What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Petrolatum
Emollient
Paraffinum Liquidum
Emollient
Ceteareth-20
CleansingAluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate
Absorbent
Dimethicone
Emollient
Acrylates Copolymer
Glyceryl Dilaurate
Emollient
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Parfum
Masking
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingTetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingArginine
Masking
Butyrospermum Parkii Oil
Emollient
Caffeine
Skin Conditioning
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Fucus Vesiculosus Extract
Emollient
Centella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Hydrolyzed Collagen
Emollient
Hydrolyzed Elastin
EmollientLeuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
Antimicrobial
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Limonene
Perfuming
Water, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Petrolatum, Paraffinum Liquidum, Ceteareth-20, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Dimethicone, Acrylates Copolymer, Glyceryl Dilaurate, Stearic Acid, Hydroxyacetophenone, Parfum, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Butylene Glycol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Sodium Hydroxide, Arginine, Butyrospermum Parkii Oil, Caffeine, Tocopheryl Acetate, Fucus Vesiculosus Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Hydrolyzed Elastin, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Phenoxyethanol, Limonene
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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 GlycerinPhenoxyethanol is a preservative that has germicide, antimicrobial, and aromatic properties. Studies show that phenoxyethanol can prevent microbial growth. By itself, it has a scent that is similar to that of a rose.
It's often used in formulations along with Caprylyl Glycol to preserve the shelf life of products.
Water. 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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