What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Sodium Methyl Lauroyl Taurate
CleansingGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium Chloride
MaskingParfum
Masking
Cocamide Mea
Emulsifying
Salicylic Acid 1%
Masking
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Palmitic Acid
Emollient
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Sodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningGlyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Hydroxystearic Acid
Cleansing
Citric Acid
Buffering
Bambusa Vulgaris Shoot Extract
Antioxidant
Geraniol
Perfuming
Hexyl Cinnamal
Perfuming
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Water, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Methyl Lauroyl Taurate, Glycerin, Sodium Chloride, Parfum, Cocamide Mea, Salicylic Acid 1%, Stearic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Gluconate, Glyceryl Stearate, Hydroxystearic Acid, Citric Acid, Bambusa Vulgaris Shoot Extract, Geraniol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool
Water
Skin ConditioningHydrated Silica
Abrasive
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingHexyl Laurate
Emollient
Stearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Sorbitol
Humectant
Glycolic Acid
Buffering
Dimethicone
Emollient
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate
EmulsifyingNiacinamide
Smoothing
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Cetearyl Glucoside
Emulsifying
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Xanthan Gum
Emulsifying
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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 GlycerinWater. 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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