What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Benefits
Concerns
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningButylene Glycol
Humectant
Glycerin
Humectant
Nelumbium Speciosum Flower Water
TonicDiglycerin
Humectant
PPG-24-Glycereth-24
EmulsifyingPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
PPG-26-Buteth-26
Skin ConditioningHydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingMaltooligosyl Glucoside
Skin ConditioningPEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Emulsifying
Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
HumectantAllantoin
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingTocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Disodium EDTA
Sodium Polyglutamate
HumectantSqualane
Emollient
Laminaria Digitata Extract
Skin Protecting
Lecithin
Emollient
Hydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate
Skin Conditioning
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningCetyl-Pg Hydroxyethyl Palmitamide
Skin ConditioningCeramide EOP
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide Ng
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide As
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide AP
Skin Conditioning
Cholesterol
Emollient
Cyanocobalamin
Skin ConditioningWater, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Nelumbium Speciosum Flower Water, Diglycerin, PPG-24-Glycereth-24, Pentylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, PPG-26-Buteth-26, Hydroxyacetophenone, Panthenol, Carbomer, Maltooligosyl Glucoside, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Allantoin, Sodium Hydroxide, Xanthan Gum, Tocopheryl Acetate, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Polyglutamate, Squalane, Laminaria Digitata Extract, Lecithin, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Cetyl-Pg Hydroxyethyl Palmitamide, Ceramide EOP, Ceramide Ng, Ceramide NP, Ceramide As, Ceramide AP, Cholesterol, Cyanocobalamin
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.
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