This barrier-repair moisturizer is formulated around Panthenol and Bisabolol to strengthen the skin barrier and hydrate skin.
This barrier-repair moisturizer is formulated around Centella Asiatica Extract and Niacinamide to strengthen the skin barrier and calm redness.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Centella Asiatica Extract 50%
CleansingWater
Skin ConditioningCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride
MaskingMacadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil
EmollientSqualane
EmollientButylene Glycol
HumectantCetearyl Alcohol
EmollientGlycerin
HumectantNiacinamide
Smoothing1,2-Hexanediol
Skin ConditioningPotassium Cetyl Phosphate
EmulsifyingBehenic Acid
CleansingBetaine
HumectantTromethamine
BufferingHydrogenated Lecithin
EmulsifyingButyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin ConditioningPalmitic Acid
EmollientStearic Acid
CleansingCandida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment
AntimicrobialCaprylyl Glycol
EmollientOryza Sativa Germ Oil
EmollientCocos Nucifera Oil
MaskingTremella Fuciformis Extract
HumectantSodium Hyaluronate
HumectantPerilla Ocymoides Seed Extract
AntioxidantBeta-Glucan
Skin ConditioningCarbomer
Emulsion StabilisingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingHydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingAdenosine
Skin ConditioningAsiaticoside
AntioxidantAsiatic Acid
Skin ConditioningPhytosphingosine
Skin ConditioningCeramide NP
Skin ConditioningMadecassic Acid
Skin ConditioningMyristic Acid
CleansingArachidic Acid
CleansingCentella Asiatica Extract 50%, Water, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Squalane, Butylene Glycol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Behenic Acid, Betaine, Tromethamine, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment, Caprylyl Glycol, Oryza Sativa Germ Oil, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Tremella Fuciformis Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Perilla Ocymoides Seed Extract, Beta-Glucan, Carbomer, Xanthan Gum, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Sodium Carbomer, Adenosine, Asiaticoside, Asiatic Acid, Phytosphingosine, Ceramide NP, Madecassic Acid, Myristic Acid, Arachidic Acid
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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 Glycerin