What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate
Surfactant
Glyceryl Caprylate/Caprate
EmollientDecyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Potassium Cocoate
Emulsifying
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Salix Nigra Bark Extract
Skin ProtectingRosa Canina Fruit Oil
Emollient
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Moringa Oleifera Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningMacrocystis Pyrifera Extract
Skin Conditioning
Citrus Reticulata Peel Oil
Masking
Citrus Paradisi Peel Oil
Masking
Citric Acid
Buffering
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningSodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningCocamide Mipa
Emulsifying
Caprylhydroxamic Acid
Citrus Limon Peel Extract
EmollientPotassium Sorbate
Preservative
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Water, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate, Glyceryl Caprylate/Caprate, Decyl Glucoside, Potassium Cocoate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Salix Nigra Bark Extract, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Moringa Oleifera Leaf Extract, Macrocystis Pyrifera Extract, Citrus Reticulata Peel Oil, Citrus Paradisi Peel Oil, Citric Acid, Glyceryl Caprylate, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Gluconate, Cocamide Mipa, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Citrus Limon Peel Extract, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate
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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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