What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
Emollient
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Water
Skin ConditioningPropylene Glycol
Humectant
Parfum
Masking
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Glycerin
Humectant
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingTocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Bromelain
Skin Conditioning
Retinyl Palmitate
Skin Conditioning
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingSodium PCA
Humectant
Sodium Lactate
Buffering
Sorbic Acid
Preservative
Saccharum Officinarum Extract
MoisturisingArginine
Masking
Aspartic Acid
Masking
Ascorbic Acid
Antioxidant
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Salix Nigra Bark Extract
Skin ProtectingSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Glycine
Buffering
PCA
Humectant
Alanine
Masking
Ananas Sativus Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningAnthemis Nobilis Flower Extract
Masking
Carica Papaya Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningCoffea Arabica Seed Extract
Masking
Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract
Serine
Masking
Valine
MaskingCitrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract
MaskingCitrus Medica Limonum Peel Extract
EmollientIsoleucine
Skin ConditioningProline
Skin Conditioning
Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Threonine
Histidine
Humectant
Phenylalanine
Masking
Aniba Rosodora Wood Extract
MaskingAloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Butylene Glycol, Water, Propylene Glycol, Parfum, Phenoxyethanol, Glycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, Panthenol, Sodium Hydroxide, Tocopheryl Acetate, Bromelain, Retinyl Palmitate, Carbomer, Sodium PCA, Sodium Lactate, Sorbic Acid, Saccharum Officinarum Extract, Arginine, Aspartic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Salix Nigra Bark Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Glycine, PCA, Alanine, Ananas Sativus Fruit Extract, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract, Carica Papaya Fruit Extract, Coffea Arabica Seed Extract, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract, Serine, Valine, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract, Citrus Medica Limonum Peel Extract, Isoleucine, Proline, Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract, Threonine, Histidine, Phenylalanine, Aniba Rosodora Wood Extract
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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.
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