What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Ingredients Side-by-side
Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate
SurfactantWater
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoyl Alaninate
Surfactant
Glycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
PEG-100 Stearate
Surfactant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Isopentyldiol
Humectant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Hexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingInositol
Humectant
Oat Amino Acids
Skin ConditioningGlycosyl Trehalose
Emulsion StabilisingHydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
HumectantHydrolyzed Sericin
Skin ConditioningAllantoin
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Water, Sodium Cocoyl Alaninate, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Niacinamide, Isopentyldiol, Panthenol, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Hexylene Glycol, Inositol, Oat Amino Acids, Glycosyl Trehalose, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Hydrolyzed Sericin, Allantoin
Aloe Barbadensis Extract
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate
EmulsifyingMicrocrystalline Cellulose
AbsorbentCellulose Gum
Emulsion StabilisingCharcoal Powder
Abrasive
Fucus Vesiculosus Extract
Emollient
Undaria Pinnatifida Extract
Skin ConditioningEpilobium Angustifolium Extract
Skin ConditioningCamellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningAloe Barbadensis Extract, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Glycerin, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Cellulose Gum, Charcoal Powder, Fucus Vesiculosus Extract, Undaria Pinnatifida Extract, Epilobium Angustifolium Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Xanthan Gum, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin
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 GlycerinPhenoxyethanol is a preservative that has germicide, antimicrobial, and aromatic properties. Studies show that phenoxyethanol can prevent microbial growth. By itself, it has a scent that is similar to that of a rose.
It's often used in formulations along with Caprylyl Glycol to preserve the shelf life of products.
