Glycereth 26 Delivers Long-Lasting Moisture Without Sticky Feel

2025,11,10

Why is it necessary to emphasize the balance between moisturizing efficiency and skin feeling when glycerin is replaced with GLYCERETH 26?

When it comes to replacing glycerin with glycereth 26 in skin care, there is a particularly critical point that is often overlooked-it doesn't just depend on who has stronger moisturizing power.In fact, the core of the replacement ingredient is not who locks in water more vigorously than others, but when adding the same amount, which one can make the moisturizing more lasting and comfortable to use at the same time.This is why moisturizing efficiency and skin feeling balance must be emphasized.

Why can't it be directly compared to "moisturizing power"?

Glycerin is a veteran ingredient in the moisturizing industry. It is very hygroscopic and water-locking, but the old problem is also obvious: conventional glycerin formulas are always a little slimy, and the concentration is high. It may also make the skin feel a little hot.Even if you add skin-toning ingredients like Dimethicon, the sticky foundation is difficult to completely cover.

Look at glycereth 26 again, its molecular weight is more than ten times that of glycerin.In terms of absolute moisturizing power alone, glycerin seems to be more dominant, but if you take into account how much you can add to achieve the effect and the comfort of using it, the situation is different.The density of glycerin is about 1.26g/cm3. It can be seen from the molecular structure and actual use. Under the same weight, its effective moisturizing volume is actually more advantageous-but it can't hold the skin feeling back.

Now that everyone is pursuing efficient skin care, the problem of formula design has long been not whether the water can be locked, but whether the water can be locked at the same time, and the user can be happy to use it.

Two obvious advantages of Glycereth 26

With the same amount of addition, glycereth 26 can come up with two killers: one is that it can form a thicker and longer-lasting water-locking film, which has stronger moisturizing and endurance; the other is that its molecular structure is special, and the skin feels heavy but not sticky. There will be no stuffy feeling of a layer of oil when used, and the experience is directly full.

So whether we talk about replacement or not, as long as glycereth 26 is involved, we have to start from the moisturizing efficiency and skin feeling balance.If you ignore these two, it is tantamount to not getting the core needs of modern skin care that must be both functional and experiential.

What does moisturizing efficiency and skin feeling balance mean?

Moisturizing efficiency: It is how long it can moisturize and how strong the moisturizing effect is after adding a certain amount of ingredients.For example, adding 5% glycereth 26, the moisturizing efficiency may be comparable to or even exceed the performance of 10% glycerin, which directly determines the moisturizing effect of skin care products.

Skin feeling balance: It is how comfortable it is to use when achieving the same moisturizing effect.Whether it is essence or cream, this is very important.A well-balanced skin feeling means that it can moisturize without the uncomfortable sensations of stickiness and heat.

The logic of choosing ingredients: from looking at the moisturizing power alone to looking at the comprehensive strength.

Replacing glycerin with glycereth 26 is actually a change in formula thinking. The core depends on these three points.：

Dimensions	Traditional Glycerin	OILREE®MYEG-26	Key Logic of Replacement
Molecular Weight	Small	Tens of times larger than glycerin	Larger molecules form a more stable moisturizing film, locking in moisture for longer
Moisturizing Feel	Sticky, occasionally feels hot	Thick but not oily, almost no hot feeling	More pleasing feel without sacrificing moisturizing power
Suitable Scenarios	Primarily for basic moisturizing	Can be used in face creams, cleansers, and special care products	More flexible formulations, covering more product types

Simply put: glycereth 26 is not more moisturizing than glycerin, but it is not added much but moisturizing enough, and it is more comfortable to use than glycerin.It replaces glycerin not in a 1:1 copy amount, but in a formula that adjusts the efficacy and experience to the same or even better.Therefore, when formulators choose ingredients, the question should not be whether its moisturizing power is better than glycerin, but whether its moisturizing efficiency and skin feeling can meet the needs of the formula with the same amount or the same effect.

For example

For example, to make a moisturizing cream：

If you use glycerin, if you want to achieve the ideal moisturizing effect, you have to add 8%-12%, and you have to use emulsified conditioning ingredients such as Glyceryl oleate, otherwise it will be uncomfortable.；

With glycereth 26, it can be adjusted by adding 5%-20%, and the range is wider.If you add it to 10%, you can not only rely on the molecular structure to form a strong water-locking layer, but also add less emulsifiers-because it has the ability to assist in emulsification, which is a plus for brands that want to make streamlined formulas. .

Summary

The core of glycereth 26 is not to become the same as glycerin, but to give a better combination under the requirements of skin care products that must be both functional and experiential.Therefore, emphasizing moisturizing efficiency and skin feeling balance is not a gimmick, it is a reasonable logic that really starts from consumer needs and formula science.

Author:

Ms. ycmy

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