What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Alcohol
Antimicrobial
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Parfum
Masking
Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer
Rosa Centifolia Flower Water
Skin ConditioningCalcium Sodium Borosilicate
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantTriethyl Citrate
Masking
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite
Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate
Antioxidant
Citric Acid
Buffering
CI 75470
Cosmetic ColorantTin Oxide
Abrasive
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Limonene
Perfuming
Hydroxycitronellal
Perfuming
Hexyl Cinnamal
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Benzyl Salicylate
Perfuming
Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone
Perfuming
Citronellol
Perfuming
Isoeugenol
Perfuming
Geraniol
Perfuming
Citral
Perfuming
Alcohol, Water, Glycerin, Parfum, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer, Rosa Centifolia Flower Water, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, CI 77891, Triethyl Citrate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Citric Acid, CI 75470, Tin Oxide, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Limonene, Hydroxycitronellal, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, Benzyl Salicylate, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Citronellol, Isoeugenol, Geraniol, Citral
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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