Pixi Beauty Flawless Beauty Primer Versus Pacifica Vegan Collagen Skin Solve Primer

Pixi Beauty Flawless Beauty Primer Versus Pacifica Vegan Collagen Skin Solve Primer

What's inside

Key Ingredients

Benefits

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Ingredients Side-by-side

Water

Cetyl Ethylhexanoate

Glycerin

Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate

Synthetic Fluorphlogopite

Mica

Cetearyl Alcohol

Glyceryl Stearate

PEG-100 Stearate

Sorbitan Stearate

Sorbitan Sesquioleate

Phenoxyethanol

Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer

Panthenol

Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer

Hydrogenated Polydecene

Disodium EDTA

Polysorbate 80

Tin Oxide

Tocopheryl Acetate

Ascorbic Acid

1,2-Hexanediol

Retinyl Palmitate

Sodium Hyaluronate

Tocopherol

Titanium Dioxide

Iron Oxides

Water, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Glycerin, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Mica, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Sorbitan Stearate, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Phenoxyethanol, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer, Panthenol, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Disodium EDTA, Polysorbate 80, Tin Oxide, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ascorbic Acid, 1,2-Hexanediol, Retinyl Palmitate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopherol, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides

Ethylhexyl Olivate

Stearyl Alcohol

Cetyl Alcohol

Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride

Coco-Caprylate

Ethyl Macadamiate

Sr-Hydrozoan Polypeptide-1

Caffeine

Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Flower Extract

Astrocaryum Tucuma Seed Butter

Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil

Jasminum Officinale Extract

Squalane

Propanediol

Caprylhydroxamic Acid

Caprylyl Glycol

Lauroyl Lysine

Octyldodecyl Oleate

Butyrospermum Parkii Butter

Xanthan Gum

Stearyl Phosphate

Sodium Gluconate

Citric Acid

Sodium Hydroxide

Sodium Benzoate

Parfum

CI 77891

CI 77491

Water, Ethylhexyl Olivate, Stearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Coco-Caprylate, Glyceryl Stearate, Ethyl Macadamiate, Sr-Hydrozoan Polypeptide-1, Sodium Hyaluronate, Caffeine, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Flower Extract, Astrocaryum Tucuma Seed Butter, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Jasminum Officinale Extract, Tocopherol, Squalane, Propanediol, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Caprylyl Glycol, Lauroyl Lysine, Octyldodecyl Oleate, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Mica, Tin Oxide, Glycerin, Xanthan Gum, Stearyl Phosphate, Sodium Gluconate, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Benzoate, Parfum, CI 77891, CI 77491

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Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

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

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.

Glyceryl Stearate is made by reacting glycerin with stearic acid (typically sourced from plant oils like palm or coconut). It's an emulsifier, emollient, and mild occlusive.

Emulsifiers help ingredients like oil and water stay mixed so your formula stays nicely blended and uniform in texture.

This ingredient is typically used in concentrations between 1-10%. Studies have found it to be non-sensitizing, non-phototoxic, and non-photoallergenic.

A close cousin of this ingredient is Glyceryl Stearate SE ("self-emulsifying"). This just has a small amount of sodium or potassium stearate added so it can emulsify without a co-emulsifier.

Since this ingredient is an ester of a C18 fatty acid, it may not be fungal acne safe. The Malassezia yeast can potentially metabolize within the C11-C24 range.

Fun fact: The human body also creates Glyceryl Stearate naturally.

Mica is a naturally occurring mineral used to add shimmer and color in cosmetics. It can also help improve the texture of a product or give it an opaque, white/silver color.

Serecite is the name for very fine but ragged grains of mica.

This ingredient is often coated with metal oxides like titanium dioxide. Trace amounts of heavy metals may be found in mica, but these metals are not harmful in our personal products.

Mica has been used since prehistoric times throughout the world. Ancient Egyptian, Indian, Greek, Roman, Aztec, and Chinese civilizations have used mica.

Sodium Hyaluronate is the salt form of hyaluronic acid. It is a long sugar chain that is naturally found in your skin, joints, and connective tissue that maintains hydration and elasticity.

In skincare, it works as a humectant. It pulls water from the environment and deeper layers of skin and binds it to the surface.

Interestingly, the size of the molecule affects its behavior:

Some clinical evidence links low molecular weight versions to improved wrinkle depth, elasticity, anti-inflammatory effects, and barrier repair.

Many serums use a blend of both weights so you can get surface hydration plus longer-lasting and deeper effects.

You'll typically see concentrations between 0.1-2% for this ingredient.

Tin Oxide is an inorganic oxide used to add opacity and volume to a product. In nature, it is already found in mineral form. The main ore of tin is an opaque and shiny mineral called casseterite.

Tin Oxide helps remove translucency in a product, or make it more opaque. Besides adding opacity, tin oxide is used for bulking to add volume.

Tocopherol is a fat-soluble antioxidant known as Vitamin E.

You'll find this ingredient in the vast majority of skincare (for good reason). It works to neutralize free radicals, or unstable molecules generated by UV exposure, pollution, and other environmental stressors, before they can cause oxidative damage to your skin cells.

Topically applied tocopherol has been shown to protect against UV damage by ramping up the skin's own natural defense enzymes.

It also acts as a skin conditioning agent; some studies show that regular topical use can improve the skin's water-binding capacity over 2-4 weeks.

This ingredient is especially loved for being a team player. When combined with Vitamin C, the photoprotective effect of both ingredients roughly doubles and the combo also helps reduce UV-induced DNA damage.

This ingredient has some brightening potential but it's more of a prevention ingredient than spot-fader. Cell studies show it can slow down melanin production but it's worth noting that it's not the most powerful brightener out there.

In formulations, it also serves as a stabilizer that helps protect other oxidation-prone ingredients from degrading.

Concentrations usually range from 0.1-1% in most leave-on products.

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!

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