What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Dicaprylyl Ether
Emollient
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Avena Sativa Kernel Flour
Abrasive
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Dimethicone
Emollient
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Ceteareth-20
CleansingSodium Hydroxide
BufferingSodium Citrate
BufferingCitric Acid
Buffering
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Coconut Alkanes
Emollient
Diheptyl Succinate
EmollientCetearyl Olivate
Sorbitan Olivate
Emulsifying
Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer
Skin ConditioningXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingAscorbyl Glucoside
Antioxidant
Citrus Aurantifolia Oil
Cleansing
Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil
Masking
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil
Masking
Citrus Nobilis Peel Oil
Masking
Citrus Paradisi Peel Oil
Masking
Curcuma Longa Root Extract
Masking
Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
Bleaching
Silybum Marianum Extract
Skin Conditioning
Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Ascorbic Acid
Antioxidant
Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate
Antioxidant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Algin
Masking
Beta-Glucan
Skin Conditioning
Calcium Ascorbate
Antioxidant
Coco-Caprylate/Caprate
Emollient
Squalane
Emollient
Benzoic Acid
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Sorbic Acid
Preservative
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glycerin, Coconut Alkanes, Diheptyl Succinate, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Xanthan Gum, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Citrus Aurantifolia Oil, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil, Citrus Nobilis Peel Oil, Citrus Paradisi Peel Oil, Curcuma Longa Root Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Silybum Marianum Extract, Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract, Ascorbic Acid, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Tocopherol, Algin, Beta-Glucan, Calcium Ascorbate, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Squalane, Benzoic Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Sorbic Acid, Limonene, Linalool
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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