What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Centella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
N-Palmitoyl Serinol
Skin ProtectingBifida Ferment Lysate
Skin Conditioning
Acetyl Glucosamine
Skin Conditioning
Phytosterols
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Sialyllactose
Skin ConditioningAllantoin
Skin Conditioning
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Hypericum Perforatum Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningAdenosine
Skin Conditioning
Resveratrol
Antioxidant
Heptasodium Hexacarboxymethyl Dipeptide-12
Skin Conditioning
Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer
HumectantPolyglyceryl-10 Distearate
Emulsifying
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Sorbitan Stearate
Emulsifying
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingStearic Acid
Cleansing
Glyceryl Caprylate
Emollient1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Water, Glycerin, Pentylene Glycol, Niacinamide, Centella Asiatica Extract, N-Palmitoyl Serinol, Bifida Ferment Lysate, Acetyl Glucosamine, Phytosterols, Ceramide NP, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sialyllactose, Allantoin, Panthenol, Hypericum Perforatum Flower Extract, Adenosine, Resveratrol, Heptasodium Hexacarboxymethyl Dipeptide-12, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Polyglyceryl-10 Distearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sorbitan Stearate, Carbomer, Stearic Acid, Glyceryl Caprylate, 1,2-Hexanediol
Paeonia Lactiflora Root Extract
Skin ConditioningBifida Ferment Lysate 20%
Skin Conditioning
Lactobacillus/Pumpkin Fruit Ferment Filtrate
Skin ConditioningButylene Glycol
Humectant
Glycerin
Humectant
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Lactobacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract
Skin ConditioningPhellinus Linteus Extract
Skin ConditioningAcetyl Hexapeptide-8
Humectant
Aureobasidium Pullulans Ferment
Skin ConditioningPalmitoyl Dipeptide-10
Skin Conditioning
Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1
Skin Conditioning
Corthellus Shiitake Extract
Skin ProtectingGlycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
Bleaching
Trametes Versicolor Extract
Copper Tripeptide-1
Skin Conditioning
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Physalis Alkekengi Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningCamellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Epigallocatechin Gallate
Antioxidant
Panax Ginseng Root Extract
Emollient
Algin
Masking
Forsythia Suspensa Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Dioscorea Oppositifolia Root Extract
Skin ConditioningMethyl Gluceth-20
Humectant
Caffeine
Skin Conditioning
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract
Astringent
Illicium Verum Fruit Extract
Perfuming
Adenosine
Skin Conditioning
Paeonia Lactiflora Root Extract, Bifida Ferment Lysate 20%, Lactobacillus/Pumpkin Fruit Ferment Filtrate, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Lactobacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract, Phellinus Linteus Extract, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Aureobasidium Pullulans Ferment, Palmitoyl Dipeptide-10, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Corthellus Shiitake Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Trametes Versicolor Extract, Copper Tripeptide-1, Allantoin, Panthenol, Physalis Alkekengi Fruit Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Epigallocatechin Gallate, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Algin, Forsythia Suspensa Fruit Extract, Dioscorea Oppositifolia Root Extract, Methyl Gluceth-20, Caffeine, Caprylyl Glycol, Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract, Illicium Verum Fruit Extract, Adenosine
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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.
Adenosine is in every living organism. It is one of four components in nucleic acids that helps store our DNA.
Adenosine has many benefits when used. These benefits include hydrating the skin, smoothing skin, and reducing wrinkles. Once applied, adenosine increases collagen production. It also helps with improving firmness and tissue repair.
Studies have found adenosine may also help with wound healing.
In skincare products, Adenosine is usually derived from yeast.
Learn more about AdenosineAllantoin is a soothing ingredient known for its protective and moisturizing properties; it's basically a quiet workhorse ingredient you can find in a huge range of cosmetics.
Though it can be derived from the comfrey plant, allantoin is produced synthetically for cosmetic products to ensure purity.
Research shows it can encourage your skin cells to turn over and renew by stimulating keratinocyte and fibroblast proliferation.
It also has mild keratolytic properties to help loosen and shed dead skin cells without being harsh.
Studies also suggest allantoin can help calm inflammation by dialing down some of the chemical signals your skin sends out when it is irritated.
This ingredient is typically used in the 0.1-0.5% range, and the FDA recognizes it as a skin protectant in OTC products up to 2%.
Overall, allantoin is a wonderful addition to most routines; it is stable across a wide pH range (~4-8), works well with other ingredients, and is considered non-sensitizing/non-irritating.
Fun fact: Allantoin is naturally occurring in comfrey root, beets, chamomile, and wheat sprouts. Our bodies even produce it as a byproduct of uric acid metabolism.
Learn more about AllantoinBifida Ferment Lysate is a postbiotic ingredient made by fermenting Bifidobacterium to extract a nutrient-rich mix of peptides, amino acids, vitamins, organic acids, and polysaccharides.
These components are basically the building blocks that your skin already uses to stay hydrated, repair itself, and maintain its barrier. That's why this ingredient helps your skin hold onto moisture and stay resilient against irritation.
One in-vitro study found that this ingredient tells your skin cells to produce more of the proteins (filaggrin, loricrin, and involucrin) for building a strong and healthy barrier. This study also found this ingredient to be a solid antioxidant that helped neutralize damage against UV and pollution.
A study with people from 2010 found that sensitive, reactive skin using a cream with 10% of this ingredient for a month became noticeably less dry, less reactive, and harder to irritate compared to the group using a plain cream.
In short, this ingredient is a well-tolerated ingredient that can help with barrier repair, antioxidant protection, and calming reactive skin.
This ingredient is generally considered fungal acne (Malassezia) safe; Bifidobacterium is a bacterium, not a yeast or fungus.
The fungal acne concern with fermented ingredients mainly applies to yeast-derived ferments like Saccharomyces and Galactomyces, because those are in the same kingdom as Malassezia and could theoretically contain residual compounds that feed it.
Bifida is a completely different organism, so on its own it doesn't provide a food source for the Malassezia yeast that causes fungal acne.
Learn more about Bifida Ferment LysateGlycerin (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 GlycerinPanthenol is a common ingredient that helps hydrate and soothe the skin. It is found naturally in our skin and hair.
There are two forms of panthenol: D and L.
D-panthenol is also known as dexpanthenol. Most cosmetics use dexpanthenol or a mixture of D and L-panthenol.
Panthenol is famous due to its ability to go deeper into the skin's layers. Using this ingredient has numerous pros (and no cons):
Like hyaluronic acid, panthenol is a humectant. Humectants are able to bind and hold large amounts of water to keep skin hydrated.
This ingredient works well for wound healing. It works by increasing tissue in the wound and helps close open wounds.
Once oxidized, panthenol converts to pantothenic acid. Panthothenic acid is found in all living cells.
This ingredient is also referred to as pro-vitamin B5.
Learn more about PanthenolSodium Hyaluronate is the salt form of hyaluronic acid. It is a long sugar chain that is naturally found in your skin, joints, and connective tissue that maintains hydration and elasticity.
In skincare, it works as a humectant. It pulls water from the environment and deeper layers of skin and binds it to the surface.
Interestingly, the size of the molecule affects its behavior:
Some clinical evidence links low molecular weight versions to improved wrinkle depth, elasticity, anti-inflammatory effects, and barrier repair.
Many serums use a blend of both weights so you can get surface hydration plus longer-lasting and deeper effects.
You'll typically see concentrations between 0.1-2% for this ingredient.
Learn more about Sodium Hyaluronate
