What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Algae Extract
EmollientPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract
Skin Conditioning
Papaver Rhoeas Petal Extract
EmollientPhaseolus Radiatus Extract
Skin ConditioningJuglans Regia Shell Extract
Skin ConditioningPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Sodium Lactate
Buffering
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Serine
Masking
Sorbitol
Humectant
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Tea-Lactate
HumectantTriethanolamine
BufferingUrea
Buffering
Phenylpropanol
Masking
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Water, Glycerin, Algae Extract, Pentylene Glycol, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract, Papaver Rhoeas Petal Extract, Phaseolus Radiatus Extract, Juglans Regia Shell Extract, Panthenol, Lactic Acid, Sodium Lactate, Allantoin, Serine, Sorbitol, Propylene Glycol, Tea-Lactate, Triethanolamine, Urea, Phenylpropanol, Sodium Benzoate
Water
Skin ConditioningDicaprylyl Ether
Emollient
Squalane
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Propanediol
Solvent
Polyglyceryl-10 Mono/Dioleate
Skin ConditioningPolyglyceryl-3 Oleate
Emulsifying
3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid
Skin Conditioning
Angelica Polymorpha Sinensis Root Extract
Skin ConditioningSqualene
Emollient
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Dunaliella Salina Extract
Skin ConditioningHydrogenated Polydecene
EmollientGlycine Soja Sterols
Emollient
Glyceryl Cocoate
Emollient
Behenyl Behenate
EmollientCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingHexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingCetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingPhosphatidylglycerol
Disodium EDTA
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Pyruvic Acid
MaskingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Water, Dicaprylyl Ether, Squalane, Glycerin, Propanediol, Polyglyceryl-10 Mono/Dioleate, Polyglyceryl-3 Oleate, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Angelica Polymorpha Sinensis Root Extract, Squalene, Tocopheryl Acetate, Dunaliella Salina Extract, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Glycine Soja Sterols, Glyceryl Cocoate, Behenyl Behenate, Caprylyl Glycol, Cetyl Alcohol, Xanthan Gum, Hexylene Glycol, Cetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose, Phosphatidylglycerol, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Hyaluronate, Pyruvic Acid, Phenoxyethanol
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
