Forest Essentials Facial Moisturizer Sandalwood & Orange Peel SPF 30 Versus Earth Rhythm Butter Lotion
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil
Skin Conditioning
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Citrus Aurantium Sinensis Fiber
Emulsion StabilisingWithania Somnifera Root Extract
Skin Conditioning
Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Water
Skin ConditioningOcimum Sanctum Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningHydrolyzed Barley Protein
Skin ConditioningSantalum Album Oil
Masking
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Zinc Oxide
Cosmetic Colorant
Cocos Nucifera Water
Masking
Cetearyl Olivate
Sorbitan Olivate
Emulsifying
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Sodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningPhytic Acid
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Citrus Aurantium Sinensis Fiber, Withania Somnifera Root Extract, Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Water, Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract, Hydrolyzed Barley Protein, Santalum Album Oil, Water, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Zinc Oxide, Cocos Nucifera Water, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Tocopherol, Sodium Levulinate, Phytic Acid
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Sodium Polyacrylate
Absorbent
Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingDimethylacrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Crosspolymer
Isohexadecane
EmollientPolysorbate 60
Emulsifying
Betaine
Humectant
Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter
Emollient
Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Parfum
Masking
DMDM Hydantoin
Preservative
Methylchloroisothiazolinone
Preservative
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Water, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Stearic Acid, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Sodium Polyacrylate, Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Crosspolymer, Dimethylacrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Crosspolymer, Isohexadecane, Polysorbate 60, Betaine, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Parfum, DMDM Hydantoin, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Phenoxyethanol
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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