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Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Sodium Cocoyl Methyl Isethionate
Glycerin
Humectant
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleansing
Parfum
Masking
Coconut Acid
Cleansing
Sodium Methyl Isethionate
EmulsifyingCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
Sodium Cocoate
Cleansing
Inulin
Skin Conditioning
Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil
Masking
Hydroxypropyl Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Sodium Isethionate
CleansingTocopherol
Antioxidant
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder
Skin Conditioning
Citric Acid
Buffering
Calendula Officinalis Flower
Skin Conditioning
Squalane
Emollient
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Sodium Cocoyl Methyl Isethionate, Glycerin, Water, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Parfum, Coconut Acid, Sodium Methyl Isethionate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Sodium Cocoate, Inulin, Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil, Hydroxypropyl Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Sodium Isethionate, Tocopherol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder, Citric Acid, Calendula Officinalis Flower, Squalane, Limonene, Linalool
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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 GlycerinTocopherol (also known as Vitamin E) is a common antioxidant used to help protect the skin from free-radicals and strengthen the skin barrier. It's also fat soluble - this means our skin is great at absorbing it.
Vitamin E also helps keep your natural skin lipids healthy. Your lipid skin barrier naturally consists of lipids, ceramides, and fatty acids. Vitamin E offers extra protection for your skin’s lipid barrier, keeping your skin healthy and nourished.
Another benefit is a bit of UV protection. Vitamin E helps reduce the damage caused by UVB rays. (It should not replace your sunscreen). Combining it with Vitamin C can decrease sunburned cells and hyperpigmentation after UV exposure.
You might have noticed Vitamin E + C often paired together. This is because it is great at stabilizing Vitamin C. Using the two together helps increase the effectiveness of both ingredients.
There are often claims that Vitamin E can reduce/prevent scarring, but these claims haven't been confirmed by scientific research.
Learn more about Tocopherol
