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Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin ConditioningLactic Acid
BufferingGlycerin
HumectantSodium Hyaluronate
HumectantKojic Acid
AntioxidantVaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningSaccharum Officinarum Extract
MoisturisingAcer Saccharum Extract
Skin ConditioningCitrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract
MaskingCitrus Limon Fruit Extract
MaskingBromelain
Skin ConditioningPapain
Skin ConditioningGlycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
BleachingPyrus Malus Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningCitrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil
MaskingHydrolyzed Amorphophallus Konjac Root
HumectantDehydroacetic Acid
PreservativeBenzyl Alcohol
PerfumingAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Lactic Acid, Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Kojic Acid, Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Extract, Saccharum Officinarum Extract, Acer Saccharum Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract, Citrus Limon Fruit Extract, Bromelain, Papain, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil, Hydrolyzed Amorphophallus Konjac Root, Dehydroacetic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin ConditioningCitrullus Lanatus Fruit Water
Skin ConditioningHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil
EmollientCucumis Sativus Oil
EmollientGlycerin
HumectantOpuntia Ficus-Indica Seed Oil
EmollientCalluna Vulgaris Extract
Skin ConditioningPolyglutamic Acid
Skin ConditioningSodium Hyaluronate
HumectantCeramide AP
Skin ConditioningNiacinamide
SmoothingCamellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialChondrus Crispus Extract
Skin ConditioningBeta-Glucan
Skin ConditioningTrehalose
HumectantSqualane
EmollientLycium Barbarum Fruit Extract
AstringentEctoin
Skin ConditioningPullulan
Sodium PCA
HumectantXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingLauryl Glucoside
CleansingMyristyl Glucoside
CleansingPolyglyceryl-6 Laurate
EmulsifyingCaprylhydroxamic Acid
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientSodium Bicarbonate
AbrasiveAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Citrullus Lanatus Fruit Water, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Cucumis Sativus Oil, Glycerin, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Seed Oil, Calluna Vulgaris Extract, Polyglutamic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Ceramide AP, Niacinamide, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Beta-Glucan, Trehalose, Squalane, Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract, Ectoin, Pullulan, Sodium PCA, Xanthan Gum, Lauryl Glucoside, Myristyl Glucoside, Polyglyceryl-6 Laurate, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Glyceryl Caprylate, Sodium Bicarbonate
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Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice comes from leaves of the aloe plant. Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice is best known for helping to soothe sunburns. It is also anti-inflammatory, moisturizing, antiseptic, and can help heal wounds.
Aloe is packed with good stuff including Vitamins A, C, and E. These vitamins are antioxidants, which help fight free-radicals and the damage they may cause. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells, such as pollution.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice also contains sugars. These sugars come in the form of monosaccharides and polysaccharides, folic acid, and choline. These sugars are able to help bind moisture to skin.
It also contains minerals such as calcium, 12 anthraquinones, fatty acids, amino acids, and Vitamin B12.
Learn more about Aloe Barbadensis Leaf JuiceGlycerin (or glycerol) is a compound naturally found in your skin. It's a powerhouse humectant that pulls water into the stratum corneum.
Topically, glycerin does several things at once:
Your skin makes glycerin on its own (mostly from sebaceous oil breakdown) and shuttles it to your outermost layer of skin, or your epidermis, via aquaporin-3.
Aquaporin-3 is a transporter that is essential for normal skin hydration, elasticity, and repair. Interestingly, mice lacking in AQP3 have dry and less elastic skin that can be fully corrected with glycerin.
This ingredient is non-irritating, plays well with almost every ingredient, and works across all skin types. Typical use is anywhere between 3-10% but can go up to 79% in some leave-on products.
Just know very high concentrations (>40%) can feel tacky in low humidity.
Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.
Learn more about GlycerinSodium Hyaluronate is the salt form of hyaluronic acid. It is a long sugar chain that is naturally found in your skin, joints, and connective tissue that maintains hydration and elasticity.
In skincare, it works as a humectant. It pulls water from the environment and deeper layers of skin and binds it to the surface.
Interestingly, the size of the molecule affects its behavior:
Some clinical evidence links low molecular weight versions to improved wrinkle depth, elasticity, anti-inflammatory effects, and barrier repair.
Many serums use a blend of both weights so you can get surface hydration plus longer-lasting and deeper effects.
You'll typically see concentrations between 0.1-2% for this ingredient.
Learn more about Sodium Hyaluronate