What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCyclopentasiloxane
Emollient
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Glycerin
Humectant
Propylene Glycol Dibenzoate
Skin ConditioningArtemisia Vulgaris Extract
Skin Conditioning
Avena Sativa Straw Extract
Skin ConditioningInositol
Humectant
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Polyacrylamide
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Bakuchiol
Antimicrobial
Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate
Skin Conditioning
C13-14 Isoparaffin
Emollient
Laureth-7
EmulsifyingPlukenetia Volubilis Seed Oil
Emollient
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
Emollient
Oryza Sativa Extract
Absorbent
Echinacea Purpurea Extract
MoisturisingOpuntia Coccinellifera Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningSetaria Italica Seed Extract
HumectantGlucosyl Ceramide
Skin Conditioning
Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate
Skin Conditioning
Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol Dibenzoate, Artemisia Vulgaris Extract, Avena Sativa Straw Extract, Inositol, Sodium PCA, Polyacrylamide, Phenoxyethanol, Bakuchiol, Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Laureth-7, Plukenetia Volubilis Seed Oil, Sodium Hyaluronate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Oryza Sativa Extract, Echinacea Purpurea Extract, Opuntia Coccinellifera Fruit Extract, Setaria Italica Seed Extract, Glucosyl Ceramide, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate
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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