Balea Day Cream Urea for Optimal Moisture with SPF 15 Versus Eucerin Dry Skin Smoothing Face Creme Day 5% Urea
Overview
Suited For
They're both likely to be good for dry skin, brightening skin, scar healing and better texture
Free From
They both do not contain any oils or sulfates
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Ingredient Info
Balea Day Cream Urea for Optimal Moisture with SPF 15 10 ingredients
Eucerin Dry Skin Smoothing Face Creme Day 5% Urea 17 ingredients
What's inside (and what isn't)
What's inside (and what isn't)
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Balea Day Cream Urea for Optimal Moisture with SPF 15 10 ingredients
Eucerin Dry Skin Smoothing Face Creme Day 5% Urea 17 ingredients
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningUrea
Buffering
Glycerin
Humectant
Triisostearin
Skin Conditioning
Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate
Emollient
Cyclomethicone
Emollient
Dimethicone
Emollient
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Sodium Lactate
BufferingGlyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Biosaccharide Gum-1
Skin Conditioning
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
PEG-40 Stearate
Emulsifying
Methylparaben
Preservative
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Lanolin Alcohol
Emollient
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
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.
Learn more about GlycerinUrea 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.
As a humectant, urea helps draw moisture from the air and from deep within the skin. This helps hydrate your skin. Studies show urea is an effective moisturizer for dry skin conditions. 40% urea is typical in medications for treating eczema and other skin conditions.
Urea has the strongest exfoliation effect in concentrations higher than 10%. It is a keratolytic agent, meaning it breaks down the keratin protein in the top layer of skin. This helps remove dead skin cells and flaking skin.
In medicine, urea has been shown to help increase the potency of other ingredients, such as fungal treatments.
Humans and animals use urea to metabolize nitrogen-containing compounds. Urea is highly soluble in water. Once dissolved, it is neither acidic nor alkaline.
Learn more about UreaWater. 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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Balea Day Cream Urea for Optimal Moisture with SPF 15 10 ingredients
Eucerin Dry Skin Smoothing Face Creme Day 5% Urea 17 ingredients
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