What's inside
What's inside
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Citrus Limon Fruit Extract
Masking
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Cera Alba
Emollient
Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter
Skin Conditioning
Glycine Soja Oil
Emollient
Persea Gratissima Oil
Skin Conditioning
Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil
Perfuming
Mangifera Indica Seed Butter
Skin Conditioning
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Ricinus Communis Seed Oil
Masking
Parfum
Masking
Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil
Emollient
Citrus Limon Peel Oil
Masking
Lavandula Angustifolia Oil
Masking
Tagetes Erecta Flower Oil
Masking
Chamomilla Recutita Flower Oil
Masking
Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningTriethanolamine
BufferingStearic Acid
Cleansing
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Citral
Perfuming
Citronellol
Perfuming
Coumarin
Perfuming
Geraniol
Perfuming
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Methylparaben
Preservative
Propylparaben
Preservative
Citrus Limon Fruit Extract, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Cera Alba, Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter, Glycine Soja Oil, Persea Gratissima Oil, Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil, Mangifera Indica Seed Butter, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Parfum, Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil, Citrus Limon Peel Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil, Tagetes Erecta Flower Oil, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Oil, Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract, Triethanolamine, Stearic Acid, Cetearyl Alcohol, Citral, Citronellol, Coumarin, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool, Methylparaben, Propylparaben
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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.
Cetearyl alcohol is a waxy mixture of two fatty alcohols: cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol. It is an emollient and emulsifier.
Despite having "alcohol" in its name, it has nothing to do with drying solvent alcohols; the FDA also allows "alcohol-free" products to contain fatty alcohols like this ingredient.
It plays several roles in a formula:
Typical use levels for this ingredient sit around 1-10% and the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel has affirmed safety at concentrations up to 25% in leave-on products.
Multiple assessments have found it to be non-irritating and non-sensitizing to most people.
However, there have been some cases of allergic contact dermatitis in patients with chronically compromised skin barriers.
Cetearyl alcohol has a comedogenic rating of 2 and irritancy rating of 1. Both of these numbers come from the 1989 study that used rabbit ears; a "2" means mildly comedogenic and a "1" means low irritancy.
Here's the catch: rabbit skin is more sensitive than human skin and throws a lot of false positives. A 1996 reappraisal found that ingredients rated 1-2 in the rabbit ear tests are generally safe for humans.
Remember comedogenic ratings are unable to assess the entire formula of a product or how it will react on your skin. Just be sure to patch test if you are unsure about certain ingredients.
This ingredient is not fungal acne safe. Cetearyl alcohol is a fatty alcohol with chain lengths that fall within the range that Malassezia can metabolize.
Learn more about Cetearyl AlcoholStearic 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 Acid
