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Caudalie Beauty Elixir Face Mist Versus Beauty of Joseon Ginseng Essence Water

Caudalie Beauty Elixir Face Mist Versus Beauty of Joseon Ginseng Essence Water This calming essence is formulated around Panax Ginseng Root Water and Niacinamide to calm redness and hydrate skin. What's inside Key Ingredients Benefits Concerns No concerns Ingr

Caudalie Beauty Elixir Face Mist Versus Beauty of Joseon Ginseng Essence Water

This calming essence is formulated around Panax Ginseng Root Water and Niacinamide to calm redness and hydrate skin.

What's inside

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

No concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

Water

Alcohol

Citrus Aurantium Amara Flower Water

Parfum

Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil

Glycerin

Commiphora Myrrha Resin Extract

Styrax Tonkinensis Resin Extract

Melissa Officinalis Leaf Oil

Citral

Linalool

Limonene

Geraniol

Citronellol

Vitis Vinifera Fruit Extract

Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil

Tocopherol

Farnesol

Benzyl Benzoate

Water, Alcohol, Citrus Aurantium Amara Flower Water, Parfum, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil, Glycerin, Commiphora Myrrha Resin Extract, Styrax Tonkinensis Resin Extract, Melissa Officinalis Leaf Oil, Citral, Linalool, Limonene, Geraniol, Citronellol, Vitis Vinifera Fruit Extract, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Tocopherol, Farnesol, Benzyl Benzoate

Panax Ginseng Root Water

Butylene Glycol

Propanediol

Niacinamide

1,2-Hexanediol

Hydroxyacetophenone

Glyceryl Glucoside

Xanthan Gum

Panthenol

Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate

Allantoin

Adenosine

Panax Ginseng Callus Culture Extract

Theobroma Cacao Extract

Dextrin

Glucose

Panax Ginseng Root Extract

Panax Ginseng Berry Extract

Lactobacillus/Panax Ginseng Root Extract Ferment Filtrate

Sodium Hyaluronate

Ethylhexylglycerin

Disodium EDTA

Panax Ginseng Root Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Propanediol, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Water, Hydroxyacetophenone, Glyceryl Glucoside, Xanthan Gum, Panthenol, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Allantoin, Adenosine, Panax Ginseng Callus Culture Extract, Theobroma Cacao Extract, Dextrin, Glucose, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Panax Ginseng Berry Extract, Lactobacillus/Panax Ginseng Root Extract Ferment Filtrate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium EDTA

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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.

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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Formula cabinet

Ingredients & structured notes

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Ingredients Side-by-side

  1. 01Water
  2. 02Oryza Sativa Seed Water
  3. 03Dibutyl Adipate
  4. 04Butyloctyl Salicylate
  5. 05Ethylhexyl Triazone
  6. 061,2-Hexanediol
  7. 07Drometrizole Trisiloxane
  8. 08Polyglyceryl-3 Distearate
  9. 09Terephthalylidene Dicamphor Sulfonic Acid
  10. 10Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate
  11. 11Polymethylsilsesquioxane
  12. 12Tromethamine
  13. 13Panthenol
  14. 14Pentylene Glycol
  15. 15Glyceryl Stearate
  16. 16Silica
  17. 17Caprylyl Methicone
  18. 18Avena Sativa Kernel Extract
  19. 19Cynara Scolymus Leaf Extract
  20. 20Camellia Sinensis Leaf Water
Source · skinsort.com
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