What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningPropanediol
Solvent
Tranexamic Acid
Astringent
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Glycerin
Humectant
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Gluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Ascorbyl Glucoside
Antioxidant
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Xylitylglucoside
Humectant
Anhydroxylitol
Humectant
Xylitol
Humectant
Glucose
Humectant
Hydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Chloride
MaskingGlyoxal
Antimicrobial
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Calcium Gluconate
HumectantWater, Propanediol, Tranexamic Acid, Niacinamide, Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Gluconolactone, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract, Xylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol, Xylitol, Glucose, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Sodium Chloride, Glyoxal, Panthenol, Sodium Benzoate, Calcium Gluconate
Water
Skin ConditioningSd Alcohol 40
Astringent
Isopropyl Alcohol
Solvent
Glycerin
Humectant
Salicylic Acid
Masking
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Dimethylmethoxy Chromanyl Palmitate
Skin Conditioning
Tetrahydrodiferuloylmethane
Antioxidant
Glycolic Acid 0.1%
Buffering
Lactic Acid 0.1%
Buffering
Camphor
Masking
Azadirachta Indica Leaf Oil 0.15%
Masking
Cera Alba
Emollient
Salix Alba Bark Extract
Astringent
Betula Alba Bark Extract
Masking
Cyclohexasiloxane
Emollient
Hydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Water, Sd Alcohol 40, Isopropyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Salicylic Acid, Butylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, Dimethylmethoxy Chromanyl Palmitate, Tetrahydrodiferuloylmethane, Glycolic Acid 0.1%, Lactic Acid 0.1%, Camphor, Azadirachta Indica Leaf Oil 0.15%, Cera Alba, Salix Alba Bark Extract, Betula Alba Bark Extract, Cyclohexasiloxane, Hydroxyethylcellulose, 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 GlycerinHydroxyethylcellulose is used to improve the texture of products. It is created from a chemical reaction involving ethylene oxide and alkali-cellulose. Cellulose is a sugar found in plant cell walls and help give plants structure.
This ingredient helps stabilize products by preventing ingredients from separating. It can also help thicken the texture of a product.
This ingredient can also be found in pill medicines to help our bodies digest other ingredients.
Learn more about HydroxyethylcelluloseWater. 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!
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