Kriim Pure HA Balance Lotion Versus First Aid Beauty Skin Rescue Daily Face Cream

Kriim Pure HA Balance Lotion Versus First Aid Beauty Skin Rescue Daily Face Cream

This calming moisturizer is formulated around Aloe Barbadensis Extract and Centella Asiatica Extract to calm redness and hydrate skin.

This barrier-repair day moisturizer is formulated around Squalane and Ceramide NP to strengthen the skin barrier and calm redness.

What's inside

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

Water

Isopropyl Myristate

Glycerin

Aloe Barbadensis Extract

Centella Asiatica Extract

Sodium Hyaluronate

Oryza Sativa Bran Oil

Panax Ginseng Root Extract

Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract

Coffea Arabica Fruit Extract

Cetearyl Alcohol

Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extract

Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil

Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil

Arachidyl Alcohol

Behenyl Alcohol

Arachidyl Glucoside

Pseudoalteromonas Exopolysaccharides

Caffeine

Panthenol

Benzyl Alcohol

Ethylhexylglycerin

Parfum

Citric Acid

Tocopherol

Sodium Salicylate

Coumarin

Water, Isopropyl Myristate, Glycerin, Aloe Barbadensis Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Oryza Sativa Bran Oil, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Coffea Arabica Fruit Extract, Cetearyl Alcohol, Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extract, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Arachidyl Alcohol, Behenyl Alcohol, Arachidyl Glucoside, Pseudoalteromonas Exopolysaccharides, Caffeine, Panthenol, Benzyl Alcohol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Parfum, Citric Acid, Tocopherol, Sodium Salicylate, Coumarin

Glyceryl Stearate Se

Squalane

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride

Dimethicone

Cetyl Alcohol

Caprylyl Glycol

Carbomer

Chrysanthemum Parthenium Extract

Ceramide NP

Sodium Hydroxide

Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract

Phenoxyethanol

Water, Glyceryl Stearate Se, Glycerin, Squalane, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dimethicone, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Caprylyl Glycol, Carbomer, Chrysanthemum Parthenium Extract, Ceramide NP, Sodium Hydroxide, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Phenoxyethanol

Alternatives

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

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

Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract (tea extract) is one of the most well-researched plant extracts in skincare with an impressive resume.

Black tea, green tea, and oolong tea are all harvested from the Camellia Sinensis plant.

Studies show green tea extract and its catechins (like epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG)) help your skin cells product energy more efficiently and reducing the number of free-radicals that can damage your skin from the inside.

In lab-grown skin models, this translated to younger, healthier, and stronger skin.

There's also good sun protection data; researchers saw less DNA damage and redness on human skin when green tea was applied before UVB exposure. And the more they applied, the better the protection.

Needless to say, this ingredient shouldn't replace your sunscreen. But it is a great supportive ingredient that you can already find in many sunscreens and antioxidant serums.

A 2009 study found a 2% green tea lotion was effective for mild-to-moderate acne thanks to its anti-inflammatory and mild antimicrobial activity.

The quality of the extract matters a lot here:

Good extracts contain 50-90% catechins while lower quality ones are mostly there for marketing. We recommend reaching out to the brand if you have questions about the quality or source of their ingredients.

Human Repeated Insult Patch Testing showed no irritation or sensitization at use concentrations (0.86% in leave-on products and up to 30% as leaf water).

Cetearyl alcohol is a waxy mixture of two fatty alcohols: cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol. It is an emollient and emulsifier.

Despite having "alcohol" in its name, it has nothing to do with drying solvent alcohols; the FDA also allows "alcohol-free" products to contain fatty alcohols like this ingredient.

It plays several roles in a formula:

Typical use levels for this ingredient sit around 1-10% and the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel has affirmed safety at concentrations up to 25% in leave-on products.

Multiple assessments have found it to be non-irritating and non-sensitizing to most people.

However, there have been some cases of allergic contact dermatitis in patients with chronically compromised skin barriers.

Cetearyl alcohol has a comedogenic rating of 2 and irritancy rating of 1. Both of these numbers come from the 1989 study that used rabbit ears; a "2" means mildly comedogenic and a "1" means low irritancy.

Here's the catch: rabbit skin is more sensitive than human skin and throws a lot of false positives. A 1996 reappraisal found that ingredients rated 1-2 in the rabbit ear tests are generally safe for humans.

Remember comedogenic ratings are unable to assess the entire formula of a product or how it will react on your skin. Just be sure to patch test if you are unsure about certain ingredients.

This ingredient is not fungal acne safe. Cetearyl alcohol is a fatty alcohol with chain lengths that fall within the range that Malassezia can metabolize.

A 2019 study has also observed Malassezia growth in the presence of this ingredient, confirming it to be not-fungal acne safe.

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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