What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Dihydroxyacetone
Skin ConditioningHyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Glycerin
Humectant
Vitis Vinifera Seed Extract
Antimicrobial
Hamamelis Virginiana Extract
Antiseborrhoeic
Camellia Sinensis Flower Extract
Perfuming
Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract
Emollient
Punica Granatum Extract
AstringentRosmarinus Officinalis Extract
AntimicrobialChamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract
Masking
Citrus Sinensis Peel Oil Expressed
Perfuming
Citrus Grandis Peel Oil
Masking
Mentha Piperita Oil
Masking
Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
Antimicrobial
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Dihydroxyacetone, Hyaluronic Acid, Glycerin, Vitis Vinifera Seed Extract, Hamamelis Virginiana Extract, Camellia Sinensis Flower Extract, Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract, Punica Granatum Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Citrus Sinensis Peel Oil Expressed, Citrus Grandis Peel Oil, Mentha Piperita Oil, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Lactic Acid
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Dihydroxyacetone
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
CleansingLeuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
Antimicrobial
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Pelargonium Graveolens Oil
Masking
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil
Masking
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientSodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Dehydroxanthan Gum
Emulsion StabilisingPolyglyceryl-6 Oleate
Emulsifying
Sodium Surfactin
CleansingCitric Acid
Buffering
Limonene
Perfuming
Citronellol
Perfuming
Geraniol
Perfuming
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Dihydroxyacetone, Glycerin, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Pelargonium Graveolens Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil, Glyceryl Caprylate, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Dehydroxanthan Gum, Polyglyceryl-6 Oleate, Sodium Surfactin, Citric Acid, Limonene, Citronellol, Geraniol
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice comes from leaves of the aloe plant. Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice is best known for helping to soothe sunburns. It is also anti-inflammatory, moisturizing, antiseptic, and can help heal wounds.
Aloe is packed with good stuff including Vitamins A, C, and E. These vitamins are antioxidants, which help fight free-radicals and the damage they may cause. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells, such as pollution.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice also contains sugars. These sugars come in the form of monosaccharides and polysaccharides, folic acid, and choline. These sugars are able to help bind moisture to skin.
It also contains minerals such as calcium, 12 anthraquinones, fatty acids, amino acids, and Vitamin B12.
Learn more about Aloe Barbadensis Leaf JuiceDihydroxyacetone, or DHA, is the active ingredient in self-tanners.
It's a simply sugar that reacts with the free amino acids in your outermost layer of skin to produce brown-colored compounds called melanoidins.
DHA does not penetrate living skin cells, does not interact with melanocytes, and does not affect actualy melanin production.
There's a "safety controversy" that largely stems from misinterpreted studies:
Once concern is that DHA can generate unstable molecules that can damage cells (free radicals) when exposed to sunlight. This only happens in the outermost layer of dead skin cells and wearing SPF on top takes care of it.
The DNA damage claim comes from lab studies that doused living skin cells in much higher concentrations of DHA than you'd ever find in a self-tanner. That's not really a meaningful comparison to putting self-tanning lotion on your skin.
Regulatory bodies around the world, including the EU's Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) and the U.S. FDA consider it safe for use in cosmetics when applied topically (maximum 10%, and most self-tanners contain between 3-5%).
Learn more about DihydroxyacetoneGlycerin (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 GlycerinLeuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate is a natural preservative. It comes from fermenting radish roots with a bacteria called leuconostoc. The trade name for this ingredient is Leucidal.
Leuconostoc comes from lactic acid.
This ingredient has antimicrobial properties and helps prevent the growth of bacteria in a product.
Leuconostoc is used to make the traditional Korean side-dish, kimchi. It is also used to make sourdough bread (both incredibly yummy foods).
Learn more about Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
