What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningPropanediol
Solvent
Squalane
Emollient
Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil
Masking
Dalea Spinosa Seed Oil
Masking
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Quillaja Saponaria Bark Extract
CleansingGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium Anisate
AntimicrobialSodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningSphingomonas Ferment Extract
Skin Conditioning
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Sodium Phytate
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCitric Acid
Buffering
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Water, Propanediol, Squalane, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Dalea Spinosa Seed Oil, Glyceryl Stearate, Tocopherol, Quillaja Saponaria Bark Extract, Glycerin, Sodium Anisate, Sodium Levulinate, Sphingomonas Ferment Extract, Lactic Acid, Sodium Phytate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate
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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 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
