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The INKEY List Tripeptide Plumping Lip Balm - Clear Versus The Ordinary Matrixyl 10% + HA

Lip Moisturizer
Serum
British Brand United Kingdom
Canadian Brand Canada

Updated on June 13, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both vegan, cruelty-free, and reef safe . They have a total of 3 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain hyaluronic acid and peptides

Suited For

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

Free From

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

What's Inside

They both contain oils

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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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Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Benefits

Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products
Tripeptide Plumping Lip Balm

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

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

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
Skin Conditioning

Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 is a 3-amino acid peptide. Peptides are building blocks for protein.

This ingredient is a signal peptide, meaning it tells our skin to create collagen. Collagen is a protein that makes connective tissue. Boosting collagen production leads to a healthier skin barrier. Having a healthy skin barrier means having firm and hydrated skin.

Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 can help reduce wrinkles and make the skin look more youthful.

Read more about other common types of peptides here:

Learn more about Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1
Skin Conditioning

This synthetic, signal peptide has unique skin conditioning properties in that is a matrikine-mimetic compound.

First of all, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38 is a signal peptide; signal peptides tell the body to create more collagen.

What is a matrikine-mimetic compound?

This peptide has the ability to mimic matrikines in skin. Our skin created matrikines by breaking down matrix proteins into peptides.

Matrikines play a role in:

Though further research is needed, this ingredient seems pretty promising. In one study, women over the age of 40 with visible photoaging used a vitamin C serum with this ingredient for 56 days (15% ascorbid acid, 5 ppm palmitoyl tripeptide‐38). The results found improvement in skin roughness and skin tone.

Learn more about Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38

When to use

67 Routines
55% use in am
45% use in pm
100% use every day
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54% use in pm
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Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

The INKEY List Tripeptide Plumping Lip Balm 28 ingredients

2.0 /5
from 2 ratings
Drying (1) Hydrating (1) Irritating (1)
LilyEvans's avatar

Lily Evans

6 months ago
Review

Works and then day after lips are extra peely

Somehow this really works for me as a lip balm to prevent chapped lips! My lips are chronically peeling and have not found anything that does not irritate them further.

I can only attest to the clear, coloured products usually dry me out but perhaps I'll try one when I'm feeling brave and report back.

#hydrating
#works well
Evynneb's avatar

Blue

4 months ago
Review

I think this would work better as a lip serum under a moisturizer; because it’s super thin and on its own dissipates very fast. Thought it says to only use it like 3times a day??? When it dried up it left my lips extremely dry and peeling, not to mention it had an awful taste.

#drying
#irritating
#light

The Ordinary Matrixyl 10% + HA 17 ingredients

3.3 /5
from 4 ratings
No Scent (3) Hydrating (2) Heavy (1)
verenski's avatar

verenski

8 months ago
Review

Does not absorb very well

#heavy
#sticky
#no scent
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goodsoup

2 months ago
Review

emptied it, it's hydrating but i didn;t use it long enough to see a difference. the castor oil leaves a shiny finish.

#hydrating
#no scent