What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Rosa Damascena Flower Extract
Masking
Cocos Nucifera Fruit Powder
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Chloride
MaskingBakuchiol
Antimicrobial
Centella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Resveratrol
Antioxidant
Squalane
Emollient
Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Arbutin
Antioxidant
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Kaolin
Abrasive
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Citrus Paradisi Peel Oil
Masking
Portulaca Oleracea Extract
Skin Conditioning
Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
Bleaching
Betaine
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Glycerin
Humectant
Water
Skin ConditioningCetearyl Olivate
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Beta-Glucan
Skin Conditioning
Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4
Skin Conditioning
Avena Sativa Peptide
Skin Conditioning
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Rosa Damascena Flower Extract, Cocos Nucifera Fruit Powder, Sodium Chloride, Bakuchiol, Centella Asiatica Extract, Resveratrol, Squalane, Hyaluronic Acid, Arbutin, Lactic Acid, Kaolin, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Citrus Paradisi Peel Oil, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Betaine, Niacinamide, Glycerin, Water, Cetearyl Olivate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Beta-Glucan, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Avena Sativa Peptide, 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!
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