What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Coco-Sulfate
Cleansing
Lauryl Glucoside
CleansingGlycerin
Humectant
Glyceryl Oleate
Emollient
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Nelumbo Nucifera Seed Extract
Antimicrobial
Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningVitis Vinifera Seed Extract
Antimicrobial
Actinidia Deliciosa Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningSqualane
Emollient
Phormium Tenax Extract
Skin ConditioningLimnanthes Alba Seed Oil
Skin Conditioning
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Bisabolol
Antioxidant
Citric Acid
Buffering
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Gluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Sodium Chloride
MaskingBenzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Dehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Calcium Gluconate
HumectantParfum
Masking
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Coumarin
Perfuming
Water, Sodium Coco-Sulfate, Lauryl Glucoside, Glycerin, Glyceryl Oleate, Decyl Glucoside, Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera Seed Extract, Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Extract, Vitis Vinifera Seed Extract, Actinidia Deliciosa Fruit Extract, Squalane, Phormium Tenax Extract, Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Bisabolol, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Gluconolactone, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Chloride, Benzyl Alcohol, Dehydroacetic Acid, Coco-Glucoside, Calcium Gluconate, Parfum, Limonene, Linalool, Coumarin
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Lauryl Glucoside
CleansingCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Sodium Cocoamphoacetate
CleansingDisodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingLactic Acid
Buffering
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Glyceryl Oleate
Emollient
Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate
CleansingCitrus Reticulata Peel Oil
Masking
Epilobium Angustifolium Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract
Skin ConditioningEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningSodium Metabisulfite
Antioxidant
Water, Glycerin, Lauryl Glucoside, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Lactic Acid, Coco-Glucoside, Phenoxyethanol, Glyceryl Oleate, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate, Citrus Reticulata Peel Oil, Epilobium Angustifolium Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Metabisulfite
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Coco-Glucoside is a surfactant, or a cleansing ingredient. It is made from glucose and coconut oil.
Surfactants help gather dirt, oil, and other pollutants from your skin to be rinsed away.
This ingredient is considered gentle and non-comedogenic. However, it may still be irritating for some.
Learn more about Coco-GlucosideGlycerin (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 GlycerinGlyceryl Oleate is the monoester of glycerin and oleic acid. It is a skin-conditioning emollient that also helps form emulsions.
What makes glyceryl oleate special is its "re-fatting" effect.
When you wash your hair and skin with a surfactant-based cleanser, the surfactants grab onto everything. This includes your skin's natural lipids, or the fats that live in your skin barrier and sebum. Once you rinse these surfactants away, it leaves your skin feeling tight, dry, and clean (in a not-good way).
Re-fatting is essentially putting some of these lipids back. Glyceryl oleate deposits a thin layer of emollient lipids back on the skin or hair surface reduce some of the barrier damage.
Also, glyceryl oleate isn't a foreign molecule to your skin. It's chemically identical to something your skin already produces and manages naturally. This is why it tends to be well-tolerated with low risk of irritation.
Typical use levels range from 0.5-5%.
Glyceryl Oleate has a function of "perfuming" in the CosIng database. This just means that the ingredient has some scent character that can contribute to the product's overall smell.
The scent of this ingredient is described as "waxy".
As an ester of oleic acid, this ingredient may not be fungal acne safe. This is because oleic acid falls into the carbon-chain length that Malassezia can use as a substrate.
Learn more about Glyceryl OleateLauryl Glucoside sugar- and lipid-based cleansing agent. It is created from glucose and lauryl alcohol.
This ingredient is a surfactant, making it easier to rinse oil, dirt, and other pollutants away.
A British study found lauryl glucoside to cause skin sensitivity for some people. We recommend speaking with a professional if you have concerns.
Other names for this ingredient include "Lauryl Polyglucose", "Lauryl glycoside", and "D-Glucopyranoside".
Learn more about Lauryl GlucosideWater. 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!
Learn more about Water
