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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCyclopentasiloxane
Emollient
Persea Gratissima Oil
Skin Conditioning
Dimethicone
Emollient
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Stearoxy Dimethicone
Emollient
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Hexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingPolysorbate 80
Emulsifying
Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer
Skin Conditioning
Propanediol
Solvent
Sodium Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingSalicylic Acid
Masking
Iris Florentina Root Extract
MaskingArctium Majus Root Extract
Skin Conditioning
Fructose
Humectant
Glucose
Humectant
Sucrose
Humectant
Urea
Buffering
Dextrin
AbsorbentAlanine
Masking
Glutamic Acid
Humectant
Aspartic Acid
Masking
Biotin
AntiseborrhoeicHexyl Nicotinate
EmollientGlycerin
Humectant
Dimethiconol
Emollient
Silica
Abrasive
Zinc Sulfate
Antimicrobial
Retinyl Palmitate
Skin Conditioning
Ascorbyl Palmitate
Antioxidant
Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingAcrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingIsohexadecane
EmollientAlcohol
Antimicrobial
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Parfum
Masking
BHT
Antioxidant
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingSorbic Acid
Preservative
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Coumarin
Perfuming
Geraniol
Perfuming
Citral
Perfuming
Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Persea Gratissima Oil, Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Stearoxy Dimethicone, Niacinamide, Hexylene Glycol, Polysorbate 80, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Propanediol, Sodium Carbomer, Salicylic Acid, Iris Florentina Root Extract, Arctium Majus Root Extract, Fructose, Glucose, Sucrose, Urea, Dextrin, Alanine, Glutamic Acid, Aspartic Acid, Biotin, Hexyl Nicotinate, Glycerin, Dimethiconol, Silica, Zinc Sulfate, Retinyl Palmitate, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Isohexadecane, Alcohol, Benzyl Alcohol, Parfum, BHT, Sodium Hydroxide, Sorbic Acid, Limonene, Linalool, Coumarin, Geraniol, Citral
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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!
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