What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningDecyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate
EmulsifyingGlycol Stearate
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Parfum
Masking
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
Cleansing
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Carica Papaya Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningDaucus Carota Sativa Root Extract
Skin Conditioning
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
Skin ConditioningGlycine Soja Oil
Emollient
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Beta-Carotene
Skin ConditioningCaprylhydroxamic Acid
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Water, Decyl Glucoside, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Glycol Stearate, Glycerin, Parfum, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Panthenol, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Carica Papaya Fruit Extract, Daucus Carota Sativa Root Extract, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Glycine Soja Oil, Tocopherol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Beta-Carotene, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Caprylyl Glycol
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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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