What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Cyclopentasiloxane
Emollient
Coco-Caprylate/Caprate
Emollient
Trehalose
Humectant
Phenyl Trimethicone
Skin Conditioning
Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil
Antioxidant
Tetrasodium EDTA
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Isononyl Isononanoate
EmollientHyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Adenosine
Skin Conditioning
Oleth-10
EmulsifyingPolysorbate 60
Emulsifying
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Silica
Abrasive
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Sodium Chloride
MaskingDimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer
Skin Conditioning
Magnesium Sulfate
Sodium Dehydroacetate
Preservative
Hydrogen Dimethicone
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientTriethoxycaprylylsilane
Disteardimonium Hectorite
StabilisingPolyglyceryl-2 Dipolyhydroxystearate
Skin Conditioning
Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Disiloxane
Skin Conditioning
Polyglyceryl-3 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone
Skin Conditioning
2,3-Butanediol
HumectantTrimethylsiloxysilicate
Emollient
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantIron Oxides
Water, Glycerin, Cyclopentasiloxane, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Trehalose, Phenyl Trimethicone, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil, Tetrasodium EDTA, Allantoin, Isononyl Isononanoate, Hyaluronic Acid, Adenosine, Oleth-10, Polysorbate 60, 1,2-Hexanediol, Silica, Tocopheryl Acetate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Chloride, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Magnesium Sulfate, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Hydrogen Dimethicone, Potassium Sorbate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Polyglyceryl-2 Dipolyhydroxystearate, Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Niacinamide, Disiloxane, Polyglyceryl-3 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, 2,3-Butanediol, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, CI 77891, Iron Oxides
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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!
Learn more about Water
