What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Hydroxyethyl Urea
Humectant
Petrolatum
Emollient
Jojoba Esters
Emollient
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Distearyldimonium Chloride
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Stearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Behentrimonium Methosulfate
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Methyl Gluceth-20
Humectant
Avena Sativa Kernel Extract
Abrasive
Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter Extract
Skin Conditioning
Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters
Skin Conditioning
Bisabolol
Antioxidant
Boswellia Serrata Gum
Masking
Zingiber Officinale Root Extract
Masking
Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate
Antioxidant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Dimethicone
Emollient
Cyclopentasiloxane
Emollient
Polysorbate 60
Emulsifying
Stearamidopropyl Pg-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Steareth-21
CleansingDipropylene Glycol
HumectantPropylene Glycol
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer
Skin Conditioning
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
EDTA
Potassium Hydroxide
BufferingWater, Glycerin, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Petrolatum, Jojoba Esters, Cetyl Alcohol, Distearyldimonium Chloride, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Stearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Glyceryl Stearate, Methyl Gluceth-20, Avena Sativa Kernel Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter Extract, Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters, Bisabolol, Boswellia Serrata Gum, Zingiber Officinale Root Extract, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Panthenol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Dimethicone, Cyclopentasiloxane, Polysorbate 60, Stearamidopropyl Pg-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate, Hydroxyacetophenone, Steareth-21, Dipropylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, EDTA, Potassium Hydroxide
Water
Skin ConditioningCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Butyloctyl Salicylate
Skin Conditioning
Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Methyl Dihydroabietate
Propanediol
Solvent
Potassium Cetyl Phosphate
EmulsifyingDiheptyl Succinate
EmollientArachidyl Alcohol
Emollient
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Tetradecane
Perfuming
Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
CleansingCapryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer
Skin ConditioningCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Behenyl Alcohol
Emollient
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter
Skin Conditioning
Arachidyl Glucoside
EmulsifyingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingSodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningBisabolol
Antioxidant
Citric Acid
Buffering
Caprylhydroxamic Acid
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Water, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Methyl Dihydroabietate, Propanediol, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Diheptyl Succinate, Arachidyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Tetradecane, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Behenyl Alcohol, Sodium PCA, Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter, Arachidyl Glucoside, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Gluconate, Bisabolol, Citric Acid, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glycerin, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Tocopherol, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice comes from leaves of the aloe plant. Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice is best known for helping to soothe sunburns. It is also anti-inflammatory, moisturizing, antiseptic, and can help heal wounds.
Aloe is packed with good stuff including Vitamins A, C, and E. These vitamins are antioxidants, which help fight free-radicals and the damage they may cause. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells, such as pollution.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice also contains sugars. These sugars come in the form of monosaccharides and polysaccharides, folic acid, and choline. These sugars are able to help bind moisture to skin.
It also contains minerals such as calcium, 12 anthraquinones, fatty acids, amino acids, and Vitamin B12.
Learn more about Aloe Barbadensis Leaf JuiceBisabolol is a gentle skin conditioner, antioxidant, and soothing ingredient.
It's primary claim to fame is soothing and research shows topically applied bisabolol can quiet the chemical messengers that cause your skin to become inflamed, helping to sooth any irritation.
A clinical study found that applying 0.5% bisabolol daily for 8 weeks produced an average 9% decrease in skin pigmentation. Researchers found it can also suppress the process that leads to excess melanin production in skin.
In vitro studies found that bisabolol combined with propylene glycol significantly increased skin permeability by increasing lipid fluidity in the stratum corneum.
You'll likely see use concentrations quite low, usually 0.1-0.2%.
Overall, this is a well-tolerated ingredient that works well in formulas designed for sensitive, reactive, or post-procedure skin.
Learn more about BisabololCaprylyl Glycol is a humectant, skin conditioner, emollient, and preservative booster derived from either caprylic acid or synthetically created.
Typical use levels vary from 0.3-1% as a preservative booster and go up to 2% to condition skin.
Because it is not a free-fatty acid or alcohol, this ingredient is fungal acne safe (there's nothing for Malassezia to feed on).
Learn more about Caprylyl GlycolCetyl Alcohol is a fatty alcohol. Fatty Alcohols are most often used as an emollient or to thicken a product.
Its main roles are:
Though it has "alcohol" in the name, it is not related to denatured alcohol or ethyl alcohol.
The FDA allows products labeled "alcohol-free" to have fatty alcohols.
Learn more about Cetyl AlcoholGlycerin (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
