What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCetyl Ethylhexanoate
EmollientIsopropyl Palmitate
EmollientCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride
MaskingGlycerin
HumectantPropanediol
SolventGlyceryl Stearate Citrate
EmollientPolyglyceryl-3 Stearate
EmulsifyingCetearyl Alcohol
EmollientLimnanthes Alba Seed Oil
Skin ConditioningRubus Idaeus Seed Oil
EmollientStellaria Media Extract
Skin ConditioningAcrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingCaprylyl Glycol
EmollientHydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying1,2-Hexanediol
Skin ConditioningHydroxyacetophenone
AntioxidantTocopheryl Acetate
AntioxidantTocopherol
AntioxidantSodium Hydroxide
BufferingSodium Phytate
Water, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Isopropyl Palmitate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Propanediol, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Polyglyceryl-3 Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil, Rubus Idaeus Seed Oil, Stellaria Media Extract, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tocopherol, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Phytate
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
EmollientGlycerin
HumectantVitis Vinifera Seed Oil
EmollientWater
Skin ConditioningSucrose Laurate
EmollientAvena Sativa Kernel Oil
Skin ConditioningAdansonia Digitata Seed Oil
EmollientSucrose Stearate
EmollientTocopherol
AntioxidantPelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil
MaskingSucrose Palmitate
EmollientAnthemis Nobilis Flower Oil
MaskingAvena Sativa Kernel Extract
AbrasiveLactobacillus Ferment
Skin ConditioningHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Glycerin, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Water, Sucrose Laurate, Avena Sativa Kernel Oil, Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil, Sucrose Stearate, Tocopherol, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Sucrose Palmitate, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil, Avena Sativa Kernel Extract, Lactobacillus Ferment
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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 GlycerinTocopherol (also known as Vitamin E) is a common antioxidant used to help protect the skin from free-radicals and strengthen the skin barrier. It's also fat soluble - this means our skin is great at absorbing it.
Vitamin E also helps keep your natural skin lipids healthy. Your lipid skin barrier naturally consists of lipids, ceramides, and fatty acids. Vitamin E offers extra protection for your skin’s lipid barrier, keeping your skin healthy and nourished.
Another benefit is a bit of UV protection. Vitamin E helps reduce the damage caused by UVB rays. (It should not replace your sunscreen). Combining it with Vitamin C can decrease sunburned cells and hyperpigmentation after UV exposure.
You might have noticed Vitamin E + C often paired together. This is because it is great at stabilizing Vitamin C. Using the two together helps increase the effectiveness of both ingredients.
There are often claims that Vitamin E can reduce/prevent scarring, but these claims haven't been confirmed by scientific research.
Learn more about TocopherolWater. 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