What's inside
What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
Cleansing
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Cleansing
Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate
CleansingSodium Chloride
MaskingLaureth-2
CleansingGlycol Distearate
Emollient
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Parfum
Masking
Glycerin
Humectant
Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate
SurfactantPEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate
Emulsifying
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Citric Acid
Buffering
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Sorbitan Laurate
Emulsifying
Saccharide Isomerate
Humectant
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Pyridoxine Hcl
Skin ConditioningGlycine
Buffering
Magnesium Aspartate
Skin ConditioningAlanine
Masking
Lysine Hcl
Skin Conditioning
Leucine
Skin ConditioningCI 47005
Cosmetic ColorantCI 42090
Cosmetic ColorantBiotin
AntiseborrhoeicWater, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Sodium Chloride, Laureth-2, Glycol Distearate, Panthenol, Parfum, Glycerin, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Sodium Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol, Allantoin, Citric Acid, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sorbitan Laurate, Saccharide Isomerate, Propylene Glycol, Niacinamide, Pyridoxine Hcl, Glycine, Magnesium Aspartate, Alanine, Lysine Hcl, Leucine, CI 47005, CI 42090, Biotin
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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