What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Dipropylene Glycol
HumectantWater
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Sodium Stearate
CleansingNiacinamide
Smoothing
Poloxamine 1307
EmulsifyingParfum
Masking
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Stearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Disodium EDTA
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Simethicone
Emollient
Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone
Perfuming
Citronellol
Perfuming
Coumarin
Perfuming
Geraniol
Perfuming
Hexyl Cinnamal
Perfuming
Water
Skin ConditioningCetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientGlyceryl Stearate Citrate
Emollient
Heptyl Glucoside
SurfactantSodium Caproyl/Lauroyl Lactylate
AntimicrobialGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningSodium Anisate
AntimicrobialHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialCitrus Limon Peel Oil
Masking
Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Peel Oil
Perfuming
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil
Masking
Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Oil
Masking
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Citral
Perfuming
Eugenol
Perfuming
Essential Oils
Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Caprylate, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Heptyl Glucoside, Sodium Caproyl/Lauroyl Lactylate, Glycerin, Sodium Levulinate, Sodium Anisate, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Citrus Limon Peel Oil, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Peel Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil, Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Oil, Limonene, Linalool, Citral, Eugenol, Essential Oils
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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