What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Propanediol
Solvent
Glycerin
Humectant
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingNiacinamide
Smoothing
Salicylic Acid
Masking
Glycolic Acid
Buffering
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingPrunus Armeniaca Seed Powder
Abrasive
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
Emollient
Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf
Abrasive
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Tetrasodium EDTA
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid
Skin Conditioning
Water, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Propanediol, Glycerin, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Niacinamide, Salicylic Acid, Glycolic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Hydroxide, Prunus Armeniaca Seed Powder, Butylene Glycol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf, Allantoin, Tetrasodium EDTA, Propylene Glycol, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid
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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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