What's inside
What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningDipropylene Glycol
HumectantPolysilicone-29
Silicone Quaternium-18
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Trideceth-6
EmulsifyingChamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Trideceth-12
EmulsifyingSodium Benzoate
Masking
Chlorphenesin
Antimicrobial
Potassium Benzoate
Preservative
Disodium EDTA
Citric Acid
Buffering
Water
Skin ConditioningCyclopentasiloxane
Emollient
Dimethicone
Emollient
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Dimethiconol
Emollient
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Parfum
Masking
Cetrimonium Chloride
Antimicrobial
Hydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingHydroxyethyl Urea
Humectant
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Snail Secretion Filtrate
Skin Conditioning
Hydrolyzed Keratin
Humectant
Hydrolyzed Collagen
Emollient
Hexyl Cinnamal
Perfuming
Limonene
Perfuming
Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Propylene Glycol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Dimethiconol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Parfum, Cetrimonium Chloride, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Tocopheryl Acetate, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil, Snail Secretion Filtrate, Hydrolyzed Keratin, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene
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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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