What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningButylene Glycol
Humectant
Brassica Oleracea Capitata Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningNiacinamide
Smoothing
Cyclopentasiloxane
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Dipropylene Glycol
HumectantCetyl Ethylhexanoate
EmollientEthylhexyl Olivate
Skin Conditioning
Cyclohexasiloxane
Emollient
Betaine
Humectant
Sodium Acrylates Copolymer
Benzyl Glycol
SolventPolyglyceryl-4 Oleate
Emulsifying
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate
Emulsifying
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningDisodium EDTA
Adenosine
Skin Conditioning
Raspberry Ketone
Masking
Parfum
Masking
Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Polyacrylate
Absorbent
Madecassoside
Antioxidant
Hexyl Cinnamal
Perfuming
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Asiaticoside
Antioxidant
CI 19140
Cosmetic ColorantCentella Asiatica Leaf Extract
Skin Conditioning
CI 42090
Cosmetic ColorantWater, Butylene Glycol, Brassica Oleracea Capitata Leaf Extract, Niacinamide, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin, Dipropylene Glycol, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Ethylhexyl Olivate, Cyclohexasiloxane, Betaine, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Benzyl Glycol, Polyglyceryl-4 Oleate, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium EDTA, Adenosine, Raspberry Ketone, Parfum, Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil, Sodium Polyacrylate, Madecassoside, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool, Asiaticoside, CI 19140, Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract, CI 42090
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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!
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