What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningStearic Acid
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Isopropyl Palmitate
Emollient
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Isopropyl Myristate
Emollient
Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil
Antioxidant
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Rosa Canina Flower Extract
AstringentFoeniculum Vulgare Fruit Extract
EmollientSambucus Nigra Flower Extract
RefreshingCalendula Officinalis Flower Extract
Masking
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningSalvia Officinalis Leaf Extract
CleansingAchillea Millefolium Extract
CleansingGeranium Maculatum Extract
TonicAvena Sativa Hull Fiber
Abrasive
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil
Skin Conditioning
Lavandula Angustifolia Oil
Masking
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Lecithin
Emollient
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingMethyl Salicylate
Perfuming
Cetyl Esters
Emollient
Polysorbate 80
Emulsifying
Triethanolamine
BufferingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Sorbic Acid
Preservative
Water, Stearic Acid, Glycerin, Isopropyl Palmitate, Cetyl Alcohol, Isopropyl Myristate, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Rosa Canina Flower Extract, Foeniculum Vulgare Fruit Extract, Sambucus Nigra Flower Extract, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Flower Extract, Salvia Officinalis Leaf Extract, Achillea Millefolium Extract, Geranium Maculatum Extract, Avena Sativa Hull Fiber, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Lecithin, Allantoin, Xanthan Gum, Methyl Salicylate, Cetyl Esters, Polysorbate 80, Triethanolamine, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Sorbic Acid
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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 GlycerinPolysorbate 80 is a synthetic surfactant and emulsifier derived from sorbitol and oleic acid.
It reduces the surface tension between oil and water phases to help them stay mixed and stable in a formulation. In other words, it prevents your formulas from separating into an oily mess.
The CIR Expert Panel has evaluated the scientific data and found this ingredient to be safe, non-irritating, and non-sensitizing at concentrations up to 5% (it's even approved by the FDA as an OTC eye drop ingredient).
Learn more about Polysorbate 80
