What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Water
Skin ConditioningSucrose Laurate
Emollient
Avena Sativa Kernel Oil
Skin Conditioning
Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil
Emollient
Sucrose Stearate
EmollientTocopherol
Antioxidant
Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil
Masking
Sucrose Palmitate
EmollientAnthemis Nobilis Flower Oil
Masking
Avena Sativa Kernel Extract
Abrasive
Lactobacillus Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Glycerin, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Water, Sucrose Laurate, Avena Sativa Kernel Oil, Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil, Sucrose Stearate, Tocopherol, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Sucrose Palmitate, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil, Avena Sativa Kernel Extract, Lactobacillus Ferment
Water
Skin ConditioningCucumis Sativus Fruit Water
Skin ConditioningGlyceryl Stearates
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
Antimicrobial
Squalane
Emollient
Cellulose
Absorbent
Bakuchiol
Antimicrobial
Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil
Emollient
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Caramel
Cosmetic ColorantSodium Dehydroacetate
Preservative
Baptisia Tinctoria Root Extract
Skin ConditioningCitric Acid
Buffering
Beta-Glucan
Skin Conditioning
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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.
This ingredient is also known as Baobab Seed Oil. Like most plant oils, it works by sitting on the skin's surface to slow water loss and keep skin soft.
The fatty acid content of this oil is roughly 25-36% linoleic acid, 20-30% oleic acid, and 25-30% palmitic acid. Plus, it has smaller amounts of stearic and linolenic acid.
Linoleic acid is the most abundant fatty acid naturally found in your epidermis and your skin uses it to build ceramides.
Baobab seed oil also brings some Vitamin E that provides mild antioxidant activity and helps keep the oil itself stable.
An actual human study that ran a 48-hour occlusive patch test found this ingredient caused no significant irritation.
Because this ingredient is full of C16-18 fatty acids that Malassezia feeds on, this ingredient may not be fungal acne safe.
Learn more about Adansonia Digitata Seed OilGlycerin (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
