What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil 4%
Skin Conditioning
Terminalia Chebula Fruit Extract 2%
Skin ConditioningWithania Somnifera Root Extract 1.5%
Skin Conditioning
Litchi Chinensis Fruit Juice 1%
Skin ConditioningPhoenix Dactylifera Fruit Extract 0.5%
EmollientTriticum Vulgare Germ Extract 1%
Skin ConditioningHydrolyzed Trigonella Foenum-Graecum Seed Extract 1%
HumectantCurcuma Amada Rhizome Extract 1%
Skin ConditioningFoeniculum Vulgare Seed Extract 0.7%
Skin ConditioningEmblica Officinalis Fruit Extract 0.5%
Skin ConditioningSorbitan Olivate
Emulsifying
Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil
Emollient
Camellia Japonica Seed Oil
Emollient
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Glycerin
Humectant
Sodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningPhytic Acid
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil 4%, Terminalia Chebula Fruit Extract 2%, Withania Somnifera Root Extract 1.5%, Litchi Chinensis Fruit Juice 1%, Phoenix Dactylifera Fruit Extract 0.5%, Triticum Vulgare Germ Extract 1%, Hydrolyzed Trigonella Foenum-Graecum Seed Extract 1%, Curcuma Amada Rhizome Extract 1%, Foeniculum Vulgare Seed Extract 0.7%, Emblica Officinalis Fruit Extract 0.5%, Sorbitan Olivate, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Camellia Japonica Seed Oil, Tocopherol, Glycerin, Sodium Levulinate, Phytic Acid
Water
Skin ConditioningCoco-Caprylate/Caprate
Emollient
Dicaprylyl Carbonate
EmollientButylene Glycol
Humectant
Sodium Acrylates Copolymer
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Betaine
Humectant
Glycereth-26
Humectant
Oleyl Erucate
Emollient
Hexylresorcinol
Antimicrobial
Tetrahydrodiferuloylmethane
Antioxidant
Tetrahydrodemethoxydiferuloylmethane
Antioxidant
Tetrahydrobisdemethoxydiferuloylmethane
Antioxidant
Curcuma Longa Root Extract
Masking
Curcuma Longa Root Oil
Perfuming
Curcuma Longa Root Powder
Skin ConditioningTetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate
Antioxidant
Ferulic Acid
Antimicrobial
Glycerin
Humectant
Propanediol
Solvent
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Daucus Carota Sativa Root Extract
Skin Conditioning
Lecithin
Emollient
Glycine Soja Oil
Emollient
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Beta-Carotene
Skin ConditioningEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningTocopherol
Antioxidant
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
Caramel
Cosmetic ColorantPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Water, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Niacinamide, Betaine, Glycereth-26, Oleyl Erucate, Hexylresorcinol, Tetrahydrodiferuloylmethane, Tetrahydrodemethoxydiferuloylmethane, Tetrahydrobisdemethoxydiferuloylmethane, Curcuma Longa Root Extract, Curcuma Longa Root Oil, Curcuma Longa Root Powder, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Ferulic Acid, Glycerin, Propanediol, Pentylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Daucus Carota Sativa Root Extract, Lecithin, Glycine Soja Oil, Allantoin, Beta-Carotene, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tocopherol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Caramel, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate, 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 GlycerinTocopherol is a fat-soluble antioxidant known as Vitamin E.
You'll find this ingredient in the vast majority of skincare (for good reason). It works to neutralize free radicals, or unstable molecules generated by UV exposure, pollution, and other environmental stressors, before they can cause oxidative damage to your skin cells.
Topically applied tocopherol has been shown to protect against UV damage by ramping up the skin's own natural defense enzymes.
It also acts as a skin conditioning agent; some studies show that regular topical use can improve the skin's water-binding capacity over 2-4 weeks.
This ingredient is especially loved for being a team player. When combined with Vitamin C, the photoprotective effect of both ingredients roughly doubles and the combo also helps reduce UV-induced DNA damage.
This ingredient has some brightening potential but it's more of a prevention ingredient than spot-fader. Cell studies show it can slow down melanin production but it's worth noting that it's not the most powerful brightener out there.
In formulations, it also serves as a stabilizer that helps protect other oxidation-prone ingredients from degrading.
Concentrations usually range from 0.1-1% in most leave-on products.
Learn more about Tocopherol
