What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Sorbitol
Humectant
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Myristic Acid
Cleansing
Lauric Acid
Cleansing
Potassium Hydroxide
BufferingSodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
Cleansing
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
PEG-32
HumectantPEG-100 Stearate
Surfactant
Garcinia Mangostana Peel Extract
Skin ConditioningParfum
Masking
Garcinia Mangostana Peel Powder
Abrasive
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Cudrania Tricuspidata Bark Extract
Skin ConditioningDisodium EDTA
Prunus Mume Fruit Extract
Humectant
Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate
Humectant
Lactobacillus Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Polymethyl Methacrylate
Iron Oxides
Titanium Dioxide
Cosmetic Colorant
Mica
Cosmetic ColorantMethicone
Emollient
Triethoxysilylethyl Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Hexyl Dimethicone
Skin Conditioning
Tin Oxide
Abrasive
Water, Glycerin, Sorbitol, Stearic Acid, Myristic Acid, Lauric Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-32, PEG-100 Stearate, Garcinia Mangostana Peel Extract, Parfum, Garcinia Mangostana Peel Powder, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Cudrania Tricuspidata Bark Extract, Disodium EDTA, Prunus Mume Fruit Extract, Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate, Lactobacillus Ferment, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Iron Oxides, Titanium Dioxide, Mica, Methicone, Triethoxysilylethyl Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Hexyl Dimethicone, Tin Oxide
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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.
Cocamidopropyl Betaine is a fatty acid created by mixing similar compounds in coconut oil and dimethylaminopropylamine, a compound with two amino groups.
This ingredient is a surfactant and cleanser. It helps gather the dirt, pollutants, and other impurities in your skin to be washed away. It also helps thicken a product and make the texture more creamy.
Being created from coconut oil means Cocamidopropyl Betaine is hydrating for the skin.
While Cocamidopropyl Betaine was believed to be an allergen, a study from 2012 disproved this. It found two compounds in unpure Cocamidopropyl Betaine to be the irritants: aminoamide and 3-dimethylaminopropylamine. High-grade and pure Cocamidopropyl Betaine did not induce allergic reactions during this study.
Learn more about Cocamidopropyl BetaineGlycerin (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
