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What's inside

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

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Ingredients Side-by-side

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Water

Skin Conditioning

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride

Masking

Diglycerin

Humectant

Glyceryl Stearate Citrate

Emollient

Microcrystalline Cellulose

Absorbent

Glycerin

Humectant

0 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Serine

Lactic Acid

C10-18 Triglycerides

Cetearyl Alcohol

2 / 1 Fatty Alcohol Icon

Cholesterol

Emollient

0 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Ceramide AP

Ceramide Ng

Ceramide NP

Glycolipids

Phytosphingosine

Sphingolipids

Linoleic Acid

Linolenic Acid

Oleic Acid

Jojoba Esters

Helianthus Annuus Seed Wax

Skin Conditioning

Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil

Emollient

0 / 0 Oil Icon

Palmitic Acid

Emollient

2 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Stearic Acid

Cleansing

2-3 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Polyglycerin-3

Humectant

Glyceryl Stearate

Emollient

1 / 0 Not safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate

Sodium Chloride

Glycine

PCA

Urea

Histidine

Potassium PCA

Lysine Hcl

Acetyl Glucosamine

Arginine

Aspartic Acid

Calcium PCA

Magnesium PCA

Glutamine

Leucine

Phenylalanine

Tyrosine

Glucose

Tocopherol

0-3 / 0-3 Vitamin E Icon

Xanthan Gum

Sodium Hydroxide

Dehydroacetic Acid

Sodium Gluconate

Sodium Anisate

Sodium Levulinate

Water

Niacinamide

Glycerin

0 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Dipropylene Glycol

Humectant

Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate

Emollient

Methyl Trimethicone

Skin Conditioning

Polyacrylate-13

Glyceryl Glucoside

Humectant

Xylitylglucoside

Humectant

Anhydroxylitol

Humectant

Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extract

Humectant

Phenoxyethanol

Preservative

Polyisobutene

Ophiopogon Japonicus Root Extract

Chlorphenesin

Arachidyl Alcohol

Glyceryl Dibehenate

Xylitol

Tribehenin

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Behenyl Alcohol

Glyceryl Behenate

Arachidyl Glucoside

Polysorbate 20

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Pentylene Glycol

Madecassoside

1,2-Hexanediol

Caprylyl Glycol

Phospholipids

Cyanocobalamin

Sphingolipids

Sodium Citrate

P-Anisic Acid

Tocopherol

0-3 / 0-3 Vitamin E Icon

Alternatives

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

Glycerin

Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

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

Sphingolipids

Emollient, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

Sphingolipids are a major class of lipids in cell membranes. This ingredient has emollient, skin conditioning, and skin protecting properties.

Certain ceramides are considered sphingolipids (Ceramide NS and Ceramid AP), but not all sphingolipids are ceramides.

Tocopherol

Antioxidant, Masking, Skin Conditioning

Tocopherol is a fat-soluble antioxidant known as Vitamin E.

You'll find this ingredient in the vast majority of skincare (for good reason). It works to neutralize free radicals, or unstable molecules generated by UV exposure, pollution, and other environmental stressors, before they can cause oxidative damage to your skin cells.

Topically applied tocopherol has been shown to protect against UV damage by ramping up the skin's own natural defense enzymes.

It also acts as a skin conditioning agent; some studies show that regular topical use can improve the skin's water-binding capacity over 2-4 weeks.

This ingredient is especially loved for being a team player. When combined with Vitamin C, the photoprotective effect of both ingredients roughly doubles and the combo also helps reduce UV-induced DNA damage.

This ingredient has some brightening potential but it's more of a prevention ingredient than spot-fader. Cell studies show it can slow down melanin production but it's worth noting that it's not the most powerful brightener out there.

In formulations, it also serves as a stabilizer that helps protect other oxidation-prone ingredients from degrading.

Concentrations usually range from 0.1-1% in most leave-on products.

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Water

Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Water. 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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