What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningDicaprylyl Carbonate
EmollientGlycerin
HumectantCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride
MaskingGlyceryl Stearate Citrate
EmollientCetearyl Alcohol
EmollientNiacinamide
SmoothingAnhydroxylitol
HumectantButyrospermum Parkii Oil
EmollientCitric Acid
BufferingGlobularia Alypum Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningHydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
HumectantPanthenol
Skin ConditioningPantolactone
HumectantPhenoxyethanol
PreservativeSodium Benzoate
MaskingSodium Polyacrylate
AbsorbentSqualane
EmollientTocopherol
AntioxidantXylitol
HumectantXylitylglucoside
HumectantWater, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Niacinamide, Anhydroxylitol, Butyrospermum Parkii Oil, Citric Acid, Globularia Alypum Leaf Extract, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Panthenol, Pantolactone, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Polyacrylate, Squalane, Tocopherol, Xylitol, Xylitylglucoside
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil
Skin ConditioningSesamum Indicum Seed Oil
EmollientGlycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
BleachingBambusa Arundinacea Sap Extract
EmollientLathyrus Odoratus Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningCurcuma Longa Root Extract
MaskingRosa Damascena Flower Water
MaskingCrocus Sativus Flower Extract
MaskingSantalum Album Oil
MaskingWithania Somnifera Root Extract
Skin ConditioningBoerhavia Diffusa Root Extract
Skin ProtectingLysimachia Foenum-Graecum Extract
Skin ConditioningSorbitan Olivate
EmulsifyingCetearyl Olivate
Milk
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
HumectantButter
Skin ConditioningTocopherol
AntioxidantPersea Gratissima Butter
Skin ConditioningButyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin ConditioningEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningPrunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Bambusa Arundinacea Sap Extract, Lathyrus Odoratus Flower Extract, Curcuma Longa Root Extract, Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Crocus Sativus Flower Extract, Santalum Album Oil, Withania Somnifera Root Extract, Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract, Lysimachia Foenum-Graecum Extract, Sorbitan Olivate, Cetearyl Olivate, Milk, Glycerin, Butter, Tocopherol, Persea Gratissima Butter, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Ethylhexylglycerin
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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 is a fat-soluble antioxidant known as Vitamin E.
You'll find this ingredient in the vast majority of skincare (for good reason). It works to neutralize free radicals, or unstable molecules generated by UV exposure, pollution, and other environmental stressors, before they can cause oxidative damage to your skin cells.
Topically applied tocopherol has been shown to protect against UV damage by ramping up the skin's own natural defense enzymes.
It also acts as a skin conditioning agent; some studies show that regular topical use can improve the skin's water-binding capacity over 2-4 weeks.
This ingredient is especially loved for being a team player. When combined with Vitamin C, the photoprotective effect of both ingredients roughly doubles and the combo also helps reduce UV-induced DNA damage.
This ingredient has some brightening potential but it's more of a prevention ingredient than spot-fader. Cell studies show it can slow down melanin production but it's worth noting that it's not the most powerful brightener out there.
In formulations, it also serves as a stabilizer that helps protect other oxidation-prone ingredients from degrading.
Concentrations usually range from 0.1-1% in most leave-on products.
Learn more about Tocopherol