Hyaluronic Acid

What is it?

Hyaluronic acid (sodium hyaluronate is its salt form) is a naturally occurring polysaccharide in the skin that binds many times its weight in water, valued as a hydrating humectant ingredient.

What does it do?

Commonly used as a humectant to draw and hold moisture in the skin and improve surface hydration; low molecular weight forms have shown measurably better hydration results than high molecular weight forms in controlled testing.

Who may benefit?

• May help with: Dehydration

How to use

Typically formulated at 0.1%-2%.

Ingredients it works with

• Retinol — Compatible

  Hyaluronic acid is commonly paired with a retinoid specifically to offset the dryness retinoids can cause — there is no known conflict between them.

  Apply hyaluronic acid under or after a retinoid to help manage dryness.

Real products containing this

• Glow Glaze Serum — Standard Beauty
• Exosomes Rice & Shine Mist — Standard Beauty
• Hyaluronic Acid + Reneseed Peptides Serum — Standard Beauty
• 3.5% Hyaluronic Acid + Peptides + NMF — Skin Functional
• Moisture Bomb Daily Moisturiser — Standard Beauty
• Eye-Conic Eye Cream — Lelive
• HyaluraGlow Serum — Portia M
• Rooibos Advantage Firming Night Cream — African Extracts
• 10% Vitamin C + 1% Alpha Arbutin Serum — Silki
• 2% Hyaluronic Acid + Polyglutamic Acid — Silki
• Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 — The Ordinary
• Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA — The Ordinary

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