What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningC15-19 Alkane
SolventGlycerin
Humectant
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
PEG/PPG/Polybutylene Glycol-8/5/3 Glycerin
HumectantIsosorbide Dicaprylate
Skin ConditioningEctoin
Skin Conditioning
Xylitylglucoside
Humectant
Bisabolol
Antioxidant
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Anhydroxylitol
Humectant
Xylitol
Humectant
Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingAmmonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer
Glucose
Humectant
Citric Acid
Buffering
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Water, C15-19 Alkane, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, PEG/PPG/Polybutylene Glycol-8/5/3 Glycerin, Isosorbide Dicaprylate, Ectoin, Xylitylglucoside, Bisabolol, Allantoin, Anhydroxylitol, Xylitol, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer, Glucose, Citric Acid, Tocopherol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Water
Skin ConditioningBorago Officinalis Seed Oil
Emollient
Withania Somnifera Root Extract
Skin Conditioning
Equisetum Arvense Extract
AstringentHelichrysum Italicum Extract
AntiseborrhoeicGlycerin
Humectant
Hippophae Rhamnoides Oil
Emollient
Hydrolyzed Adansonia Digitata Seed Extract
Melia Azadirachta Seed Oil
Emollient
Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Polyacrylate-13
Polyisobutene
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract
Astringent
Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Water, Borago Officinalis Seed Oil, Withania Somnifera Root Extract, Equisetum Arvense Extract, Helichrysum Italicum Extract, Glycerin, Hippophae Rhamnoides Oil, Hydrolyzed Adansonia Digitata Seed Extract, Melia Azadirachta Seed Oil, Hyaluronic Acid, Polyacrylate-13, Polyisobutene, Polysorbate 20, Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract, Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea Fruit Extract
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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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