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The €7 Hyaluronic Acid That Has Changed My Skin For The Better

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The perfect addition to my skincare arsenal.
Last month, I came to the conclusion that my skincare routine was too expensive to maintain. Like many other millennials, I had become caught up in the hype of the #shelfie. Stocked full of products from the cult, Instagram-worthy brands we all know and love, I had a skincare collection that was ready to rival any beauty influencer.
But then, as I was reading this month's Irish Tatler *cough* on shelf now *cough* , I came across a feature in which influencers, successful businesswomen and celebrity makeup artists totalled up the cost of their makeup bag. This inspired me to do the same, except with my skincare. I was shocked to discover that my routine came to over €250 – and that was just facial skincare. While some might see that and say, "Pfft, that's nothing!", it'll give others, including myself, heart palpations.
I thought that it was just the price I had to pay for great skin. But then the day I had always feared came: my beloved Hyaluronic Acid (more on that in a second) had run out and I was weeks away from payday. Sure, I could have just skipped this skincare step. Sure, I could have just used many of the other products in my skincare arsenal (which actually contain hyaluronic acid). But miraculously, I was sent a package from Catrice that amongst an eyeliner to die for, a CBD infused lip balm was a Hydro Plumping Serum. Crisis averted.
You've probably heard about hyaluronic acid, a.k.a. the syllable-heavy ingredient taking over skincare aisles everywhere. The molecule holds 1,000 times its weight in water, making it a crucial ingredient in maintaining skin's moisture barrier. Hyaluronic acid naturally occurs in our skin, but unsurprisingly, it depletes with age—and that's where a Hyaluronic Acid serum comes in. In addition to keeping skin hydrated, it also plumps fine lines and wrinkles. So you can see why it is one step in my skincare routine I refuse to skip.
Right, back to the Hyrdo Plumping Serum from Catrice. First things first, packaging. It's pretty basic which is perfect for anyone whose #shelfie aesthetic is minimalist. What caught my attention the most was the dropper which is a rarity in most budget-friendly serums. It makes it extremely easy to portion out the serum which not only ensures not to overpower your face but the even distribution means the product will last longer.
However, the first thing I loved about the product was the texture. Initially, it glides on like an oil, but it dries smooth like a gel so it doesn’t leave any residue or tackiness on top of my face. I only need two drops for my entire face (which is a big one btw), and anything more would be too goopy. The product soaks into the skin quickly, so it’s perfect for applying after toner and before moisturiser. After using it for a week, the texture of my skin was definitely more noticeably plump, moisturised and baby-soft. I felt like it really made my skin healthier because even when I used it intermittently (read: nights I fell asleep on the couch watching Netflix), the hydrating effect still lasts. What's more, it's less than seven euro.
HYDRO PLUMPING SERUM, €6.80, CATRICE
The main ingredients of the Hydro-Plumping Serum are 1.5 per cent hyaluronic acid, which moisturizes the skin and plumps it visibly, as well as panthenol, which has a calming effect - ideal if your skin is feeling in any way aggravated . The bottle says to use it both in the morning and night, but if you have oily to combination skin, I'd recommend using it only once a day. My only complaint was that despite the hydration and the glow that comes with it, the dropper became slightly clogged after a couple of uses.
Will it replace my usual hyaluronic acid of choice? (which is ten times the price, BTW.)
I think so. Of course, I'll always be swayed by the boujée-r products, I'm only human but as I said at the start of this article, I've made the conscious decision to make my skincare routine affordable without compromising on quality and the Hydra Plumping Serum does just that. Hydrating, plumping and leaves the skin with a supermodel worthy glow for the mere price of €6.80. How could you say no?
The Hydro-Plumping Serum is available to buy in Penneys and pharmacies nationwide.
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Bright, smooth skin is the perfect base for all makeup looks. The Catrice Hydro Plumping Serum, with Hyaluronic acid and Panthenol, will leave your skin feeling hydrated and looking visibly plumped. This skin-soothing serum works on all skin types.

Aqua (Water) ,
Propylene Glycol ,
Panthenol ,
Sodium Hyaluronate ,
PPG-26-Buteth-26 ,
PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil ,
Citric Acid ,
Phenoxyethanol ,
Sodium Benzoate ,

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moisturizer/humectant , solvent , viscosity controlling
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Also-called: Pro-Vitamin B5 |
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soothing , moisturizer/humectant
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skin-identical ingredient , moisturizer/humectant
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emulsifying , surfactant/cleansing

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perfuming

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Normal (well kind of - it's purified and deionized) water. Usually the main solvent in cosmetic products.
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A common glycol that improves the freeze-thaw stability of products. It's also a solvent, humectant and to some extent a penetration enhancer.
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Pro-Vitamin B5 is a goodie that moisturises the skin, has anti-inflammatory, skin protecting and wound healing properties.
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It's the salt form of famous humectant and natural moisturizing factor, hyaluronic acid. It can bind huge amounts of water and it's pretty much the current IT-moisturizer.
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A helper ingredient that usually comes to the formula coupled with PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil. The two together work as surfactants and oil solubilizers.
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A mildly viscous, amber-colored liquid that works as an emulsifier and surfactant.
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An AHA that comes from citrus fruits. It is usually used as a helper ingredient to adjust the pH of the formula.
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Pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, and can be used up to 1% worldwide.
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A preservative that works mainly against fungi. Has to be combined with other preservatives.
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The generic term for nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. It is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average.
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Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product.
It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water.
Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying.
One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time.
An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that’s also called pro-vitamin B5. As you might guess from the “pro” part, it’s a precursor to vitamin B5 (whose fancy name is pantothenic acid).
Its main job in skincare products is to moisturise the skin . It’s a humectant meaning that it can help the skin to attract water and then hold onto it. There is also research showing that panthenol can help our skin to produce more lovely lipids that are important for a strong and healthy skin barrier.
Another great thing about panthenol is that it has anti-inflammatory and skin protecting abilities. A study shows that it can reduce the irritation caused by less-nice other ingredients (e.g. fragrance, preservatives or chemical sunscreens) in the product.
Research also shows that it might be useful for wound healing as it promotes fibroblast (nice type of cells in our skin that produce skin-firming collagen) proliferation.
If that wasn’t enough panthenol is also useful in nail and hair care products . A study shows that a nail treatment liquide with 2% panthenol could effectively get into the nail and significantly increase the hydration of it.
As for the hair the hydration effect is also true there. Panthenol might make your hair softer, more elastic and helps to comb your hair more easily.
It’s the - sodium form - cousin of the famous NMF , hyaluronic acid (HA). If HA does not tell you anything we have a super detailed, geeky explanation about it here . The TL; DR version of HA is that it's a huge polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) found in the skin that acts as a sponge helping the skin to hold onto water, being plump and elastic. HA is famous for its crazy water holding capacity as it can bind up to 1000 times its own weight in water.
As far as skincare goes, sodium hyaluronate and hyaluronic acid are pretty much the same and the two names are used interchangeably . As cosmetic chemist kindofstephen writes on reddit "sodium hyaluronate disassociates into hyaluronic acid molecule and a sodium atom in solution".
In spite of this, if you search for "hyaluronic acid vs sodium hyaluronate" you will find on multiple places that sodium hyaluronate is smaller and can penetrate the skin better. Chemically, this is definitely not true, as the two forms are almost the same, both are polymers and the subunits can be repeated in both forms as much as you like. (We also checked Prospector for sodium hyaluronate versions actually used in cosmetic products and found that the most common molecular weight was 1.5-1.8 million Da that absolutely counts as high molecular weight).
What seems to be a true difference, though, is that the salt form is more stable, easier to formulate and cheaper so it pops up more often on the ingredient lists.
If you wanna become a real HA-and-the-skin expert you can read way more about the topic at hyaluronic acid (including penetration-questions, differences between high and low molecular weight versions and a bunch of references to scientific literature).
A helper ingredient that usually comes to the formula coupled with PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil . The two together work as surfactants and oil solubilizers . It's a non-sticky duo that works at low concentration and is often used to solubilize fragrance components into water-based formulas.
A mildly viscous, amber-colored liquid with fatty odor, made from Castor Oil and polyethylene glycol (PEG).
If it were a person, we’d say, it’s agile, diligent & multifunctional. It’s mostly used as an emulsifier and surfactant but most often it is used to solubilize fragrances into water-based formulas.
Citric acid comes from citrus fruits and is an AHA. If these magic three letters don’t tell you anything, click here and read our detailed description on glycolic acid, the most famous AHA.
So citric acid is an exfoliant , that can - just like other AHAs - gently lift off the dead skin cells of your skin and make it more smooth and fresh.
There is also some research showing that citric acid with regular use (think three months and 20% concentration) can help sun-damaged skin, increase skin thickness and some nice hydrating things called glycosaminoglycans in the skin.
But according to a comparative study done in 1995, citric acid has less skin improving magic properties than glycolic or lactic acid . Probably that’s why citric acid is usually not used as an exfoliant but more as a helper ingredient in small amounts to adjust the pH of a formulation.
It’s pretty much the current IT- preservative . It’s safe and gentle , but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben.
It’s not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic.
Other than having a good safety profile and being quite gentle to the skin it has some other advantages too. It can be used in many types of formulations as it has great thermal stability (can be heated up to 85°C) and works on a wide range of pH levels (ph 3-10).
It’s often used together with ethylhexylglycerin as it nicely improves the preservative activity of phenoxyethanol.
A helper ingredient that helps to make the products stay nice longer, aka preservative . It works mainly against fungi.
It’s pH dependent and works best at acidic pH levels (3-5). It’s not strong enough to be used in itself so it’s always combined with something else, often with potassium sorbate .
Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!).
If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face then fragrance is not your best friend - there's no way to know what’s really in it.
Also, if your skin is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s the number one cause of contact allergy to cosmetics. It’s definitely a smart thing to avoid with sensitive skin (and fragrance of any type - natural is just as allergic as synthetic, if not worse!).
moisturizer/humectant ,
solvent ,
viscosity controlling

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