What's inside
What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Glycerin
Humectant
Ethylhexyl Stearate
Emollient
Polyglyceryl-2 Stearate
Emulsifying
Water
Skin ConditioningPolyglyceryl-4 Laurate
Emulsifying
Polyglyceryl-6 Laurate
Emulsifying
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Stearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil
Masking
Lavandula Hybrida Oil
Emollient
Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil
Masking
Mentha Arvensis Leaf Oil
Masking
Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil
Perfuming
Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil
Humectant
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningCeramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Linalool
Perfuming
Limonene
Perfuming
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Ethylhexyl Stearate, Polyglyceryl-2 Stearate, Water, Polyglyceryl-4 Laurate, Polyglyceryl-6 Laurate, Glyceryl Stearate, Stearyl Alcohol, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil, Lavandula Hybrida Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Mentha Arvensis Leaf Oil, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil, Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Ceramide NP, Linalool, Limonene
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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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