What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Glycerin
Humectant
Betaine
Humectant
Trehalose
Humectant
Urea
Buffering
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Sodium Lactate
Buffering
Serine
Masking
PCA
Humectant
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Alanine
Masking
Glycine
Buffering
Biosaccharide Gum-1
Humectant
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Pullulan
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Glutamic Acid
Humectant
Lysine Hcl
Skin Conditioning
Threonine
Arginine
Masking
Proline
Skin Conditioning
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingAlgin
Masking
Citric Acid
Buffering
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningPantolactone
Humectant
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Water, Panthenol, Niacinamide, Glycerin, Betaine, Trehalose, Urea, Sodium PCA, Sodium Lactate, Serine, PCA, Pentylene Glycol, Alanine, Glycine, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Caprylyl Glycol, Pullulan, Sodium Hyaluronate, Glutamic Acid, Lysine Hcl, Threonine, Arginine, Proline, Xanthan Gum, Algin, Citric Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Pantolactone, Phenoxyethanol
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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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