What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCarthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil
Masking
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Salicylic Acid
Masking
Ascorbic Acid
Antioxidant
Persea Gratissima Oil
Skin Conditioning
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Squalane
Emollient
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Panax Ginseng Berry Extract
Skin Conditioning
Centella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningEquisetum Arvense Extract
AstringentGeranium Maculatum Extract
TonicTaraxacum Officinale Extract
Skin ConditioningTorreya Grandis Fruit Oil
Skin Conditioning
Isopropyl Palmitate
Emollient
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientSodium Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Water, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Stearic Acid, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Salicylic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Persea Gratissima Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Squalane, Tocopherol, Panax Ginseng Berry Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract, Equisetum Arvense Extract, Geranium Maculatum Extract, Taraxacum Officinale Extract, Torreya Grandis Fruit Oil, Isopropyl Palmitate, Decyl Glucoside, Glyceryl Caprylate, Sodium Carbomer, Phenoxyethanol
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Propanediol
Solvent
PEG/PPG-17/6 Copolymer
SolventMethyl Gluceth-20
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Biosaccharide Gum-1
Humectant
Arbutin
Antioxidant
3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid
Skin Conditioning
Caprylhydroxamic Acid
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingTriethanolamine
BufferingAloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
Emollient
Lavandula Angustifolia Flower Extract
Cleansing
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin Conditioning1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Methylparaben
Preservative
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Hydroxyphenyl Propamidobenzoic Acid
Skin ConditioningPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Emulsifying
Water, Glycerin, Propanediol, PEG/PPG-17/6 Copolymer, Methyl Gluceth-20, Niacinamide, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Arbutin, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Carbomer, Triethanolamine, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Lavandula Angustifolia Flower Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Butylene Glycol, Methylparaben, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydroxyphenyl Propamidobenzoic Acid, Pentylene Glycol, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
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!
Learn more about Water
