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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Laureth Sulfate
Cleansing
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Cellulose
Absorbent
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Lauramide Mipa
SurfactantGlycol Distearate
Emollient
Cetearyl Glucoside
Emulsifying
Glycerin
Humectant
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingTea-Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Water
MaskingSilica
Abrasive
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Parfum
Masking
Phenoxyisopropanol
Preservative
Sodium Chloride
MaskingPropylene Glycol
Humectant
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingBenzophenone-2
MaskingButylparaben
Masking
Disodium EDTA
Methylchloroisothiazolinone
Preservative
Moringa Oleifera Seed Extract
Skin Conditioning
Methylisothiazolinone
Preservative
Chlorphenesin
Antimicrobial
Ethylparaben
Preservative
Methylparaben
Preservative
BHT
Antioxidant
Benzyl Salicylate
Perfuming
Butylphenyl Methylpropional
Perfuming
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Geraniol
Perfuming
CI 15985
Cosmetic ColorantWater, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cellulose, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Lauramide Mipa, Glycol Distearate, Cetearyl Glucoside, Glycerin, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Tea-Cocoyl Glutamate, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Water, Silica, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Parfum, Phenoxyisopropanol, Sodium Chloride, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Hydroxide, Benzophenone-2, Butylparaben, Disodium EDTA, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Moringa Oleifera Seed Extract, Methylisothiazolinone, Chlorphenesin, Ethylparaben, Methylparaben, BHT, Benzyl Salicylate, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Limonene, Linalool, Geraniol, CI 15985
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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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