What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Methylpropanediol
SolventIsononyl Isononanoate
Emollient1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Methyl Gluceth-20
Humectant
Betaine
Humectant
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingButylene Glycol
Humectant
Tromethamine
BufferingDipropylene Glycol
HumectantXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningEclipta Prostrata Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningLaminaria Japonica Extract
Skin Protecting
Agar
MaskingCyamopsis Tetragonoloba Gum
Emulsion StabilisingAdenosine
Skin Conditioning
Hydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying
Hydroxydecyl Ubiquinone
Antioxidant
Disodium EDTA
Fructooligosaccharides
Humectant
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Centella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Ficus Carica Fruit Extract
Humectant
Beta-Glucan
Skin Conditioning
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate
Antioxidant
Water, Glycerin, Methylpropanediol, Isononyl Isononanoate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Niacinamide, Methyl Gluceth-20, Betaine, Pentylene Glycol, Carbomer, Butylene Glycol, Tromethamine, Dipropylene Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Eclipta Prostrata Leaf Extract, Laminaria Japonica Extract, Agar, Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba Gum, Adenosine, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Hydroxydecyl Ubiquinone, Disodium EDTA, Fructooligosaccharides, Sodium Hyaluronate, Centella Asiatica Extract, Ficus Carica Fruit Extract, Beta-Glucan, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Ceramide NP, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate
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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