What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glyceryl Stearate Citrate
Emollient
Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil
Masking
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter
Emollient
Cocoglycerides
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Glyceryl Laurate
Emollient
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientOenothera Biennis Oil
Emollient
Sodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningTocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract
Masking
Citric Acid
Buffering
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Phytate
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Aspalathus Linearis Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningChamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract
Punica Granatum Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Rubus Fruticosus Fruit Extract
AstringentAlcohol
Antimicrobial
Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil
Emollient
Leontopodium Alpinum Callus Culture Extract
Antioxidant
Marrubium Vulgare Meristem Cell Culture
Skin ProtectingChlorella Vulgaris Extract
Skin ConditioningPhospholipids
Skin Conditioning
Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
Antimicrobial
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingUbiquinone
Antioxidant
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingWater, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter, Cocoglycerides, Glycerin, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Glyceryl Laurate, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Potassium Sorbate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Oenothera Biennis Oil, Sodium Levulinate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Citric Acid, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Sodium Phytate, Tocopherol, Aspalathus Linearis Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract, Punica Granatum Fruit Extract, Rubus Fruticosus Fruit Extract, Alcohol, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Leontopodium Alpinum Callus Culture Extract, Marrubium Vulgare Meristem Cell Culture, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Phospholipids, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Xanthan Gum, Ubiquinone, Sodium Hydroxide
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Dimethicone
Emollient
Polyethylene
Abrasive
Tridecyl Trimellitate
EmollientCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Isostearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Butylene Glycol Cocoate
Emulsifying
Fructooligosaccharides
Humectant
Mannitol
Humectant
Xylitol
Humectant
Caffeine
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Glycyrrhetinic Acid
Skin Conditioning
Rhamnose
HumectantLaminaria Ochroleuca Extract
Skin Conditioning
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Disodium EDTA
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingEthylcellulose
Water, Glycerin, Dimethicone, Polyethylene, Tridecyl Trimellitate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Isostearyl Alcohol, Butylene Glycol Cocoate, Fructooligosaccharides, Mannitol, Xylitol, Caffeine, Sodium Hyaluronate, Glycyrrhetinic Acid, Rhamnose, Laminaria Ochroleuca Extract, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Pentylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Hydroxide, Ethylcellulose
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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 GlycerinSodium Hydroxide is also known as lye or caustic soda. It is used to adjust the pH of products; many ingredients require a specific pH to be effective.
In small amounts, sodium hydroxide is considered safe to use. However, large amounts may cause chemical burns due to its high alkaline.
Your skin has a natural pH and acid mantle. This acid mantle helps prevent harmful bacteria from breaking through. The acid mantle also helps keep your skin hydrated.
"Alkaline" refers to a high pH level. A low pH level would be considered acidic.
Learn more about Sodium HydroxideWater. 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!
Learn more about Water
