What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningTitanium Dioxide
Cosmetic Colorant
Coco-Caprylate
Emollient
C15-19 Alkane
SolventAlcohol
Antimicrobial
Polyglyceryl-2 Dipolyhydroxystearate
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate
Emulsifying
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Magnesium Sulfate
Helianthus Annuus Seed Cera
EmollientStearic Acid
Cleansing
Levulinic Acid
Perfuming
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Aluminum Hydroxide
EmollientAlumina
Abrasive
Sodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningTocopherol
Antioxidant
Leontopodium Alpinum Flower/Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningAscorbyl Palmitate
Antioxidant
Beta-Carotene
Skin ConditioningWater, Titanium Dioxide, Coco-Caprylate, C15-19 Alkane, Alcohol, Polyglyceryl-2 Dipolyhydroxystearate, Glycerin, Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Magnesium Sulfate, Helianthus Annuus Seed Cera, Stearic Acid, Levulinic Acid, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Aluminum Hydroxide, Alumina, Sodium Levulinate, Tocopherol, Leontopodium Alpinum Flower/Leaf Extract, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Beta-Carotene
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Water
Skin ConditioningDicaprylyl Carbonate
EmollientPropanediol
Solvent
Glycerin
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Saccharide Isomerate
Humectant
Arginine
Masking
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Water
Masking
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Betaine
Humectant
Lonicera Caprifolium Flower Extract
Perfuming
Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningPhenethyl Alcohol
MaskingSodium Hydroxide
BufferingAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Water, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Propanediol, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Saccharide Isomerate, Arginine, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Water, Allantoin, Betaine, Lonicera Caprifolium Flower Extract, Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract, Caprylyl Glycol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Sodium Gluconate, Phenethyl Alcohol, Sodium Hydroxide
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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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