What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Methylsilanol Mannuronate
Skin ConditioningPolyglyceryl-6 Distearate
Emulsifying
Cetyl Palmitate
Emollient
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil
Skin Conditioning
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Protein
Skin ConditioningHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Jojoba Esters
Emollient
Methylpropanediol
SolventCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Sodium Polyacrylate
Absorbent
Mannitol
Humectant
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingPolyglyceryl-3 Beeswax
Emulsifying
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
CleansingCitric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Citrate
BufferingTocopherol
Antioxidant
Hydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying
Parfum
Masking
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Coumarin
Perfuming
Water, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Methylsilanol Mannuronate, Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate, Cetyl Palmitate, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Protein, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Jojoba Esters, Methylpropanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Polyacrylate, Mannitol, Xanthan Gum, Polyglyceryl-3 Beeswax, Cetyl Alcohol, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Tocopherol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Parfum, Limonene, Linalool, Coumarin
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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.
Cetyl Alcohol is a fatty alcohol. Fatty Alcohols are most often used as an emollient or to thicken a product.
Its main roles are:
Though it has "alcohol" in the name, it is not related to denatured alcohol or ethyl alcohol.
The FDA allows products labeled "alcohol-free" to have fatty alcohols.
Learn more about Cetyl AlcoholGlycerin (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
