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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Alcohol
Antimicrobial
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Beeswax
Emulsion Stabilising
Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter
Emollient
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Limonene
Perfuming
Viola Tricolor Extract
EmollientRosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialChamomilla Recutita Extract
Skin Conditioning
Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract
Masking
Lanolin
Emollient
Carrageenan
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingLactic Acid
Buffering
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientParfum
Masking
Linalool
Perfuming
Geraniol
Perfuming
Citral
Perfuming
Water, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Glycerin, Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Beeswax, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter, Cetearyl Alcohol, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Limonene, Viola Tricolor Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Extract, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Lanolin, Carrageenan, Xanthan Gum, Lactic Acid, Glyceryl Caprylate, Parfum, Linalool, Geraniol, Citral
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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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