What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Dipropylene Glycol
HumectantNiacinamide
Smoothing
Ceratonia Siliqua Gum
EmollientHydrolyzed Collagen
Emollient
Hydrolyzed Extensin
Skin ConditioningDaucus Carota Sativa Root Extract
Skin Conditioning
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Chondrus Crispus Extract
Skin Conditioning
Chondrus Crispus Powder
Abrasive
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Cellulose Gum
Emulsion StabilisingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Potassium Chloride
Sucrose
Humectant
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningGardenia Florida Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningDextrin
AbsorbentHydrolyzed Gardenia Florida Extract
Antioxidant
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
Maltodextrin
Absorbent
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Adenosine
Skin Conditioning
Disodium EDTA
Water, Glycerin, Dipropylene Glycol, Niacinamide, Ceratonia Siliqua Gum, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Hydrolyzed Extensin, Daucus Carota Sativa Root Extract, Butylene Glycol, Allantoin, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Chondrus Crispus Powder, Hydroxyacetophenone, Cellulose Gum, Caprylyl Glycol, Potassium Chloride, Sucrose, Ethylhexylglycerin, Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract, Dextrin, Hydrolyzed Gardenia Florida Extract, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Maltodextrin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Adenosine, Disodium EDTA
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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.
Hydrolyzed Collagen is Collagen (usually sourced from fish, bovine, or porcine byproducts) that's been broken down into smaller peptides. This makes it water-soluble and easy to blend into formulations.
In a formula, it works mainly as a skin-conditioning and moisturizing agent.
The small peptides and amino acids (including Natural Moisturizing Factor components like Hydroxyproline, Serine, and Aspartic Acid) help the surface of the skin hold onto water, feel softer, and look temporarily plumper.
This ingredient also has mild film-forming and antioxidant properties with research showing the antioxidant effect is stronger the lower the molecular weight of the peptides.
It's worth being realistic here:
Topically applied Hydrolyzed Collagen conditions the upper layers of skin rather than rebuilding the structural collagen deep in your dermis (the wrinkle-and-firmness benefits people associate with Collagen mostly come from oral supplements in studies, not topicals).
However, recent lab and skin-model work on Hydrolyzed Fish Collagen has shown promising effects on cell viability and wound healing when used as an active.
Typical concentrations range from 0.2-2%, but the percentage can go much higher in rinse-off or hair products (sometimes even above 50%).
Clinical studies on this ingredient showed no irritation, sensitization, or phototoxicity.
If you are looking for vegan collagen, it usually goes by a different INCI name like hydrolyzed soy protein. Vegan collagen is derived from yeast, bacteria, or plant sources.
The results are varied.
A study from 2021 found hydrolyzed collagen increased elasticity and improved wrinkles in 1,125 participants between age 20 and 70. Another study found increased skin thickness in participants between the ages of 45 to 59.
However, It is difficult to prove that oral collagen will end up working on your skin. Many of the studies using hydrolyzed collagen also add several vitamins and nutrients into the test mixture as well.
Further studies are needed at this time.
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