Madara Hydra Firm Hyaluron Concentrate Jelly Versus Dr. Zenovia Skincare Hyaluronic Acid + Peptide Serum

Madara Hydra Firm Hyaluron Concentrate Jelly Versus Dr. Zenovia Skincare Hyaluronic Acid + Peptide Serum

This hydrating serum is formulated around Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid and Sodium Hyaluronate to hydrate skin and soften the look of wrinkles.

This hydrating serum is formulated around Sodium Hyaluronate and Bakuchiol to hydrate skin and soften the look of wrinkles.

What's inside

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

Water

Glycerin

Betula Alba Juice

Pentylene Glycol

Sodium PCA

Sclerotium Gum

Lactic Acid

Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid

Sodium Hyaluronate

Aroma

Sodium Phytate

Linalool

Water, Glycerin, Betula Alba Juice, Pentylene Glycol, Sodium PCA, Sclerotium Gum, Lactic Acid, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Aroma, Sodium Phytate, Linalool

Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate

Resveratrol

Bakuchiol

Camellia Sinensis Extract

Genistein

Punica Granatum Sterols

Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract

Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice

Palmitoyl Tripeptide-28

Ergothioneine

Glutathione

Zinc PCA

Copper PCA

Tocopheryl Acetate

Phenoxyethanol

Disodium EDTA

Water, Glycerin, Sodium PCA, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Resveratrol, Bakuchiol, Camellia Sinensis Extract, Genistein, Punica Granatum Sterols, Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-28, Ergothioneine, Glutathione, Zinc PCA, Copper PCA, Tocopheryl Acetate, Phenoxyethanol, Disodium EDTA

Alternatives

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.

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.

Sodium PCA (the salt of PCA) is one of the most well-established humectants in skincare.

Why is it so special? Your skin already makes it naturally; it's a natural component of your skin's Natural Moisturizing Factor (NMF), or the mix of water-binding compounds inside your skin cells that keeps things soft and hydrated.

As a cosmetic ingredient, it grabs water and holds it in the upper layers of skin to smooth roughness and ease dehydration.

There's some clinical support for the NMF approach with a study showing that a cream built to mimic the skin's NMF significantly boosted hydration.

Safety-wise, this ingredient non-irritating, non-comedogenic, and non-phototoxic in testing, with minimal skin absorption.

It also works really well with other hydrators like glycerin or hyaluronic acid, and typical usage is somewhere between 0.2-4%.

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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