What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Benefits
Ingredients Side-by-side
Collagen 74%
Moisturising
Hydrolyzed Collagen 25.9%
Emollient
Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Soluble Collagen
Humectant
Mannose
HumectantGlucose
Humectant
Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate
Skin Conditioning
Acetyl Hexapeptide-8
Humectant
Copper Tripeptide-1
Skin Conditioning
Nicotinoyl Tripeptide-47
Skin Conditioning
Nonapeptide-11
Antiseborrhoeic
Galloyl Pentapeptide-33
Antioxidant
Caffeoyl Tripeptide-1
Antioxidant
Tripeptide-31
Skin Conditioning
Tripeptide-55
Antioxidant
Sh-Pentapeptide-19
Skin Conditioning
Sh-Octapeptide-4
Antioxidant
Sh-Decapeptide-7
Antioxidant
Sh-Oligopeptide-9
Humectant
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin Conditioning1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Collagen 74%, Hydrolyzed Collagen 25.9%, Hyaluronic Acid, Soluble Collagen, Mannose, Glucose, Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Copper Tripeptide-1, Nicotinoyl Tripeptide-47, Nonapeptide-11, Galloyl Pentapeptide-33, Caffeoyl Tripeptide-1, Tripeptide-31, Tripeptide-55, Sh-Pentapeptide-19, Sh-Octapeptide-4, Sh-Decapeptide-7, Sh-Oligopeptide-9, Ethylhexylglycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol
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Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Collagen is a big structural protein that your body uses to keep skin firm and bouncy. Despite the marketing, topically applied collagen doesn't "refill" the collagen in your skin.
The molecule is too big to pass through your skin barrier so intact Collagen physically can't get past the surface.
What it actually does in your skincare is work as a humectant and film-former: it binds water, lays down a light moisturizing film, and reduces water loss from the surface. This helps make skin feel smoother and temporarily plumper.
This ingredient has been found safe for use in cosmetics with clinical studies showing no irritation, sensitization, or phototoxicity. It's typically used at low concentrations (often a fraction of a percent up to a few percent).
Collagen will not increase sun sensitivity, but you should always wear sunscreen during the day.
Learn more about hydrolyzed collagen or soluble collagen.
Learn more about CollagenHydrolyzed Collagen is Collagen (usually sourced from fish, bovine, or porcine byproducts) that's been broken down into smaller peptides. This makes it water-soluble and easy to blend into formulations.
In a formula, it works mainly as a skin-conditioning and moisturizing agent.
The small peptides and amino acids (including Natural Moisturizing Factor components like Hydroxyproline, Serine, and Aspartic Acid) help the surface of the skin hold onto water, feel softer, and look temporarily plumper.
This ingredient also has mild film-forming and antioxidant properties with research showing the antioxidant effect is stronger the lower the molecular weight of the peptides.
It's worth being realistic here:
Topically applied Hydrolyzed Collagen conditions the upper layers of skin rather than rebuilding the structural collagen deep in your dermis (the wrinkle-and-firmness benefits people associate with Collagen mostly come from oral supplements in studies, not topicals).
However, recent lab and skin-model work on Hydrolyzed Fish Collagen has shown promising effects on cell viability and wound healing when used as an active.
Typical concentrations range from 0.2-2%, but the percentage can go much higher in rinse-off or hair products (sometimes even above 50%).
Clinical studies on this ingredient showed no irritation, sensitization, or phototoxicity.
If you are looking for vegan collagen, it usually goes by a different INCI name like hydrolyzed soy protein. Vegan collagen is derived from yeast, bacteria, or plant sources.
The results are varied.
A study from 2021 found hydrolyzed collagen increased elasticity and improved wrinkles in 1,125 participants between age 20 and 70. Another study found increased skin thickness in participants between the ages of 45 to 59.
However, It is difficult to prove that oral collagen will end up working on your skin. Many of the studies using hydrolyzed collagen also add several vitamins and nutrients into the test mixture as well.
Further studies are needed at this time.
Learn more about Hydrolyzed Collagen
