Product record / Humectants, glycerin
HumectantNOW Solutions Vegetable Glycerin 100% Pure
- $4.30
- retail price
- $0.01
- per mL
- Data source
- Single-ingredient: 100% vegetable glycerin — the active itself (INCI = Glycerin) Glycerin verified high in INCI via INCIDecoder 2026-06-14; ASIN B0015C0RIC price PA-API-verified 2026-06-14.
- Best for
- Hydration
- How it feels
- Humectant
- Value
- $4.30 for 473 mL · $0.01/mL
Bottom line The verified-data punchline — the actual active, pure glycerin, for the price of a coffee; just don't apply it neat.
Editorial verdict / Social intelligence
The verified-data punchline — the actual active, pure glycerin, for the price of a coffee; just don't apply it neat. 1
- Beauty benefit
- A bottle of 100% pure plant-derived glycerin — the humectant itself, with nothing added — sold as a versatile skin-care base for a few dollars.
- Does it work
- Yes, this is glycerin in its purest form — and it makes the honest point this whole site is about: the working ingredient costs almost nothing. But use it correctly. Pure glycerin is a DIY base, not a finished product to slather on: because it's a strong humectant, applying it neat (especially in dry air) can feel sticky and can actually pull water from deeper skin. Dilute a little into water, a toner or your moisturizer, or just choose a ready-made glycerin-forward product. As an ingredient it's superb and skin-identical; as a face product on its own, handle with a light, diluted hand. Vegan (plant-derived). See the verified data below →
Consensus strength
StrongGlycerin is one of the most reliable, best-evidenced and best-tolerated ingredients in skincare — a gold-standard humectant that's also the skin's own hydrating molecule. The only caveats are expectation (it's a moisturizer, not an active) and that, being a humectant, it works best sealed in a balanced formula.
01 / The key active
glycerin
glycerin is present in the formula; the brand does not disclose the exact concentration.
Single-ingredient: 100% vegetable glycerin — the active itself (INCI = Glycerin). Glycerin verified high in INCI via INCIDecoder 2026-06-14; ASIN B0015C0RIC price PA-API-verified 2026-06-14.
Other products with glycerin:
02 / The full ingredient list
Every ingredient, in label order
Exactly as printed, each token matched to the EU CosIng register and flagged where a CIR safety assessment exists. Highlighted rows are the key actives.
| # | Ingredient, as printed | CosIng functions | CIR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Glycerin |
| ✓ reviewed |
1 ingredients as printed · 1 exact CosIng matches · source: single-ingredient: 100% vegetable glycerin — the active itself (inci = glycerin)
03 / Where to buy
Where to buy Vegetable Glycerin 100% Pure
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04 / What people say
What buyers actually say
What works
- Common The gold-standard humectant — and it's the skin's own molecule, so it's about as skin-friendly as hydration gets 18
In addition, endogenous glycerol plays a role in skin hydration, cutaneous elasticity and epidermal barrier repair. review
- Common Soothing and protective — glycerin shields against irritants and speeds recovery of damaged skin 32
Glycerol, widely used as humectant, is known to protect against irritants and to accelerate recovery of irritated skin. Study
What to know
- Common It's a humectant, not an active — and a humectant alone needs the barrier's lipids (an occlusive) to lock water in 76
The retention of water in the SC is dependent on two major components: (1) the presence of natural hygroscopic agents within the corneocytes (collectively referred to as natural moisturizing factor) and (2) the SC intercellular lipids orderly arranged to form a barrier review
What you'd only know from the reviews
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This is the cheapest possible proof that hydration isn't where the markup is — the active your skin already uses, for pennies. The catch is application: pure glycerin should be diluted (into water/toner/moisturizer), not applied straight, because a strong humectant in dry air can draw water the wrong way. Buy it to understand the ingredient, not to replace a balanced moisturizer. 6
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05 / Questions
Frequently asked
- What's in NOW Solutions Vegetable Glycerin 100% Pure?
- NOW Solutions Vegetable Glycerin 100% Pure lists 1 ingredients. Key active: glycerin (concentration undisclosed). Glycerin verified high in INCI via INCIDecoder 2026-06-14; ASIN B0015C0RIC price PA-API-verified 2026-06-14. The full ingredient list, matched to EU CosIng, is on this page.
- Does NOW Solutions Vegetable Glycerin 100% Pure work?
- Yes, this is glycerin in its purest form — and it makes the honest point this whole site is about: the working ingredient costs almost nothing. But use it correctly. Pure glycerin is a DIY base, not a finished product to slather on: because it's a strong humectant, applying it neat (especially in dry air) can feel sticky and can actually pull water from deeper skin. Dilute a little into water, a toner or your moisturizer, or just choose a ready-made glycerin-forward product. As an ingredient it's superb and skin-identical; as a face product on its own, handle with a light, diluted hand. Vegan (plant-derived).
- How much glycerin is in NOW Solutions Vegetable Glycerin 100% Pure?
- NOW Solutions does not publicly disclose the exact concentration. glycerin appears in the INCI list; the amount is undisclosed. Glycerin verified high in INCI via INCIDecoder 2026-06-14; ASIN B0015C0RIC price PA-API-verified 2026-06-14.
- Where can I buy NOW Solutions Vegetable Glycerin 100% Pure?
- $4.30 on Amazon (price recorded as of the date shown). Glycerin verified high in INCI via INCIDecoder 2026-06-14; ASIN B0015C0RIC price PA-API-verified 2026-06-14.