What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningRosa Damascena Flower Water
MaskingAloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
EmollientGlycerin
HumectantPrunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil
Skin ConditioningDicaprylyl Carbonate
EmollientSorbitan Olivate
EmulsifyingCetearyl Olivate
Cetyl Alcohol
EmollientKhaya Senegalensis Bark Extract
Skin ProtectingMaltodextrin
AbsorbentOligopeptide-1
Skin ConditioningSodium Stearoyl Glutamate
CleansingEchinacea Purpurea Extract
MoisturisingGanoderma Lucidum Extract
Skin ProtectingSodium Phytate
Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil
HumectantTheobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter
Skin ConditioningBenzyl Alcohol
PerfumingDehydroacetic Acid
PreservativeHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil
EmollientDaucus Carota Sativa Root Extract
Skin ConditioningRosa Centifolia Flower Extract
AstringentEugenol
PerfumingCitronellol
PerfumingLinalool
PerfumingGeraniol
PerfumingWater, Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Glycerin, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Sorbitan Olivate, Cetearyl Olivate, Cetyl Alcohol, Khaya Senegalensis Bark Extract, Maltodextrin, Oligopeptide-1, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Echinacea Purpurea Extract, Ganoderma Lucidum Extract, Sodium Phytate, Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter, Benzyl Alcohol, Dehydroacetic Acid, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Daucus Carota Sativa Root Extract, Rosa Centifolia Flower Extract, Eugenol, Citronellol, Linalool, Geraniol
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
HumectantAlcohol Denat.
AntimicrobialPropylene Glycol
HumectantPanthenol
Skin ConditioningPentylene Glycol
Skin ConditioningDimethicone
EmollientPEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides
EmulsifyingPPG-6-Decyltetradeceth-30
EmulsifyingGlyceryl Isostearate
EmollientMadecassoside
AntioxidantSodium Hyaluronate
HumectantAmmonium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate
Emulsion StabilisingDisodium EDTA
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
HumectantCaprylyl Glycol
EmollientCitric Acid
BufferingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingButylene Glycol
HumectantTocopherol
AntioxidantPhenoxyethanol
PreservativeParfum
MaskingWater, Glycerin, Alcohol Denat., Propylene Glycol, Panthenol, Pentylene Glycol, Dimethicone, PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides, PPG-6-Decyltetradeceth-30, Glyceryl Isostearate, Madecassoside, Sodium Hyaluronate, Ammonium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Disodium EDTA, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Xanthan Gum, Butylene Glycol, Tocopherol, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum
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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!
Learn more about Water