What's inside
What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Glycerin
Humectant
Myristic Acid
Cleansing
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Water
Skin ConditioningPotassium Hydroxide
BufferingStearic Acid
Cleansing
Palmitic Acid
Emollient
Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide
Emulsion Stabilising
3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid
Skin Conditioning
Taurine
BufferingAllantoin
Skin Conditioning
Lysine Hcl
Skin Conditioning
Alanine
Masking
Histidine Hcl
Skin ConditioningSerine
Masking
Proline
Skin Conditioning
Glutamic Acid
Humectant
Threonine
Valine
MaskingLeucine
Skin ConditioningGlycine
Buffering
Isoleucine
Skin ConditioningPhenylalanine
Masking
Citrus Aurantifolia Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningCitrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract
MaskingCitrus Limon Juice
Skin Conditioning
Crataegus Monogyna Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningCitrus Grandis Fruit Extract
Astringent
Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingGlycerin, Myristic Acid, Butylene Glycol, Water, Potassium Hydroxide, Stearic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Taurine, Allantoin, Lysine Hcl, Alanine, Histidine Hcl, Serine, Proline, Glutamic Acid, Threonine, Valine, Leucine, Glycine, Isoleucine, Phenylalanine, Citrus Aurantifolia Fruit Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract, Citrus Limon Juice, Crataegus Monogyna Fruit Extract, Citrus Grandis Fruit Extract, Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract, Sodium Hydroxide
O-Cymen-5-Ol
Antimicrobial
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate
Emulsifying
Lauric Acid
Cleansing
Myristic Acid
Cleansing
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Glyceryl Stearate Se
Emulsifying
Sodium Methyltaurine Cocoyl Methyltaurate
Cleansing
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialGlycine Soja Extract
Skin ConditioningButylene Glycol
Humectant
Diallyldimethyl Ammonium Chloride
Potassium Hydroxide
BufferingDisodium EDTA
Parfum
Masking
O-Cymen-5-Ol, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Water, Glycerin, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Lauric Acid, Myristic Acid, Stearic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate Se, Sodium Methyltaurine Cocoyl Methyltaurate, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Glycine Soja Extract, Butylene Glycol, Diallyldimethyl Ammonium Chloride, Potassium Hydroxide, Disodium EDTA, Parfum
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:
Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.
Though this ingredient works well with most skin types, some people with sensitive skin may experience a reaction such as allergic rashes, closed comedones, or itchiness.
Learn more about Butylene GlycolGlycerin (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 GlycerinMyristic Acid, aka tetradecanoic acid, is a naturally occurring fatty acid found in coconut oil and palm oil.
In skincare, it is an:
Research indicates that this ingredient posts a low risk of irritation and sensitization.
Since myristic acid is a C14 fatty acid, it falls within the range that Malassezia can metabolize, and therefore not fungal acne safe.
Learn more about Myristic AcidPotassium hydroxide is commonly known as caustic potash. It is used to fix the pH of a product or as a cleaning agent in soap. In cleansers, it is used for the saponification of oils.
Sapnification is the process of creating fatty acid metal salts from triglycerides and a strong base. During this process, Potassium Hydroxide is used up and is not present in the final product.
Using high concentrations of Potassium Hydroxide have shown to irritate the skin.
Learn more about Potassium HydroxideStearic Acid is a fatty acid that is already found in your skin. It's one of the free fatty acids that works alongside ceramides and cholesterols to maintain your barrier.
In cosmetics, it is a multitasker:
Safety-wise, the CIR Expert Panel has concluded it to be safe in cosmetics when formulated to be non-irritating and non-sensitizing.
Free stearic acid is a C18 fatty acid that the Malassezia yeast can substrate, so this ingredient may not be fungal acne safe.
Learn more about Stearic AcidWater. 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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