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What's inside

What's inside

What's inside

What's inside

Calming Serum: Green Tea + Panthenol
Key Ingredients
Glow Serum: Propolis + Niacinamide
Key Ingredients
Glow Deep Serum: Rice + Arbutin
Key Ingredients
Revive Repair Serum: Ginseng + Snail Mucin
Key Ingredients
Calming Serum: Green Tea + Panthenol
Benefits
Glow Serum: Propolis + Niacinamide
Benefits
Glow Deep Serum: Rice + Arbutin
Benefits
Revive Repair Serum: Ginseng + Snail Mucin
Benefits
Calming Serum: Green Tea + Panthenol
Concerns

No concerns

Glow Serum: Propolis + Niacinamide
Concerns
Glow Deep Serum: Rice + Arbutin
Concerns

No concerns

Revive Repair Serum: Ginseng + Snail Mucin
Concerns

No concerns

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Glow Serum: Propolis + Niacinamide
Ingredients Side-by-side
Glow Deep Serum: Rice + Arbutin
Ingredients Side-by-side
Revive Repair Serum: Ginseng + Snail Mucin
Ingredients Side-by-side
Calming Serum: Green Tea + Panthenol
Reviews
3.85
Overall rating
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What people say
Light 66% Absorbs Well 60% Works Well 57%
Glow Serum: Propolis + Niacinamide
Reviews
2.77
Overall rating
5
4
3
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What people say
Doesn't Work 39% Hydrating 35% Sticky 35%
Glow Deep Serum: Rice + Arbutin
Reviews
2.97
Overall rating
5
4
3
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1
What people say
No Scent 35% Absorbs Well 29% Light 26%
Revive Repair Serum: Ginseng + Snail Mucin
Reviews
3.76
Overall rating
5
4
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What people say
Hydrating 49% Works Well 44% Absorbs Well 44%

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

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

Skin Conditioning, Solvent

1,2-Hexanediol is a synthetic liquid and another multi-functional powerhouse. 

It is a:

  • Humectant, drawing moisture into the skin
  • Emollient, helping to soften skin
  • Solvent, dispersing and stabilizing formulas
  • Preservative booster, enhancing the antimicrobial activity of other preservatives 
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, Skin Protecting

Glycerin (or glycerol) is a compound naturally found in your skin. It's a powerhouse humectant that pulls water into the stratum corneum.

Topically, glycerin does several things at once:

Your skin makes glycerin on its own (mostly from sebaceous oil breakdown) and shuttles it to your outermost layer of skin, or your epidermis, via aquaporin-3.

Aquaporin-3 is a transporter that is essential for normal skin hydration, elasticity, and repair. Interestingly, mice lacking in AQP3 have dry and less elastic skin that can be fully corrected with glycerin.

This ingredient is non-irritating, plays well with almost every ingredient, and works across all skin types. Typical use is anywhere between 3-10% but can go up to 79% in some leave-on products.

Just know very high concentrations (>40%) can feel tacky in low humidity.

Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.

Learn more about Glycerin
Skin Conditioning, Solvent

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. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Remember to stay hydrated!

Learn more about Water

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