What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningLauric Acid
Cleansing
Sodium Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate
Abrasive
Sodium Methyl Lauroyl Taurate
CleansingSodium Lauroyl Isethionate
CleansingCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
Emollient
Glycine Soja Oil
Emollient
Sodium Chloride
MaskingGlycerin
Humectant
Parfum
Masking
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Palmitic Acid
Emollient
Hydrogenated Vegetable Glycerides
EmollientGlyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Hydroxystearic Acid
Cleansing
Hylocereus Undatus Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningCocos Nucifera Fruit Extract
Emollient
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
Skin ConditioningCapryloyl Glycine
CleansingUndecylenoyl Glycine
CleansingCitric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningSodium Benzoate
Masking
Coumarin
Perfuming
Water, Lauric Acid, Sodium Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate, Sodium Methyl Lauroyl Taurate, Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Glycine Soja Oil, Sodium Chloride, Glycerin, Parfum, Stearic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Hydrogenated Vegetable Glycerides, Glyceryl Stearate, Hydroxystearic Acid, Hylocereus Undatus Fruit Extract, Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Capryloyl Glycine, Undecylenoyl Glycine, Citric Acid, Sodium Gluconate, Sodium Benzoate, Coumarin
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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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