What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Sodium Palmate
CleansingSodium Shea Butterate
Cleansing
Sodium Palm Kernelate
CleansingGlycerin
Humectant
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoa Butterate
Cleansing
Parfum
Masking
Glycolic Acid
Buffering
Sodium Soyate
CleansingSodium Isostearoyl Lactylate
EmulsifyingSodium Chloride
MaskingLauryl Laurate
Skin Conditioning
Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
Citric Acid
Buffering
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantHamamelis Virginiana Extract
Antiseborrhoeic
Avena Sativa Kernel Flour
Abrasive
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialCI 77288
Cosmetic ColorantSodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningIron Oxides
Sodium Palmate, Sodium Shea Butterate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Glycerin, Water, Sodium Cocoa Butterate, Parfum, Glycolic Acid, Sodium Soyate, Sodium Isostearoyl Lactylate, Sodium Chloride, Lauryl Laurate, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Citric Acid, CI 77891, Hamamelis Virginiana Extract, Avena Sativa Kernel Flour, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, CI 77288, Sodium Gluconate, Iron Oxides
Squalane
Emollient
Water
Skin ConditioningCoco-Caprylate/Caprate
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Sucrose Stearate
EmollientEthyl Macadamiate
Skin Conditioning
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Sucrose Laurate
Emollient
Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
HumectantSucrose Dilaurate
Emollient
Sucrose Trilaurate
Emulsifying
Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6
Emulsion StabilisingIsoceteth-20
EmulsifyingSodium Polyacrylate
Absorbent
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Hydroxymethoxyphenyl Decanone
Skin ConditioningTrisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
Malic Acid
Buffering
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningChlorphenesin
Antimicrobial
Squalane, Water, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Glycerin, Sucrose Stearate, Ethyl Macadamiate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sucrose Laurate, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Sucrose Dilaurate, Sucrose Trilaurate, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Isoceteth-20, Sodium Polyacrylate, Tocopherol, Hydroxymethoxyphenyl Decanone, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Malic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Chlorphenesin
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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 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!
Learn more about Water
