What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Dipropylene Glycol
HumectantButylene Glycol
Humectant
Alcohol Denat.
Antimicrobial
Methyl Gluceth-20
Humectant
3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid
Skin Conditioning
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Sodium Citrate
BufferingDipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
PPG-6-Decyltetradeceth-30
EmulsifyingCitric Acid
Buffering
Hydroxypropyl Tetrahydropyrantriol
Skin ConditioningPropylene Glycol
Humectant
Salicylic Acid
Masking
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingLavandula Angustifolia Oil
Masking
Disodium EDTA
Linalool
Perfuming
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantCitrus Aurantium Tachibana Peel Extract
HumectantPaeonia Suffruticosa Root Extract
Skin ProtectingTocopherol
Antioxidant
Water, Glycerin, Dipropylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Alcohol Denat., Methyl Gluceth-20, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Citrate, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, PPG-6-Decyltetradeceth-30, Citric Acid, Hydroxypropyl Tetrahydropyrantriol, Propylene Glycol, Salicylic Acid, Xanthan Gum, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil, Disodium EDTA, Linalool, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, CI 77891, Citrus Aurantium Tachibana Peel Extract, Paeonia Suffruticosa Root Extract, 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.
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 GlycerinMethyl Gluceth-20 is a humectant. Humectants help draw moisture from the air to your skin.
It is created by combining polyethylene glycol with glucose.
Water. 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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