What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Tranexamic Acid
Astringent
Ascorbyl Glucoside
Antioxidant
Ceramide Ns
Skin Conditioning
Oryza Sativa Bran Extract
Skin Conditioning
Pisum Sativum Extract
Skin ConditioningHydrolyzed Conchiolin Protein
Skin ConditioningSilk Extract
Skin ConditioningCoix Lacryma-Jobi Ma-Yuen Seed Extract
Skin ConditioningGlycine Soja Extract
Skin Conditioning1,4-Cyclohexanedicarboxylic Acid
Glycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Polyglycerin-6
HumectantAlcohol Denat.
Antimicrobial
Potassium Hydroxide
BufferingPEG-8 Castor Oil
Emulsifying
Hedta
AbsorbentPolyvinylalcohol Crosspolymer
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Sodium Citrate
BufferingCitric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Metabisulfite
Antioxidant
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Sodium Paraben
Preservative
Water
Skin ConditioningTranexamic Acid, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Ceramide Ns, Oryza Sativa Bran Extract, Pisum Sativum Extract, Hydrolyzed Conchiolin Protein, Silk Extract, Coix Lacryma-Jobi Ma-Yuen Seed Extract, Glycine Soja Extract, 1,4-Cyclohexanedicarboxylic Acid, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Polyglycerin-6, Alcohol Denat., Potassium Hydroxide, PEG-8 Castor Oil, Hedta, Polyvinylalcohol Crosspolymer, Polysorbate 20, Sodium Citrate, Citric Acid, Sodium Metabisulfite, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Paraben, Water
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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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