What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Hippophae Rhamnoides Water
MaskingGlycerin
HumectantButylene Glycol
HumectantCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride
MaskingBetaine
HumectantHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil
EmollientCetearyl Alcohol
EmollientCetearyl Olivate
Sorbitan Olivate
EmulsifyingMacadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil
Emollient1,2-Hexanediol
Skin ConditioningSodium Hyaluronate
HumectantArginine
MaskingPanthenol
Skin ConditioningDimethicone
EmollientEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningCarbomer
Emulsion StabilisingAllantoin
Skin ConditioningXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingHippophae Rhamnoides Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Betaine, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Arginine, Panthenol, Dimethicone, Ethylhexylglycerin, Carbomer, Allantoin, Xanthan Gum
Water
Skin ConditioningGlyceryl Polymethacrylate
Propylene Glycol
HumectantPetrolatum
EmollientDicaprylyl Ether
EmollientPEG-5 Glyceryl Stearate
EmulsifyingGlycerin
HumectantDimethiconol
EmollientCetyl Alcohol
EmollientPrunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil
Skin ConditioningAcrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingTocopheryl Acetate
AntioxidantPhenoxyethanol
PreservativeBenzyl Alcohol
PerfumingDisodium EDTA
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingLactic Acid
BufferingWater, Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Propylene Glycol, Petrolatum, Dicaprylyl Ether, PEG-5 Glyceryl Stearate, Glycerin, Dimethiconol, Cetyl Alcohol, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Tocopheryl Acetate, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Hydroxide, Lactic Acid
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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 Glycerin