Moisturizers Humectants

• Specificity: A simple polyol compound, often derived from plant oils.
• Function: Attracts water from the deeper layers of the skin and the environment into the stratum corneum (outer layer of the skin).
• Benefits: Improves hydration, enhances skin barrier function, and smooths skin texture.

• Specificity: A glycosaminoglycan, naturally occurring in the skin.
• Function: Binds water to collagen, trapping it in the skin, and keeping it hydrated.

Benefits: Deeply hydrates, plumps skin, reduces appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

• Specificity: A natural component of the skin’s own moisturizing factor.
• Function: Hydrates by increasing water content in the stratum corneum and gently exfoliates.
• Benefits: Improves hydration, smooths skin texture, helps treat conditions like eczema and psoriasis.