What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate
Tamarindus Indica Seed Gum
Emulsion Stabilising
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Auricularia Polytricha Fruiting Body Extract
HumectantCladosiphon Novae-Caledoniae Polysaccharide
HumectantGlyceryl Glucoside
Humectant
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Hydrolyzed Collagen
Emollient
Platinum Powder
Abrasive
Cocamide Mea
Emulsifying
Sodium Trehalose Octenylsuccinate
Emulsion StabilisingTetrasodium Etidronate
Emulsion StabilisingWater, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate, Tamarindus Indica Seed Gum, Pentylene Glycol, Auricularia Polytricha Fruiting Body Extract, Cladosiphon Novae-Caledoniae Polysaccharide, Glyceryl Glucoside, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Platinum Powder, Cocamide Mea, Sodium Trehalose Octenylsuccinate, Tetrasodium Etidronate
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Dipropylene Glycol
HumectantCoco-Betaine
Cleansing
Tea-Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Potassium Lauroyl Glutamate
CleansingButylene Glycol
Humectant
Citric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Citrate
BufferingNiacinamide
Smoothing
Hydrolyzed Silk
Humectant
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningPerilla Ocymoides Leaf Extract
TonicCitrus Unshiu Peel Extract
Masking
Angelica Keiskei Leaf/Stem Extract
Skin ConditioningGlycyrrhiza Glabra Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningPrunus Persica Kernel Extract
MoisturisingCoix Lacryma-Jobi Ma-Yuen Seed Extract
Skin ConditioningWater, Glycerin, Dipropylene Glycol, Coco-Betaine, Tea-Cocoyl Glutamate, Potassium Lauroyl Glutamate, Butylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Niacinamide, Hydrolyzed Silk, Phenoxyethanol, Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract, Perilla Ocymoides Leaf Extract, Citrus Unshiu Peel Extract, Angelica Keiskei Leaf/Stem Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Leaf Extract, Prunus Persica Kernel Extract, Coix Lacryma-Jobi Ma-Yuen Seed Extract
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
