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Water
Skin ConditioningCocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
CleansingCoco-Glucoside
CleansingErythritol
HumectantAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin ConditioningCocamidopropyl Betaine
CleansingAlbatrellus Confluens Extract
HumectantCetearyl Olivate
Sorbitan Olivate
EmulsifyingLactobacillus Ferment
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoyl Isethionate
CleansingGlycerin
HumectantVetiveria Zizanoides Root Extract
PerfumingCocoyl Proline
Skin ConditioningLactic Acid
BufferingInulin
Skin ConditioningAlpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide
CleansingMaltodextrin
AbsorbentCaprylyl Glycol
EmollientGlyceryl Caprylate
EmollientPhenylpropanol
MaskingPotassium Sorbate
PreservativeSodium Lactate
BufferingSodium Phytate
Water, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Coco-Glucoside, Erythritol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Albatrellus Confluens Extract, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Lactobacillus Ferment, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Glycerin, Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Extract, Cocoyl Proline, Lactic Acid, Inulin, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Maltodextrin, Caprylyl Glycol, Glyceryl Caprylate, Phenylpropanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Lactate, Sodium Phytate
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Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice comes from leaves of the aloe plant. Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice is best known for helping to soothe sunburns. It is also anti-inflammatory, moisturizing, antiseptic, and can help heal wounds.
Aloe is packed with good stuff including Vitamins A, C, and E. These vitamins are antioxidants, which help fight free-radicals and the damage they may cause. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells, such as pollution.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice also contains sugars. These sugars come in the form of monosaccharides and polysaccharides, folic acid, and choline. These sugars are able to help bind moisture to skin.
It also contains minerals such as calcium, 12 anthraquinones, fatty acids, amino acids, and Vitamin B12.
Learn more about Aloe Barbadensis Leaf JuiceCaprylyl Glycol is a humectant, skin conditioner, emollient, and preservative booster derived from either caprylic acid or synthetically created.
Typical use levels vary from 0.3-1% as a preservative booster and go up to 2% to condition skin.
Because it is not a free-fatty acid or alcohol, this ingredient is fungal acne safe (there's nothing for Malassezia to feed on).
Learn more about Caprylyl GlycolCoco-Glucoside is a surfactant, or a cleansing ingredient. It is made from glucose and coconut oil.
Surfactants help gather dirt, oil, and other pollutants from your skin to be rinsed away.
This ingredient is considered gentle and non-comedogenic. However, it may still be irritating for some.
Learn more about Coco-GlucosideGlycerin (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