What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Dipropylene Glycol
HumectantNiacinamide
Smoothing
Oryza Sativa Powder
Ceratonia Siliqua Gum
EmollientBetaine
Humectant
Chondrus Crispus Powder
Abrasive
Chondrus Crispus Extract
Skin Conditioning
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Paeonia Suffruticosa Root Extract
Skin ProtectingCentella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Polyacrylate
Absorbent
Cellulose Gum
Emulsion StabilisingGalactomyces Ferment Filtrate
Humectant
Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Oryza Sativa Bran Water
Masking
Potassium Chloride
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientHydrogenated Polydecene
EmollientSucrose
Humectant
Algin
Masking
Adenosine
Skin Conditioning
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningAspergillus/Rice Ferment Extract
HumectantTrideceth-6
EmulsifyingOryza Sativa Extract
Absorbent
Dextrin
AbsorbentOryza Sativa Bran Oil
Emollient
Caprylhydroxamic Acid
Disodium EDTA
Water, Glycerin, Dipropylene Glycol, Niacinamide, Oryza Sativa Powder, Ceratonia Siliqua Gum, Betaine, Chondrus Crispus Powder, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Butylene Glycol, Paeonia Suffruticosa Root Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sodium Polyacrylate, Cellulose Gum, Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Oryza Sativa Bran Water, Potassium Chloride, Glyceryl Caprylate, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Sucrose, Algin, Adenosine, Ethylhexylglycerin, Aspergillus/Rice Ferment Extract, Trideceth-6, Oryza Sativa Extract, Dextrin, Oryza Sativa Bran Oil, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Disodium EDTA
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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.
Learn more about GlycerinWater. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.
So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.
You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Remember to stay hydrated!
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