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What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Brassica Oleracea Italica Extract
AstringentWater
Skin ConditioningCentella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Portulaca Oleracea Extract
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingDecyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Sodium Chloride
Masking1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Dna
Skin Conditioning
Salmon Egg Extract
Madecassoside
Antioxidant
Persea Gratissima Fruit Extract
EmollientMaltodextrin
Absorbent
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningDisodium EDTA
Potassium Benzoate
Preservative
Hexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingCitric Acid
Buffering
Brassica Oleracea Italica Extract, Water, Centella Asiatica Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Glycerin, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Decyl Glucoside, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Chloride, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sodium Dna, Salmon Egg Extract, Madecassoside, Persea Gratissima Fruit Extract, Maltodextrin, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium EDTA, Potassium Benzoate, Hexylene Glycol, Citric Acid
Triethylhexanoin
MaskingGlycerin
Humectant
PEG-20 Glyceryl Triisostearate
Emollient
Water
Skin ConditioningLipase
Skin ConditioningMalic Acid
Buffering
Charcoal
Abrasive
Disodium Isostearyl Ascorbyl Phosphate
Antioxidant
Plankton Extract
Skin ConditioningNelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningLactobacillus
Skin ConditioningArginine
Masking
Sphingomonas Ferment Extract
Skin Conditioning
Disodium Adenosine Triphosphate
Skin ConditioningRna
Skin ConditioningPyridoxine Hcl
Skin ConditioningHistidine Hcl
Skin ConditioningPhenylalanine
Masking
Tyrosine
MaskingArginine Ferulate
Skin ConditioningIsostearoyl Hydrolyzed Silk
Skin ConditioningMannitol
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Subtilisin
Skin ConditioningAcrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingMaltodextrin
Absorbent
Isostearic Acid
Cleansing
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Triethylhexanoin, Glycerin, PEG-20 Glyceryl Triisostearate, Water, Lipase, Malic Acid, Charcoal, Disodium Isostearyl Ascorbyl Phosphate, Plankton Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract, Lactobacillus, Arginine, Sphingomonas Ferment Extract, Disodium Adenosine Triphosphate, Rna, Pyridoxine Hcl, Histidine Hcl, Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Arginine Ferulate, Isostearoyl Hydrolyzed Silk, Mannitol, Butylene Glycol, Subtilisin, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Maltodextrin, Isostearic Acid, Pentylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Tocopherol
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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.
Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:
Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.
Though this ingredient works well with most skin types, some people with sensitive skin may experience a reaction such as allergic rashes, closed comedones, or itchiness.
Learn more about Butylene GlycolGlycerin (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 GlycerinMaltodextrin is a polysaccharide. It is derived from starch such as rice, corn, wheat, or potato starch.
In food, Maltodextrin is used to improve the texture and thicken a product. Due to its structure, it can help create a gel texture. As an emulsion stabilizer, it helps keep the ingredients in a product together.
As a polysaccharide, Maltodextrin has moisturizing properties. Polysaccharides are a type of carbohydrate. The top layer of skin uses polysaccharides to retain water, keeping the skin hydrated.
Maltodextrin is water soluble and has a sweet taste.
Learn more about MaltodextrinWater. 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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