe, Aloe barbadensis, Liliaceae.

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Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, Astringent

Antioxidant • 5 Benefits

Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract is derived from the leaves of the tea plant. Black tea, green tea, and oolong tea are all harvested from this plant.

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Polyglutamic Acid Skin Conditioning

Helps hydrate Dry Skin

Polyglutamic Acid is made up many glutamic acids chained together. It is created from bacterial fermentation.

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Sodium Hyaluronate Humectant, Skin Conditioning

0 / 0

Hyaluronic Acid

Sodium Hyaluronate is hyaluronic acid's salt form. It is commonly derived from the sodium salt of hyaluronic acid.

0 Com. / 0 Irr.

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Glycerin Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

0 / 0

2 Benefits

Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.

0 Com. / 0 Irr.

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Caprylyl Glycol Emollient, Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Caprylyl Glycol is a humectant and emollient, meaning it attracts and preserves moisture.

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Phenoxyethanol Preservative

Preservative

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Zea Mays Starch, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Magnesium Stearate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Polyglutamic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Glycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

Glycerin

Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

Loved

Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.

A study from 2016 found glycerin to be more effective as a humectant than AHAs and hyaluronic acid.

As a humectant, it helps the skin stay hydrated by pulling moisture to your skin. The low molecular weight of glycerin allows it to pull moisture into the deeper layers of your skin.

Hydrated skin improves your skin barrier; Your skin barrier helps protect against irritants and bacteria.

Glycerin has also been found to have antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Due to these properties, glycerin is often used in wound and burn treatments.

In cosmetics, glycerin is usually derived from plants such as soybean or palm. However, it can also be sourced from animals, such as tallow or animal fat.

This ingredient is organic, colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.

Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.

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Phenoxyethanol

Preservative

Very Disliked

It's often used in formulations along with Caprylyl Glycol to preserve the shelf life of products.

Ingredient Ratings

Here's what our community thinks of the ingredients in these two products.

Glow Tonic

liked

mixed

disliked

not rated

H2O Skinveil

liked

mixed

disliked

not rated

When to use

Pixi Beauty Glow Tonic 29 ingredients

Pixi Beauty H2O Skinveil 11 ingredients

299 Routines

42% use in am

58% use in pm

82% use every day

When to use See routines that use it ->

5 Routines

80% use in am

20% use in pm

100% use every day

Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

Pixi Beauty Glow Tonic 29 ingredients

4.3 /5

from 4 ratings

Sgbell19

9 months ago · Combination Skin

Review

Helped with texture so much!! Also kicks any little breakout I get to the curb quickly!

Pixi Beauty

Glow Tonic

YSLDave

7 months ago · Oily Skin

Review

3 bottles through and i still love it
it's exfoliating but it's not too harsh, it can be used at night or day to prevent oly skin, i feel it's to...

3 bottles through and i still love it
it's exfoliating but it's not too harsh, it can be used at night or day to prevent oly skin, i feel it's to drying in winter during the day, but overall, a holy Grail to exfoliate the skin

Pixi Beauty

Glow Tonic