What's inside
What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Lavandula Angustifolia Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract
Masking
Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract
Emollient
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
Bleaching
Echinacea Angustifolia Extract
MoisturisingTriticum Vulgare Germ Extract
Skin ConditioningRubus Idaeus Fruit Extract
AstringentEpilobium Angustifolium Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract
Skin ConditioningLilium Candidum Bulb Extract
Skin ConditioningSalvia Officinalis Leaf Extract
CleansingTrifolium Pratense Flower Extract
AstringentAvena Sativa Kernel Extract
Abrasive
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
Lavandula Angustifolia Oil
Masking
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Polyquaternium-10
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Disodium EDTA
Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, Polysorbate 20, Lavandula Angustifolia Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Echinacea Angustifolia Extract, Triticum Vulgare Germ Extract, Rubus Idaeus Fruit Extract, Epilobium Angustifolium Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Lilium Candidum Bulb Extract, Salvia Officinalis Leaf Extract, Trifolium Pratense Flower Extract, Avena Sativa Kernel Extract, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil, Benzyl Alcohol, Polyquaternium-10, Potassium Sorbate, Disodium EDTA
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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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