What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Myristic Acid
Cleansing
Potassium Hydroxide
BufferingStearic Acid
Cleansing
Glycol Distearate
Emollient
Lauric Acid
Cleansing
Glyceryl Stearate Se
Emulsifying
Palmitic Acid
Emollient
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Parfum
Masking
Cocamide Mipa
Emulsifying
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
PEG-100 Stearate
Surfactant
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingSorbitan Olivate
Emulsifying
Sodium Chloride
MaskingCI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantDisodium EDTA
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingHexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingButylene Glycol
Humectant
Dextrin
Absorbent1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Carthamus Tinctorius Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningSaccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate
Skin Conditioning
Theobroma Cacao Seed Extract
Antioxidant
Oryza Sativa Extract
Absorbent
Saponaria Officinalis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialWater, Glycerin, Myristic Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Stearic Acid, Glycol Distearate, Lauric Acid, Glyceryl Stearate Se, Palmitic Acid, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Parfum, Cocamide Mipa, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Sorbitan Olivate, Sodium Chloride, CI 77891, Disodium EDTA, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Hexylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Dextrin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Carthamus Tinctorius Flower Extract, Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate, Theobroma Cacao Seed Extract, Oryza Sativa Extract, Saponaria Officinalis Leaf Extract
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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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