This mild cream cleanser is made to cleanse while respecting your skin barrier.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningPetrolatum
Emollient
Paraffinum Liquidum
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Glycol Stearate
Emollient
Triethanolamine
BufferingGlyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Paraffin
Skin Conditioning
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Microcrystalline Wax
Emulsion StabilisingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingParfum
Masking
Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
Absorbent
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Triolein
Skin Conditioning
Stearamide Amp
Disodium EDTA
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
BHT
Antioxidant
Linalool
Perfuming
Hexyl Cinnamal
Perfuming
Limonene
Perfuming
Citronellol
Perfuming
Linalyl Acetate
Masking
Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
Masking
Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil
Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone
Perfuming
Amyl Salicylate
Perfuming
Citrus Limon Peel Oil
Masking
Dimethyl Phenylethyl Carbinyl Acetate
Perfuming
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantWater, Petrolatum, Paraffinum Liquidum, Glycerin, Stearic Acid, Glycol Stearate, Triethanolamine, Glyceryl Stearate, Paraffin, Cetyl Alcohol, Caprylyl Glycol, Microcrystalline Wax, Phenoxyethanol, Carbomer, Parfum, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Triolein, Stearamide Amp, Disodium EDTA, Tocopherol, BHT, Linalool, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Citronellol, Linalyl Acetate, Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Amyl Salicylate, Citrus Limon Peel Oil, Dimethyl Phenylethyl Carbinyl Acetate, CI 77891
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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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