This hydrating overnight mask is formulated around Squalane and Niacinamide to hydrate skin and strengthen the skin barrier.
This hydrating serum is formulated around Beta-Glucan and Adenosine to hydrate skin and strengthen the skin barrier.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Glycerin
Humectant
Squalane
Emollient
Diheptyl Succinate
EmollientPropanediol
Solvent
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingNiacinamide
Smoothing
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Beta Vulgaris Root Extract
Skin ConditioningAvena Sativa Kernel Flour
Abrasive
Capryloyl Glycine
CleansingSarcosine
Skin Conditioning
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Kojic Acid
Antioxidant
Mandelic Acid
Antimicrobial
Acer Saccharum Sap Extract
HumectantArnica Montana Flower Extract
Masking
Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer
Skin ConditioningCinnamomum Zeylanicum Bark Extract
Antimicrobial
Biosaccharide Gum-1
Humectant
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Saccharide Isomerate
Humectant
Sorbitan Stearate
Emulsifying
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Hydrolyzed Corn Starch
HumectantHexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCetearyl Glucoside
Emulsifying
Sorbitan Isostearate
Emulsifying
Glucose
Humectant
Sodium Citrate
BufferingSodium Carbonate
BufferingSodium Chloride
MaskingSodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingCitric Acid
Buffering
Water, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Squalane, Diheptyl Succinate, Propanediol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Niacinamide, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Beta Vulgaris Root Extract, Avena Sativa Kernel Flour, Capryloyl Glycine, Sarcosine, Sodium PCA, Kojic Acid, Mandelic Acid, Acer Saccharum Sap Extract, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Bark Extract, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Glyceryl Stearate, Saccharide Isomerate, Sorbitan Stearate, Stearic Acid, Hydrolyzed Corn Starch, Hexylene Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Cetearyl Glucoside, Sorbitan Isostearate, Glucose, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Carbonate, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Hydroxide, Citric Acid
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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.
Glycerin (or glycerol) is a compound naturally found in your skin. It's a powerhouse humectant that pulls water into the stratum corneum.
Topically, glycerin does several things at once:
Your skin makes glycerin on its own (mostly from sebaceous oil breakdown) and shuttles it to your outermost layer of skin, or your epidermis, via aquaporin-3.
Aquaporin-3 is a transporter that is essential for normal skin hydration, elasticity, and repair. Interestingly, mice lacking in AQP3 have dry and less elastic skin that can be fully corrected with glycerin.
This ingredient is non-irritating, plays well with almost every ingredient, and works across all skin types. Typical use is anywhere between 3-10% but can go up to 79% in some leave-on products.
Just know very high concentrations (>40%) can feel tacky in low humidity.
Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.
Learn more about GlycerinSodium PCA (the salt of PCA) is one of the most well-established humectants in skincare.
Why is it so special? Your skin already makes it naturally; it's a natural component of your skin's Natural Moisturizing Factor (NMF), or the mix of water-binding compounds inside your skin cells that keeps things soft and hydrated.
As a cosmetic ingredient, it grabs water and holds it in the upper layers of skin to smooth roughness and ease dehydration.
There's some clinical support for the NMF approach with a study showing that a cream built to mimic the skin's NMF significantly boosted hydration.
Safety-wise, this ingredient non-irritating, non-comedogenic, and non-phototoxic in testing, with minimal skin absorption.
It also works really well with other hydrators like glycerin or hyaluronic acid, and typical usage is somewhere between 0.2-4%.
Learn more about Sodium PCAWater. 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. Remember to stay hydrated!
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