What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingButylene Glycol
Humectant
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Cocoyl Apple Amino Acids
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Chloride
MaskingPotassium Cocoyl Glycinate
Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Potassium Cocoate
Emulsifying
Hexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingPolyglyceryl-10 Laurate
Skin Conditioning
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningDisodium EDTA
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Perilla Ocymoides Seed Extract
Antioxidant
Glycine
Buffering
Bambusa Vulgaris Water
Skin ConditioningSerine
Masking
Glutamic Acid
Humectant
Aspartic Acid
Masking
Leucine
Skin ConditioningAlanine
Masking
Lysine
Skin ConditioningArginine
Masking
Tyrosine
MaskingPhenylalanine
Masking
Proline
Skin Conditioning
Threonine
Valine
MaskingIsoleucine
Skin ConditioningCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Histidine
Humectant
Cysteine
Antioxidant
Methionine
Skin ConditioningBisabolol
Antioxidant
Hydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Phytosteryl/Octyldodecyl Lauroyl Glutamate
Skin ConditioningWater, Coco-Glucoside, Glycerin, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Butylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sodium Cocoyl Apple Amino Acids, Sodium Chloride, Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Potassium Cocoate, Hexylene Glycol, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium EDTA, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Perilla Ocymoides Seed Extract, Glycine, Bambusa Vulgaris Water, Serine, Glutamic Acid, Aspartic Acid, Leucine, Alanine, Lysine, Arginine, Tyrosine, Phenylalanine, Proline, Threonine, Valine, Isoleucine, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Histidine, Cysteine, Methionine, Bisabolol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Ceramide NP, Phytosteryl/Octyldodecyl Lauroyl Glutamate
Water
Skin ConditioningSorbitol
Humectant
Glycerin
Humectant
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Sodium Cocoamphoacetate
CleansingPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Betaine
Humectant
Sodium Lactate
Buffering
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Glycine
Buffering
Fructose
Humectant
Urea
Buffering
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Inositol
Humectant
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Euphrasia Officinalis Extract
AntimicrobialSodium Benzoate
Masking
Parfum
Masking
Citric Acid
Buffering
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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 GlycerinGlycine is the smallest amino acid and a key building block of collagen. It's part if your skin's Natural Moisturizing Factor (NMF), or the water-loving molecules in your outermost layer of skin (stratum corneum) that keeps everything hydrated and happy.
A study from 2022 found that an amino acid complex featuring taurine, arginine, and glycine significantly reduced skin irritation, improved redness, and accelerated the skin repair process.
Water. 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!
Learn more about Water
