What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningPolyvinyl Alcohol
Glycerin
Humectant
Glycereth-26
Humectant
Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
Absorbent
Chondrus Crispus Extract
Skin Conditioning
Laminaria Digitata Extract
Skin Protecting
Sea Water Extract
Skin ConditioningHyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Menthol
Masking
Copper Chlorophyll
Cosmetic ColorantAcetyl Cysteine
Antioxidant
Acetyl Hexapeptide-8
Humectant
Simmondsia Chinensis Leaf Extract
HumectantEpilobium Angustifolium Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract
Skin ConditioningSea Salt
Abrasive
Silica
Abrasive
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningDisodium EDTA
Mica
Cosmetic ColorantIron Oxides
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantTin Oxide
Abrasive
CI 77510
Cosmetic ColorantSynthetic Fluorphlogopite
Chromium Oxide Greens
Water, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Glycereth-26, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Laminaria Digitata Extract, Sea Water Extract, Hyaluronic Acid, Menthol, Copper Chlorophyll, Acetyl Cysteine, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Simmondsia Chinensis Leaf Extract, Epilobium Angustifolium Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Sea Salt, Silica, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium EDTA, Mica, Iron Oxides, CI 77891, Tin Oxide, CI 77510, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Chromium Oxide Greens
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
