What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Triolein
Skin Conditioning
Coco-Caprylate/Caprate
Emollient
Glyceryl Stearate Se
Emulsifying
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Oenothera Biennis Oil
Emollient
Squalane
Emollient
Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil
Skin Conditioning
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Glyceryl Dioleate
Emollient
Propanediol
Solvent
Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Borago Officinalis Seed Oil
Emollient
Cetearyl Olivate
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Retinyl Palmitate
Skin Conditioning
Sorbitan Olivate
Emulsifying
Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Phenethyl Alcohol
MaskingSodium Benzoate
Masking
Disodium EDTA
Sodium Lactate
Buffering
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingLinoleic Acid
Cleansing
Phospholipids
Skin Conditioning
Phytosterols
Skin Conditioning
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
T-Butyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1
Skin Conditioning
Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7
Skin Conditioning
Water, Glycerin, Triolein, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Glyceryl Stearate Se, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Oenothera Biennis Oil, Squalane, Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil, Butylene Glycol, Ceramide NP, Glyceryl Dioleate, Propanediol, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Borago Officinalis Seed Oil, Cetearyl Olivate, Pentylene Glycol, Retinyl Palmitate, Sorbitan Olivate, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Sodium Hyaluronate, Xanthan Gum, Cetyl Alcohol, Phenethyl Alcohol, Sodium Benzoate, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Lactate, Carbomer, Linoleic Acid, Phospholipids, Phytosterols, Polysorbate 20, T-Butyl Alcohol, Tocopherol, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7
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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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