What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
Cleansing
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
Cleansing1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Sodium Chloride
MaskingDisodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Citric Acid
Buffering
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningParfum
Masking
Centella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Phytate
Hexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingSodium Citrate
BufferingPhyllostachys Bambusoides Extract
Skin ConditioningChrysanthemum Indicum Flower Extract
Skin Conditioning
Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningPrunus Mume Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningDipropylene Glycol
HumectantHydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Potassium Cetyl Phosphate
EmulsifyingCholesterol
Emollient
Palmitic Acid
Emollient
Inulin Lauryl Carbamate
Emulsion StabilisingStearic Acid
Cleansing
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Rice Amino Acids
Skin Conditioning
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Water, Glycerin, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Coco-Glucoside, Sodium Chloride, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Citric Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Parfum, Centella Asiatica Extract, Caprylyl Glycol, Pentylene Glycol, Sodium Phytate, Hexylene Glycol, Sodium Citrate, Phyllostachys Bambusoides Extract, Chrysanthemum Indicum Flower Extract, Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract, Prunus Mume Flower Extract, Dipropylene Glycol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Panthenol, Ceramide NP, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Cholesterol, Palmitic Acid, Inulin Lauryl Carbamate, Stearic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Rice Amino Acids, Tocopherol
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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.
1,2-Hexanediol is a synthetic liquid and another multi-functional powerhouse.
It is a:
- Humectant, drawing moisture into the skin
- Emollient, helping to soften skin
- Solvent, dispersing and stabilizing formulas
- Preservative booster, enhancing the antimicrobial activity of other preservatives
Caprylyl 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, this ingredient is fungal acne safe (there's nothing for Malassezia to feed on).
Learn more about Caprylyl GlycolCoco-Glucoside is a surfactant, or a cleansing ingredient. It is made from glucose and coconut oil.
Surfactants help gather dirt, oil, and other pollutants from your skin to be rinsed away.
This ingredient is considered gentle and non-comedogenic. However, it may still be irritating for some.
Learn more about Coco-GlucosideGlycerin (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 GlycerinChances are, you eat sodium chloride every day. Sodium Chloride is also known as table salt. This ingredient has many purposes in skincare: thickener, emulsifier, and exfoliator.
You'll most likely find this ingredient in cleansers where it is used to create a gel-like texture. As an emulsifier, it also prevents ingredients from separating.
You might see people debate whether Sodium Chloride is comedogenic, but there actually haven't been any comedogenic tests done on it. Either way, the overall formulation of a product matters a lot more than any single ingredient.
You might see this ingredient used in scrubs as a primary exfoliating ingredient.
Learn more about Sodium ChlorideWater. 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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