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Skinfood Royal Honey Propolis Enrich Essence Versus COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence

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Korean Brand South Korea
Korean Brand South Korea

Updated on February 27, 2025

Overview

What they are

These products are both cruelty-free and reef safe essences. They have a total of 4 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain hyaluronic acid

Suited For

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

Free From

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

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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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Benefits

Benefits

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

Humectant, Masking, Skin Conditioning

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

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

Though this ingredient works well with most skin types, some people with sensitive skin may experience a reaction such as allergic rashes, closed comedones, or itchiness.

Learn more about Butylene Glycol
Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Sodium Hyaluronate is hyaluronic acid's salt form. It is commonly derived from the sodium salt of hyaluronic acid.

Like hyaluronic acid, it is great at holding water and acts as a humectant. This makes it a great skin hydrating ingredient.

Sodium Hyaluronate is naturally occurring in our bodies and is mostly found in eye fluid and joints.

These are some other common types of Hyaluronic Acid:

Learn more about Sodium Hyaluronate
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.

Masking, Skin Conditioning

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.

Learn more about Arginine

When to use

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Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

Skinfood Royal Honey Propolis Enrich Essence 15 ingredients

3.4 /5
from 8 ratings
Broke Me Out (3) Absorbs Well (3) Hydrating (2)
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Butter

1 year ago
Review

⋆.ೃ࿔*:・ 🤎

🥥 𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞: 𝐃𝐫𝐲/𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐜𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐳𝐞𝐦𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞.

🪴 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬:

·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳ 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐥'𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐧𝐞, 𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟔𝟑% 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝟏𝟎% 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟎% 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐡𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 Show more

#expensive
#hydrating
#absorbs well
#no scent
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Lapaki

4 months ago
Review

I really wanted to love this, especially since it’s an affordable alternative to Guerlain’s Abeille Royale line and contains some great ingredients. At first, it made my skin look and feel nice, but the longer I used it, the more I noticed small pimples appearing. Thankfully, the breakout calmed down about a week after I stopped using it.

#expensive
#hydrating
#broke me out
#light

COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence 12 ingredients

3.6 /5
from 340 ratings
Hydrating (96) No Scent (79) Works Well (67)
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cgi

1 year ago
Review

this snail mucin essence really is one of the best ones out there— it's a holy grail. this product was my very first impression of cosrx, and the short ingredient list is very surprising with how effective it is. i've been using it for about a year now, and it's become a staple in my routine. after my first couple weeks of use, a lot of my dark spots disappeared and calmed down my hormonal acne & Show more

#expensive
#hydrating
#light
#absorbs well
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Robin Orr

10 months ago
Review

This ruined my face! I didn’t know that my dust mite allergy also made me allergic to this. I used it for five months and everything seemed fine, but then I started to get a goatee of fungal acne with big red patches. I’d also been getting a lot of big pimples in my hairline from it. It’s taken me months to understand what happened and to soothe my sad skin. Be warned not to jump off the bridge Show more

#broke me out
#irritating