What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningOryza Sativa Bran Oil
Emollient
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil
Masking
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Coco-Caprylate/Caprate
Emollient
Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingC15-19 Alkane
SolventPyrus Malus Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract
Emollient
Rosa Canina Fruit Oil
Emollient
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Squalane
Emollient
Hydrolyzed Rice Protein
Skin ConditioningHippophae Rhamnoides Fruit/Seed Oil
Antimicrobial
Stearyl Phosphate
Emulsifying
Potassium Cetyl Phosphate
EmulsifyingGamma-Decalactone
Perfuming
Gamma-Nonalactone
Masking
Vanillin
Masking
Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingSodium Benzoate
Masking
Citric Acid
Buffering
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningLauryl Glucoside
CleansingLimonene
Perfuming
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Water, Oryza Sativa Bran Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, C15-19 Alkane, Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract, Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Squalane, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit/Seed Oil, Stearyl Phosphate, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Gamma-Decalactone, Gamma-Nonalactone, Vanillin, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Lauryl Glucoside, Limonene, Phenoxyethanol
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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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