Glowery Pillow Prep Versus Glowery Before Noon
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
No concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningNiacinamide
Smoothing
Glycerin
Humectant
Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningSaccharum Officinarum Extract
MoisturisingSodium Benzoate
Masking
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingCitrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract
MaskingCitrus Limon Fruit Extract
Masking
Ascorbyl Glucoside
Antioxidant
Acer Saccharum Extract
Skin ConditioningOlea Europaea Leaf Extract
Perfuming
Zinc PCA
Humectant
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Ascorbic Acid
Antioxidant
Water, Niacinamide, Glycerin, Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Extract, Saccharum Officinarum Extract, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Hydroxide, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract, Citrus Limon Fruit Extract, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Acer Saccharum Extract, Olea Europaea Leaf Extract, Zinc PCA, Lactic Acid, Ascorbic Acid
Water
Skin ConditioningPropanediol
Solvent
Glycerin
Humectant
Polyglyceryl-6 Stearate
Emollient
Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil
Emollient
Rosa Canina Seed Oil
Emollient
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate
Emulsion Stabilising
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingCeramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Punica Granatum Seed Oil
Emollient
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCarbomer
Emulsion StabilisingHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract
Skin Conditioning
Alaria Esculenta Extract
Skin ProtectingWater, Propanediol, Glycerin, Polyglyceryl-6 Stearate, Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil, Rosa Canina Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Tocopherol, Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate, Sodium Hydroxide, Ceramide NP, Punica Granatum Seed Oil, Xanthan Gum, Carbomer, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract, Alaria Esculenta Extract
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 Hydroxide is also known as lye or caustic soda. It is used to adjust the pH of products; many ingredients require a specific pH to be effective.
In small amounts, sodium hydroxide is considered safe to use. However, large amounts may cause chemical burns due to its high alkaline.
Your skin has a natural pH and acid mantle. This acid mantle helps prevent harmful bacteria from breaking through. The acid mantle also helps keep your skin hydrated.
"Alkaline" refers to a high pH level. A low pH level would be considered acidic.
Learn more about Sodium HydroxideWater. 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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