What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin Conditioning1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Glycereth-25 PCA Isostearate
Emulsifying
Glyceryl Glucoside
Humectant
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Adenosine
Skin Conditioning
Phormium Tenax Leaf Water
Antioxidant
Disodium EDTA
Lactobacillus Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Polyquaternium-51
Skin Conditioning
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Extract
Perfuming
Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil
Antioxidant
Glycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Glucose
Humectant
Hinokitiol
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Bifida Polysaccharide
HumectantUlmus Davidiana Root Extract
Skin Conditioning
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingMadecassoside
Antioxidant
Beta-Glucan
Skin Conditioning
Dextrin
AbsorbentAsiaticoside
Antioxidant
Chondrus Crispus Extract
Skin Conditioning
Zeolite
AbsorbentHydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate
Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate
Humectant
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
Humectant
Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate
Skin Conditioning
Potassium Hyaluronate
Skin ConditioningWater, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Glycereth-25 PCA Isostearate, Glyceryl Glucoside, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, Adenosine, Phormium Tenax Leaf Water, Disodium EDTA, Lactobacillus Ferment, Polyquaternium-51, Allantoin, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Extract, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Glucose, Hinokitiol, Panthenol, Bifida Polysaccharide, Ulmus Davidiana Root Extract, Xanthan Gum, Madecassoside, Beta-Glucan, Dextrin, Asiaticoside, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Zeolite, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Potassium Hyaluronate
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Glycerin (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.
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