What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Benefits
Concerns
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningPropanediol
Solvent
Gold
Cosmetic ColorantHydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Algae
Skin Conditioning
Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1
Skin Conditioning
Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7
Skin Conditioning
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi Leaf Extract
Skin Conditioning
Vigna Aconitifolia Seed Extract
Skin ConditioningPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Hydroxide
BufferingHydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingMagnesium Sulfate
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Maltodextrin
Absorbent
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Water, Propanediol, Gold, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Algae, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Niacinamide, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi Leaf Extract, Vigna Aconitifolia Seed Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Carbomer, Sodium Hydroxide, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Magnesium Sulfate, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Maltodextrin, Polysorbate 20
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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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