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This barrier-repair moisturizer is formulated around Sodium Hyaluronate and Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract to strengthen the skin barrier and hydrate skin.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningDimethicone
EmollientButylene Glycol
HumectantGlycerin
HumectantTrisiloxane
Skin ConditioningTrehalose
HumectantSaccharomyces Lysate Extract
HumectantSodium Hyaluronate
HumectantAloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
EmollientAloe Barbadensis Leaf Water
MaskingSilybum Marianum Extract
Skin ConditioningCamellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialAloe Barbadensis Leaf Polysaccharides
EmollientSorbitol
HumectantSodium Polyaspartate
HumectantCaffeine
Skin ConditioningThermus Thermophillus Ferment
Skin ConditioningLactobacillus Ferment Lysate
Skin ConditioningPalmitoyl Hexapeptide-12
Skin ConditioningCaprylyl Glycol
EmollientSucrose
HumectantHydroxyethyl Urea
HumectantAmmonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer
Oleth-10
EmulsifyingAcrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingSaccharide Isomerate
HumectantHydrogenated Lecithin
EmulsifyingTromethamine
BufferingGlyceryl Polymethacrylate
Disodium EDTA
PEG-8
HumectantHexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingCitric Acid
BufferingSodium Citrate
BufferingTocopheryl Acetate
AntioxidantBHT
AntioxidantMagnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate
AntioxidantPhenoxyethanol
PreservativeSodium Benzoate
MaskingPotassium Sorbate
PreservativeCI 14700
Cosmetic ColorantCI 19140
Cosmetic ColorantWater, Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Trisiloxane, Trehalose, Saccharomyces Lysate Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Water, Silybum Marianum Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Polysaccharides, Sorbitol, Sodium Polyaspartate, Caffeine, Thermus Thermophillus Ferment, Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12, Caprylyl Glycol, Sucrose, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer, Oleth-10, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Saccharide Isomerate, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Tromethamine, Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Disodium EDTA, PEG-8, Hexylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Tocopheryl Acetate, BHT, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, CI 14700, CI 19140
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
CleansingStearic Acid
CleansingSodium Tallowate
CleansingSodium Cocoate
CleansingWater
Skin ConditioningSodium Stearate
CleansingGlycerin
HumectantSodium Chloride
MaskingPEG-20
HumectantAmyl Cinnamal
PerfumingBenzyl Benzoate
AntimicrobialBenzyl Salicylate
PerfumingBHT
AntioxidantCinnamyl Alcohol
PerfumingCitronellol
PerfumingGeraniol
PerfumingHydroxycitronellal
PerfumingLimonene
PerfumingLinalool
PerfumingNiacinamide
SmoothingPancratium Maritimum Extract
BleachingParfum
MaskingPentasodium Pentetate
Petrolatum
EmollientSodium Ferrocyanide
Sodium Isethionate
CleansingSodium Isostearoyl Lactylate
EmulsifyingSucrose Cocoate
EmulsifyingTetrasodium Etidronate
Emulsion StabilisingTitanium Dioxide
Cosmetic ColorantSodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Stearic Acid, Sodium Tallowate, Sodium Cocoate, Water, Sodium Stearate, Glycerin, Sodium Chloride, PEG-20, Amyl Cinnamal, Benzyl Benzoate, Benzyl Salicylate, BHT, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Citronellol, Geraniol, Hydroxycitronellal, Limonene, Linalool, Niacinamide, Pancratium Maritimum Extract, Parfum, Pentasodium Pentetate, Petrolatum, Sodium Ferrocyanide, Sodium Isethionate, Sodium Isostearoyl Lactylate, Sucrose Cocoate, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Titanium Dioxide
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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.
BHT is a synthetic antioxidant and preservative.
As an antioxidant, it helps your body fight off free-radicals. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells.
As a preservative, it is used to stabilize products and prevent them from degrading. Specifically, BHT prevents degradation from oxidation.
The concerns related to BHT come from oral studies; this ingredient is currently allowed for use by both the FDA and EU.
However, it was recently restricted for use in the UK as of April 2024.
Learn more about BHTGlycerin (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!
Learn more about Water