What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCaprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
CleansingSodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
Cleansing
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Acrylates Copolymer
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Glycerin
Humectant
Propanediol
Solvent
Biosaccharide Gum-1
Humectant
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningAlpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide
Cleansing
Salicylic Acid 0.5%
Masking
Zinc PCA
Humectant
Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
Bleaching
Centella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Xylitylglucoside
Humectant
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingAnhydroxylitol
Humectant
Xylitol
Humectant
Disodium EDTA
Triethanolamine
BufferingWater, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Acrylates Copolymer, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Propanediol, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Salicylic Acid 0.5%, Zinc PCA, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Xylitylglucoside, Xanthan Gum, Anhydroxylitol, Xylitol, Disodium EDTA, Triethanolamine
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.
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