This anti-aging serum is formulated around Niacinamide and Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 to soften the look of wrinkles.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Silica
Abrasive
Dimethicone
Emollient
Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer
Polymethylsilsesquioxane
Diisostearyl Malate
EmollientMethicone
Emollient
Petrolatum
Emollient
Microcrystalline Wax
Emulsion StabilisingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningSqualane
Emollient
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
CI 45410
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77007
Cosmetic ColorantLavandula Angustifolia Extract
Skin Conditioning
Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract
Skin Conditioning
BHT
Antioxidant
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Centella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Silica, Dimethicone, Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Diisostearyl Malate, Methicone, Petrolatum, Microcrystalline Wax, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Squalane, Tocopheryl Acetate, Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, CI 45410, CI 77007, Lavandula Angustifolia Extract, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract, BHT, 1,2-Hexanediol, Centella Asiatica Extract, Hydroxyacetophenone
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Polysorbate 60
Emulsifying
Coco-Caprylate/Caprate
Emollient
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Trehalose
Humectant
Xylitylglucoside
Humectant
Sorbitan Sesquioleate
Emulsifying
Dicaprylyl Carbonate
EmollientAnhydroxylitol
Humectant
Euglena Gracilis Polysaccharide
Gel FormingXylitol
Humectant
Ectoin
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Disodium EDTA
ChelatingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingButylene Glycol
Humectant
Hydrolyzed Collagen
Emollient
Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingAmmonium Sulfate
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Yeast Ferment Extract
Skin ConditioningSodium Sulfate
Ascorbyl Glucoside
Antioxidant
Hydroxypropyl Tetrahydropyrantriol
Skin ConditioningGlyceryl Glucoside
Humectant
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Collagen
Moisturising
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Ergothioneine
Antioxidant
Sodium DNA
Skin Conditioning
Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyproline
Skin Conditioning
Crithmum Maritimum Callus Culture Filtrate
Skin ProtectingMaltodextrin
Absorbent
Tripeptide-1
Skin Conditioning
Acetyl Hexapeptide-8
Humectant
Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract
Skin Conditioning
Glycine
Buffering
Serine
Masking
Glutamic Acid
Humectant
Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1
Skin Conditioning
Hexapeptide-9
Skin Conditioning
Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5
Skin Conditioning
Soluble Collagen
Humectant
Aspartic Acid
Masking
Leucine
Skin ConditioningPPG-13-Decyltetradeceth-24
EmulsifyingAlanine
Masking
Lysine
Skin ConditioningArginine
Masking
Tyrosine
MaskingPhenylalanine
Masking
Proline
Skin Conditioning
Threonine
Valine
MaskingIsoleucine
Skin ConditioningPalmitoyl Pentapeptide-4
Skin Conditioning
Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7
Skin Conditioning
Histidine
Humectant
Polysorbate 80
Emulsifying
Platinum Powder
Abrasive
Water, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Polysorbate 60, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer, Hydroxyacetophenone, Trehalose, Xylitylglucoside, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Anhydroxylitol, Euglena Gracilis Polysaccharide, Xylitol, Ectoin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Disodium EDTA, Xanthan Gum, Butylene Glycol, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer, Ammonium Sulfate, Pentylene Glycol, Yeast Ferment Extract, Sodium Sulfate, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Hydroxypropyl Tetrahydropyrantriol, Glyceryl Glucoside, Polysorbate 20, Collagen, Tocopherol, Ergothioneine, Sodium DNA, Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyproline, Crithmum Maritimum Callus Culture Filtrate, Maltodextrin, Tripeptide-1, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract, Glycine, Serine, Glutamic Acid, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Hexapeptide-9, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5, Soluble Collagen, Aspartic Acid, Leucine, PPG-13-Decyltetradeceth-24, Alanine, Lysine, Arginine, Tyrosine, Phenylalanine, Proline, Threonine, Valine, Isoleucine, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Histidine, Polysorbate 80, Platinum Powder
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
1,2-Hexanediol is a synthetic liquid and another multi-functional powerhouse.
It is a:
- Humectant, drawing moisture into the skin
- Emollient, helping to soften skin
- Solvent, dispersing and stabilizing formulas
- Preservative booster, enhancing the antimicrobial activity of other preservatives
Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:
Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.
Though this ingredient works well with most skin types, some people with sensitive skin may experience a reaction such as allergic rashes, closed comedones, or itchiness.
Learn more about Butylene GlycolGlycerin (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 GlycerinHydroxyacetophenone is a small phenolic molecule that earns its place in a formulas as an antioxidant and preservative booster.
As a phenol, it is able to neutralize free radicals to protect both the product and the skin from oxidative stress.
Though it can't kill microbes on its own, it works as a good supporting agent when combined with other preservatives like Phenoxyethanol or 1,2-Hexanediol.
This ingredient naturally occurs as piceol in Norwegian spruce needles (~0.4-1.1% dry weight and in cloudberries). Though the cosmetic-grade material is synthesized for purity and consistency.
You'll usually see it used at low levels and suppliers recommend up to 1% added to a water phase.
Safety testing was done at concentrations like 0.05% in SPF products and 0.5% in a Human Repeated Insult Patch Test. The safety evidence is assuring; this ingredient is safe for cosmetics in current use and also holds safety status as a food flavoring as well.
An honest caveat: the "soothing" and "anti-inflammatory" claims come mostly from supplier marketing rather than published clinical trials. The Cosmetic Ingredient Review's own literature search found no useful efficacy studies on this ingredient.
So the antioxidant and preservative-boosting roles are the well supported ones while the calming benefit is plausible but thinly evidenced.
Overall, this is a well-tolerated, low-irritation multitasker that quietly helps a formula stay fresh and stable.
Learn more about HydroxyacetophenoneWater. 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!
Learn more about Water
