Rich Hydrating Cream

Product description

A richer facial cream built on olive-derived emollients and barrier-supporting lipids, with hyaluronic acid, vitamin E and a vitamin C ester for daily moisture.

Full ingredient list

Kept exactly as the source printed it, including spelling in the original.

1. 1 WATER
2. 2 HYDROGENATED POLYDECENE
3. 3 CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE
4. 4 DIMETHICONE
5. 5 GLYCERIN
6. 6 BUTYLENE GLYCOL
7. 7 CETEARYL OLIVATE
8. 8 SORBITAN OLIVATE
9. 9 CYCLOPENTASILOXANE
10. 10 MARRUBIUM VULGARE EXTRACT
11. 11 HYDROLYZED HYALURONIC ACID
12. 12 OLEA EUROPAEA (OLIVE) FRUIT OIL
13. 13 TOCOPHERYL ACETATE
14. 14 ASCORBYL PALMITATE
15. 15 LEUCONOSTOC/RADISH ROOT FERMENT FILTRATE
16. 16 PHOSPHOLIPIDS
17. 17 ISOPROPYL LAUROYL SARCOSINATE
18. 18 CETEARYL ALCOHOL
19. 19 SODIUM POLYACRYLATE
20. 20 1,2-HEXANEDIOL
21. 21 CAPRYLYL GLYCOL
22. 22 POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE
23. 23 ISOHEXADECANE
24. 24 GLYCERYL STEARATE
25. 25 PEG-100 STEARATE
26. 26 CETEARYL METHICONE
27. 27 PHENOXYETHANOL
28. 28 PEG-40 STEARATE
29. 29 STEARETH-2
30. 30 STEARETH-21
31. 31 RETINYL PALMITATE
32. 32 LINOLEIC ACID
33. 33 LYCOPENE

Water, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Cyclopentasiloxane, Marrubium Vulgare Extract, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Ascorbyl Palmitate (Vitamin C), Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Phospholipids, Isopropyl Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Sodium Polyacrylate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Isohexadecane, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Cetearyl Methicone, Phenoxyethanol, PEG-40 Stearate, Stearteth-2, Stearteth-21, Retinyl Palmitate, Linoleic Acid, Lycopene

Ingredient analysis

RETINYL PALMITATE · Actives · GLYCERIN · Humectants · Hydrogenated Polydecene · Emollients

Evidence

• Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Moderate Primary source

  In a randomized, double-blind, four-arm crossover study of 51 healthy volunteers with dry skin, an emollient containing glycerol and petrolatum raised corneometry-measured skin moisture significantly above its vehicle (P < 0.0001) over 12 hours. The authors attributed the hydration gain to the glycerol component and the lower water loss to the petrolatum component.

  Who it applies to: Corneometry (skin moisture) and transepidermal water loss over 12 hours after one application.

  Study limits: Measured on the forearms. The significant hydration result comes from the full emollient containing both glycerol and petrolatum.

  Source:Combined effects of glycerol and petrolatum in an emollient cream: A randomized, double-blind, crossover study in healthy volunteers with dry skin
• Skin effect Review article Certainty: Moderate Primary source

  Topical glycerol improves stratum corneum hydration, barrier function and skin mechanical properties. The review also reports reduced irritation response and faster wound healing, and traces the effect to aquaporin-3 transport and to glycerol's own presence in the skin.

  Who it applies to: Leave-on products. The review discusses both healthy skin and skin with dry or barrier-impaired conditions such as atopic dermatitis.

  Study limits: A narrative review. It compiles mechanisms and results from other studies.

  Source:Glycerol and the skin: holistic approach to its origin and functions
• Skin effect Official ingredient listing Certainty: High Public database

  Glycerin is classified as a humectant in cosmetic ingredient databases: its role in a formula is to hold water.

  Who it applies to: Cosmetic formulas generally. · Ingredient database · GLYCERIN

  Study limits: Skin effect of to the stratum corneum comes from a separate review of the literature. · Ingredient database · GLYCERIN

  Source:PubChemCosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database
• Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Low Primary source

  Eight weeks of a low-molecular-weight "nano" hyaluronic acid lotion, serum and cream reduced measured periorbital wrinkle depth by up to 40% and raised corneometer hydration by up to 96%.

  Who it applies to: A three-step regimen (lotion, serum, cream) built on a low-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid, used for eight weeks on women with a mean age of 45.2.

  Study limits: The percentages are within-group changes. 33 participants in one centre, and the material is described as "nano" hyaluronic acid.

  Source:Efficacy of a New Topical Nano-hyaluronic Acid in Humans
• How deep it gets In vitro study Certainty: Moderate Primary source

  Hyaluronic acid of 20-300 kDa crossed the stratum corneum in excised human skin, while hyaluronic acid of 1000-1400 kDa remained in the stratum corneum.

  Who it applies to: Excised human skin with intact stratum corneum, measured by Raman micro-imaging after topical application.

  Study limits: One laboratory's imaging study. Three molecular-weight grades were tested. "remains above" describes intact stratum corneum in this ex vivo setup.

  Source:Human skin penetration of hyaluronic acid of different molecular weights as probed by Raman spectroscopy
• How deep it gets In vitro study Certainty: Low Primary source

  In reconstituted human epidermis, hyaluronic acid of about 50 kDa penetrated better than the larger grades and increased expression of genes and proteins involved in tight-junction formation and keratinocyte cohesion; its TNF-α expression stayed close from the 20 kDa grade.

  Who it applies to: Reconstituted human epidermis incubated with hyaluronic acid of 20, 50, 130, 300, 800 and 1500 kDa.

  Study limits: The material tested is a defined ~50 kDa grade.

  Source:Fifty-kDa hyaluronic acid upregulates some epidermal genes without changing TNF-α expression in reconstituted epidermis
• Skin effect Brand claim Certainty: Moderate Public database

  Hyaluronic acid and its salt bind water at the skin surface, giving a plumper look immediately after application.

  Who it applies to: Leave-on hydrating products.

  Study limits: The effect is largely surface and temporary. In dry air a humectant. · Finding · Sodium hyaluronate · Hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid

  Source:Hyaluronic Acid (CeraVe ingredient page)PubChem
• Legal limits Official legal text Certainty: High Primary source

  US regulation lists dimethicone as a permitted active ingredient in over-the-counter skin protectant products, at 1 to 30 percent. That is a legal status in one market, and it puts dimethicone in the same list as petrolatum, glycerin and colloidal oatmeal.

  Who it applies to: Products sold in the US that make a skin-protectant claim, with dimethicone between 1 and 30 percent.

  Study limits: A monograph entry sets what may be sold and what may be claimed. · 1993 · Consumers of over-the-counter skin protectant products in the US.

  Source:21 CFR 347.10 - Skin protectant active ingredients (US Code of Federal Regulations)
• Irritation Review article Certainty: Low Primary source

  The CIR expert panel's 1985 assessment of stearyl alcohol reports minimal to mild cutaneous irritation in rabbit tests, and a very low order of irritation and sensitization in clinical patch testing. It concluded that stearyl alcohol is safe as used in cosmetics.

  Who it applies to: Stearyl alcohol, one of the two fatty alcohols that cetearyl alcohol is made of, at the use concentrations reported to the panel.

  Study limits: It assesses stearyl alcohol. It was published in 1985 and relies largely on data submitted by the ingredient trade association. "Very low order" is the panel's wording.

  Source:Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Stearyl Alcohol, Oleyl Alcohol, and Octyl Dodecanol
• Pore clogging Animal study Certainty: Low Primary source

  In the rabbit ear-canal assay, the nine materials graded positive were eight esters (isopropyl palmitate, isopropyl myristate, butyl stearate, isopropyl isostearate, decyl oleate, isostearyl neopentanoate, isocetyl stearate, myristyl myristate) and cocoa butter.

  Who it applies to: Materials applied to the rabbit ear canal as raw ingredients.

  Study limits: An animal assay. The rabbit ear canal reacts more readily than human skin. The abstract names the positive group.

  Source:Comedogenicity in rabbit: some cosmetic ingredients/vehicles
• Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Moderate Primary source

  In a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized cross-over study in people with mild acne, one month of topical linoleic acid reduced the overall size of follicular casts and microcomedones by almost 25% on digital image analysis of cyanoacrylate follicular biopsies.

  Who it applies to: Follicular casts and microcomedones on the face, measured by cyanoacrylate follicular biopsy.

  Study limits: Demographics, or the concentration used; the endpoint is the size of casts. This study measures follicular plugs.

  Source:Digital image analysis of the effect of topically applied linoleic acid on acne microcomedones
• Legal limits Official legal text Certainty: High Primary source

  The EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety concluded in 2016 that 2-phenoxyethanol is safe as a preservative at a maximum of 1.0%, which is the limit already set in Annex V/29 of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. It estimated a margin of safety of about 50 for children.

  Who it applies to: Phenoxyethanol used as a preservative in cosmetic products, at or below 1.0%.

  Study limits: The dossier behind the conclusion was submitted by Cosmetics Europe, the industry association, and the committee lowered the default toxicokinetic factor from 4.0 to 1.0 on its way to the 1.0% conclusion. The final opinion kept 1.0%.

  Source:Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) - Final version of the opinion on Phenoxyethanol in cosmetic products

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Formula history

1 version of this formula on record.

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