What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Ethylhexyl Palmitate
Emollient
Polysorbate 60
Emulsifying
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Cyclopentasiloxane
Emollient
PEG-100 Stearate
Stearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Dimethicone
Emollient
Parfum
Masking
Chlorphenesin
Antimicrobial
Myristyl Alcohol
Emollient
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingLauryl Alcohol
Emollient
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingPotassium Hydroxide
BufferingDisodium EDTA
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Milk Protein Extract
Water, Glycerin, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Polysorbate 60, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Cyclopentasiloxane, PEG-100 Stearate, Stearyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Dimethicone, Parfum, Chlorphenesin, Myristyl Alcohol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Lauryl Alcohol, Panthenol, Xanthan Gum, Potassium Hydroxide, Disodium EDTA, 1,2-Hexanediol, Butylene Glycol, Hyaluronic Acid, Milk Protein Extract
Urea
Buffering
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Paraffinum Liquidum
Emollient
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Dipropylene Glycol
HumectantCetearyl Ethylhexanoate
Emollient
Glyceryl Stearate Se
Emulsifying
PEG-90
HumectantMethicone
Emollient
Xylitol
Humectant
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Amethyst Powder
Abrasive
Glycine
Buffering
Potassium Hydroxide
BufferingEthylcellulose
3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid
Skin ConditioningCI 77492
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77491
Cosmetic Colorant
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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 GlycerinPotassium hydroxide is commonly known as caustic potash. It is used to fix the pH of a product or as a cleaning agent in soap. In cleansers, it is used for the saponification of oils.
Sapnification is the process of creating fatty acid metal salts from triglycerides and a strong base. During this process, Potassium Hydroxide is used up and is not present in the final product.
Using high concentrations of Potassium Hydroxide have shown to irritate the skin.
Learn more about Potassium HydroxideWater. 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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