What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Citrus Limon Juice
Skin Conditioning
Pyrus Malus Juice
Skin ConditioningVitis Vinifera Juice
Antioxidant
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate
Cleansing
Caprylyl Glucoside
CleansingGluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Vitis Vinifera Oil
Perfuming
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract
MaskingCitrus Paradisi Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningAlgae Extract
EmollientMalus Domestica Fruit Cell Culture Extract
Skin ConditioningVitis Vinifera Fruit Cell Extract
Skin ConditioningCitrus Limon Leaf Cell Extract
Skin ConditioningAscorbic Acid
Antioxidant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Phytate
Polyglyceryl-5 Oleate
Emulsifying
Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientIsomalt
HumectantGlyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Litsea Cubeba Fruit Oil
Masking
Cinnamomum Camphora Wood Oil
Masking
Citrus Limon Juice, Pyrus Malus Juice, Vitis Vinifera Juice, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Decyl Glucoside, Glycerin, Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate, Caprylyl Glucoside, Gluconolactone, Vitis Vinifera Oil, Xanthan Gum, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract, Citrus Paradisi Fruit Extract, Algae Extract, Malus Domestica Fruit Cell Culture Extract, Vitis Vinifera Fruit Cell Extract, Citrus Limon Leaf Cell Extract, Ascorbic Acid, Tocopherol, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Sodium Phytate, Polyglyceryl-5 Oleate, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Isomalt, Glyceryl Stearate, Litsea Cubeba Fruit Oil, Cinnamomum Camphora Wood Oil
Water
Skin ConditioningCapryloyl/Caproyl Methyl Glucamide
EmulsifyingGlycerin
Humectant
Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide
EmollientCocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
Cleansing
Sorbitan Oleate Decylglucoside Crosspolymer
CleansingPropanediol
Solvent
Sucrose Cocoate
Emulsifying
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingBromelain
Skin Conditioning
Papain
Skin Conditioning
Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil
Masking
Chlorella Vulgaris Powder
Skin ConditioningSpinacia Oleracea Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningSodium Benzoate
Masking
Acacia Senegal Gum
MaskingCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Glyceryl Oleate
Emollient
Citric Acid
Buffering
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Maltodextrin
Absorbent
Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Linalool
Perfuming
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Mixed Ionones
Masking
Sodium Chloride
MaskingCananga Odorata Flower Oil
Masking
Eugenia Caryophyllus Bud Oil
Masking
Pogostemon Cablin Leaf Extract
Perfuming
Cedrol
EmollientDipteryx Odorata Seed Extract
MaskingSalvia Officinalis Oil
Masking
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrate
Emollient
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Water, Capryloyl/Caproyl Methyl Glucamide, Glycerin, Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Sorbitan Oleate Decylglucoside Crosspolymer, Propanediol, Sucrose Cocoate, Xanthan Gum, Bromelain, Papain, Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil, Chlorella Vulgaris Powder, Spinacia Oleracea Leaf Extract, Sodium Benzoate, Acacia Senegal Gum, Coco-Glucoside, Glyceryl Oleate, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Maltodextrin, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Linalool, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Mixed Ionones, Sodium Chloride, Cananga Odorata Flower Oil, Eugenia Caryophyllus Bud Oil, Pogostemon Cablin Leaf Extract, Cedrol, Dipteryx Odorata Seed Extract, Salvia Officinalis Oil, Caprylyl Glycol, Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrate, Tocopherol
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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.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice comes from leaves of the aloe plant. Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice is best known for helping to soothe sunburns. It is also anti-inflammatory, moisturizing, antiseptic, and can help heal wounds.
Aloe is packed with good stuff including Vitamins A, C, and E. These vitamins are antioxidants, which help fight free-radicals and the damage they may cause. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells, such as pollution.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice also contains sugars. These sugars come in the form of monosaccharides and polysaccharides, folic acid, and choline. These sugars are able to help bind moisture to skin.
It also contains minerals such as calcium, 12 anthraquinones, fatty acids, amino acids, and Vitamin B12.
Learn more about Aloe Barbadensis Leaf JuiceGlycerin (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 GlycerinTocopherol is a fat-soluble antioxidant known as Vitamin E.
You'll find this ingredient in the vast majority of skincare (for good reason). It works to neutralize free radicals, or unstable molecules generated by UV exposure, pollution, and other environmental stressors, before they can cause oxidative damage to your skin cells.
Topically applied tocopherol has been shown to protect against UV damage by ramping up the skin's own natural defense enzymes.
It also acts as a skin conditioning agent; some studies show that regular topical use can improve the skin's water-binding capacity over 2-4 weeks.
This ingredient is especially loved for being a team player. When combined with Vitamin C, the photoprotective effect of both ingredients roughly doubles and the combo also helps reduce UV-induced DNA damage.
This ingredient has some brightening potential but it's more of a prevention ingredient than spot-fader. Cell studies show it can slow down melanin production but it's worth noting that it's not the most powerful brightener out there.
In formulations, it also serves as a stabilizer that helps protect other oxidation-prone ingredients from degrading.
Concentrations usually range from 0.1-1% in most leave-on products.
Learn more about TocopherolXanthan gum is used as a stabilizer and thickener within cosmetic products. It helps give products a sticky, thick feeling - preventing them from being too runny.
On the technical side of things, xanthan gum is a polysaccharide - a combination consisting of multiple sugar molecules bonded together.
Xanthan gum is a pretty common and great ingredient. It is a natural, non-toxic, non-irritating ingredient that is also commonly used in food products.
Learn more about Xanthan Gum
