Elemis Pro-Collagen Eye Revive Mask Versus La Roche-Posay Hyalu B5 Eye Serum

Elemis Pro-Collagen Eye Revive Mask Versus La Roche-Posay Hyalu B5 Eye Serum Detailed comparison of Elemis Pro-Collagen Eye Revive Mask versus La Roche-Posay Hyalu B5 Eye Serum. This anti-aging eye moisturizer is formulated around Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate to soften the look of wrinkles. This barrier-repair eye moisturizer is formulated around Niacinamide and Panthenol to strengthen the skin barrier and hydrate skin. No concerns Water Butylene Glycol Propanediol Maltodextrin Carbomer Phenoxyethanol Hydroxyacetophenone Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil Glycerin Sodium Polyacrylate Lespedeza Capitata Extract Pentylene Glycol Disodium EDTA Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate Sodium Hydroxide Lactic Acid Serine Sodium Lactate Sorbitol Urea Rhizobian Gum Sodium Hyaluronate Padina Pavonica Thallus Extract Chlorphenesin Plankton Extract Chlorella Vulgaris Extract Sodium Chloride Coenochloris Signiensis Extract Lecithin Tocopherol Allantoin Water, Butylene Glycol, Propanediol, Maltodextrin, Carbomer, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Glycerin, Sodium Polyacrylate, Lespedeza Capitata Extract, Pentylene Glycol, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Sodium Hydroxide, Lactic Acid, Serine, Sodium Lactate, Sorbitol, Urea, Rhizobian Gum, Sodium Hyaluronate, Padina Pavonica Thallus Extract, Chlorphenesin, Plankton Extract, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Sodium Chloride, Coenochloris Signiensis Extract, Lecithin, Tocopherol, Allantoin Hydroxyethylpiperazine Ethane Sulfonic Acid Niacinamide Panthenol Caffeine Ascorbyl Glucoside Caprylyl Glycol Citric Acid Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate Water, Glycerin, Hydroxyethylpiperazine Ethane Sulfonic Acid, Niacinamide, Pentylene Glycol, Panthenol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Caffeine, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Hydroxyacetophenone, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate 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. Hydroxyacetophenone is a small phenolic molecule that earns its place in a formulas as an antioxidant and preservative booster. As a phenol, it is able to neutralize free radicals to protect both the product and the skin from oxidative stress. Though it can't kill microbes on its own, it works as a good supporting agent when combined with other preservatives like Phenoxyethanol or 1,2-Hexanediol. This ingredient naturally occurs as piceol in Norwegian spruce needles (~0.4-1.1% dry weight and in cloudberries). Though the cosmetic-grade material is synthesized for purity and consistency. You'll usually see it used at low levels and suppliers recommend up to 1% added to a water phase. Safety testing was done at concentrations like 0.05% in SPF products and 0.5% in a Human Repeated Insult Patch Test. The safety evidence is assuring; this ingredient is safe for cosmetics in current use and also holds safety status as a food flavoring as well. An honest caveat: the "soothing" and "anti-inflammatory" claims come mostly from supplier marketing rather than published clinical trials. The Cosmetic Ingredient Review's own literature search found no useful efficacy studies on this ingredient. So the antioxidant and preservative-boosting roles are the well supported ones while the calming benefit is plausible but thinly evidenced. Overall, this is a well-tolerated, low-irritation multitasker that quietly helps a formula stay fresh and stable. Pentylene Glycol (1,2-pentanediol) is a multitasking little diol with three main roles in a formula: Research on alkanediols (the family pentylene glycol belongs to) show they work by disrupting microbial cell membranes. This disruption helps the primary preservative system in a product work more effectively at lower doses. On the safety side, the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel has concluded this ingredient to be safe as used in current cosmetic practices + concentrations. Ty