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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate
CleansingSodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate
CleansingCaprylhydroxamic Acid
Propanediol
Solvent
Glycerin
Humectant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Lauryl Glucoside
CleansingCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Calendula Officinalis Extract
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Salix Alba Bark Extract
Astringent
Chamomilla Recutita Extract
Skin Conditioning
Water, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate, Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Propanediol, Glycerin, Panthenol, Lauryl Glucoside, Coco-Glucoside, Calendula Officinalis Extract, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Salix Alba Bark Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Extract
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Water
MaskingCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Acrylates Copolymer
Glycerin
Humectant
Sodium Chloride
MaskingNiacinamide
Smoothing
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingCetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Stearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Ascorbyl Glucoside
Antioxidant
Glutathione
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
DMDM Hydantoin
Preservative
Lactobacillus/Milk Ferment Filtrate
Skin ConditioningPotassium Hydroxide
BufferingPotassium Cocoate
Emulsifying
Tetrasodium EDTA
BHT
Antioxidant
Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate
EmulsifyingGlycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
Bleaching
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide AP
Skin Conditioning
Phytosphingosine
Skin Conditioning
Cholesterol
Emollient
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCarbomer
Emulsion StabilisingBeetroot Red
Ceramide EOP
Skin Conditioning
Maltodextrin
Absorbent
Citric Acid
Buffering
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Water, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Acrylates Copolymer, Glycerin, Sodium Chloride, Niacinamide, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Glutathione, Butylene Glycol, Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate, Propylene Glycol, DMDM Hydantoin, Lactobacillus/Milk Ferment Filtrate, Potassium Hydroxide, Potassium Cocoate, Tetrasodium EDTA, BHT, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Ceramide NP, Ceramide AP, Phytosphingosine, Cholesterol, Xanthan Gum, Carbomer, Beetroot Red, Ceramide EOP, Maltodextrin, Citric Acid
Ingredients 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 BetaineGlycerin (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.
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