What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil
Masking
Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil
Masking
Pumice
Abrasive
Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil
Emollient
Hydrated Silica
Abrasive
Bambusa Arundinacea Stem Extract
Skin ConditioningIllite
Abrasive
Calophyllum Inophyllum Seed Oil
Antimicrobial
Citrus Limon Peel Oil
Masking
Laurus Nobilis Leaf Oil
Masking
Citrus Reticulata Peel Oil
Masking
Curcuma Longa Root Extract
Masking
Citrus Grandis Seed Extract
Astringent
Glycerin
Humectant
Ascorbic Acid
Antioxidant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Glycine Soja Oil
Emollient
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Pumice, Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil, Hydrated Silica, Bambusa Arundinacea Stem Extract, Illite, Calophyllum Inophyllum Seed Oil, Citrus Limon Peel Oil, Laurus Nobilis Leaf Oil, Citrus Reticulata Peel Oil, Curcuma Longa Root Extract, Citrus Grandis Seed Extract, Glycerin, Ascorbic Acid, Tocopherol, Glycine Soja Oil
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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.
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