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ILLIYOON Ceramide Ato Concentrate Cream Versus Good Molecules Lightweight Daily Moisturizer

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Korean Brand South Korea
American Brand United States

Updated on March 21, 2025

Overview

What they are

These products are both vegan, cruelty-free, 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 dry skin

Free From

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

What's Inside

They both contain oils

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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

Concerns

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products
Ceramide Ato Concentrate Cream

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!

Learn more about Water
Humectant, Masking, Skin Conditioning

Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:

  • It is a solvent, meaning that it helps to dissolve other ingredients. This also enhances the absorption of the product into one's skin.
  • It is a humectant, which means that it helps attract moisture into the skin.
  • It helps improve product application.
  • It has mild preservative properties.

Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.

Cetyl Ethylhexanoate is an emollient ester. It comes from cetearyl alcohol and 2-ethylhexanoic acid.

Cetyl Ethylhexanoate is an emollient that adds a velvety feel to skin without being greasy or oily. Emollients help trap moisture into your skin, keeping your skin soft and hydrated.

Skin Conditioning, Solvent

1,2-Hexanediol is a synthetic liquid and another multi-functional powerhouse.ย 

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 preservativesย 
Skin Conditioning

Ethylhexylglycerin (we can't pronounce this either) is commonly used as a preservative and skin softener. It is derived from glyceryl.

You might see Ethylhexylglycerin often paired with other preservatives such as phenoxyethanol. Ethylhexylglycerin has been found to increase the effectiveness of these other preservatives.

Emulsion Stabilising, Gel Forming

Carbomer is a polymer of acrylic acid. Its main role is to create a gel consistency.

A high amount of carbomer can cause pilling or balling up of products. Don't worry, most products contain 1% or less of carbomer.

When to use

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63% use in pm
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Reviews

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ILLIYOON Ceramide Ato Concentrate Cream 42 ingredients

3.4 /5
from 55 ratings
Heavy (20) Great Value (18) No Scent (17)
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raggedrobbin

1 year ago
Review

Unexpectedly nice on my sensitive and acne-prone skin. Didn't cause breakouts
and didn't feel heavy at all and worked great under makeup.

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UPDATE:

I've come back to say that this is officially my moisturizer endgame and ultimate HG.

After trying out almost all of the (AB and non AB) barrier / repair moisturizers raved about online, my verdict is that not only is this (still) the Show more

#great value
#hydrating
#absorbs well
#no scent
Butter's avatar

Butter

1 year ago
Review

โ‹†.เณƒเฟ”*:๏ฝฅ ๐ŸคŽ

๐Ÿฅฅ ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž: ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ฒ/๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐š๐œ๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐œ๐ณ๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž.

๐Ÿชด ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ:

ยทหš เผ˜โ‚Šยท อŸอŸอžอž๊’ฐโžณ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ'๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ž๐œ๐ณ๐ž๐ฆ๐š. ๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ค, ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ฌ & ๐ž๐ฅ๐›๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ž๐œ๐ณ๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ'๐ฏ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ž๐œ๐ณ๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  (๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ž๐œ๐ณ๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐‡๐€๐’ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ Show more

#great value
#hydrating
#no scent
#works well

Good Molecules Lightweight Daily Moisturizer 19 ingredients

3.8 /5
from 4 ratings
Absorbs Well (1) Broke Me Out (1) Doesn't Work (1)
emorirene_246's avatar

emorirene_246

1 year ago
Review

excellent for dry acne prone skin absolutely love it

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NurseMeg

1 year ago
Review

Nice light everyday moisturizer

#great value
#hydrating
#light
#absorbs well