What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Propanediol
Solvent
Dipropylene Glycol
HumectantPropylene Glycol
Humectant
Tripropylene Glycol
Antioxidant
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Acetyl Hexapeptide-8
Humectant
Copper Tripeptide-1
Skin Conditioning
Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4
Skin Conditioning
Oligopeptide-1
Skin Conditioning
Benzyl Glycol
SolventEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningAcetyl Glucosamine
Skin Conditioning
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Caffeine
Skin Conditioning
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCitric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Citrate
BufferingTocopherol
Antioxidant
Arginine
Masking
Hydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingDisodium Phosphate
BufferingPolysorbate 60
Emulsifying
Sodium Phosphate
BufferingDipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate
Skin Conditioning
Glutathione
Forsythia Suspensa Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Hexapeptide-9
Skin Conditioning
Tripeptide-29
Skin Conditioning
Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Propanediol, Dipropylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, Tripropylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Copper Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Oligopeptide-1, Benzyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Acetyl Glucosamine, Niacinamide, Caffeine, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Tocopherol, Arginine, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Disodium Phosphate, Polysorbate 60, Sodium Phosphate, Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate, Glutathione, Forsythia Suspensa Fruit Extract, Caprylyl Glycol, Hexapeptide-9, Tripeptide-29
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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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