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Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
HumectantCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride
MaskingAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin ConditioningLinum Usitatissimum Seed Oil
PerfumingCamellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialCocos Nucifera Oil
MaskingDipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate
Skin ConditioningSimmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
EmollientSorghum Bicolor Stalk Juice
Skin ConditioningOrmenis Multicaulis Oil
MaskingGlycine Soja Oil
EmollientRetinyl Palmitate
Skin ConditioningZea Mays Oil
EmulsifyingHamamelis Virginiana Water
AstringentLonicera Caprifolium Flower Extract
PerfumingPelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil
MaskingLonicera Japonica Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningRosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil
MaskingPlantago Lanceolata Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialButylene Glycol
HumectantCaprylyl Glycol
EmollientXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingPolysorbate 20
EmulsifyingTocopherol
AntioxidantAscorbyl Palmitate
AntioxidantTaurine
BufferingSodium Hyaluronate
HumectantTeprenone
Skin ConditioningCitric Acid
BufferingPotassium Sorbate
PreservativeCarbomer
Emulsion StabilisingPalmitoyl Oligopeptide
CleansingSodium Polystyrene Sulfonate
Emulsion StabilisingPhenoxyethanol
PreservativePalmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7
Skin ConditioningAlcohol
AntimicrobialCitronellol
PerfumingTocopheryl Acetate
AntioxidantGeraniol
PerfumingLinalool
PerfumingSodium Sulfite
PreservativeWater, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Sorghum Bicolor Stalk Juice, Ormenis Multicaulis Oil, Glycine Soja Oil, Retinyl Palmitate, Zea Mays Oil, Hamamelis Virginiana Water, Lonicera Caprifolium Flower Extract, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil, Plantago Lanceolata Leaf Extract, Butylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Polysorbate 20, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Taurine, Sodium Hyaluronate, Teprenone, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Carbomer, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate, Phenoxyethanol, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Alcohol, Citronellol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Geraniol, Linalool, Sodium Sulfite
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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.
Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:
Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.
Though this ingredient works well with most skin types, some people with sensitive skin may experience a reaction such as allergic rashes, closed comedones, or itchiness.
Learn more about Butylene GlycolGlycerin (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!
Learn more about Water