What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Laureth Sulfate
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingEucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil
Perfuming
Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil
Antioxidant
Sodium Chloride
MaskingBenzophenone-4
UV Absorber
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningMentha Viridis Leaf Oil
Astringent
Limonene
Perfuming
Cinnamomum Camphora Bark Oil
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Citric Acid
Buffering
CI 60730
Cosmetic ColorantCI 42090
Cosmetic ColorantWater, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Glycerin, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Phenoxyethanol, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Hydroxide, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil, Sodium Chloride, Benzophenone-4, Ethylhexylglycerin, Mentha Viridis Leaf Oil, Limonene, Cinnamomum Camphora Bark Oil, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid, CI 60730, CI 42090
Water
Skin ConditioningTriethanolamine
BufferingStearic Acid
Cleansing
Palmitic Acid
Emollient
Isobutane
Laureth-23
Cleansing
Parfum
Masking
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Cleansing
Propane
Glycerin
Humectant
Dimethicone
Emollient
Menthol
Masking
Bisabolol
Antioxidant
Sodium PEG-7 Olive Oil Carboxylate
Emulsifying
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Zingiber Officinale Root Extract
Masking
Laminaria Saccharina Extract
Skin Protecting
Reviews
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 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!
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