What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Poloxamer 184
EmulsifyingPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Zinc Gluconate
Skin Conditioning
Chlorella Vulgaris Extract
Skin ConditioningLaminaria Digitata Extract
Skin Protecting
Maris Aqua
HumectantSaccharide Isomerate
Humectant
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
PPG-26-Buteth-26
Skin ConditioningPhenethyl Alcohol
MaskingPEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Emulsifying
Chlorphenesin
Antimicrobial
O-Cymen-5-Ol
Antimicrobial
Citric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Water, Glycerin, Poloxamer 184, Pentylene Glycol, Niacinamide, Zinc Gluconate, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Laminaria Digitata Extract, Maris Aqua, Saccharide Isomerate, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, PPG-26-Buteth-26, Phenethyl Alcohol, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Chlorphenesin, O-Cymen-5-Ol, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate
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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 GlycerinPoloxamer 184 is a surfactant and emulsifier made from polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene units.
It allows ingredients that don't normally mix (like water and oil) to blend together and stay stable; this makes it easier for cleansers and makeup removers to grab onto dirt, oil, and makeup to be rinsed away more easily.
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!
Learn more about Water
