What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Rice Ferment Filtrate
Skin Conditioning
Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate
Skin Conditioning
Rosa Rugosa Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningCreatine
Skin Conditioning1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Papain
Skin ConditioningPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Propanediol
Solvent
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Hydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingPolysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
PPG-15 Stearyl Ether
EmollientC12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
AntimicrobialColloidal Oatmeal
Absorbent
Tremella Fuciformis Extract
Humectant
Polysorbate 60
Emulsifying
Trehalose
Humectant
Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate
Skin Conditioning
Polyglyceryl-3 Oleate
Emulsifying
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Hydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingSodium PCA
Humectant
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Jojoba Wax PEG-120 Esters
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, PPG-15 Stearyl Ether, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Colloidal Oatmeal, Tremella Fuciformis Extract, Polysorbate 60, Trehalose, Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate, Polyglyceryl-3 Oleate, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Sodium PCA, Hydroxyacetophenone, Jojoba Wax PEG-120 Esters, Xanthan Gum, Caprylyl Glycol
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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 GlycerinHydroxyacetophenone is antioxidant with skin conditioning and soothing properties. It also boosts the efficiency of preservatives.
Though naturally occuring in Norwegian spruce needles, this ingredient is usually synthetically created.
This ingredient is not irritating or sensitizing. Recent research also suggests it may have skin-brightening effects through tyrosinase inhibition.
Learn more about HydroxyacetophenoneHydroxyethylcellulose is used to improve the texture of products. It is created from a chemical reaction involving ethylene oxide and alkali-cellulose. Cellulose is a sugar found in plant cell walls and help give plants structure.
This ingredient helps stabilize products by preventing ingredients from separating. It can also help thicken the texture of a product.
This ingredient can also be found in pill medicines to help our bodies digest other ingredients.
Learn more about HydroxyethylcellulosePhenoxyethanol is a preservative that has germicide, antimicrobial, and aromatic properties. Studies show that phenoxyethanol can prevent microbial growth. By itself, it has a scent that is similar to that of a rose.
It's often used in formulations along with Caprylyl Glycol to preserve the shelf life of products.
Water. 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
