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innisfree Bija Trouble Lotion Versus Round Lab Birch Juice Moisturizing Cream

General Moisturizer
General Moisturizer
Korean Brand South Korea
Korean Brand South Korea

Updated on August 26, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both reef safe general moisturizers. They have a total of 5 ingredients in common

Suited For

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

Free From

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

What's Inside

They both contain fragrances

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Ingredient Info

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About this product

About this product

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Ingredients Side-by-side

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Bija Trouble Lotion
Birch Juice Moisturizing 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!

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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.

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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Disodium EDTA plays a role in making products more stable by aiding other preservatives.

It is a chelating agent, meaning it neutralizes metal ions that may be found in a product.

Disodium EDTA is a salt of edetic acid and is found to be safe in cosmetic ingredients.

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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.

When to use

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44% use in pm
100% use every day
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Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

innisfree Bija Trouble Lotion 41 ingredients

3.5 /5
from 2 ratings
rezoned's avatar

Rez

8 months ago
Review

A bit heavy on my skin, contains BHA so it can purge

Round Lab Birch Juice Moisturizing Cream 37 ingredients

3.0 /5
from 31 ratings
Light (17) Hydrating (16) Absorbs Well (15)
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AnnaSkin

12 months ago
Review

Great moisturizer, Hydrates the skin a lot without feeling greasy, did not break me out even with an easily clogged skin. amazing ingredients, helped reduce the appearance of my acne scars. Over all very great cream.

#great value
#hydrating
#light
#absorbs well
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LauraSepulveda

1 year ago
Review

I have combination acne prone skin. Liked this product at first, it’s got a nice texture and it gives perfect hydration but after a couple days I started getting little bumps and texture. Really wanted to like this :(

#hydrating
#broke me out
#absorbs well
#no scent