What's inside
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Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningRosa Damascena Flower Water
Masking
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Glycerin
Humectant
Chlorphenesin
Antimicrobial
Parfum
Masking
PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Emulsifying
PEG-75 Lanolin
Emollient
2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1,3-Diol
Preservative
Gluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Calcium Gluconate
HumectantBenzyl Salicylate
Perfuming
Limonene
Perfuming
Hexyl Cinnamal
Perfuming
Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone
Perfuming
Geraniol
Perfuming
Water, Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Phenoxyethanol, Glycerin, Chlorphenesin, Parfum, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, PEG-75 Lanolin, 2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1,3-Diol, Gluconolactone, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Calcium Gluconate, Benzyl Salicylate, Limonene, Hexyl Cinnamal, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Geraniol
Water
Skin ConditioningPropanediol
Solvent
Glycerin
Humectant
Betaine
Humectant
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Polyglycerin-3
Humectant
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningButylene Glycol
Humectant
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingDisodium EDTA
Madecassoside
Antioxidant
Centella Asiatica Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract
Skin Conditioning
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
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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 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!
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