What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningDimethicone
Emollient
Squalane
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Zea Mays Starch
Absorbent
Propanediol
Solvent
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone
Emulsifying
Trihydroxystearin
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Sulfate
Titanium Dioxide
Cosmetic Colorant
Mannose
HumectantCapryloyl Glycine
CleansingCentella Asiatica Leaf Extract
Skin Conditioning
Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate
Emulsifying
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Glycol Stearate
Emollient
Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide
Cleansing
Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
Citric Acid
Buffering
Bisabolol
Antioxidant
Madecassoside
Antioxidant
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Polymnia Sonchifolia Root Juice
Skin ConditioningMaltodextrin
Absorbent
Aluminum Hydroxide
EmollientZinc Gluconate
Skin Conditioning
Manganese Gluconate
Skin ConditioningSilica
Abrasive
Lactobacillus
Skin ConditioningPentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate
Antioxidant
Water, Dimethicone, Squalane, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Zea Mays Starch, Propanediol, Panthenol, Butylene Glycol, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Trihydroxystearin, Sodium Sulfate, Titanium Dioxide, Mannose, Capryloyl Glycine, Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Caprylyl Glycol, Glycol Stearate, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Citric Acid, Bisabolol, Madecassoside, Pentylene Glycol, Polymnia Sonchifolia Root Juice, Maltodextrin, Aluminum Hydroxide, Zinc Gluconate, Manganese Gluconate, Silica, Lactobacillus, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate
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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.
Bisabolol is a gentle skin conditioner, antioxidant, and soothing ingredient.
It's primary claim to fame is soothing and research shows topically applied bisabolol can quiet the chemical messengers that cause your skin to become inflamed, helping to sooth any irritation.
A clinical study found that applying 0.5% bisabolol daily for 8 weeks produced an average 9% decrease in skin pigmentation. Researchers found it can also suppress the process that leads to excess melanin production in skin.
In vitro studies found that bisabolol combined with propylene glycol significantly increased skin permeability by increasing lipid fluidity in the stratum corneum.
You'll likely see use concentrations quite low, usually 0.1-0.2%.
Overall, this is a well-tolerated ingredient that works well in formulas designed for sensitive, reactive, or post-procedure skin.
Learn more about BisabololGlycerin (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 GlycerinPanthenol is a common ingredient that helps hydrate and soothe the skin. It is found naturally in our skin and hair.
There are two forms of panthenol: D and L.
D-panthenol is also known as dexpanthenol. Most cosmetics use dexpanthenol or a mixture of D and L-panthenol.
Panthenol is famous due to its ability to go deeper into the skin's layers. Using this ingredient has numerous pros (and no cons):
Like hyaluronic acid, panthenol is a humectant. Humectants are able to bind and hold large amounts of water to keep skin hydrated.
This ingredient works well for wound healing. It works by increasing tissue in the wound and helps close open wounds.
Once oxidized, panthenol converts to pantothenic acid. Panthothenic acid is found in all living cells.
This ingredient is also referred to as pro-vitamin B5.
Learn more about Panthenol
