What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Rosa Centifolia Flower Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoate
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Cellulose
Absorbent
Citrus Aurantium Sinensis Fiber
Emulsion StabilisingCoffea Arabica Leaf/Seed Extract
MaskingCaffeine
Skin Conditioning
Mentha Piperita Extract
CleansingRice Ferment Filtrate
Skin Conditioning
Biotin
AntiseborrhoeicNiacinamide
Smoothing
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Panax Ginseng Extract
Antioxidant
Lavandula Angustifolia Flower
Skin Conditioning
Mentha Citrata Herb Oil
Perfuming
Lonicera Caprifolium Extract
AstringentAcetum
Curcuma Longa Root Extract
Masking
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Rosa Centifolia Flower Water, Sodium Cocoate, Glycerin, Cellulose, Citrus Aurantium Sinensis Fiber, Coffea Arabica Leaf/Seed Extract, Caffeine, Mentha Piperita Extract, Rice Ferment Filtrate, Biotin, Niacinamide, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Panax Ginseng Extract, Lavandula Angustifolia Flower, Mentha Citrata Herb Oil, Lonicera Caprifolium Extract, Acetum, Curcuma Longa Root Extract
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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