What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
Cleansing
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil
Masking
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Sodium Lactate
Buffering
Arginine
Masking
Serine
Masking
Glycine
Buffering
Valine
MaskingIsoleucine
Skin ConditioningProline
Skin Conditioning
Alanine
Masking
Threonine
Phenylalanine
Masking
Histidine
Humectant
PCA
Humectant
Sodium Cocoyl Apple Amino Acids
Skin Conditioning
Nymphaea Alba Root Extract
Skin ConditioningNelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Arthrospira Platensis Extract
Antioxidant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Phenethyl Alcohol
MaskingSodium Chloride
MaskingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingAspartic Acid
Masking
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningSodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningHexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingTetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
Water, Glycerin, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Glyceryl Stearate, Stearic Acid, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Cetearyl Alcohol, Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil, Sodium PCA, Sodium Lactate, Arginine, Serine, Glycine, Valine, Isoleucine, Proline, Alanine, Threonine, Phenylalanine, Histidine, PCA, Sodium Cocoyl Apple Amino Acids, Nymphaea Alba Root Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract, Panthenol, Arthrospira Platensis Extract, Tocopherol, Phenethyl Alcohol, Sodium Chloride, Xanthan Gum, Aspartic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Gluconate, Hexylene Glycol, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
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
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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.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice comes from leaves of the aloe plant. Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice is best known for helping to soothe sunburns. It is also anti-inflammatory, moisturizing, antiseptic, and can help heal wounds.
Aloe is packed with good stuff including Vitamins A, C, and E. These vitamins are antioxidants, which help fight free-radicals and the damage they may cause. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells, such as pollution.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice also contains sugars. These sugars come in the form of monosaccharides and polysaccharides, folic acid, and choline. These sugars are able to help bind moisture to skin.
It also contains minerals such as calcium, 12 anthraquinones, fatty acids, amino acids, and Vitamin B12.
Learn more about Aloe Barbadensis Leaf JuiceGlycerin (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 GlycerinTocopherol is a fat-soluble antioxidant known as Vitamin E.
You'll find this ingredient in the vast majority of skincare (for good reason). It works to neutralize free radicals, or unstable molecules generated by UV exposure, pollution, and other environmental stressors, before they can cause oxidative damage to your skin cells.
Topically applied tocopherol has been shown to protect against UV damage by ramping up the skin's own natural defense enzymes.
It also acts as a skin conditioning agent; some studies show that regular topical use can improve the skin's water-binding capacity over 2-4 weeks.
This ingredient is especially loved for being a team player. When combined with Vitamin C, the photoprotective effect of both ingredients roughly doubles and the combo also helps reduce UV-induced DNA damage.
This ingredient has some brightening potential but it's more of a prevention ingredient than spot-fader. Cell studies show it can slow down melanin production but it's worth noting that it's not the most powerful brightener out there.
In formulations, it also serves as a stabilizer that helps protect other oxidation-prone ingredients from degrading.
Concentrations usually range from 0.1-1% in most leave-on products.
Learn more about TocopherolWater. 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
