What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Sucrose
Humectant
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Cleansing
Coco-Betaine
Cleansing
Sodium Chloride
MaskingNiacinamide
Smoothing
PEG-75 Shea Butter Glycerides
Emulsifying
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingVitreoscilla Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Citric Acid
Buffering
Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Water
Skin ConditioningRosa Damascena Flower Extract
Masking
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Propanediol
Solvent
Ethoxydiglycol
HumectantGlycerin
Humectant
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningSalicylic Acid
Masking
Cocamidopropyl Dimethylamine
Emulsifying
Alcohol Denat.
Antimicrobial
Passiflora Quadrangularis Fruit Extract
Skin ProtectingCitrus Medica Limonum Peel Extract
EmollientAnanas Sativus Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningVitis Vinifera Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningLavandula Angustifolia Flower Oil
Masking
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Water, Rosa Damascena Flower Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Polysorbate 20, Propanediol, Ethoxydiglycol, Glycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Salicylic Acid, Cocamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Alcohol Denat., Passiflora Quadrangularis Fruit Extract, Citrus Medica Limonum Peel Extract, Ananas Sativus Fruit Extract, Vitis Vinifera Fruit Extract, Lavandula Angustifolia Flower Oil, Tocopherol
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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 GlycerinPolysorbate 20 is a gentle, water-soluble emulsifier and mild surfactant. It stops oil and water from separating to keep your formulas blended and stable.
It also acts as a mild penetration enhancer by helping active ingredients absorb slightly better.
The common safety discussion around this ingredient involves a manufacturing byproduct called 1,4-dioxane.
Trace amounts can form during production but the EU's Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety has concluded that levels at/below 10 ppm in finished products are safe (commercial products consistently fall within acceptable margins).
True allergic reactions are uncommon and the CIR Expert Panel has confirmed this ingredient to be safe as used in cosmetics.
Because it is derived from lauric acid, it may not be fungal acne safe.
Learn more about Polysorbate 20Water. 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
