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Ingredients Side-by-side
Citrullus Lanatus Fruit Water
Skin ConditioningAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Cucumis Sativus Fruit Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Polyglutamic Acid
Skin Conditioning
Opuntia Ficus-Indica Extract
Skin Conditioning
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Chondrus Crispus Extract
Skin Conditioning
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract
Astringent
Squalane
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Citrullus Lanatus Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Dehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Citrullus Lanatus Fruit Water, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Cucumis Sativus Fruit Water, Sodium Hyaluronate, Polyglutamic Acid, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Niacinamide, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Sodium PCA, Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract, Squalane, Glycerin, Citrullus Lanatus Fruit Extract, Dehydroacetic Acid
Water
Skin ConditioningEthylhexyl Palmitate
Emollient
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Propanediol
Solvent
Sodium Chloride
Masking1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Squalane
Emollient
Urea
Buffering
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Silybum Marianum Seed Oil
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningRosa Damascena Flower Water
Masking
Erythritol
Humectant
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningHibiscus Sabdariffa Fruit Extract
Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningCorallina Officinalis Extract
Skin Conditioning
Blakeslea Trispora Mycelium Extract
Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Solanum Melongena Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningAloe Barbadensis Flower Extract
EmollientCurcuma Longa Root Extract
Masking
Ocimum Basilicum Flower/Leaf Extract
TonicOcimum Sanctum Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningSphingolipids
Emollient
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingPotassium Sorbate
Preservative
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
P-Anisic Acid
Masking
Sodium Citrate
BufferingSorbic Acid
Preservative
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Water, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Propanediol, Sodium Chloride, 1,2-Hexanediol, Glycerin, Squalane, Urea, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Silybum Marianum Seed Oil, Sodium Gluconate, Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Erythritol, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Hibiscus Sabdariffa Fruit Extract, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Corallina Officinalis Extract, Blakeslea Trispora Mycelium Extract, Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Solanum Melongena Fruit Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Flower Extract, Curcuma Longa Root Extract, Ocimum Basilicum Flower/Leaf Extract, Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract, Sphingolipids, Ceramide NP, Pentylene Glycol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Sodium Hydroxide, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, P-Anisic Acid, Sodium Citrate, Sorbic Acid, Tocopherol, Phenoxyethanol
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Ingredients Explained
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Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
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 JuiceCamellia Sinensis Leaf Extract (tea extract) is one of the most well-researched plant extracts in skincare with an impressive resume.
Black tea, green tea, and oolong tea are all harvested from the Camellia Sinensis plant.
Studies show green tea extract and its catechins (like epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG)) help your skin cells product energy more efficiently and reducing the number of free-radicals that can damage your skin from the inside.
In lab-grown skin models, this translated to younger, healthier, and stronger skin.
There's also good sun protection data; researchers saw less DNA damage and redness on human skin when green tea was applied before UVB exposure. And the more they applied, the better the protection.
Needless to say, this ingredient shouldn't replace your sunscreen. But it is a great supportive ingredient that you can already find in many sunscreens and antioxidant serums.
A 2009 study found a 2% green tea lotion was effective for mild-to-moderate acne thanks to its anti-inflammatory and mild antimicrobial activity.
The quality of the extract matters a lot here:
Good extracts contain 50-90% catechins while lower quality ones are mostly there for marketing. We recommend reaching out to the brand if you have questions about the quality or source of their ingredients.
Human Repeated Insult Patch Testing showed no irritation or sensitization at use concentrations (0.86% in leave-on products and up to 30% as leaf water).
Learn more about Camellia Sinensis Leaf ExtractGlycerin (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 GlycerinSqualane is the hydrogenated and shelf-stable form of squalene (a lipid that naturally occurs in human sebum).
It is an emollient and skin conditioning agent that is able to integrate seamlessly into the skin's lipid barrier without clogging pores.
This is due to how structurally similar it is to what your skin already produces.
Though it is mostly an emollient that helps soften and hydrate skin, it also has some humectant and occlusive action. Humectants help the skin retain moisture while occlusives seal it in, making squalane a triple-threat moisturizer.
Research shows it has antioxidant capabilities that help protect against stressors like UV exposure, specifically UVA induced oxidative stress. This study also found that it supports collagen biosynthesis in human dermal fibroblasts.
No clinical study has reported significant adverse effects and irritation reactions are very rare from this ingredient (even at 100% concentration).
Overall, it's a fantastic ingredient for hydration and is suitable for all skin types.
This depends on the source. Squalane can be derived from both plants and animals. Most squalane used in skincare comes from plants.
Please note: the source of squalane is only known if disclosed by the brand. We recommend reaching out to the brand if you have any questions about their squalane.
Read more about squalene with an "e".
Though squalane is often called an oil, it’s technically not one. It is a hydrocarbon, meaning it is only made of carbon and hydrogen. True oils are triglycerides and made of fatty acids and glycerol.
The term “oil-free” isn’t regulated so companies can define it however they want. Some exclude all oils, while others just avoid mineral oil or comedogenic oils.
Squalane has a comedogenic rating of 1 from the original 1972 study that tested raw ingredients under occlusion on rabbit ears. This system is not standardized or peer-reviewed, and using the raw ingredients is very different from how diluted cosmetic formulations are used on human skin.
A comedogenic rating of 1 means it is "unlikely to clog pores" according to the original rating system.
The overall formula of a product matters more than the individual ingredients on whether or not it will cause clogged pores.
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