What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningParaffinum Liquidum
Emollient
PPG-15 Stearyl Ether
EmollientPropylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate
EmollientMyreth-3 Myristate
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
PEG-10 Soy Sterol
EmulsifyingStearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate
Emollient
Sodium Cocoamphoacetate
CleansingMica
Cosmetic ColorantStearic Acid
Cleansing
PEG-100 Stearate
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingC12-20 Acid PEG-8 Ester
Emulsifying
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Glycine Soja Sterols
Emollient
Sodium Isostearoyl Lactylate
EmulsifyingTriethanolamine
BufferingParfum
Masking
Diazolidinyl Urea
Preservative
Methylparaben
Preservative
Propylparaben
Preservative
BHT
Antioxidant
CI 14700
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantCI 19140
Cosmetic ColorantWater, Paraffinum Liquidum, PPG-15 Stearyl Ether, Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Myreth-3 Myristate, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Cetyl Alcohol, PEG-10 Soy Sterol, Stearyl Alcohol, Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Mica, Stearic Acid, PEG-100 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, C12-20 Acid PEG-8 Ester, Ceramide NP, Glycine Soja Sterols, Sodium Isostearoyl Lactylate, Triethanolamine, Parfum, Diazolidinyl Urea, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, BHT, CI 14700, CI 77891, CI 19140
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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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