Volition Beauty Strawberry-C Brightening Serum with Vitamin C + Hyaluronic Acid Versus Paula's Choice C15 Super Booster

Volition Beauty Strawberry-C Brightening Serum with Vitamin C + Hyaluronic Acid Versus Paula's Choice C15 Super Booster

This brightening serum is formulated around Sodium Hyaluronate and 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid to brighten dull-looking skin and hydrate skin.

This brightening serum is formulated around Ascorbic Acid and Ferulic Acid to brighten dull-looking skin and soften the look of wrinkles.

What's inside

Key Ingredients

Benefits

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Ingredients Side-by-side

Water

Propanediol

Glycerin

Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Lysate Filtrate

Panthenol

Fragaria Ananassa Seed Extract

Fragaria Vesca Fruit Extract

Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract

Sodium Hyaluronate

Maris Aqua

Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract

Picea Abies Extract

3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid

Carbomer

Aminomethyl Propanol

Bentonite

Sodium Citrate

Sodium Phytate

Citric Acid

CI 77491

CI 77499

Water, Propanediol, Glycerin, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Lysate Filtrate, Panthenol, Fragaria Ananassa Seed Extract, Fragaria Vesca Fruit Extract, Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Maris Aqua, Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract, Picea Abies Extract, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Carbomer, Aminomethyl Propanol, Bentonite, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Phytate, Citric Acid, CI 77491, CI 77499

Ascorbic Acid

Dipropylene Glycol

Ethoxydiglycol

Sodium Hydroxide

PPG-26-Buteth-26

PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil

Bisabolol

Ferulic Acid

Decylene Glycol

Tocopherol

1,2-Hexanediol

Sphingomonas Ferment Extract

Phenoxyethanol

Water, Ascorbic Acid, Dipropylene Glycol, Propanediol, Glycerin, Ethoxydiglycol, Sodium Hydroxide, PPG-26-Buteth-26, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Bisabolol, Ferulic Acid, Sodium Phytate, Decylene Glycol, Tocopherol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sphingomonas Ferment Extract, Phenoxyethanol

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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.

Propanediol is an all-star ingredient. It softens, hydrates, and smooths the skin.

It’s often used to:

Propanediol is not likely to cause sensitivity and considered safe to use. It is derived from corn or petroleum with a clear color and no scent.

Sodium Phytate is the synthetic salt form of phytic acid. Phytic acid is an antioxidant and can be found in plant seeds.

Sodium Phytate is a chelating agent. Chelating agents help prevent metals from binding to water. This helps stabilize the ingredients and the product.

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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