What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Helianthus Annuus Hybrid Oil
Emollient
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Isoamyl Laurate
Emollient
Glyceryl Stearate Citrate
Emollient
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Dicaprylyl Ether
Emollient
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Myristyl Myristate
Emollient
Ectoin
Skin Conditioning
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Hamamelis Virginiana Leaf Extract
Skin Conditioning
Melissa Officinalis Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningPrunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil
Skin Conditioning
Glycine Soja Oil
Emollient
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Levulinic Acid
Perfuming
Dehydroxanthan Gum
Emulsion StabilisingBisabolol
Antioxidant
Decyl Cocoate
Emollient
Squalane
Emollient
Sodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningDipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
Lecithin
Emollient
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Sodium Anisate
AntimicrobialSodium Hydroxide
BufferingXylitylglucoside
Humectant
Anhydroxylitol
Humectant
Maltodextrin
Absorbent
Caprylhydroxamic Acid
Hydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying
Xylitol
Humectant
Biosaccharide Gum-1
Humectant
Water, Glycerin, Helianthus Annuus Hybrid Oil, Pentylene Glycol, Isoamyl Laurate, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Dicaprylyl Ether, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Myristyl Myristate, Ectoin, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Hamamelis Virginiana Leaf Extract, Melissa Officinalis Leaf Extract, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Glycine Soja Oil, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Levulinic Acid, Dehydroxanthan Gum, Bisabolol, Decyl Cocoate, Squalane, Sodium Levulinate, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Lecithin, Tocopherol, Sodium Anisate, Sodium Hydroxide, Xylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol, Maltodextrin, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Xylitol, Biosaccharide Gum-1
Water
Skin ConditioningButylene Glycol
Humectant
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Lauryl Glucoside
CleansingAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Gluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Dehydroxanthan Gum
Emulsion StabilisingGlycerin
Humectant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Lactate
Buffering
Inulin
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Sodium Chloride
MaskingLactic Acid
Buffering
Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide
Cleansing
Sodium Hydroxide
Buffering
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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.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice comes from leaves of the aloe plant. Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice is best known for helping to soothe sunburns. It is also anti-inflammatory, moisturizing, antiseptic, and can help heal wounds.
Aloe is packed with good stuff including Vitamins A, C, and E. These vitamins are antioxidants, which help fight free-radicals and the damage they may cause. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells, such as pollution.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice also contains sugars. These sugars come in the form of monosaccharides and polysaccharides, folic acid, and choline. These sugars are able to help bind moisture to skin.
It also contains minerals such as calcium, 12 anthraquinones, fatty acids, amino acids, and Vitamin B12.
Learn more about Aloe Barbadensis Leaf JuiceWe don't have a description for Dehydroxanthan Gum yet.
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 GlycerinSodium Hydroxide is also known as lye or caustic soda. It is used to adjust the pH of products; many ingredients require a specific pH to be effective.
In small amounts, sodium hydroxide is considered safe to use. However, large amounts may cause chemical burns due to its high alkaline.
Your skin has a natural pH and acid mantle. This acid mantle helps prevent harmful bacteria from breaking through. The acid mantle also helps keep your skin hydrated.
"Alkaline" refers to a high pH level. A low pH level would be considered acidic.
Learn more about Sodium 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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