What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Glycerin
Humectant
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycylglycine
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Methyl Gluceth-10
EmulsifyingSodium Cocoamphoacetate
CleansingHydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate
Citric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Chloride
MaskingLauramidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
CleansingLactobacillus
Skin ConditioningRosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialRosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil
Masking
Coptis Chinensis Rhizome Extract
Skin ConditioningGlycosyl Trehalose
Emulsion StabilisingHydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
HumectantGlucosylrutin
Antioxidant
Polyquaternium-7
Tea-Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Sodium Methyltaurine Cocoyl Methyltaurate
Cleansing
Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate
Skin Conditioning
Phosphoric Acid
BufferingGlycerin, Water, Glycylglycine, Butylene Glycol, Methyl Gluceth-10, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Lauramidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Lactobacillus, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil, Coptis Chinensis Rhizome Extract, Glycosyl Trehalose, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Glucosylrutin, Polyquaternium-7, Tea-Cocoyl Glutamate, Sodium Methyltaurine Cocoyl Methyltaurate, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, Phosphoric 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.
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