What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Dipropylheptyl Carbonate
EmollientCetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Dicaprylyl Ether
Emollient
Glucomannan
Skin ConditioningPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
CleansingDistarch Phosphate
AbsorbentAllantoin
Skin Conditioning
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Zinc PCA
Humectant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Chondrus Crispus Powder
Abrasive
Madecassoside
Antioxidant
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Water, Glycerin, Dipropylheptyl Carbonate, Cetyl Alcohol, Dicaprylyl Ether, Glucomannan, Panthenol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Distarch Phosphate, Allantoin, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Zinc PCA, Tocopherol, Chondrus Crispus Powder, Madecassoside, Lactic Acid
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Alcohol Denat.
Antimicrobial
Isododecane
EmollientDimethicone/Bis-Isobutyl PPG-20 Crosspolymer
Emollient
Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer
Silica
Abrasive
Urea
Buffering
Sodium Salicylate
Preservative
Bisabolol
Antioxidant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Octyldodecanol
Emollient
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Succinic Acid
BufferingParfum
Masking
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Disodium EDTA
Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Water, Glycerin, Alcohol Denat., Isododecane, Dimethicone/Bis-Isobutyl PPG-20 Crosspolymer, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer, Silica, Urea, Sodium Salicylate, Bisabolol, Niacinamide, Octyldodecanol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Succinic Acid, Parfum, Phenoxyethanol, Disodium EDTA, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Coco-Glucoside
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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!
Learn more about Water
