What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningLauric Acid
Cleansing
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingPotassium Hydroxide
BufferingMyristic Acid
Cleansing
Acrylates Copolymer
Glycerin
Humectant
Alcohol Denat.
Antimicrobial
Hexylene Glycol
Emulsifying1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingTetrasodium EDTA
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantMica
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77491
Cosmetic ColorantMethylpropanediol
SolventGanoderma Lucidum Extract
Skin Protecting
Panax Ginseng Root Extract
Emollient
Phaseolus Radiatus Seed Extract
Skin ConditioningPaeonia Suffruticosa Branch/Flower/Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningPaeonia Suffruticosa Root Extract
Skin ProtectingTrichosanthes Kirilowii Root Extract
Skin ProtectingLonicera Japonica Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningTuber Magnatum Extract
Skin ConditioningCnidium Officinale Root Extract
Skin ConditioningPoria Cocos Sclerotium Extract
AstringentPolygonum Multiflorum Root Extract
Skin ConditioningHippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Rehmannia Glutinosa Root Extract
Skin ConditioningLycium Chinense Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Angelica Gigas Extract
Skin ConditioningCuscuta Japonica Seed Extract
Skin ConditioningAngelica Tenuissima Root Extract
Skin ConditioningCarthamus Tinctorius Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningCarthamus Tinctorius Seed Extract
Skin ConditioningCeratonia Siliqua Fruit Extract
MaskingPhellinus Linteus Extract
Skin ConditioningPlatycodon Grandiflorus Root Extract
Antioxidant
Parfum
Masking
Benzyl Salicylate
Perfuming
Citronellol
Perfuming
Geraniol
Perfuming
Hydroxycitronellal
Perfuming
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Water, Lauric Acid, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Potassium Hydroxide, Myristic Acid, Acrylates Copolymer, Glycerin, Alcohol Denat., Hexylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Tetrasodium EDTA, Butylene Glycol, CI 77891, Mica, CI 77491, Methylpropanediol, Ganoderma Lucidum Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Phaseolus Radiatus Seed Extract, Paeonia Suffruticosa Branch/Flower/Leaf Extract, Paeonia Suffruticosa Root Extract, Trichosanthes Kirilowii Root Extract, Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract, Tuber Magnatum Extract, Cnidium Officinale Root Extract, Poria Cocos Sclerotium Extract, Polygonum Multiflorum Root Extract, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract, Rehmannia Glutinosa Root Extract, Lycium Chinense Fruit Extract, Angelica Gigas Extract, Cuscuta Japonica Seed Extract, Angelica Tenuissima Root Extract, Carthamus Tinctorius Flower Extract, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Extract, Ceratonia Siliqua Fruit Extract, Phellinus Linteus Extract, Platycodon Grandiflorus Root Extract, Parfum, Benzyl Salicylate, Citronellol, Geraniol, Hydroxycitronellal, Limonene, Linalool
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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.
Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:
Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.
Though this ingredient works well with most skin types, some people with sensitive skin may experience a reaction such as allergic rashes, closed comedones, or itchiness.
Learn more about Butylene GlycolGlycerin (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!
Learn more about Water
