What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningButylene Glycol
Humectant
Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
PEG-8
HumectantCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Cocamide DEA
Emulsifying
PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate
Glycerin
Humectant
Sorbitol
Humectant
Sodium Taurine Cocoyl Methyltaurate
Cleansing
Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate
Humectant
Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate
Petrolatum
Emollient
Citric Acid
Buffering
Polyquaternium-7
Disodium EDTA
BHT
Antioxidant
Methylparaben
Preservative
Water, Butylene Glycol, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, PEG-8, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Cocamide DEA, PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate, Glycerin, Sorbitol, Sodium Taurine Cocoyl Methyltaurate, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate, Petrolatum, Citric Acid, Polyquaternium-7, Disodium EDTA, BHT, Methylparaben
O-Cymen-5-Ol
Antimicrobial
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
Water
Skin ConditioningPropylene Glycol
Humectant
Glycerin
Humectant
Lauric Acid
Cleansing
Lauryl Hydroxysultaine
CleansingPEG-45
HumectantPotassium Hydroxide
BufferingPPG-4 Lauryl Ether
EmollientArginine
Masking
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningPalmitic Acid
Emollient
Myristic Acid
Cleansing
Cetyl Dimethylbutyl Ether
Skin ConditioningEDTA
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Parfum
Masking
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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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