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

Glycerin

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.

Learn more about Glycerin

Beta-Glucan

Skin Conditioning

Beta-Glucan is a polysaccharide. It can be derived from the cell walls of seaweed, oats, yeast, and fungi. It hydrates the skin and helps boost your skin's natural barrier.

As an antioxidant, beta-glucan helps fight free-radicals. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells, such as pollution.

Studies show this ingredient may be an effective wrinkle reducer as it can deeply penetrate into skin. It has also been show to help with wound healing.

Learn more about Beta-Glucan

Sodium Hyaluronate

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

Disodium EDTA

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.

Learn more about Disodium EDTA

Carbomer

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.

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Royal Honey Propolis Enrich Essence

Ultra-Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Serum

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Skinfood Royal Honey Propolis Enrich Essence 15 ingredients

Isntree Ultra-Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Serum 34 ingredients

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Skinfood Royal Honey Propolis Enrich Essence 15 ingredients

3.4 /5

from 8 ratings

Broke Me Out (3) Absorbs Well (3) Hydrating (2)

Butter

1 year ago

Review

⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ 🤎

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

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·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳ 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

Skinfood

Royal Honey Propolis Enrich Essence

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

Skinfood

Royal Honey Propolis Enrich Essence

Isntree Ultra-Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Serum 34 ingredients

4.2 /5

from 14 ratings

Light (8) No Scent (8) Hydrating (7)

croc

9 months ago

Review

It was meh for me. Didn’t help much with my redness and when my skin barrier was weak it stung a bit

#hydrating

#light

#no scent

Isntree

Ultra-Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Serum

Leah Dalton

11 months ago

Review

This was really good - made my skin a lot more hydrated and smooth. However it is a tad bit expensive compared to other hyaluronic acid. Still good tho

#expensive

#hydrating

#absorbs well

#works well

Isntree

Ultra-Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Serum