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Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.

Dipropylene Glycol is a synthetically created stabilizer and solvent. It is a part of the glycol class in the alcohol family.

Methyl Gluceth-20 is a humectant. Humectants help draw moisture from the air to your skin.

Water. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.

Betaine is a common humectant (a substance that promotes retention of moisture). It's known to be gentle on the skin and can help balance hydration.

Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract is derived from the leaves of the tea plant. Black tea, green tea, and oolong tea are all harvested from this plant.

Ethylhexylglycerin (we can't pronounce this either) is commonly used as a preservative and skin softener. It is derived from glyceryl.

Trehalose is a disaccharide made of two glucose molecules (glucose is sugar!). Trehalose is used to help moisturize skin. It also has antioxidant properties.

Lactobacillus is a type of bacteria. It makes up most of the food fermenting lactic acid bacteria. It is used to create wine, yogurt, cheese, sauerkraut, pickles, beer, cider, kimchi, cocoa, kefir.

Peg-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil comes from hydrogenated castor oil. It is a solubilizer and emulsifier.

Caprylyl Glycol is a humectant and emollient, meaning it attracts and preserves moisture.

We don't have a description for Trideceth-10.

Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer is a synthetic polymer. It is used to thicken and improve the texture of products.

Tromethamine is an aliphatic compound. An aliphatic compound is an organic compound with open-chained carbon atoms. It is synthetically created. Tromethamine is used to balance pH and improve texture.

1,2-Hexanediol is a multi-tasker ingredient. It acts as a preservative to increase shelf-life and can aid other preservatives in preventing microbe growth. 1,2-Hexanediol also helps the skin retain moisture as a humectant.

We don't have a description for Tropolone.

Allantoin plays a role in soothing and moisturizing the skin. Because of this, it is often added to products with strong active ingredients.

Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:

We don't have a description for Coptis Japonica Extract.

Arginine is an amino acid that is important for human development. Your body uses is it to produce hair keratin and skin collagen.

This ingredient is a semi-synthetic polymer created from cellulose. In case you need a refresher, cellulose is the main component of plant cell walls.

Hydrogenated Lecithin is created from the hydrogenation of lecithin. Hydrogenation is a chemical reaction between molecule hydrogen and another element.

Calcium Carbonate is an exfoliant.

Sodium Hyaluronate is hyaluronic acid's salt form. It is commonly derived from the sodium salt of hyaluronic acid.

Adenosine is in every living organism. It is one of four components in nucleic acids that helps store our DNA.

Niacinamide has emerged as an all-star ingredient due to its many benefits.

Dextrin is used to thicken a product and helps bind ingredients together. It is created from starch and glycogen.

Glycine is an amino acid that helps build proteins. It is already present in our skin as our bodies produce them naturally.

Serine is an amino acid naturally found in our body. Our bodies use amino acids to create protein.

Glutamic Acid is an amino acid that is found in all living organisms. Our bodies use this to help nerve cells in the brain communicate with other cells.

Aspartic Acid is an amino acid that our bodies produce naturally. It is an antioxidant.

We don't have a description for Leucine.

Alanine is an amino acid and is already found in the human body.

Lysine is an essential amino acid. Your body is unable to produce it naturally and we mainly get lysine from food sources.

We don't have a description for Tyrosine.

Phenylalanine is an amino acid. It is a skin soothing and hydrating ingredient. Amino acids play a crucial role in wound healing and skin hydration.

Proline is an amino-acid. It helps moisturize the skin and plays an important role in creating proteins.

Threonine is an amino-acid. It helps hydrate the skin and has antioxidant benefits.

We don't have a description for Valine.

We don't have a description for Isoleucine.

Phenoxyethanol is a preservative that has germicide, antimicrobial, and aromatic properties. Studies show that phenoxyethanol can prevent germ and microbial growth. By itself, it has a scent that is similar to that of a rose.

We don't have a description for Histidine.

We don't have a description for Methionine.

Cysteine is an amino acid found in our bodies. It becomes an antioxidant when converted into gluthatione.