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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningPolyimide-1
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Helianthus Annuus Sprout Extract
Skin ConditioningCaesalpinia Spinosa Fruit Extract
Skin ProtectingGlycerin
Humectant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Polyquaternium-73
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Vp/Dmapa Acrylates Copolymer
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Cetrimonium Chloride
Antimicrobial
Disodium EDTA
Parfum
Masking
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Citric Acid
Buffering
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Benzyl Salicylate
Perfuming
Amyl Cinnamal
Perfuming
Citral
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Limonene
Perfuming
Hexyl Cinnamal
Perfuming
Water, Polyimide-1, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract, Helianthus Annuus Sprout Extract, Caesalpinia Spinosa Fruit Extract, Glycerin, Tocopherol, Panthenol, Polysorbate 20, Polyquaternium-73, Decyl Glucoside, Vp/Dmapa Acrylates Copolymer, Propylene Glycol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Disodium EDTA, Parfum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Citric Acid, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Benzoate, Benzyl Salicylate, Amyl Cinnamal, Citral, Linalool, Limonene, Hexyl Cinnamal
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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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