What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Hydrogenated Polydecene
EmollientCetyl Ethylhexanoate
EmollientDipropylene Glycol
HumectantButyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Polysorbate 60
Emulsifying
PEG-100 Stearate
Surfactant
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Potassium Hydroxide
BufferingHydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingDisodium EDTA
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Cyclohexane
SolventWater, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Dipropylene Glycol, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, Polysorbate 60, PEG-100 Stearate, Carbomer, Panthenol, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer, Butylene Glycol, Potassium Hydroxide, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Xanthan Gum, Disodium EDTA, Ceramide NP, Sodium Hyaluronate, Cyclohexane
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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 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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