Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence Versus Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder

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Here's our complete breakdown comparing the ingredients, attributes, and more of Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence versus Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder .

Published on November 17, 2022

Overview

What they are

These products are both reef safe . They have a total of 20 ingredients in common

Suited For

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

Free From

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

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Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder

Essence South Korean Brand

Serum British Brand United Kingdom

Essence

Essences are used to prep skin for further treatment and may provide extra skin benefits. They are usually used before serum and moisturizers. Essences are thought to have originated in either Japan or Korea and is an essential step in K-Beauty.

Serum

Serums are highly concentrated with ingredients to provide skin with benefits. They should be used after cleansing and before moisturizing.

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Ingredient Info

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Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence 49 ingredients

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder 41 ingredients

alcohol-free

silicon-free

fragrance-free

sulfate-free

paraben-free

oil-free

fungal-acne safe

reef-safe

eu-allergen-free

vegan

cruelty-free

alcohol-free

silicon-free

fragrance-free

sulfate-free

paraben-free

oil-free

fungal-acne safe

reef-safe

eu-allergen-free

vegan

cruelty-free

At a glance

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Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence 49 ingredients

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder 41 ingredients

Notable Ingredients

Exfoliators

Niacinamide

Hyaluronic Acid

Benefits

Hydrating (3)

Good For Oily Skin

Redness Reducing (4)

Reduces Irritation (3)

Reduces Large Pores (2)

Anti-Aging (3)

Dark Spots (2)

Scar Healing (2)

Acne Fighting (2)

Brightening (2)

Notable Ingredients

Vitamin C

Vitamin E (2)

Ceramides (5)

Benefits

Hydrating (8)

Redness Reducing (7)

Reduces Irritation (5)

Skin Texture

Anti-Aging (7)

Dark Spots

Scar Healing (2)

Brightening (4)

Concerns

Irritating

Eczema

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Ingredients Compared

Ingredients that are highlighted in purple are present in both products.

Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence 49 ingredients

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder 41 ingredients

Bifida Ferment Lysate • Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate • Betula Platyphylla Japonica Juice • Rice Ferment Filtrate • Aspergillus Ferment • Glycerin • Dipropylene Glycol • Methyl Gluceth-20 • Water • Betaine • Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract • Ethylhexylglycerin • Trehalose • Lactobacillus • Peg-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil • Caprylyl Glycol • Trideceth-10 • Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer • Tromethamine • 1,2-Hexanediol • Tropolone • Allantoin • Butylene Glycol • Coptis Japonica Extract • Arginine • Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose • Hydrogenated Lecithin • Calcium Carbonate • Sodium Hyaluronate • Adenosine • Niacinamide • Dextrin • Glycine • Serine • Glutamic Acid • Aspartic Acid • Leucine • Alanine • Lysine • Tyrosine • Phenylalanine • Proline • Threonine • Valine • Isoleucine • Phenoxyethanol • Histidine • Methionine • Cysteine

Water • Propylene Glycol • Glycerin • Inulin • Tocopheryl Acetate • Glycine • Serine • Glutamic Acid • Behenic Acid • Ceramide NP • Cholesterol • Aspartic Acid • Leucine • Ceramide Ns • Alanine • Lysine • Arginine • Tyrosine • Phenylalanine • Proline • Threonine • Valine • Isoleucine • Ceramide AP • Ceramide EOP • Ceramide Eos • Histidine • Caprooyl Phytosphingosine • Caprooyl Sphingosine • Ascorbyl Palmitate • Tocopherol • Butylene Glycol • Sodium Benzoate • Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer • Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6 • Potassium Sorbate • Sodium Gluconate • Ceteareth-25 • Cetyl Alcohol • Phenoxyethanol • Ethylhexylglycerin

Ingredients Side-by-side

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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.

Glycerin

What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting, Solvent

Community Rating: Loved

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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Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 6.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 3.

Water

What it does: Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Community Rating: Loved

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. Talk about multi-purpose! If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 9.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 1.

Ethylhexylglycerin

What it does: Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Mixed

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.

Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 12.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 41.

Butylene Glycol

What it does: Humectant, Masking, Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Community Rating: Mixed

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.

Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient. It is unlikely to irritate skin, and works well with pretty much all other ingredients.

Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 23.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 32.

Arginine

What it does: Masking, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Mixed

Arginine is an amino acid that is important for human development. Your body uses is it to produce hair keratin and skin collagen.

As a cosmetic ingredient, Arginine has antioxidant properties and can also help repair damaged skin. This ingredient is derived either synthetically or from animals.

Arginine isn't fungal acne safe when used in the presence of other lipids (fats, fatty acids, oils, esters, etc). Oils and fats occur naturally within the skin, so take caution when using Arginine if you're prone to fungal acne.

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Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 25.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 17.

Glycine

What it does: Buffering, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

Glycine is an amino acid that helps build proteins. It is already present in our skin as our bodies produce them naturally.

Glycine helps keep skin hydrated and reduce signs of aging. Amino acids help transport moisture throughout our skin; glycine already plays a role in helping keep our skin moisturized.

As collagen is made up of glycine and other amino acids, it is believed Glycine may help our skin produce more collagen. Collagen helps keep skin plump and firm.

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Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 33.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 6.

Serine

What it does: Masking, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

Serine is an amino acid naturally found in our body. Our bodies use amino acids to create protein.

Amino-acids help give keep our skin hydrated. They play an important role in the skin barrier, which keeps the skin plump and firm.

Serine is a non-essential amino acid, meaning we don't need to obtain it from eating foods.

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Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 34.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 7.

Glutamic Acid

What it does: Humectant

Community Rating: Loved

Glutamic Acid is an amino acid that is found in all living organisms. Our bodies use this to help nerve cells in the brain communicate with other cells.

In cosmetics, glutamic acid is a famous humectant. It draws water from the air to your skin, keeping your skin hydrated (like hyaluronic acid).

An in-vitro study from 2024 found glutamic acid to play a role in inhibiting inflammation and thus a potential skin-soothing ingredient.

Other studies show it to be have potential wound healing, skin barrier repair, and hair growth properties.

Glutamic acid has poor solubility in water and other solvents.

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Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 35.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 8.

Aspartic Acid

What it does: Masking, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

Aspartic Acid is an amino acid that our bodies produce naturally. It is an antioxidant.

Our body uses Aspartic Acid to help build collagen and elastin. It also plays a role in hydrating skin.

Antioxidants help mitigate damage from free-radical molecules. These are molecules that originate from external sources such as pollution, cigarette smoke, or the sun.

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Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 36.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 12.

Leucine

What it does: Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

We don't have a description for Leucine.

Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 37.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 13.

Alanine

What it does: Masking, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

Alanine is an amino acid and is already found in the human body.

Alanine has antioxidant properties and can help with anti-aging.

Alanine is used by fibrous proteins such as collagen, elastin, and keratin. These three help make a strong skin barrier. Having a healthy skin barrier leads to more plump and youthful skin.

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Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 38.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 15.

Lysine

What it does: Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

Lysine is an essential amino acid. Your body is unable to produce it naturally and we mainly get lysine from food sources.

Our bodies use lysine for growth and tissue repair. The skin uses amino acids as a precursor for building protein, and therefore keratins, collagen and elastin.

Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 39.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 16.

Tyrosine

What it does: Masking, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

We don't have a description for Tyrosine.

Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 40.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 18.

Phenylalanine

What it does: Masking, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

Phenylalanine is an amino acid. It is a skin soothing and hydrating ingredient. Amino acids play a crucial role in wound healing and skin hydration.

Phenylalanine is also used to help even out skin tone due to its ability to disrupt the melanin production process.

Two structures of phenylalanine exist: L-phenylalanine and D-phenylalanine. L-phenylalanine is essential, this means our bodies cannot produce it naturally and we must get it from foods. Our bodies convert D-phenylalanine to neurotransmitters, and D-phenylalanine is found in our bodies naturally.

Some foods that contain L-phenylalanine include eggs, soybeans, beef, milk.

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Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 41.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 19.

Proline

What it does: Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

Proline is an amino-acid. It helps moisturize the skin and plays an important role in creating proteins.

Proline is one of the building blocks for producing collagen. As we age, our bodies produce less collagen. Collagen helps the skin look plump and firm.

In medicine, proline is used as an osmoprotectant. This means it helps prevent oxidative degradation in other drugs.

Our bodies are able to produce proline naturally, but certain conditions may inhibit this production. In that case, proline can be obtained from eating egg whites, soy protein, dairy products, asparagus, mushrooms, and seaweed.

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Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 42.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 20.

Threonine

What it does:

Community Rating: Loved

Threonine is an amino-acid. It helps hydrate the skin and has antioxidant benefits.

Threonine is vital for creating collagen and elastin. Collagen and elastin support youthful and firm skin. Our bodies decrease collagen production naturally with age.

Humans are not able to create threonine and must get it through eating foods such as fish, lentils, poultry, sesame seeds, and more.

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Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 43.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 21.

Valine

What it does: Masking, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

We don't have a description for Valine.

Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 44.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 22.

Isoleucine

What it does: Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

We don't have a description for Isoleucine.

Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 45.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 23.

Phenoxyethanol

What it does: Preservative

Community Rating: Very Disliked

Phenoxyethanol is a preservative that has germicide, antimicrobial, and aromatic properties. Studies show that phenoxyethanol can prevent germ and microbial growth. By itself, it has a scent that is similar to that of a rose.

It's often used in formulations along with Caprylyl Glycol to preserve the shelf life of products.

Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 46.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 40.

Histidine

What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

We don't have a description for Histidine.

Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence contains this as ingredient number 47.

Glow Hub Beauty The Barrier Builder contains this as ingredient number 27.

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