This brightening toner is formulated around Glycolic Acid and Arbutin to fade the look of dark spots and refine skin texture.
This anti-aging serum is formulated around Hyaluronic Acid to soften the look of wrinkles and hydrate skin.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Glycerin
Humectant
Gossypium Herbaceum Extract
Skin ConditioningLinum Usitatissimum Seed Oil
Perfuming
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Lilium Candidum Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningCamellia Sinensis Extract
Antioxidant
Caffeine
Skin Conditioning
Triethanolamine
BufferingTocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Ceteareth-12
EmulsifyingSodium Acrylates Copolymer
Citric Acid
Buffering
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningBHT
Antioxidant
Tetrasodium EDTA
ChelatingParfum
Masking
Water, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Gossypium Herbaceum Extract, Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Hyaluronic Acid, Lilium Candidum Flower Extract, Camellia Sinensis Extract, Caffeine, Triethanolamine, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ceteareth-12, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Citric Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, BHT, Tetrasodium EDTA, Parfum
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.
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