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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil Unsaponifiables
Emollient
Solanum Tuberosum Pulp Extract
SmoothingCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientSodium Benzoate
Masking
Sodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningFurcellaria Lumbricalis Extract
Skin ConditioningPotassium Sorbate
Preservative
Citric Acid
Buffering
Persea Gratissima Fruit Extract
EmollientWater, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil Unsaponifiables, Solanum Tuberosum Pulp Extract, Coco-Glucoside, Glyceryl Caprylate, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Gluconate, Furcellaria Lumbricalis Extract, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid, Persea Gratissima 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.
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.
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