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Etude House Soon Jung Hydro Barrier Cream - Tube Versus Dieux Skin Instant Angel

General Moisturizer
General Moisturizer
Korean Brand South Korea
American Brand United States

Updated on February 25, 2025

Overview

What they are

These products are both vegan and reef safe general moisturizers. They have a total of 6 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain Vitamin E

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for anti aging, dry skin, brightening skin, sensitive skin, reducing pores and scar healing

Free From

They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, fragrances, parabens or sulfates

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Ingredient Info

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What's inside (and what isn't)

What's inside (and what isn't)

At a glance

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products
Soon Jung Hydro Barrier Cream
Instant Angel

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Water. 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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Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

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.

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This is a synthetic polymer. It helps improve the texture of products by adding thickness and gel-like feel.

It is also an emulsifer, meaning it prevents ingredients such as oil and water from separating. It also helps evenly disperse other ingredients.

Emollient, Emulsifying

Glyceryl Stearate is a mix of glycerin and stearic acid.

It is used to stabilize the mixing of water and oil ingredients. By preventing these ingredients from separating, it can help elongate shelf life. It can also help thicken the product's texture.

As an emollient, it helps soften skin and supports barrier-replenishing ingredients.

In cosmetics, Glyceryl Stearate is often made from vegetable oils or synthetically produced.

This ingredient may not be fungal-acne safe

Fun fact: The human body also creates Glyceryl Stearate naturally.

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Emulsifying

Sorbitan Isostearate is an emulsifer and cleaning agent. It is created from isostearic acid and sorbitol.

As an emulsifier, Sorbitan Isostearate prevents oils and water from separating.

Due to its isostearic acid base, it may not be safe for Malassezia or fungal acne.

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Antioxidant, Masking, Skin Conditioning

Tocopherol (also known as Vitamin E) is a common antioxidant used to help protect the skin from free-radicals and strengthen the skin barrier. It's also fat soluble - this means our skin is great at absorbing it.

Vitamin E also helps keep your natural skin lipids healthy. Your lipid skin barrier naturally consists of lipids, ceramides, and fatty acids. Vitamin E offers extra protection for your skin’s lipid barrier, keeping your skin healthy and nourished.

Another benefit is a bit of UV protection. Vitamin E helps reduce the damage caused by UVB rays. (It should not replace your sunscreen). Combining it with Vitamin C can decrease sunburned cells and hyperpigmentation after UV exposure.

You might have noticed Vitamin E + C often paired together. This is because it is great at stabilizing Vitamin C. Using the two together helps increase the effectiveness of both ingredients.

There are often claims that Vitamin E can reduce/prevent scarring, but these claims haven't been confirmed by scientific research.

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When to use

53 Routines
45% use in am
55% use in pm
96% use every day
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58% use in pm
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Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

Etude House Soon Jung Hydro Barrier Cream 28 ingredients

1.8 /5
from 11 ratings
Broke Me Out (7) Doesn't Work (4) Sticky (4)
mlezere's avatar

mlezere

21 days ago
Review

In the beginning, this cream worked pretty well for my skin, but then I noticed that it started giving me a skin texture. Also, I feel like it is not giving any moisture to the skin at all and is only sitting on the top of the skin. Only bought it because of the good reviews on hwahae and forgot to check the whole ingredient list (cream contains silicons 😐). Wouldn't recommend buying it.

#broke me out
#doesn't work
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nana

1 month ago
Review

i liked it until it gave me tiny whiteheads across my cheeks. this happened after a few hours of application….(´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥`)

#broke me out
#no scent
#doesn't work

Dieux Skin Instant Angel 43 ingredients

3.4 /5
from 5 ratings
Absorbs Well (3) Broke Me Out (3) Hydrating (3)
EmmaBussabargerGraf_357's avatar
Review

honestly, it's a wonderful formulation however it just didn't work for my skin. very hydrating but it caused my t-zone area to become clogged/congested.

#great value
#hydrating
#broke me out
#absorbs well
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SkinDragon45

1 year ago
Review

Caused many closed comedones.

#broke me out