What's inside
What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Glycerin
Humectant
Water
Skin ConditioningSafflower Seed Oil Polyglyceryl-4 Esters
Cleansing
Sucrose Stearate
EmollientSucrose Laurate
Emollient
Sambucus Nigra Seed Oil
Butyrospermum Parkii Oil
Emollient
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil
Skin Conditioning
Malpighia Glabra Fruit Juice
Skin ConditioningTocopherol
Antioxidant
Zymomonas Ferment Extract
HumectantMel
EmollientMaltodextrin
Absorbent
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Geraniol
Perfuming
Citral
Perfuming
Citronellol
Perfuming
Parfum
Masking
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Water, Safflower Seed Oil Polyglyceryl-4 Esters, Sucrose Stearate, Sucrose Laurate, Sambucus Nigra Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Malpighia Glabra Fruit Juice, Tocopherol, Zymomonas Ferment Extract, Mel, Maltodextrin, Limonene, Linalool, Geraniol, Citral, Citronellol, Parfum
Water
Skin ConditioningHamamelis Virginiana Water
Astringent
PEG-60 Almond Glycerides
Emulsifying
Glycerin
Humectant
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract
Astringent
Euphrasia Officinalis Extract
AntimicrobialAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Benzoic Acid
Masking
Dehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningSodium Hydroxide
BufferingCitric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Water, Hamamelis Virginiana Water, PEG-60 Almond Glycerides, Glycerin, Decyl Glucoside, Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract, Euphrasia Officinalis Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Phenoxyethanol, Panthenol, Benzoic Acid, Dehydroacetic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Hydroxide, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate
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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 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!
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