What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Colloidal Oatmeal 1%
Absorbent
Water
Skin ConditioningCarthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil
Masking
Glycerin
Humectant
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate
Emulsifying
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Diheptyl Succinate
EmollientEthylhexyl Olivate
Skin Conditioning
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Propanediol
Solvent
Glyceryl Stearate Citrate
Emollient
Jojoba Esters
Emollient
Polyglyceryl-3 Beeswax
Emulsifying
Cellulose
Absorbent
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Squalane
Emollient
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide
Cleansing
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingHectorite
AbsorbentCaprylhydroxamic Acid
Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer
Skin ConditioningCitric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Colloidal Oatmeal 1%, Water, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Glycerin, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Diheptyl Succinate, Ethylhexyl Olivate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Propanediol, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Jojoba Esters, Polyglyceryl-3 Beeswax, Cellulose, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Squalane, Allantoin, Tocopherol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Cetyl Alcohol, Xanthan Gum, Hectorite, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate
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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.
Cetyl Alcohol is a fatty alcohol. Fatty Alcohols are most often used as an emollient or to thicken a product.
Its main roles are:
Though it has "alcohol" in the name, it is not related to denatured alcohol or ethyl alcohol.
The FDA allows products labeled "alcohol-free" to have fatty alcohols.
Learn more about Cetyl AlcoholGlycerin (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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