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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningEpilobium Angustifolium Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract
Skin ConditioningSalix Alba Extract
Skin ConditioningBetaine
Humectant
Sodium Lauroamphoacetate
CleansingDisodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract
Emollient
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Cucumis Sativus Seed Oil
Emollient
Salvia Officinalis Oil
Masking
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingPolysorbate 20
Emulsifying
DMDM Hydantoin
Preservative
Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate
Preservative
Water, Epilobium Angustifolium Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Salix Alba Extract, Betaine, Sodium Lauroamphoacetate, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycerin, Panthenol, Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract, Allantoin, Cucumis Sativus Seed Oil, Salvia Officinalis Oil, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Polysorbate 20, DMDM Hydantoin, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Sodium Chloride
MaskingSalix Alba Bark Extract
Astringent
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder
Skin Conditioning
Disodium EDTA
Citric Acid
Buffering
Citrus Glauca Fruit Extract
HumectantMicrocitrus Australasica Fruit Extract
Microcitrus Australis Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningWater, Glycerin, Decyl Glucoside, Lactic Acid, Xanthan Gum, Coco-Glucoside, Phenoxyethanol, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Chloride, Salix Alba Bark Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder, Disodium EDTA, Citric Acid, Citrus Glauca Fruit Extract, Microcitrus Australasica Fruit Extract, Microcitrus Australis Fruit Extract
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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.
Cocamidopropyl Betaine is a fatty acid created by mixing similar compounds in coconut oil and dimethylaminopropylamine, a compound with two amino groups.
This ingredient is a surfactant and cleanser. It helps gather the dirt, pollutants, and other impurities in your skin to be washed away. It also helps thicken a product and make the texture more creamy.
Being created from coconut oil means Cocamidopropyl Betaine is hydrating for the skin.
While Cocamidopropyl Betaine was believed to be an allergen, a study from 2012 disproved this. It found two compounds in unpure Cocamidopropyl Betaine to be the irritants: aminoamide and 3-dimethylaminopropylamine. High-grade and pure Cocamidopropyl Betaine did not induce allergic reactions during this study.
Learn more about Cocamidopropyl BetaineGlycerin (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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