What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Oryza Sativa Extract
Absorbent
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
CleansingVitis Vinifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Oil
Skin Protecting
Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract
Emollient
Brassica Oleracea Italica Seed Oil
Emollient
Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil
Skin Conditioning
Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil
Perfuming
Saccharomyces/Xylinum/Black Tea Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Lactobacillus Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate
Skin Conditioning
Lactobacillus
Skin ConditioningCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Vinegar
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Glucose
Humectant
Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrate
Emollient
Citric Acid
Buffering
Glyceryl Oleate
Emollient
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCarrageenan
Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
Antimicrobial
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Sodium Dehydroacetate
Preservative
Sodium Phytate
Water, Glycerin, Oryza Sativa Extract, Decyl Glucoside, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Oil, Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract, Brassica Oleracea Italica Seed Oil, Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil, Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil, Saccharomyces/Xylinum/Black Tea Ferment, Lactobacillus Ferment, Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate, Lactobacillus, Coco-Glucoside, Vinegar, Tocopherol, Glucose, Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrate, Citric Acid, Glyceryl Oleate, Xanthan Gum, Carrageenan, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Sodium Phytate
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate
CleansingPEG-150 Distearate
Emulsifying
Water, Glycerin, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate, PEG-150 Distearate, Sodium Laureth-11 Carboxylate, Laureth-7 Citrate, Lauryl Glucoside, Laureth-10, Methyl Gluceth-20, PEG-4 Rapeseedamide, PEG-200 Hydrogenated Glyceryl Palmate, Hexanediol/PEG-2 Cocomonium Chloride/Tdi Copolymer
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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