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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
Cleansing
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingCocamide Dipa
Emulsifying
Glycerin
Humectant
Sodium Chloride
MaskingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Citric Acid
Buffering
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Dehydroacetate
Preservative
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Althaea Officinalis Root Extract
Skin Conditioning
Avena Sativa Kernel Extract
Abrasive
Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract
Masking
Camellia Sinensis Extract
Antioxidant
Chamomilla Recutita Extract
Skin Conditioning
Lavandula Angustifolia Extract
Skin Conditioning
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningTrifolium Pratense Extract
Skin ConditioningCamellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
Bleaching
Hedychium Spicatum Extract
Skin ConditioningOlea Europaea Leaf Extract
Perfuming
Pinus Pinaster Bark Extract
Antioxidant
Punica Granatum Extract
AstringentRosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialTheobroma Cacao Extract
Skin ConditioningVitis Vinifera Seed Extract
Antimicrobial
Water, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Cocamide Dipa, Glycerin, Sodium Chloride, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Althaea Officinalis Root Extract, Avena Sativa Kernel Extract, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Camellia Sinensis Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Extract, Lavandula Angustifolia Extract, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Fruit Extract, Trifolium Pratense Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Hedychium Spicatum Extract, Olea Europaea Leaf Extract, Pinus Pinaster Bark Extract, Punica Granatum Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Theobroma Cacao Extract, Vitis Vinifera Seed Extract
Water
Skin ConditioningHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Hamamelis Virginiana Water
Astringent
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Glyceryl Stearate Citrate
Emollient
Water, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Hamamelis Virginiana Water, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Crocus Sativus Stigma Water, Caprylyl Glycol, Glycerin, Sodium Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Curcuma Longa Root Extract, Parfum
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Ingredients Explained
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Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice comes from leaves of the aloe plant. Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice is best known for helping to soothe sunburns. It is also anti-inflammatory, moisturizing, antiseptic, and can help heal wounds.
Aloe is packed with good stuff including Vitamins A, C, and E. These vitamins are antioxidants, which help fight free-radicals and the damage they may cause. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells, such as pollution.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice also contains sugars. These sugars come in the form of monosaccharides and polysaccharides, folic acid, and choline. These sugars are able to help bind moisture to skin.
It also contains minerals such as calcium, 12 anthraquinones, fatty acids, amino acids, and Vitamin B12.
Learn more about Aloe Barbadensis Leaf JuiceCaprylyl Glycol is a humectant, skin conditioner, emollient, and preservative booster derived from either caprylic acid or synthetically created.
Typical use levels vary from 0.3-1% as a preservative booster and go up to 2% to condition skin.
Because it is not a free-fatty acid or alcohol, this ingredient is fungal acne safe (there's nothing for Malassezia to feed on).
Learn more about Caprylyl GlycolGlycerin (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 GlycerinThis ingredient is a preservative with antimicrobial properties. It is the sodium salt of dehydroacetic acid.
It is especially effective at preventing bacterial and fungal growth in low concentrations.
Water. 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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