What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Dipropylene Glycol
HumectantIsostearyl Isostearate
Emollient
Sucrose Stearate
EmollientSqualane
Emollient
Microcrystalline Cellulose
AbsorbentPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Glycyrrhetinic Acid
Skin Conditioning
Disodium EDTA
Cellulose Gum
Emulsion StabilisingPolyacrylate Crosspolymer-6
Emulsion StabilisingTambourissa Trichophylla Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningTocopherol
Antioxidant
Lecithin
Emollient
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Fructooligosaccharides
Humectant
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Laminaria Ochroleuca Extract
Skin Conditioning
Water, Glycerin, Dipropylene Glycol, Isostearyl Isostearate, Sucrose Stearate, Squalane, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Pentylene Glycol, Glycyrrhetinic Acid, Disodium EDTA, Cellulose Gum, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Tambourissa Trichophylla Leaf Extract, Tocopherol, Lecithin, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Niacinamide, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Fructooligosaccharides, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Laminaria Ochroleuca Extract
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Bentonite
Absorbent
Propanediol
Solvent
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCopper Gluconate
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Dextran Sulfate
Gel Forming
Manganese Gluconate
Skin ConditioningZinc Gluconate
Skin Conditioning
Phytosphingosine
Skin Conditioning
Asiaticoside
Antioxidant
Leontopodium Alpinum Flower/Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningCitric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Hydroxide
Buffering
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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
