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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Glyceryl Oleate
Emollient
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingNiacinamide
Smoothing
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Carrageenan
Sodium Chloride
MaskingGlycol Distearate
Emollient
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Citric Acid
Buffering
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Tetrasodium Iminodisuccinate
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
Bleaching
Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrate
Emollient
Water, Coco-Glucoside, Glycerin, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glyceryl Oleate, Xanthan Gum, Niacinamide, Sodium Benzoate, Carrageenan, Sodium Chloride, Glycol Distearate, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Tetrasodium Iminodisuccinate, Tocopherol, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrate
Water
Skin ConditioningCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Rosa Damascena Flower
Skin ConditioningCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Glycerin
Humectant
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingButylene Glycol
Humectant
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract
Emollient
Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract
Masking
Mica
Cosmetic ColorantPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningCI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantIngredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Cocamidopropyl Betaine is a fatty acid created by mixing similar compounds in coconut oil and dimethylaminopropylamine, a compound with two amino groups.
This ingredient is a surfactant and cleanser. It helps gather the dirt, pollutants, and other impurities in your skin to be washed away. It also helps thicken a product and make the texture more creamy.
Being created from coconut oil means Cocamidopropyl Betaine is hydrating for the skin.
While Cocamidopropyl Betaine was believed to be an allergen, a study from 2012 disproved this. It found two compounds in unpure Cocamidopropyl Betaine to be the irritants: aminoamide and 3-dimethylaminopropylamine. High-grade and pure Cocamidopropyl Betaine did not induce allergic reactions during this study.
Learn more about Cocamidopropyl BetaineCoco-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 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 WaterXanthan gum is used as a stabilizer and thickener within cosmetic products. It helps give products a sticky, thick feeling - preventing them from being too runny.
On the technical side of things, xanthan gum is a polysaccharide - a combination consisting of multiple sugar molecules bonded together.
Xanthan gum is a pretty common and great ingredient. It is a natural, non-toxic, non-irritating ingredient that is also commonly used in food products.
Learn more about Xanthan Gum
