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Ingredients Side-by-side
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Cetrimonium Chloride
Antimicrobial
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningGlycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
Bleaching
Silybum Marianum Extract
Skin Conditioning
Vitis Vinifera Oil
Perfuming
Cucumis Sativus Extract
Skin Conditioning
Citrus Grandis Extract
AntimicrobialAngelica Archangelica Extract
Skin ConditioningArtemisia Absinthium Extract
Skin ConditioningSimmondsia Chinensis Leaf Extract
HumectantHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Malus Domestica Fruit Cell Culture Extract
Skin ConditioningVitis Vinifera Fruit Cell Extract
Skin ConditioningCitrus Limon Leaf Cell Extract
Skin ConditioningAscorbic Acid
Antioxidant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Citrate
BufferingSodium Chloride
MaskingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Caprylhydroxamic Acid
Linoleic Acid
Cleansing
Isomalt
HumectantThiamine Hcl
MaskingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingLinolenic Acid
Cleansing
Litsea Cubeba Fruit Oil
Masking
Cinnamomum Camphora Wood Oil
Masking
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glycerin, Cetrimonium Chloride, Carbomer, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Silybum Marianum Extract, Vitis Vinifera Oil, Cucumis Sativus Extract, Citrus Grandis Extract, Angelica Archangelica Extract, Artemisia Absinthium Extract, Simmondsia Chinensis Leaf Extract, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Malus Domestica Fruit Cell Culture Extract, Vitis Vinifera Fruit Cell Extract, Citrus Limon Leaf Cell Extract, Ascorbic Acid, Tocopherol, Allantoin, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Chloride, Caprylyl Glycol, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Linoleic Acid, Isomalt, Thiamine Hcl, Xanthan Gum, Linolenic Acid, Litsea Cubeba Fruit Oil, Cinnamomum Camphora Wood Oil
Water
Skin ConditioningDecyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Betaine
Humectant
Glycolipids
Skin ConditioningCopernicia Cerifera Wax
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Carrageenan
Citric Acid
Buffering
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Glyceryl Oleate
Emollient
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingSaccharomyces Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Sucrose
Humectant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrate
Emollient
Lecithin
Emollient
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Ascorbyl Palmitate
Antioxidant
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Water, Decyl Glucoside, Glycerin, Betaine, Glycolipids, Copernicia Cerifera Wax, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Carrageenan, Citric Acid, Coco-Glucoside, Glyceryl Oleate, Xanthan Gum, Saccharomyces Ferment, Sucrose, Tocopherol, Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrate, Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Phenoxyethanol
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 (also known as Vitamin E) is a common antioxidant used to help protect the skin from free-radicals and strengthen the skin barrier. It's also fat soluble - this means our skin is great at absorbing it.
Vitamin E also helps keep your natural skin lipids healthy. Your lipid skin barrier naturally consists of lipids, ceramides, and fatty acids. Vitamin E offers extra protection for your skin’s lipid barrier, keeping your skin healthy and nourished.
Another benefit is a bit of UV protection. Vitamin E helps reduce the damage caused by UVB rays. (It should not replace your sunscreen). Combining it with Vitamin C can decrease sunburned cells and hyperpigmentation after UV exposure.
You might have noticed Vitamin E + C often paired together. This is because it is great at stabilizing Vitamin C. Using the two together helps increase the effectiveness of both ingredients.
There are often claims that Vitamin E can reduce/prevent scarring, but these claims haven't been confirmed by scientific research.
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
