What's inside
What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningHydrogenated Farnesene
EmollientPolyglyceryl-3 Distearate
Emulsifying
Betaine
Humectant
Coco-Caprylate/Caprate
Emollient
Trehalose
Humectant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Propylheptyl Caprylate
EmollientPropanediol
Solvent
Centella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Cyanocobalamin
Skin ConditioningAllantoin
Skin Conditioning
Bisabolol
Antioxidant
Inulin
Skin Conditioning
Cellulose
Absorbent
Fructose
Humectant
Glucose
Humectant
Glycine Soja Oil
Emollient
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
Glyceryl Stearate Citrate
Emollient
Cellulose Gum
Emulsion StabilisingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingSodium Hydroxide
BufferingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Water, Hydrogenated Farnesene, Polyglyceryl-3 Distearate, Betaine, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Trehalose, Panthenol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil, Propylheptyl Caprylate, Propanediol, Centella Asiatica Extract, Cyanocobalamin, Allantoin, Bisabolol, Inulin, Cellulose, Fructose, Glucose, Glycine Soja Oil, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Lactic Acid, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Cellulose Gum, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol
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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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