What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningAlcohol Denat.
Antimicrobial
Silica
Abrasive
Glycerin
Humectant
Oleth-20
CleansingSilybum Marianum Extract
Skin Conditioning
Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract
Antioxidant
Laminaria Saccharina Extract
Skin ProtectingPanax Ginseng Root Extract
Emollient
Gelidiella Acerosa Extract
Skin ProtectingAlgae Extract
EmollientHypnea Musciformis Extract
Skin ProtectingSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Caffeine
Skin Conditioning
Prunus Armeniaca Seed Powder
Abrasive
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Tromethamine
BufferingParfum
Masking
Trisodium EDTA
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Citronellol
Perfuming
CI 19140
Cosmetic ColorantCI 60730
Cosmetic ColorantCI 17200
Cosmetic ColorantWater, Alcohol Denat., Silica, Glycerin, Oleth-20, Silybum Marianum Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract, Laminaria Saccharina Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Gelidiella Acerosa Extract, Algae Extract, Hypnea Musciformis Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Caffeine, Prunus Armeniaca Seed Powder, Polysorbate 20, Carbomer, Caprylyl Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Tromethamine, Parfum, Trisodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Limonene, Linalool, Citronellol, CI 19140, CI 60730, CI 17200
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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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