What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCanola Oil
Emollient
Hydrogenated Polydecene
EmollientButyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Oleyl Erucate
Emollient
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate
Emollient
Arachidyl Alcohol
Emollient
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Inulin
Skin Conditioning
Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide
Cleansing
Humulus Lupulus Extract
AntimicrobialGlucose
Humectant
Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate
Skin Conditioning
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Olus Oil
Emollient
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
Emollient
Hydrogenated Vegetable Glycerides Citrate
EmollientPropanediol
Solvent
Behenyl Alcohol
Emollient
Cetearyl Glucoside
Emulsifying
Arachidyl Glucoside
EmulsifyingEuphorbia Cerifera Wax
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingCandelilla Cera
Emollient
Sodium Carbonate
BufferingCitric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Water, Canola Oil, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Oleyl Erucate, Cetearyl Alcohol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, Arachidyl Alcohol, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Inulin, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Humulus Lupulus Extract, Glucose, Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate, Hydroxyacetophenone, Tocopherol, Olus Oil, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Hydrogenated Vegetable Glycerides Citrate, Propanediol, Behenyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Glucoside, Arachidyl Glucoside, Euphorbia Cerifera Wax, Carbomer, Candelilla Cera, Sodium Carbonate, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate
Reviews
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 Glycerin
