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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
Skin ConditioningAloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
Emollient
Cocos Nucifera Fruit Juice
Emollient
Acrylamidopropyltrimonium Chloride/Acrylates Copolymer
PEG-90m
Emulsion StabilisingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningPEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Emulsifying
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Parfum
Masking
Benzyl Benzoate
Antimicrobial
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Water, Glycerin, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Cocos Nucifera Fruit Juice, Acrylamidopropyltrimonium Chloride/Acrylates Copolymer, PEG-90m, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Polysorbate 20, Parfum, Benzyl Benzoate, Limonene, Linalool
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Cleansing
Behentrimonium Methosulfate
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil
Masking
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Lanolin Oil
Emollient
Dimethicone
Emollient
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Cholesterol
Emollient
Phenyl Trimethicone
Skin Conditioning
Dimethicone PEG-7 Cocoate
Emollient
Tridecyl Stearate
Emollient
Neopentyl Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate
EmollientTridecyl Trimellitate
EmollientC12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
AntimicrobialTriticum Vulgare Germ Oil
Emollient
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Dicetyldimonium Chloride
EmulsifyingWater, Glycerin, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Lanolin Oil, Dimethicone, Cetyl Alcohol, Cholesterol, Phenyl Trimethicone, Dimethicone PEG-7 Cocoate, Tridecyl Stearate, Neopentyl Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Tridecyl Trimellitate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil, Panthenol, Dicetyldimonium Chloride
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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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