Here's our complete breakdown comparing the ingredients, attributes, and more of The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides versus Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream .
Last updated on September 12, 2023. Published on April 11, 2023
Overview
What they are
These products are both vegan, cruelty-free, and reef safe general moisturizers. They have a total of 17 ingredients in common
Cool Features
They both contain hyaluronic acid and Vitamin E
Suited For
They're both likely to be good for dry skin and brightening skin
Free From
They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, parabens or silicones
What's Inside
They both contain oils
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General Moisturizer
All-purpose moisturizers hydrate the top layer of skin cells.
General Moisturizer
All-purpose moisturizers hydrate the top layer of skin cells.
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Ingredient Info
The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides 53 ingredients
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream 58 ingredients
Alcohol Free
This product is free of harsh alcohols 🎉
Silicon Free
This product is free of silicons 🎉
Fragrance Free
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Contains Sulfate
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Paraben Free
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Contains Oils
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Not Malassezia Safe
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Reef Safe
This product is free of ingredients that damage reefs 🎉
EU Allergen Free
This product is free of EU allergens 🎉
Vegan
This product is vegan 🎉
Cruelty Free
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Alcohol Free
This product is free of harsh alcohols 🎉
Silicon Free
This product is free of silicons 🎉
Contains Fragrance
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Sulfate Free
This product is free of sulfates 🎉
Paraben Free
This product is free of parabens 🎉
Contains Oils
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Not Malassezia Safe
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Reef Safe
This product is free of ingredients that damage reefs 🎉
EU Allergen Free
This product is free of EU allergens 🎉
Vegan
This product is vegan 🎉
Cruelty Free
This product is cruelty-free 🎉
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The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides 53 ingredients
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream 58 ingredients
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Ingredients that are highlighted in purple are present in both products.
The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides 53 ingredients
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream 58 ingredients
Water • Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride • Cetyl Ethylhexanoate • Isodecyl Neopentanoate • Glycerin • Propanediol • Polyglyceryl-6 Polyricinoleate • Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil • Polyglyceryl-2 Isostearate • Isosorbide Dicaprylate • Disteardimonium Hectorite • Phytosteryl Canola Glycerides • Glycosphingolipids • Glycolipids • Linoleic Acid • Oleic Acid • Palmitic Acid • Stearic Acid • Arginine • Glycine • Alanine • Serine • Proline • Threonine • Glutamic Acid • Lysine Hcl • Betaine • Xylitylglucoside • Anhydroxylitol • Xylitol • Glucose • Maltose • Fructose • Trehalose • Sodium PCA • PCA • Sodium Lactate • Urea • Allantoin • Sodium Hyaluronate • Lecithin • Triolein • Dimethyl Isosorbide • Pentylene Glycol • Tocopherol • Hydroxymethoxyphenyl Decanone • Citric Acid • Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate • Magnesium Sulfate • Sodium Chloride • Sodium Hydroxide • Phenoxyethanol • Chlorphenesin
Water • Dicaprylyl Carbonate • Glycerin • Cetearyl Alcohol • Cetearyl Olivate • Sorbitan Olivate • Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil • Bacillus • Nymphaea Alba Root Extract • Sh-Oligopeptide-1 • Sh-Oligopeptide-2 • Sh-Polypeptide-1 • Sh-Polypeptide-9 • Sh-Polypeptide-11 • Copper Palmitoyl Heptapeptide-14 • Heptapeptide-15 Palmitate • Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 • Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 • Alanine • Arginine • Glycine • Histidine • Isoleucine • Phenylalanine • Proline • Serine • Threonine • Valine • Acetyl Glutamine • Coconut Alkanes • Coco-Caprylate/Caprate • Sodium Hyaluronate • Aspartic Acid • Linoleic Acid • Linolenic Acid • Lecithin • Butylene Glycol • Polyvinyl Alcohol • Sodium Lactate • Sodium PCA • PCA • Sorbitan Isostearate • Carbomer • Polysorbate 20 • Polysorbate 60 • Lactic Acid/Glycolic Acid Copolymer • Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer • Xanthan Gum • Isomalt • 1,2-Hexanediol • Caprylyl Glycol • Chlorphenesin • Phenoxyethanol • Tocopherol • Sodium Benzoate • Phenylpropanol • Glyceryl Caprylate • Symphytum Officinale Callus Culture Extract
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Ingredients Explained
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Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
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!
Learn more about WaterThe Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 1.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 1.
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 GlycerinThe Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 5.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 3.
Linoleic Acid is Vitamin F and a fatty acid. It is an emollient and helps thicken texture. Linoleic acid helps with hydrating skin and nourishing the skin's barrier. The top layer of skin, or epidermis, contains high amounts of linoleic acid naturally.
Your body uses linoleic acid to build ceramides and prostaglandins. Ceramides keep your skin's barrier plump and firm. Prosaglandins help control inflammation and healing.
This makes linoleic acid effectives for reducing inflammation, hydrating skin, and firming skin. A side effect may include extra protection against UV damage and free radicals. This is due to linoleic acid strengthening the skin barrier.
Low levels of linoleic acid is also associated with acne-prone skin. By keeping sebum soft, it prevents pores from clogging.
Linoleic acid can is in common foods such as nuts, sunflower oil, corn oil, and soybean oil.
This ingredient may not be Malassezia folliculitis, or fungal-acne safe.
CHEM: 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid (9Z, 12Z)-
Learn more about Linoleic AcidThe Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 15.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 34.
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 ArginineThe Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 19.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 20.
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.
Learn more about GlycineThe Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 20.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 21.
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.
Learn more about AlanineThe Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 21.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 19.
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.
Learn more about SerineThe Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 22.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 26.
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.
Learn more about ProlineThe Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 23.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 25.
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.
Learn more about ThreonineThe Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 24.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 27.
Sodium PCA is the sodium salt of pyroglutamic acid and is naturally occurring on human skin.
The PCA stands for pyrrolidone carboxylic acid, a natural amino acid derivative.
Sodium PCA is a has conditioning, anti-inflammatory, and humectant properties. Humectants help hydrate your skin by drawing moisture from the air. This helps keep your skin moisturized.
Learn more about Sodium PCAThe Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 35.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 40.
PCA is derived from amino acids and is naturally found in our skin's barrier.
As a humectant, PCA helps draw and hold moisture to the skin. Studies show it is effective at helping the skin stay hydrated long-term.
The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 36.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 41.
Sodium Lactate is the sodium salt of lactic acid, an AHA. It is a humectant and used to adjust the pH of a product.
Sodium Lactate is part of our skin's NMF, or natural moisturizing factor. Our NMF is essential for the hydration of our top skin layers and plasticity of skin.
It also influences our skin's natural acid mantle and pH, which protects our skin from harmful bacteria.
Our NMF is formed from amino acids, lactic acid, sugars, minerals, peptides, and electrolytes. As we age, our NMF naturally depletes. Other sources of NMF depletion include harsh and drying ingredients such as denatured alcohol. Sodium lactate can help replenish our NMF, leading to more hydrated and plump skin.
High percentages of Sodium Lactate can have an exfoliating effect.
Sodium Lactate is produced from fermented sugar.
Learn more about Sodium LactateThe Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 37.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 39.
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 HyaluronateThe Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 40.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 32.
Lecithin is a term for a group of substances found in plants, animals, and humans. They are made up of mixture of fatty acids. These fatty acids usually are a mixture of phosphoric acid's choline ester connected to stearic, oleic, and palmitic acids. Most lecithins are created from plant ingredients scuh as sunflower.
Lecithin is an emollient. Emollients help soften the skin and creates a barrier to keep moisture in.
As an emulsifier, it also helps prevent water and oil ingredients from separating. Lecithin can help ingredients be better absorbed by the skin. The phospholipids in Lecithin can produce liposomes. Liposomes help other ingredients get through the skin barrier.
Learn more about LecithinThe Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 41.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 36.
Tocopherol (also known as Vitamin E) is a common antioxidant used to help protect the skin from free-radicals and strengthen the skin barrier. It's also fat soluble - this means our skin is great at absorbing it.
Vitamin E also helps keep your natural skin lipids healthy. Your lipid skin barrier naturally consists of lipids, ceramides, and fatty acids. Vitamin E offers extra protection for your skin’s lipid barrier, keeping your skin healthy and nourished.
Another benefit is a bit of UV protection. Vitamin E helps reduce the damage caused by UVB rays. (It should not replace your sunscreen). Combining it with Vitamin C can decrease sunburned cells and hyperpigmentation after UV exposure.
You might have noticed Vitamin E + C often paired together. This is because it is great at stabilizing Vitamin C. Using the two together helps increase the effectiveness of both ingredients.
There are often claims that Vitamin E can reduce/prevent scarring, but these claims haven't been confirmed by scientific research.
Learn more about TocopherolThe Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 45.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 54.
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.
The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 52.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 53.
Chlorphenesin is a synthetic preservative. It helps protect a product against bacteria in order to extend shelf life. In most cases, Chlorphenesin is paired with other preservatives such as phenoxyethanol and caprylyl glycol.
Chlorphenesin is a biocide. This means it is able to help fight the microorganisms on our skin. It is also able to fight odor-releasing bacteria.
Chlorphenesin is soluble in both water and glycerin.
Studies show Chlorphenesin is easily absorbed by our skin. You should speak with a skincare professional if you have concerns about using Chlorphenesin.
Learn more about ChlorphenesinThe Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides contains this as ingredient number 53.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream contains this as ingredient number 52.
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sillygirl
for the price point of this moisturizer i feel like i expected a lot more?
i mostly used this moisturizer at night paired with my tretinoin and...
for the price point of this moisturizer i feel like i expected a lot more?
i mostly used this moisturizer at night paired with my tretinoin and i found that the 2 worked well with each other. it’s a really nice almost gel-like cream texture with a light fragrance. i found it a little hard to blend while my face was still damp which is when i usually apply moisturizer. i don’t feel like it did much for my skin but moisturize it.. lol definitely wouldn’t pay $70 for it again
zankhaft
My HG facial moisturizer. It makes my face feel so soft and velvety. It dries quickly, is gentle even when my face is on fire and it has a slight...
My HG facial moisturizer. It makes my face feel so soft and velvety. It dries quickly, is gentle even when my face is on fire and it has a slight "chemical" smell that I tend to like. I love the pump as well. I use this when I need a good hit of luxury.
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