Skincare Ingredient Glossary
Learn what each active does before you build your routine
Snow Mushroom (Tremella Fuciformis)
Type: Natural polysaccharide-rich hydrator.
Benefits: Helps bind water, support lasting hydration, soften roughness, and improve a plump, dewy look.
Use for: Dryness, dehydration, dullness, glass-skin glow.
Hyaluronic Acid
Type: Hydration humectant.
Benefits: Attracts water to the skin surface and supports a smoother, fuller-looking appearance.
Use for: Dehydration, fine lines, tightness.
Sodium PCA
Type: Skin-identical moisturizing factor.
Benefits: Helps retain moisture and supports soft, comfortable skin.
Use for: Dryness, tightness, moisture loss.
Glycerin
Type: Plant-derived humectant.
Benefits: Draws moisture into the skin and helps maintain a supple feel.
Use for: Dry, rough, dehydrated skin.
Beta-Glucan
Type: Mushroom/oat-derived soothing hydrator.
Benefits: Helps calm visible irritation while supporting hydration and barrier comfort.
Use for: Sensitivity, redness, dehydration.
Panthenol (Vitamin B5)
Type: Soothing barrier conditioner.
Benefits: Helps comfort stressed skin and supports a healthier moisture barrier.
Use for: Sensitive, dry, barrier-weakened skin.
Ceramides
Type: Skin-identical barrier lipids.
Benefits: Help reinforce the barrier, reduce moisture loss, and support resilience.
Use for: Damaged barrier, dryness, sensitivity.
Cholesterol + Fatty Acids
Type: Barrier lipid partners.
Benefits: Work with ceramides to support the skin’s natural lipid matrix.
Use for: Barrier repair and long-lasting comfort.
Squalane
Type: Plant-derived skin-compatible lipid.
Benefits: Softens and moisturizes without a heavy feel, helping the skin look smooth and balanced.
Use for: Dryness, sensitivity, barrier support.
Shea Butter
Type: Natural emollient.
Benefits: Nourishes rough, dry skin and helps seal in moisture.
Use for: Dryness, rough patches, barrier comfort.
Allantoin
Type: Naturally derived soothing active.
Benefits: Helps calm the look of irritation and supports a smoother skin feel.
Use for: Redness, roughness, sensitivity.
Centella Asiatica
Type: Botanical repair active.
Benefits: Helps calm visible redness, support barrier recovery, and comfort reactive skin.
Use for: Sensitive, irritated, compromised-looking skin.
Madecassoside
Type: Centella-derived bioactive.
Benefits: Targets visible redness and helps support skin recovery.
Use for: Reactive skin, redness, recovery support.
Asiaticoside + Asiatic Acid
Type: Centella bioactive derivatives.
Benefits: Support skin comfort, firmness-looking resilience, and barrier support.
Use for: Sensitive skin, recovery, firmness support.
Niacinamide (Vitamin B3)
Type: Multi-benefit vitamin active.
Benefits: Helps refine the look of pores, balance uneven tone, support the barrier, and improve dullness.
Use for: Pores, dullness, redness, uneven tone.
Tranexamic Acid
Type: Brightening-focused active.
Benefits: Helps reduce the appearance of stubborn discoloration and uneven patches.
Use for: Dark spots, post-acne marks, uneven tone.
Alpha Arbutin
Type: Naturally derived brightening active.
Benefits: Helps improve the look of existing pigmentation and uneven tone.
Use for: Dark spots, discoloration, dullness.
Licorice Root Extract
Type: Botanical brightening and soothing extract.
Benefits: Helps visibly brighten uneven tone while supporting calmer-looking skin.
Use for: Dark spots, redness, post-acne marks.
Vitamin C Derivative
Type: Stable antioxidant brightener.
Benefits: Supports radiance, helps defend against visible oxidative stress, and promotes a brighter look.
Use for: Dullness, uneven tone, visible aging.
Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate
Type: Fermented microbiome-support active.
Benefits: Helps clarify, hydrate, refine the look of pores, and support a glass-skin finish.
Use for: Pores, dullness, texture, uneven clarity.
Bifida Ferment Lysate
Type: Probiotic-derived ferment.
Benefits: Supports barrier resilience and a balanced-looking skin surface.
Use for: Sensitive skin, barrier support, dullness.
Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate
Type: Fermentation-derived moisture booster.
Benefits: Helps replenish hydration and improve the look of texture.
Use for: Dryness, roughness, dullness.
Fruit Exosome DNA
Type: Plant-derived advanced renewal complex.
Benefits: Supports visible renewal, smoother texture, and a stronger-looking skin appearance.
Use for: Aging signs, dullness, slow recovery.
Apple Stem Cell
Type: Botanical stem-cell active.
Benefits: Supports firmness-looking skin and helps defend the look of skin from environmental stress.
Use for: Firmness, visible aging, resilience.
Growth Factor Peptides
Type: Signal peptide complex.
Benefits: Supports smoother, firmer-looking skin and improved elasticity appearance.
Use for: Fine lines, wrinkles, firmness loss.
Bakuchiol
Type: Plant-derived retinol alternative.
Benefits: Helps promote smoother-looking texture and visible firmness with a gentler positioning than traditional retinoids.
Use for: Fine lines, texture, dullness.
Hydrolyzed Collagen + Marine Collagen Peptides
Type: Collagen-support ingredients.
Benefits: Help support moisture, bounce, and a firmer-looking skin surface.
Use for: Mature skin, fine lines, elasticity appearance.
Snail Secretion Filtrate
Type: Natural biological repair active.
Benefits: Supports hydration, smoother texture, and visible recovery for stressed-looking skin.
Use for: Texture, post-acne marks, dryness, anti-aging appearance.
Resveratrol
Type: Plant antioxidant.
Benefits: Helps defend the look of skin from environmental stress and dullness.
Use for: Oxidative stress, dullness, visible aging.
Astaxanthin
Type: Marine-derived antioxidant.
Benefits: Supports antioxidant defense and helps maintain a radiant, resilient-looking complexion.
Use for: Environmental stress, tired-looking skin, visible aging.