What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Sodium Acrylates Copolymer
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Dehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Mica
Cosmetic ColorantIron Oxides
Titanium Dioxide
Cosmetic Colorant
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Sodium Phytate
Alcohol
Antimicrobial
Vitis Vinifera Seed Extract
Antimicrobial
Actinidia Deliciosa Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningBakuchiol
Antimicrobial
Persea Gratissima Oil
Skin Conditioning
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Essential Oils
Water, Glycerin, Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Benzyl Alcohol, Dehydroacetic Acid, Mica, Iron Oxides, Titanium Dioxide, Sodium Hyaluronate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Phytate, Alcohol, Vitis Vinifera Seed Extract, Actinidia Deliciosa Fruit Extract, Bakuchiol, Persea Gratissima Oil, Limonene, Linalool, Essential Oils
Water
Skin ConditioningSqualane
Emollient
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Palmitoyl Grape Seed Extract
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
C14-22 Alcohols
Emulsion Stabilising
Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate
Antioxidant
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningPolyacrylate Crosspolymer-6
Emulsion StabilisingGlyceryl Stearate Se
Emulsifying
Phenylpropanol
Masking
C12-20 Alkyl Glucoside
EmulsifyingHydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Propanediol
Solvent
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Acacia Senegal Gum
MaskingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingPicea Abies Wood Extract
Sodium Phytate
Citric Acid
Buffering
Water, Squalane, Butylene Glycol, Palmitoyl Grape Seed Extract, Glycerin, C14-22 Alcohols, Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Glyceryl Stearate Se, Phenylpropanol, C12-20 Alkyl Glucoside, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Propanediol, Tocopherol, Caprylyl Glycol, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Acacia Senegal Gum, Xanthan Gum, Picea Abies Wood Extract, Sodium Phytate, Citric Acid
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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 GlycerinSodium Phytate is the synthetic salt form of phytic acid. Phytic acid is an antioxidant and can be found in plant seeds.
Sodium Phytate is a chelating agent. Chelating agents help prevent metals from binding to water. This helps stabilize the ingredients and the product.
Water. 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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