What's inside
What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningPropanediol
Solvent
Glycerin
Humectant
Sodium Cocoamphoacetate
CleansingCoco-Betaine
Cleansing
Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Dehydroxanthan Gum
Emulsion StabilisingRosa Damascena Flower Water
Masking
Sodium Chloride
MaskingCitric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Caprylyl Glyceryl Ether
CleansingCaprylhydroxamic Acid
Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
Antimicrobial
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Ananas Sativus Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningWater, Propanediol, Glycerin, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Coco-Betaine, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Dehydroxanthan Gum, Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Sodium Chloride, Citric Acid, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Caprylyl Glyceryl Ether, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Ananas Sativus Fruit Extract
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil
Emollient
Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil
Masking
Glycerin
Humectant
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingAnhydroglucitol
HumectantPropylene Glycol
Humectant
Sorbitan Oleate
Emulsifying
Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower
Skin ConditioningRicinus Communis Seed Oil
Masking
Salicylic Acid
Masking
Resorcinol
Antioxidant
Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
Bleaching
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
Humectant
Azelaic Acid
Buffering
Kojic Acid
Antioxidant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Retinyl Palmitate
Skin Conditioning
Glutamine
Skin ConditioningAlpha-Arbutin
Antioxidant
Cocos Nucifera Oil, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Glycerin, Sodium Hydroxide, Anhydroglucitol, Propylene Glycol, Sorbitan Oleate, Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Salicylic Acid, Resorcinol, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Azelaic Acid, Kojic Acid, Niacinamide, Retinyl Palmitate, Glutamine, Alpha-Arbutin
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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.
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