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What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Glycine Soja Oil
Emollient
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Lauryl Laurate
Skin Conditioning
Polyglyceryl-10 Dioleate
Emulsifying
Polyglyceryl-2 Sesquicaprylate
EmulsifyingSynthetic Wax
Abrasive
Ricinus Communis Seed Oil
Masking
Stearyl Behenate
Emollient
Cannabis Sativa Seed Extract
EmollientCarthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil
Masking
Aloe Barbadensis Extract
Skin Conditioning
Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Emollient
Agave Tequilana Leaf Extract
AstringentPrunus Avium Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningTocopherol
Antioxidant
Silica
Abrasive
Octyldodecanol
Emollient
Sorbitan Oleate
Emulsifying
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Parfum
Masking
Citral
Perfuming
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantGlycine Soja Oil, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Lauryl Laurate, Polyglyceryl-10 Dioleate, Polyglyceryl-2 Sesquicaprylate, Synthetic Wax, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Stearyl Behenate, Cannabis Sativa Seed Extract, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Extract, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Agave Tequilana Leaf Extract, Prunus Avium Flower Extract, Tocopherol, Silica, Octyldodecanol, Sorbitan Oleate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Caprylyl Glycol, Parfum, Citral, CI 77891
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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.
Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil comes from the seeds of the safflower plant. It is a skin conditioning agent that helps soften skin and keep it hydrated.
This seed oil has an unusual fatty acid profile: it is one of the highest linoleic acid plant oils out there (~55-77%). It also has low amounts of oleic acid, and this high-linoleic/low-oleic ratio gets people excited.
Linoleic acid helps maintain skin barrier integrity and is a building block for the ceramides in your stratum corneum. Notably, people with acne tend to have lower linoleic acid in their skin lipids as well (and this gets worse as acne gets more severe).
Overall, it's a lightweight, fast-absorbing oil that has a long safety track record. Lab testing has found it to be non-irritating for skin or eyes.
The Malassezia yeast can metabolize the fatty acids in this oil to grow; therefore this ingredient may not be fungal acne safe.
Learn more about Carthamus Tinctorius Seed OilTocopherol 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
