What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Rosa Damascena Flower Water
Masking
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Glycol Distearate
Emollient
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingPPG-26-Buteth-26
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoyl Apple Amino Acids
Skin Conditioning
PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Emulsifying
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Gluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Sodium Chloride
MaskingChondrus Crispus Extract
Skin Conditioning
Titanium Dioxide
Cosmetic Colorant
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Hexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingOleth-10
EmulsifyingDehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Lavandula Angustifolia Extract
Skin Conditioning
Alumina
Abrasive
Aluminum Stearate
Cosmetic ColorantCitric Acid
Buffering
Isodeceth-6
EmulsifyingPotassium Sorbate
Preservative
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
Pelargonium Graveolens Extract
Masking
Rosmarinus Officinalis Extract
AntimicrobialCalcium Gluconate
HumectantPinus Sylvestris Cone Extract
Masking
Thymus Zygis Herb Extract
Perfuming
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Simethicone
Emollient
Rosa Canina Fruit Oil
Emollient
Geraniol
Perfuming
Farnesol
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Citronellol
Perfuming
Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Water, Glycerin, Decyl Glucoside, Glycol Distearate, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, PPG-26-Buteth-26, Sodium Cocoyl Apple Amino Acids, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Xanthan Gum, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Gluconolactone, Benzyl Alcohol, Sodium Chloride, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Titanium Dioxide, Sodium Benzoate, Hexylene Glycol, Oleth-10, Dehydroacetic Acid, Lavandula Angustifolia Extract, Alumina, Aluminum Stearate, Citric Acid, Isodeceth-6, Potassium Sorbate, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Pelargonium Graveolens Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis Extract, Calcium Gluconate, Pinus Sylvestris Cone Extract, Thymus Zygis Herb Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Simethicone, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Geraniol, Farnesol, Linalool, Citronellol
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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 GlycerinChances are, you eat sodium chloride every day. Sodium Chloride is also known as table salt. This ingredient has many purposes in skincare: thickener, emulsifier, and exfoliator.
You'll most likely find this ingredient in cleansers where it is used to create a gel-like texture. As an emulsifier, it also prevents ingredients from separating.
You might see people debate whether Sodium Chloride is comedogenic, but there actually haven't been any comedogenic tests done on it. Either way, the overall formulation of a product matters a lot more than any single ingredient.
You might see this ingredient used in scrubs as a primary exfoliating ingredient.
Learn more about Sodium ChlorideWater. 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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