What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
No key ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
No concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningMagnesium Laureth Sulfate
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
PEG-4 Rapeseedamide
Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate
CleansingCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate
Emulsifying
Shea Butter Glycereth-8 Esters
Cleansing
Sodium Chloride
MaskingPolyglyceryl-10 Oleate
Skin Conditioning
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Glycol Distearate
Emollient
Laureth-4
Emulsifying
PEG-55 Propylene Glycol Oleate
Surfactant
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Citric Acid
Buffering
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Formic Acid
Preservative
Parfum
Masking
Water, Magnesium Laureth Sulfate, Glycerin, PEG-4 Rapeseedamide, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Shea Butter Glycereth-8 Esters, Sodium Chloride, Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate, Lactic Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Glycol Distearate, Laureth-4, PEG-55 Propylene Glycol Oleate, Propylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Formic Acid, Parfum
Alternatives
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 Glycerin
