What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingPropanediol
Solvent
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Maltooligosyl Glucoside
Skin ConditioningHydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
HumectantNiacinamide
Smoothing
Inulin
Skin Conditioning
Gluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Trehalose
Humectant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Bifida Ferment Lysate
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningAllantoin
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract
Citric Acid
Buffering
Water, Glycerin, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Propanediol, Sodium PCA, Maltooligosyl Glucoside, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Niacinamide, Inulin, Gluconolactone, Sodium Benzoate, Trehalose, Panthenol, Bifida Ferment Lysate, Sodium Gluconate, Allantoin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract, Citric Acid
Myristic Acid
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Water
Skin ConditioningPotassium Hydroxide
BufferingPropylene Glycol
Humectant
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Lauric Acid
Cleansing
Glycol Distearate
Emollient
Xylitol
Humectant
Glucose
Humectant
Anhydroxylitol
Humectant
Nopalea Cochenillifera Extract
Skin ConditioningSodium Ascorbyl Phosphate
Antioxidant
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Glyceryl Glucoside
Humectant
Polyquaternium-7
Sodium Metabisulfite
Antioxidant
Titanium Dioxide
Cosmetic Colorant
Ceramide AP
Skin Conditioning
Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate
Antioxidant
BHT
Antioxidant
Myristic Acid, Glycerin, Water, Potassium Hydroxide, Propylene Glycol, Stearic Acid, Decyl Glucoside, Lauric Acid, Glycol Distearate, Xylitol, Glucose, Anhydroxylitol, Nopalea Cochenillifera Extract, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Sodium PCA, Glyceryl Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, Glyceryl Glucoside, Polyquaternium-7, Sodium Metabisulfite, Titanium Dioxide, Ceramide AP, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, BHT
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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 GlycerinSodium PCA is the sodium salt of pyroglutamic acid. It is naturally occurring in our skin's natural moisturizing factors where it works to maintain hydration.
The PCA stands for pyrrolidone carboxylic acid, a natural amino acid derivative.
This ingredient has skin conditioning, anti-inflammatory, and humectant properties. Humectants help hydrate your skin by drawing moisture from the air. This helps keep your skin moisturized.
Learn more about Sodium PCAWater. 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
