What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Citrullus Lanatus Seed Extract
Skin ConditioningSodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
Humectant
Lens Esculenta Seed Extract
Skin ProtectingPyrus Malus Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi Leaf Extract
Skin Conditioning
Ananas Sativus Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningSodium PCA
Humectant
Sucrose
Humectant
Caffeine
Skin Conditioning
Ceratonia Siliqua Gum
EmollientCellulose Gum
Emulsion StabilisingCarrageenan
Sodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningSodium Lactate
Buffering
Cyclodextrin
AbsorbentPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningPotassium Sorbate
Preservative
Citric Acid
Buffering
Water, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glycerin, Panthenol, Citrullus Lanatus Seed Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Lens Esculenta Seed Extract, Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract, Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi Leaf Extract, Ananas Sativus Fruit Extract, Sodium PCA, Sucrose, Caffeine, Ceratonia Siliqua Gum, Cellulose Gum, Carrageenan, Sodium Levulinate, Sodium Lactate, Cyclodextrin, Pentylene Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid
Water
Skin ConditioningGlyceryl Stearate Se
Emulsifying
Glycerin
Humectant
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Cetearyl Olivate
Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter
Emollient
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Sorbitan Olivate
Emulsifying
Glyceryl Laurate
Emollient
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Squalane
Emollient
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Hippophae Rhamnoides Seed Oil
Skin Protecting
Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil
Skin Conditioning
Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil
Masking
Avena Sativa Kernel Flour
Abrasive
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingSodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningCocoglycerides
Emollient
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Water, Glyceryl Stearate Se, Glycerin, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Cetearyl Olivate, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Sorbitan Olivate, Glyceryl Laurate, Tocopherol, Squalane, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Hippophae Rhamnoides Seed Oil, Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Avena Sativa Kernel Flour, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Levulinate, Cocoglycerides, Potassium Sorbate
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
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 JuiceGlycerin (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 GlycerinPotassium Sorbate is a preservative used to prevent yeast and mold in products. It is commonly found in both cosmetic and food products.
This ingredient comes from potassium salt derived from sorbic acid. Sorbic acid is a natural antibiotic and effective against fungus.
Both potassium sorbate and sorbic acid can be found in baked goods, cheeses, dried meats, dried fruit, ice cream, pickles, wine, yogurt, and more.
You'll often find this ingredient used with other preservatives.
Learn more about Potassium SorbateSodium levulinate is the a sodium salt of Levulinic Acid. Oncedissolved in an aqueous solution, the two ingredients become identical. It is usually derived from renewable plant sources like corn starch or sugarcane.
In skincare, it mostly acts as a skin conditioning agent that keeps skin soft and hydrated. It also acts as a preservative booster by inhibiting the growth of mold, yeast, and bacteria.
It's often paired with Sodium Anisate as the two create a broad-spectrum preservative system that is popular in "natural" formulations.
This ingredient is water-soluble.
The CIR Expert Panel for Cosmetic Ingredient Safety has concluded this ingredient to be non-irritated and there are no restrictions for use in EU cosmetics. The FDA also allows this ingredient to be used as a food-grade flavoring agent.
Learn more about Sodium LevulinateWater. 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
