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Aveeno Calm + Restore Triple Oat Serum For Sensitive Skin Versus Krave Beauty Great Barrier Relief

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American Brand United States
Korean Brand South Korea

Updated on July 10, 2023

Overview

What they are

These products are both reef safe serums. They have a total of 4 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain exfoliants

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for dry skin, brightening skin and sensitive skin

Free From

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

What's Inside

They both contain oils

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Ingredient Info

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

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Ingredients Side-by-side

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Great Barrier Relief

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

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

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.

So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.

You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

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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Humectant, Masking, Skin Conditioning

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

  • It is a solvent, meaning that it helps to dissolve other ingredients. This also enhances the absorption of the product into one's skin.
  • It is a humectant, which means that it helps attract moisture into the skin.
  • It helps improve product application.
  • It has mild preservative properties.

Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.

Abrasive, Absorbent

Oatmeal flour is created by grinding down the kernels of oats. Oatmeal helps sooth, hydrate, and protect the skin.

Oatmeal kernel flour has abrasive, or exfoliating, properties.

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Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

Aveeno Calm + Restore Triple Oat Serum For Sensitive Skin 19 ingredients

3.8 /5
from 8 ratings
Absorbs Well (1) Great Value (1) Hydrating (1)
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valarierobyn

2 years ago
Review

Simple but clogged some pores
I use this under my moisterizer that tends to be drying. This leaves my sensitive skin feeling soft and not red, but I did notice some clogged pores pop up. I like the texture, however—it is very light and waterlike.

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J P

11 months ago
Review

Nice ingredients but it sometimes stings my ultra sensitive skin. Very hydrating. I probably will not repurchase.

#hydrating
#no scent

Krave Beauty Great Barrier Relief 44 ingredients

4.5 /5
from 8 ratings
Hydrating (4) Works Well (4) Great Value (3)
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kr6013

3 years ago
Review

THE BEST THING I EVER BOUGHT
I have dry, sensitive skin. I hardly ever get acne, but everything I put on my face burns & I do have redness per my sensitivity. When I moved from CA to CO, my skin started peeling off layers and was so dry it hurt. This is the first product I bought during the beginning of the pandemic per tik tok & youtube videos of skin influencers. I was skeptical but I had Show more

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abraham

7 months ago
Review

nooooo :(
i wanted to love this product so bad especially since oil la la has worked great for me, but unfortunately my extremely picky acne prone skin didn’t like this serum. i began seeing some clogged pores and breakouts after a couple of uses. sigh.
strangely, i also felt like my skin was a bit tight the mornings after using this. which is odd considering it’s a heaver oil based serum but, Show more

#drying
#broke me out
#strong scent