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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Lauryl Sulfate
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate
Cleansing
Glycol Distearate
Emollient
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Propanediol
Solvent
Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate
CleansingMethyl Gluceth-20
Humectant
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil
Emollient
Persea Gratissima Oil
Skin Conditioning
Mentha Piperita Oil
Masking
Menthyl Lactate
Masking
Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil
Perfuming
Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6
Emulsion StabilisingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningWater, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Glycerin, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate, Glycol Distearate, Coco-Glucoside, Propanediol, Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate, Methyl Gluceth-20, Sodium PCA, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Persea Gratissima Oil, Mentha Piperita Oil, Menthyl Lactate, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Phenoxyethanol, 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 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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